Stamp Review Crew - Amazing Silhouettes

Stampin’ UP! Artistic Dies and Expressions In Ink Designer Series Paper 

It's the 3rd Monday of March and that means it's time for the Stamp Review Crew Hop.   We are a group of Stampin' UP! demonstrators sharing a ton of ideas focused on a single stamp set. This week we're featuring the Amazing Silhouettes Cling Stamp Set from the 2022 January-June Mini catalog. You have likely come from Lou Kitzelman’s blog on your way through this amazing hop. If you get lost, simply click on the banner for a list of participants and get back on track.

I don't know why, but my first impression of this set was for Sympathy cards.  In fact, the image below was the first image I stamps with this set.  But it was a bit, well - Meh!  So my mission was to create a few projects that brightened it up a bit.  

My first project took the card base from the above card.  I used the Sale-a-bration Designer Series Paper Beautifully Penned.  I stamped the the image in VersaMark ink and heat embossed it with Basic Black Embossing Powder.  Then I colored the image using both the Light and Dark Old Olive Blends.  I really liked the effect.  The gray in the Designer Series Paper created additional shadows which, I think, gave the image more depth.

 

My second project is similar.  But this time I used Memento Ink instead of VersaMark to stamp the image.  Then I used the Light and Dark Mint Macaron Blends.  I avoided the flowers to look like the tree was flowering.  The trunk was the Light Soft Suede Stampin' Blends for both cards.  I took a scrap of the same Designer Series Paper and turned it over to give me a base for the Easter die cuts created with Highland Heater, Gorgeous Grape and matted in Gorgeous Grape card stock.

   

Next stop on the Hop is Cindy Elam’s blog where she'll

wow you with her beautiful design skills.

Comments

[Holly/Rubber Redneck]

Great set of cards to show case this set Mike! I love the more color.