Hello and welcome! This is Shanna today with a simple silhouette card featuring products from Crackerbox Stamps!
My card is a traditional A-2 card today. I started by grabbing a scrap of ink-blended cardstock I had on my desk from a previous project that happened to be big enough to stamp the Sea Breeze image on. I grabbed my Versafine Clair Nocturne ink and stamped the image using my Misti stamping tool. I find it key to use a stamp positioning tool when stamping silhouettes or solid images because you will almost always have to stamp again to fully have the image solid. I used my paper trimmer to cut the image down to the border on the stamp. I also stamped the Live Your Life sentiment onto the same scrap of ink-blended cardstock as well and cut it down to a rectangle. I added black cardstock mats behind both the image and the sentiment. For my card base, I grabbed a white A-2 card panel and trimmed it down to 4 'x 5.25". I attached a piece of iridescent vellum to roughly half of the card front for a bit of sparkly interest and then mounted the image and sentiment centered on the card front before adding the panel to a black A2 notecard to finish off the card!
- Ink Matters! Use a well-inked or re-inked stamp pad. Dye inks dry and doesn't tend to spread, but I have had success with pigment inks too.
- Use a stamp positioner, like a Misti, to make restamping the image easy to achieve a solid look
- Silhouettes are typically dark colors, right?? But this is YOUR card--have fun with it... You want a hot pink Sea Breeze scene? Then go for it!
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