Rubeena’s Crafting Anniversary Blog Hop DAY ONE + Giveaways

Hello, crafty friends!

Today I am joining my friend Rubeena Ianigro in celebrating her four-year crafting anniversary. If you came from her blog, you are right on track! In light of this celebration, I thought I would share a little fun fact about my discovery of clear stamps.

I have been crafting and making cards from a very young age, but I only discovered stamps more recently – about seven years ago. One day I was out buying some ink pads for two woodblock stamps that I had received as a gift. Near the ink pads aisle, I noticed some clear rubbery material which had the word ‘stamp' on its package. I thought they looked interesting and bought a couple of them.

Now here is the funny part, I didn't buy any blocks, for I had no clue that clear stamps needed blocks! Instead, I simply peeled them off their sheet and tried to ink them using my hands like you would use a block. You can imagine how frustrated I was with the process! However, it wasn't long before I realized that I needed to get those ‘glass blocks' which I had seen next to the clear stamps but had no idea what they were at the time. I also had no idea how much I was about to get involved with clear stamps!

For today's hop, I decided to create a card using one of my all-time favorite techniques: applying ink with a sponge applicator. I mostly combine this technique with masking, but this time I did something different.

Using the Halftone Circles Nesting Die Set, I die cut circles of various sizes from the same piece of white cardstock. I overlapped some of the circles so I could arrange them like puzzle pieces.

I used the following Altenew Crisp Dye Inks: Peach Perfect, Rubellite, Minty Mint, and Lagoon to color my die-cut circles using a sponge applicator. For the sentiment, I used the Fine Alphabet Die Set along with some Gold Foil Cardstock.

Blog Hop!

GIVEAWAYS

Your next stop on the hop is Pinkfresh Studio Blog

Thanks for joining me today!

SUPPLIES USED:

Halftone Circles Nesting Die Set [ ALTN ] Fine Alphabet Die Set [ ALTN ] Gold Foil Cardstock (10 sheets/set) [ ALTN ] Peach Perfect Crisp Dye Ink [ ALTN ] Rubellite Crisp Dye Ink [ ALTN ] Minty Mint Crisp Dye Ink [ ALTN ] Lagoon Crisp Dye Ink [ ALTN ]