Rainbow Background Using Small Stamps - Hero Arts
Posted by Ilina Crouse on May 27, 2020

Rainbow Background Using Small Stamps

Hi everyone, Ilina here with my take on this week's Stay Crafty with Hero Challenge. We have taken a special interest in our smallest stamps in our sets for this "Small Joys" challenge.

I decided to use two of the flower stamps from the One Thing at a Time Stamp & Cut set. To make the background, start by drawing a 1" grid using a ruler and pencil on a 4 1/4" x 5 1/2" piece of Dove White Cardstock. Once you have your grid, stamp the larger flowers on the intersection points. Once you have those stamped, add the small flowers in between. Stamp the flowers in rainbow order. The ink colors used are: Soft Apricot, Butter Bar, Dandelion, Lime Green, Fresh Lawn, Antigua, Tide Pool, Ombre Soft Sky to Indigo (Light and Dark hue) and Ombre Hydrangea (medium hue) and Rose Madder.

Once you have the background done, trim the panel down to 4" x 5 1/4". Set aside. Die cut two Thinking of You sentiments from the Thinking of You Stamp & Cut set from Pitch Black Cardstock and adhere them together. Stamp sentiment on Pitch Black Cardstock and emboss in white. Trim to size. Assemble the panel and apply Clear Lacquer Pen onto the Thinking of You. Let it dry. Once dry, adhere the panel to a Pitch Black note card.

Thanks for stopping by! Hope you have an amazing day.

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DC277 One Thing At A Time Stamp & Cut...
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PS325 Hero Hues Dove white - Hero Arts
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AF145 Soft Apricot Ink Pad - Hero Arts
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AF207 Butter Bar Mid-Tone Shadow Ink...
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AF331 Dandelion Bold Ink
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AF262 Lime Green Mid-Tone Shadow Ink...
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AF372 Fresh Lawn Mid-Tone Shadow Ink...
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AF373 Antigua Mid-Tone Shadow Ink
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AF223 Tide Pool Shadow Ink
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AF385 Ombré Soft Sky to Indigo - Hero...
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AF383 Ombré Hydrangea - Hero Arts
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AF386 Rose Madder Bold Ink - Hero Arts
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DC273 Thinking of You Stamp & Cut -...
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PS323 Hero Hues Premium Cardstock...
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PW110 White Embossing Powder - Hero Arts
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AF419 Clear Embossing & Watermark Ink
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NK350 Crystal Clear Lacquer Pen -...
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2 comments

Bonnie Reyes,

I love using small stamps for backgrounds. Large stamps are sometimes unwieldy and you don’t always get even stamping.

Henriëtte,

Lovely card Ilina, you put also a smile on my face!
Thank you so much for sharing, stay safe and have a wonderful day.


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