CAS2 Homework - Day 5

I finally got to my homework from last night's Clean & Simple 2 Online Card Class. The topic of this session was One Stamp, Three Ways. They gave us lots of ideas, then sent us out into the wild with an assignment to use one stamp three different ways.

For my first card, I used my chosen stamp and just stamped it in three different colors on a white card base:

It's neon, it's bright, and there is a lot of white. I added black pearls to the centers for masso contrast, then decided it needed to be matted on black. The bursts lend themselves to a not-often used category of stamp sentiments, so I used the Surprise + ! from my Paper Smooches Birthday Sampler set.

Next, I went for emboss resist:

I stamped the image on white card stock with Versamark ink and white-embossed them. Then I took three colors of Distress ink and blended them over the images. For the centers here I used Enamel Accents, and the blobs kinda flattened out. At least the color is still there. I resisted (heh heh so punny) adding the black layer, even though I really, really, REALLY wanted to.

For the third card, I tried water coloring with my Inktense pencils:

I stamped the image on watercolor paper, scribbled orange, red-orange and red diagonally, then went over the scribbles with a wet brush to blend and intensify. Meh. I'm not feeling the love.

I did have a minor craftastrophe, though, so there's that. I had a dollop of white Enamel Accents in the center, and somehow managed to smear it all over the card front, the image, and myself. I wiped it off, but some stayed behind. I needed a save because I was NOT re-making that water color part. I chose to seal it with some matte Multi Medium. Then I needed to put something else in the center, and I ended up with the wrong green enamel dots.

That second card with the emboss resist is definitely my favorite.

I think I'll go ponder my Bonus Day homework next. :)

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