First Photopolymer Card

It's been a busy day today but I did manage to spend a couple of hours in my studio. My conclusion about the new photopolymer stamps is ........I love them! It is so easy to create all sorts of patterns because you can see through the stamps and therefore see where you ar stamping! No need to use a stamp-a-ma-jig with these!

The image below on the white circle was created by using a zig-zag stamp and stamping one layer on top of another layer. As you can see, when I stamped the second layer, I just missed joining up with the top layer....all part of the learning curve! I copied this idea onto a Island Indigo (blue) circle and used on my finished card. The blue circle below was also created by stamping one stamp multiple times. Although I like the effect, and will use it some time in the future, it wasn't suitable for today's card.

Test circles using one stamp multiple times.

This is the finished card. I have used the name Leigh as that is my son and it is his birthday at the end of May.

The letters for the name are those I posted here yesterday. I punched them out with the small jewellery tag punch.

This is a close up showing the stamped image on the birthday greeting banner. I used the cut out Post-it masks to stamp the arrows on the banner. 

Yes, I definitely love these new stamps............let's have lots more please Stampin' Up!

One, Two, Three!

I had two projects lined up for myself today. My first project was for my client who needed a new baby card by tomorrow. She saw the baby card I made for Millie that I posted here on Wednesday and fell in love with it! This is the card for Florence.

Unfortunately, the teddy bear motif isn't a Stampin' Up product but something I bought quite some time ago. I bought two in pink and two in blue, so I can only copy this card twice more ....and only in blue!

My second project was to create something using my new Stampin' Up! photopolymer stamps. I spent so much time experimenting with various stamps I didn't have enough time to create an actual card, so I thought I'd show you what I have done so far.

These are the three stamp sets I have. 

I love the lighter alphabet stamps which are made up of diagonal lines. They were easy to get lined up into a straight line. I can see me using them often.

The pattern I made below, just above the name Leigh in black, was made by putting two stamps parallel with each other and stamping one above the other. Again, it was easy lining it up just by eyeballing it.

The stamp of the banner folded as a zig zag has really caught my imagination. I stamped it in blue on white then on blue. I cut one of the blue ones out. I then stamped it five more times but this time on Post-it notes and cut each one out at a different level. At the moment I'm thinking along the lines of masking.

But then I ran out of time........................so this project is to be continued!

***You can get one of these stamp sets free for every order of £60.00 (excluding delivery) of Stampin' Up! products. Therefore, if you order £120.00 worth of products you can choose two sets, etc. Visit my 24/7 online Stampin' Up! store at http://www.stampinup.net/esuite/home/janbcards/