Something Saturday - 2 Step Stamping

 Hi there Creators, 

My video today was on 2 Step Stamping, which I'm sure most people if you've been stamping for a while would have done, but not everyone would have realised there actually is a name for it!  The basics of it is that you stamp one image then stamp another one on top, usually it would be an outline image then a fill in image on top, which is what I'm showing using the Hand Penned Petals Stamp set today, I mention in the video that it does come as a bundle, however it appears I was wrong 😳  oops, apparently that was last year, now it's separate, so..... you can also get dies that go with it, called Penned Flowers Dies that cut out the various images.  Do check them out with the links I've added.

 Anyway, on to the cards, I decided in the video to use the same colours for each one, and I've got to say, I absolutely love the way these have turned out, I hope you do too.

I've used Evening Evergreen for the leaves/ stems and outline, stamped off once to create the infill for the leaves, then Melon Mambo for the flowers.

 I ended up picking a trifecta of greys for the mat on the 3 cards, the first card uses Gray Granite, then the second card has Smoky Slate and the last one uses Basic Gray.  The first card I kept ultra simple, added the saying with the matching Evening Evergreen, and some bling (more about that later)

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This second card uses the Smoky Slate, and the lovely Gray Granite Shimmer ribbon (I know it doesn't match exactly but I like the slight contrast)

 

Then the last card kind of got ramped up a bit, I decided to add some of the flowers to the background, by inking with the basic gray and stamping off once, then stamping onto the card twice to get the faded effect.

I mentioned the bling earlier, I've used the Iridescent Pearls on each card, they are gorgeous, nicely understated I think, I didn't want anything overpowering on these cards, but I thought these would add to the elegance, what do you think?

If you missed the video, here it is 😃

I hope this inspires you to create,

God Bless love

Heather xox