Simply Groovy

I've used this stamp, Retro Texture by KaiserCraft, a few times in the past (here and here), and I couldn't resist inking it up for this week's Color Throwdown challenge.

The stamp is heat-embossed twice: in blue on a shiny white paper, and in glittery white on a darker blue paper. The patterned DP is from October Afternoon.

I made the sentiment using the typeface Ablefont, and printed it on the same shiny white paper that I used for the image.

Color Throwdown #274

Inspiration/Challenges:
Color Throwdown: Color Combo #274
Sisterhood of Crafters: Use a new product (DP is new)
Top Tip Tuesday #118: CAS
WordArt Wednesdays: Anything goes (must be uplifting)

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Grateful Dead flashback

Here's a "flashback" to a card that I made last year, featuring stamps by KaiserCraft and Studio G, and lyrics from "Ripple" by The Grateful Dead:

I ended up sending this card to my favorite website client, memoirist extraordinaire Marion Winik. I was happy to find someone who would enjoy it (from reading her work, I know she's enjoyed a Dead concert or two!), as these are some of my favorite lyrics.

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Rock on

The owners of Scraps of Love (my mom's local craft shop) went to the recent Winter CHA conference, and they've been getting in great new products ever since. They posted KaiserCraft's Retro Texture Clear Stamp on their Facebook page, and I just had to ask Mom to order it for me! It's so different from anything I have. I've already made several cards with it, but this was my first take.

Actually, I played with a lot of new goodies for this card. I bought the 2-sided Kraft DP and metal tags at Scraps of Love, and the hexagon rubber stamp is from my new Viva Las VegaStamps set. For the notebook paper, I used a free image, printed it on bright white cardstock, and cut the edge with the Die-Namics Notebook Edge Die I won from Loves Rubber Stamps (for their Blog Challenge #38).

I used one of my favorite sentiment stamps for one of the tags; I heat-embossed that in the same shiny orange as the hexagons. For the VW detail, I inked just that portion of the Retro stamp and heat-embossed it in green. The main image is heat-embossed in brown, and I added some color with colored pencils. It's difficult to see in this photo, but I machine-stitched a border on the base card. It's empty stitching, and I stitched it from the opposite side so that what you see is nice and rough!

 

Inspiration/Challenges:
Retro Sketches #52: Choose a past sketch (I chose #19) 
Make It Monday with Kraft Outlet: Use Any Sketch
Whimsy Stamps Challenge #56: Add Some Metal
Addicted to Stamps Challenge: Use Kraft

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