Variations on a Stamp

Greetings! Today I have two cards created for Topflight Stamps using Darkroom Door's new Arty Squares Collage Red Rubber Cling Stamp. 

Here's the first card, which is rather bright. Darkroom Door's Coffee Time Red Rubber Cling Stamps and Grid Background Red rubber Cling Stamp were also used to create the card. 

Here's the second card which uses Darkroom Door's Arty Squares Collage Red Rubber Cling Stamp with the coordinating Arty Squares Small Stencil. I also used the Bottles Red Rubber Cling Stamps by Darkroom Door and a sentiment from the Rise Up Clear Border Stamp #490 by Janet Klein for AALL and Create.

Topflight Stamps Products Used:

Arty Squares Collage Red Rubber Cling Stamp by Darkroom Door

Coffee Time Red Rubber Cling Stamps by Darkroom Door

Grid Background Red rubber Cling Stamp by Darkroom Door

Bottles Red Rubber Cling Stamps by Darkroom Door

Arty Squares Small Stencil by Darkroom Door

Rise Up Clear Border Stamp #490 by Janet Klein for AALL and Create

5" x 7" Gel Press

2" Speedball Brayer

Sundance, Confetti, Mermaid, Pine, Russet Orange, Bermuda, and Henna Elements Inks by Lavinia Stamps

Onyx Black VersaFine Ink by Tsukineko

Other Products Used:

140 Lb. Mixed Media Paper by Strathmore®

Yellow and Ocean Cardstock by Bazzill Basics Paper®

Old Paper and Gathered Twigs Distress® Ink by Tim Holtz® for Ranger Ink

VersaMark® Ink by Tsukineko®

Sunflower Perfectly Clear® Stamp Set by Stampendous!®

Detail Black Embossing Powder by Stampendous!®

May Green and Yellow Zig® Clear Color Markers by Kuretake

Yellow Ochre, Deep Cadmium, Umbre, and Carbon Black Pastel Pencils by Derwent

Black Pitt Artist Pen by Faber Castell

STAY-tion™ by Wendy Vecchi for Ranger Ink

Stamping Platform

Post-It® Note by 3M

Instructions for the yellow card.

1. Use a 2" Speedball Brayer to apply Sundance Elements Ink to the 5" x 7" Gel Press. 
2. Press a piece of mixed media cardstock to pull the print.
3. Use a stamping platform and  VersaMark ink to stamp the Arty Squares Collage Red Rubber Cling Stamp onto the yellow background. 
4. Apply Detail Black Embossing Powder, brush off the excess, and heat set.
5. Use a wet paintbrush was used to remove the yellow ink from the Arty Squares. Heat set.
6. Press the lids of the Sundance, Confetti, Mermaid, Pine, Russet Orange Elements Ink pads onto the pads which will deposit ink on the inside of each lid. 
7. Mist the ink on the pad's lid with water and use a paint brush to apply the diluted ink to the Arty Squares Collage. Heat set.
8. Trim the image panel and reserve the excess. 
9. Use a scissor blade to distress the edges, 
10. Matte with black cardstock cut slightly larger than the image panel.
11. Use Onyx Black VersaFine Ink to stamp the cup and saucer from the Coffee Time Red Rubber Cling Stamp Set onto the left over piece of yellow Gel printed mixed media paper. 
12. Fussy-cut the coffee cup and saucer .
13. Use pastel pencils to add shading to the cup and saucer.
14. Use a black pento edge the coffee cup and saucer combo.
15. Cut a piece of yellow cardstock to create a 5" x 7" card. 
16. Using the stamping platform and Onyx Black VersaFine Ink, stamp the Grid Background Red rubber Cling Stamp on the base of the card. 
17. Adhere the image panel and the coffee cup/saucer to the yellow card.

Instructions for the second card. 

1. Use a stamping platform and Onyx Black VersaFine Ink to stamp the Arty Squares Collage Red Rubber Cling Stamp onto mixed media cardstock. 
2. Use the stamping platform and Bermuda Elements Ink to stamp one of the bottles from the Bottles Red Rubber Cling Stamp Set onto the background and onto a Post-It Note.
3. Fussy-cut the bottom part of the bottle and place it over its counterpart on the image panel. 
4. Secure the image panel to the STAY-tion with magnets.
5. Place a ruler horizontally across the base of the bottle.
6. Sponge or brush Old Paper Distress ink over the top of the image. 
7. Move the ruler was to cover the top part of the image and sponge Gathered Twigs Distress Ink over the bottom of the image panel. 
8. Use magnets to secure the Arty Squares Small Stencil over the image panel, lining up the square windows with the stamped squares. 
9. Sponge or brush Old Paper Distress ink over the stencil into the squares, which deepens the color.
10. Use Bermuda Elements Ink as a watercolor to color the bottle. (see Steps #5 and #6 of the first card).
11. Use Sundance Elements Ink to stamp the small sunflower from the Sunflower Perfectly Clear® Stamp Set by Stampendous!®.
12. Use Sundance to watercolor the flower petals.
13. Use Russet Orange and Henna Elements Inks to watercolor the center of the sunflower.
14. Use a green watercolor marker was used to add the flower stem. 
15. Using a stamp positioner and Bermuda Elements Ink , stamp the sentiment from the Rise Up Clear Border Stamp #490 as shown.

Notes:

• My original plan was to use Darkroom Door's Tall Flowers Stencil in the bottle. However, I seemed to have hallucinated its purchase and/or misplaced it.
• The windows of the Arty Squares Small Stencil fit just inside the outlines of the squares of the Arty Squares Collage Red Rubber Cling Stamp. Using a STAY-tion makes it easy to line things up and keep them secure. However, if you don't have a STAY-tion, you can always use tape to hold the stencil in place.
• FYI, there are also Arty Hearts, Arty Pods, and Arty Scales with coordinating Arty Stencils! They're on my wish list!

Thanks for visiting today!