Thursday, July 02, 2015

HLS July CAS Challenge - Stamping


Hi everyone.  It's the start of the  July CAS Challenge at Happy Little Stampers, and it's the start of our new Design Team.  Yay!!  Kylie and I are thrilled to have eight talented designers joining us.  Welcome to Anita, Bonnie, Chrissie, Hazel, Linda, Sue, Toni and Valentyna. :)




Today is my friend, Dolly's (aka Darnell) birthday .  Hopefully she received this card in time and this is not the first time she's seeing it! :)

Happy Birthday Dolly!


This card is all about the wonderful technique of generation stamping (or second generation). Basically you stamp an image and then stamp again (and possibly again) without reinking your stamp.  Multi-generation stamping can create the illusion of depth or movement.

I inked my tree trunk and then used a paper towel to randomly removed some of the ink from the top branches, stamped off once onto scrap paper, and then stamped onto my card front.  This gave me a general outline for the tree without having dark branches that would show through the leaves.

Then I stamped the leaves three times before re-inking and stamping again.  It really creates the look of leaves in the background and foreground, giving the tree visual dimension.  So cool! :)

I hope you'll be inspired to join in our fun challenge.  It's open for the whole month of July, so there's lots of time to play along.  Simply make a CAS card that includes stamping and join the challenge.

This card actually works perfectly for the HLS July Sketch challenge that began two days ago, so I'm adding it over there as well.  Here's the sketch ...




And Virginia's View Challenge for July is 100% Stamping, so I'm linking up there.











Stamps:  Leafless Limbs (Stampscapes); Leaf sprig (Kittie Kits Outdoor Master from Rubbernecker), Be Happy Sentiments (Amy R)
Paper:  White (Neenah)
Ink:  Distress Inks:  Squeezed Lemonade, Shabby Shutters, Peeled Paint, Brushed Corduroy (Tim Holtz)
Accessories & Tools:  sponges

Challenges:
HLS July CAS Challenge - Stamping
HLS July Sketch Challenge
Virginia's View #16 - 100% Stamping


33 comments:

My Card Attic: Hazel said...

What a gorgeously soft scene Loll . . . it is so serene and calming!! LOVE it! Hazel xx

Darnell said...

I did receive it, Lolly, and it's breathtaking in person! You did a beautiful job of stamping off to create depth on your leaves. It's a soft and dreamy card!! Thank you for making it for me and thank you the shoutout, my friend! Love and hugs! Dolly

nancy littrell said...

Beautiful stamping off (that is what this technique use to be called) Loll. A wonderful and easy way to get depth and movement :-) Your sample is so Inspiring Loll. I can't wait to play. Congratulations on your DT too. Hugs, Nancy

Craft-E-Place said...

Fabulous card, so delicate.
Elaine

Deepti said...

This is so beautiful! love the use of greens :)

Chriss Blagrave said...

Such a lovely card Loll! Gorgeous use of the greens.

BożenA said...

Hello Loll,
thank you very much for your support of my family in the fight for health brother.
Very, very thank you, this is for us very important.
love,
Bozena

Linda said...

Beautiful card ...... I love the shades of green and the delicate stamping. Great to be teamies with you too! xx

Joyce said...

This is such a pretty card, and you have done a great job with the generational stamping.

Valentyna Komisarenko said...

Oh, Loll, this is so beautiful, and sweet, and I simply love the tree and those greens around!

Lee-Anne said...

How awesome is this? I love your sponging, Loll! The generation stamping is sensational! Lucky Darnell to be the recipient of this beauty!

Kylie said...

Gorgeous technique and stamping. The colours are beautiful. Elegant card! xx

Kim Heggins said...

Gorgeous card Loll and so perfect for Miss Darnell....love all that beautiful green!

Susan said...

What a beautiful card for the HLS challenge - wonderful to see stamping as the main focus in this day and age of die cuts, stencils, embossing folders, etc.

Virginia L. said...

Utterly sophisticated and beautiful! So glad that you join the fun over Virginia’s View “100% Stamped” Challenge!

Tasha Vovchuk said...

I love this card! it looks so misterious... and calming... ))))

Sue said...

Loll, what can I say. I love everything about your card - the inking, stamping and images are beautiful.

JJ said...

Stunning Loll, thanks again for the guest designer spot, I did put my badges on the blog last night as went and forgot before lol! Sorry.

Love & hugs

Jacquie J xxx
http://jewelscardcraft.blogspot.co.uk/

Birgit said...

Loll, this is beautiful and serene. So dreamy and soft!

Stamps and Paper said...

A Lovely technique Loll and a beautiful card the second generation stamping gives it a 'misty' look...

Anne

MaryH said...

Love the misty look of the background of this pretty tree. It's just perfect for Our Darnell, and so very lovely. Brilliant CAS too. TFS & happy wkend. Hugs

nwilliams6 said...

Wow - so soft and pretty! This is such a lovely birthday card for that sweet Darnell (Dolly) - love her! Sweetly done Loll. Hugz

Neets B said...

Such a lovely blend of colours, Loll. I love the softness of your generation stamping and the blending at the base. Gorgeous x

Barb Ghig said...

Oh, this is such a gorgeous card, Loll! I love how you used generation stamping to create depth and dimension on the leaves...all those pretty shades of green are so pretty! I'm sure Darnell is going to cherish this beauty for a long time to come, too!

Bonnie said...

Your tree has such depth, Loll! I love the soft green of the leaves with the soft, subtle branches! I'm so excited to be on this team with you! Thanks for the opportunity!

Brenda said...

This tree is stunning Loll, well the whole card is stunning. lol I love the sunshine shinning in the corner, that tree is just lovely, love the second generation stamping. I love your grassy knob that your tree is living on too. Just a peaceful, relaxing card. I know Darnell will love it too! Hugs, Brenda

Anita in France said...

How lovely, Loll ... such a wonderful sense of depth and dimension on that delicate tree ... gorgeous! Anita :)

My Paper Epiphany said...

Serene and beautiful!

Gloria said...

Hi Loll!
Your stamping is amazing and this card is so beautiful!!

Nonni said...

This is beautiful and so skillfully made, Loll! I haven't been really around in blogland for months but things are looking up now and I just entered the CAS Challenge at Happy Stampers. I want to let you know that I haven't forgotten you and your blog, life has just been on the way and I've been going through a lot lately, I haven't been felt very creative to be honest. I have now "cleared things up" so that I have only 4 monthly DT cards to make and I hope this will be a key for having more time for just hanging around and commenting too. Have a wonderful summer and I hope to visit you soon again! Hugs Nonni

Toni said...

Have I mentioned how much I love this card? You have used that technique so so well--beautiful!

Toni

sue t. said...

So serene and peaceful. Would make a great sympathy card.

Judys said...

Classy and artistic tree. Love your work, Loll. I always gravitate to your cards when I see them. I want to take my book and sit under this tree!