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Sunset in Cambodia - Inspired by Nature Sunset in Cambodia - Inspired by Nature & Bird on a Branch Sunset in Cambodia - Pocket Silhouettes Sunrise at Swansea - Pocket Silhouettes Sunrise at Swansea - Inspired by Nature Sunrise at Swansea - Upsy Daisy I just love the Stampin' Up! range of silhouette stamps that they have in the Idea Book and Catalogue. A few days back I posted a photo using this technique . Here are the rest of the cards I made. I simply found some photos of sunrise/sunsets from our personal collection and stamped silhouette images over the top with Basic Black ink. It's a very effective technique that I found in a recent card making magazine. I think they would make great Sympathy cards or for general use. I purposefully didn't put sentiments on most of them because I thought it spoiled the images. My hubby took these magnificent photos. Have an awesome day!! It's my last day of the holidays before I go back to teaching tomorrow. I've dec...

Sunrise at Swansea - Upsy Daisy I was around at Tania's the other day, having a lovely time stamping and embossing, when on my way out the door, Tania mentioned that she forgot to ask me to demo the brayer! I suddenly remembered a great technique that I saw in a Card Making Magazine recently. There were some examples of Stampscapes stamped over photos of sunsets. Brilliant idea!! I thought this technique would look great using the Stampin' Up! Silhouette range of stamps . So here I am with example number one out of six that I did this afternoon. I'll show you the rest in a later post. I printed out lots of photos that my hubby had taken on a family holiday to Swansea (on the beautiful East Coast of Tasmania) and some sunset photos taken in Cambodia in 2008. I just printed them on Whisper White cardstock, stamped the silhouette in Basic Black and for this example, I added a sentiment from Pocket Silhouettes. Voila! So easy. I certainly won't stop trying to master ...

Here's my other card making entry for the Launceston Show. I had to display three cards that showed three different techniques and they had to be mounted onto one display board. I decided to use the same stamp set, Upsy Daisy, and colour scheme for all the examples. This helped to highlight the different techniques used. I haven't provided all the details for each card but if you're curious about any accessories etc please contact me with any questions. Technique No. 1 - Using the Brayer and Masking Technique No. 2 - Polished Stone Technique No. 3 - Emboss Resist The main colours used were Baja Breeze, Not Quite Navy and Whisper White. You will be seeing a few more examples using the Polished Stone Technique in later posts, as this is what I've decided to demo for the Workshop Wow presentation at the Hobart Field Training Night. I had fun with Amanda at Stamp'n'Giggle the other night, experimenting with different colour combinations and more re-inkers are ...