Bejeweled and Ombred Friends

Hello Stamplings!

Happy Hump Day! Thought I'd do a quick mid-week post with a coupla QACAS cards. Thanks to a gift certificate, Hammy and I are off for a mani-pedi appointment. What's that? Yes, Hammy is having a double pedi. If Karen is there, he's very patient and stands so still while she does his front paws. I'll try and get a photo this time, but Karen is very wary. I think she might be wanted by the law or in the witness protection program because she weirds out if she sees someone holding their phone up like they are taking her photo. 

That actually happened to me and my sisters once when we were together at a restaurant. We asked the waitress to take our photo and afterwards we noticed in the photos that one of the men at the next table had noticeably placed his hand up to block his face! We were goofing off, so it took a few minutes for her to take three photos and in each one his hand was still up as a shield to cover his face. I've always wondered what his story was.

Okay, squirrel time over. Here's my onefer:

At the recent ESCR, we each took turns leading one or more techniques. The lovely and talented Nancy (Scandinancy Creates) taught us the Cut-Up Stamping technique. Such a simple technique that adds a ton of interest and dementia just by inserting your sediment inside a cut out channel of the image! There are lots of ways you can cut your channel depending on the look you want. (Jennifer McGuire video.) 

I colored this "Bejeweled" stamp by Penny Black using the direct-to-stamp technique where you color on the stamp itself, spritz, and stamp on paper. I'm not sure who makes the sediment because I borrowed it from someone at the Retreat.

Twofer

When you make a direct-to-stamp image, you should always spritz your stamp again and try one more stamp off. Usually it's inky enough to give you an image that you can use for another card. This card was made from a second generation stamping of the first card. The friend sediment is from Gina K's Stitched Leaves set.

Challenges

• CASE(E) This Sketch!
• Retro Rubber: Anything goes. (Bejeweled came out in 2015.)

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And a real quick Threefer:

Using my Clarity brushes, I inked the 3D circle stencil from Dylusions in shades of pink. Over the top is an ombre-inked stamp from Inkylicious which was a gift quite a while ago from my friend, Linda. Thank you, Linda!

Challenges

•  CAS Mix Up Card Challenge: Ombre.
• Just Us Girls: Color Week: Light, medium, dark.

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