Green Vines with Green Stripes

Wednesday, September 4, 2019

Green Vines with Green Stripes

When I saw Jennifer McGuire's recent blog post on "reusable" stamping with craft foam ("DIY Stamps from Dies"), I knew I should try the technique. This delicate vine die is one of my favorites, and it looked like it would work beautifully for a stamp. To make it reusable, in line with Jennifer's ideas, I cut it from self-adhesive foam, which I then adhered to a piece of clear card stock. I used removable Scotch tape to tape that to my MISTI lid, shimmed a scrap of white card stock to lift it closer to the very thin stamp, and started stamping a test piece.

Since it was just meant for a test, I wasn't concerned about my stray ink. But looking at it later on, I saw what a lovely watercolor-ish effect it made, stray ink marks and all. So I added a small sentiment and layered it onto a card. I'm very happy with the result, and I'll enjoy using my new reusable foam stamp! Thank you, Jennifer, for all your great technique instructions and your inspiration!

Card details:

Card stock is Papertrey Ink (PTI) ripe avocado (dark green) and stamper's select white.
Patterned paper is PTI spring moss (light green) pattern pack (tone-on-tone prints - retired).
The sentiment "hello" is from PTI tag-its #12 (retired), stamped with PTI ripe avocado ink.
The vines are stamped with craft foam, cut with Memory Box floral vine die, using PTI simply chartreuse (medium green - for two vines) and ripe avocado (for one vine) inks.

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Starting in early 2016, most of my cards are now made for Operation: Quiet Comfort.
As explained on their web site, "Operation Quiet Comfort exists solely for the purpose of honoring and comforting America’s military men and women who become sick and injured while serving in harm’s way. We also provide support to those who care for them. We collect, package and ship supplies for U.S. Military men and women receiving care at medical facilities abroad." These packages also include cards with messages of support and encouragement ... "thinking of you, patriotic, thank you, cheerful cards." I'm happy to have the opportunity to support our troops in this way.

About My Cards and My Blog

Unless noted otherwise, all my cards are A2 size - 4.25 x 5.5" when folded.

I was making cards long before I started stamping, so for my card images, I sometimes will do my own line drawing, then color it with markers. To use it multiple times, I scan it before coloring, then computer-print it. For more on my drawing process, see "How I Draw," and also "Anybody Can Draw."

I use Copic markers (I prefer "original" and also have some of the "sketch" type), Copic multiliner pens, and the Copic airbrush (airbrushing with my markers). See "About My Tools and Materials" for my Copic colors and other tools, materials, supplies and sources. Techniques and materials may also be noted in the blog post.

I will post a few times a month, whenever I have a new card to share. For cards before 2012, the date on the post is the approximate date of the card, not always the posting date. Reference posts like "About My Labels" are filed together as 1973, but are much newer.

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Wednesday, September 4, 2019