Hello sweet friends! Today I'm excited to be taking part in an Instagram Hop with a bunch of other crafty friends to celebrate Creative Worship Stamps (formerly Sweet 'n Sassy Stamps) 17th year in business! Wow! Korin and I started our stamp companies only a few months apart, so it's hard to believe it's already been that long.
There's an awesome prize up for grabs along the hop, so you'll want to head on over to Instagram to start the hop. Their Black Friday Sale kicks off today as well, so it's a great time to grab any goodies you've had your eye on. It's been such a sad time lately in the stamp industry seeing so many small stamp companies close, if you are able, I urge you to support the amazing companies that are still around like Creative Worship Stamps.
A while after I closed Verve, I had the privilege to work closely with Korin behind the scenes at Sweet and Sassy Stamps for a few years. I also illustrated a line of stamps under the J Tilman Designs label. So for my card today I thought I would combine some of the stamps I illustrated with the Texture Tiles stamps that drew me in to the company way back when.
I started by stamping out the flowers and leaves from Forever Loved. I colored them up with Copic markers (R01, R20, R22, YG23, YG63, YG67), then cut with the coordinating Forever Loved Dies.
The background started with some neutral graph paper. I blended tattered rose distress oxide and over coffee Catherine Poolker inks, then did some smooshing with the same colors. Next I went in to add some texture with the Script and splatters stamp from the Texture Tiles 1 stamp set.
For the sentiment, I created a banner with the opposite side of the same paper, embossing the sentiment from Joyful Day in brown, and then stamping over it with the splatter texture stamp.I then tore another strip of that paper and sponged with Over Coffee ink and then stamped with the crackle texture from Texture Tiles 6.
I found a scrap of muslin and a mini doily in my stash, so decided to layer them up on the background, and then I pulled out some sprays to do some splattering. I used Saltwater Taffy and Vintage Photo Distress Spritz as well as some watered down bleed-proof ink. Once the background was how I wanted it, I layered on the flowers and sentiment, then finished off with a seam binding bow that I inked up here and there with tattered rose distress oxide and then painted with a light coating of fairy fluff magicals.
Thanks so much for stopping by today! I hope you have a fabulous day and enjoy the hop!
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