Pure Color With Kara: #3 Stamping Text Over Stamped Images

Hello! I hope your are enjoying the last bit of summer. I am soaking up every minute.  This is Kara and I'm here today to share another PURE Color Combination inspired by a beautiful scarf that belonged to my mother-in-law.  Take a peek at my Instagram feed for a look at the inspiration piece.  The feather pattern on the scarf includes colors very similar to Fairy Dust, Silver Lining, Wild Mango, Pumpkin Spice, Bo Peep, and Nautical Navy.

My projects today both have backgrounds created by stamping text over stamped images.  I love the effect on both the masculine and feminine version.  This first card is a great encouragement card that would be perfect for a guy in your life.  The colors help create  a masculine feel, but as you will see below, they are gorgeous and unexpected colors for floral images as well.  I started by stamping one image from the Backgrounds and Borders 4 set repeatedly to create a pattern.  I would stamp several in one color and then switch to another color.  Make sure to clean the stamp well {and stamp off on scrap paper} in between colors.  If you stamp in order from light to dark, the amount of cleaning is minimized.  Once my background was complete, I stamped the text over top in black.

WPlus9 Supplies

Stamps: Backgrounds and Borders 4, Encouraging Words // Dies: Love Mom Layers, Banner Trio //Ink: Fairy Dust, Silver Lining, Bo Peep, Nautical Navy, Wild Mango, Pumpkin Spice, Black // Cardstock: White, Coal Mine

 

Using the Love Mom Layers large circle die, I cut away a circle from the front panel to reveal a coordinating sentiment stamped directly onto the card base.  I finished it off with a banner, from Banner Trio die, cut from Coal Mine cardstock and white heat embossed with a third sentiment from the Encouraging Words stamp set.

This second card mixes Watercolored Anemones with the new Grateful Greetings stamp set.  This stamp in particular has such a beautiful, feminine font that just works perfectly with any WP9 floral images you may have.  I stamped the panel the same way, images first then text.  I wanted to highlight the sentiment and also tone down the bold pattern.  To do this I used a piece of vellum with a die cut circle window to draw your attention to the center sentiment.  I used the same circle die that I used on the previous project.

WPlus9 Supplies

Stamps: Watercolored Anemones, Grateful Greetings, Hand Lettered Thanks // Dies: Love Mom Layers, Banner Trio //  Ink: Fairy Dust, Silver Lining, Bo Peep, Nautical Navy, Wild Mango, Pumpkin Spice, Black  //  Cardstock: White, Coal Mine 

 

Again, to add a secondary sentiment, I used the Banner Trio die to stamp and heat emboss a sentiment from Hand Lettered Thanks that really compliments the Grateful Greetings.

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Use this color prompt along with at least one Wplus9 product (more is always welcome!) and upload your project to your blog or online photo gallery such as Flickr. Then link it up using the InLinkz widget below by September 4th 11:59 p.m. EST, to participate and keep the inspiration flowing!

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Pure Color #3 Entries

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Thanks you so much for stopping by today! Come visit me on my blog for a look at the third project you see in the group photos using this PURE Color Combination.