Hello friends! I’m having a blast playing with my Masterpiece Box goodies and today I have two cards to share using WPlus9 Whimsy Alpha stamps. The minute a saw that stamp set I knew it would be perfect for making large sentiments on cards – just a sentiment, a background and nothing else.
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I used my mini MISTI stamp positioner to align the letters and spell out my sentiments. I cheated in a way – I looked at my other stamp sets to find great sentiments I could spell with these stamps as nothing came to my mind and I didn’t want these to just say Hello or I Miss You, I wanted longer sentiments and my mind was just blank, so I looked at other sets for ideas.
Because the sentiment, Let Hope Anchor Your Soul, was a bit too long I decided I would replace one of the words with an image – Anchor (I did this on both of the cards I’m sharing today). The little anchor came from Sail Away stamp set from Simon.
I first stamped images in Versamark ink and covered with Hero Arts White embossing powder and heat set them. I double embossed this sentiment (easy to do with MISTI) for a thicker layer of white.
To add color to the background I used Distress inks and blended several colors (Peacock Feathers, Tumbled Glass, Evergreen Bough, Crushed Olive) with the help of my mini ink blending tool and also added water to activate the ink. My panel was trimmed using Simon’s Basic Rectangle die (second largest) and was mounted onto a card base with the help of fun foam.
I also attempted to make a watercolor Galaxy background. I can’t say I’m happy with the way it turned out, but this is definitely a start for me, I noted my mistakes and will try this again soon. Gansai Tambi watercolors were used to make this and I followed Kristina’s video tutorial (I watched it a few weeks ago, but I wasn’t watching it as I was making the background, maybe that was the problem).
The word Moon was replaced with a Moon image and I used a crescent moon from the Shine On stamp set. It looks more like a letter C here, but that just makes you pay more attention to the sentiment I guess.
After my background was ready I trimmed it using Simon’s Basic Rectangle die and adhered onto a black card base. I also went back (after I took these photos) and added black ink to the sides of the watercolor cardstock so that no white would show through.
P.S. – SIMON’S SALE
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And to give you some inspiration, check out these projects made using above sets:
SUPPLIES
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 Simon Says Stamp MASTERPIECE BOX Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Shine On Stamp Set Shop at: SSS |
 Simon Says Stamp Sail Away Stamp Set Shop at: SSS |
 ScraPerfect Crafting Pouch Shop at: SSS |
 Versamark Watermark Emboss Ink Pad Shop at: SSS | HA |
 Simon Says Stamp Basic Rectangles Dies Shop at: SSS |
 Spellbinders Artisan X-plorer Die Cutting Machine Shop at: SSS | SC |
 White Fun Foam 12 Pack 9 x 12 Shop at: SSS |
 Hero Arts White Embossing Powder PW110 Shop at: SSS | HA |
 Zig Kuretake Gansai Tambi Watercolor Set Shop at: SSS |
 Ranger Mini Round Ink Blending Tools Shop at: SSS | SC |
 Ranger Mini Round Foam Refils Shop at: SSS | SC |
 Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad Peacock Feathers Shop at: SSS | SC |
 Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad Tumbled Glass Shop at: SSS |
 Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad Evergreen Bough Shop at: SSS |
 Tim Holtz Distress Mini Ink Pad Crushed Olive Shop at: SSS |
 Mini MISTI Stamping Tool Shop at: SSS | SC |
Love these colorful cards!
Yana,
I so totally love your galaxy background!! It turned out awesome girl!! I have tried in vain to get mine to look good, I will definitely keep practicing, but you NAILED it!!
I love both of these cards so much! The colors are just beautiful and the sentiments are so thoughtful!
Love the Galaxy Background, great job.
Awesome work! Just became a subscriber too!
Inspired by your creativity
Both cards are AWESOME and have given me a lot of inspiration. TFS!
love the stripes
Beautiful cards, love the sentiments!
Love your cards, TFS.
These are really nice Yana, a good job as always.
thank you, darling!
Fabulous cards!
thank you, Tona!
Your galaxy background card is fantastic! I love it so much! I wish I had your skills! Thank you for sharing! I love watching your videos!
thank you so much, Joy! No skills needed here, just watercolor paper, watercolors and a bit of time to try this 😀
thanks!
These are really great! I’m starting to really think that alphabet stamp is a must-have!
thank you, Pat! definitely a lot one can do with an alpha set.
Wow. The alphabet set looks great, but all sets are awesome. Beatiful cards 🙂
thank you, Martina!
This set my second fave in this box. So unique!
Love the idea of your cards. So creative! You made amazing backgrounds, the galaxy one included! It just pops up towards me from my phone screen. So awesome!!
thank you, Svitlana! I need to get better at making these galaxies. But sometimes I think I try way too hard 🙂
These creations are just delightful !!!
thank you so much!
I love the letter set! Beautiful background!
thank you, Lori!