Stamp Set Focus – Background Builders Classics
Hey!
I had planned on writing this blog post last night, but the motherhood exhaustion hit post Bean bedtime and I just chilled instead – sorry!
Anyway, this is one of those types of post that I keep meaning to do more of and then life/other work gets in the way. I had also envisioned I would use more of the stamps from the clear stamp set I am focusing on, but I kinda got hooked on just one of the stamps! Please tell me it’s not just me that has these problems 😉
For my first ‘Stamp Set Focus’, I wanted to use the recently released Background Builders Classics. I felt it needed a little more inky love.
For my first two cards I used the same layout (inspired by Jane’s Uniko DT post HERE). I used the horizontal stripe stamp from the set more as an accent, rather than to build a background too.
For this first card I dusted off some older clear stamp sets. The large bold HAPPY is from All Occasion Sentiments #2 and it is so much fun to stamp it in a rainbow of colours! The flowers are from Flower Power #7 and the smaller script birthday is from Simply Said Birthday. I added a few Nuvo Drops to finish of my design.
As I still had the horizontal stripe stamp positioned in my MISTI, I stamped up another to create my next card. This time combining it with a sentiment from the recently released Sentiments Outlined and accented with some blooms from Beautiful Blooms II.
I love how quick this card was to make, just a little bit of simple stamping and masking for the blooms and a little dimension for the stamped panel.
Next I switched up the orientation of my card and used another of my favourite techniques and paired the stamp with some other ‘older’ Uniko stamps.
Using a stamping tool means your stamp is always in the same place for repeated stamping. This is handy for this technique, where I have used water  based markers to colour my stamp. I have done this technique quite a few times, like HERE.
I used Stampin’ Up! markers in Calypso Coral, Lucky Limeade and Costal Cabana for a lovely tropical palette to go with images from Paradise and Paradise Leaves.
Lastly, I wanted to ‘build’ a background and this is the result…
Having created a bold background I wanted to showcase it in a way not to take too much focus from it and it also needed a pop of colour.
I used Stampin’ Up! dies to create the HAPPY, which I die cut each letter 3 times and adhered them together with glue. I wanted them to have some dimension but not too much to make the card bulky. Again I used the partially stamped sentiment, script birthday from Simply Said Birthday.
I hope I have inspired you a little and given you some new ideas and techniques to try out. I sure had fun using this one stamp!
Thanks for stopping by.
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Comments (3)
What a wonderful versatile set, Bev! I love it and it’s certainly on my wish list! Thanks so much for sharing and inspiring!
Don’t feel badly at all for only using one of the stamps from the set when you showed just how versatile it is!!! My fav is the multicolored with markers but I also love creating black and white stripe patterns as backgrounds. And I feel your pain about the exhaustion. I have a sick puppy and have had 3 sleepless nights as a result. I’m getting nothing done and “sleeping when the baby sleeps” to get through this.
Great images and color combos! Very useful set to have on hand!