Stamping’s Not So Scary

Hi everyone! Today my focus is on stamping!!!  Something that’s really is not in my comfort zone. In fact, coming up with a project for this assignment was a little scary for me. After playing around with the Amber Road Impressions Stamp Set, I decided to use the border stamp to enhance this Fall project. I have to say, I had a lot of fun using the stamp and will definitely have to try stamping more often.

Instead of a basic black, I used a plum colored ink, to stamp out my border images.

Below you can see a sample of one of the strips before it was stamped, and one after it was stamped and die-cut.

I used about thirteen strips in all, on this. Since the strips will overlap, only two of the strips need to be the stamped on along both edges (one for the front of the costume and one for the back).

The strips were then stitched along the border, before adhering to the dress form.

I used the discarded zig-zag strips as trim on the hat and on the base, seen below.

So I guess stamping is not as scary as I thought!! It was actually a lot of fun!!!

Pink Paislee supplies used:

• Patterned paper – Dusk, Sunset and Nightfall (from Twilight Collection) Harvest Hayride and Bonfire (from the Amber Road collection)
• Amber Road – Impressions Stamp Set
• Twilight – Bella Brads
• Twilight – Press Ons
• Expressions Glitter Alphabets – Licorice
• Chipboard Elements
• Topsiders – Borders

Other supplies:

Shimmerz Paints – Spritz (Licorice, Rock-a-Fella Blue and Bamboo Leaf) and Shimmerz (Vintage Wine and Mossy Stone)

Creative Imaginations – 16″ Bare Elements Dress Form

Fiskars – Scalloped border punch

Other – Beads, leaves and embroidery floss (thread) from Hobby Lobby.

Have a great week!