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How to create card backgrounds with sentiment stamps

This is a post to show you how to use sentiment stamps  in an unconventional way. I am sure you all know what sentiment stamps are, but, just in case, let me remind you that they are that little sentences you can add onto cards to wish Happy Birthday , to congratulate someone, to encourage or simply to say I love you to the card's recipient. Well, after some months/years of crafting you start accumulating sentiments from different stamp sets and with different fonts and size... a cool way to use several sentiments at the same time is to combine them to create a nice  background. I stamped the sentiments using  dye   inks , rather than pigments because they dry very fast. Wild Rose , Celery Stick , and Doe  dye ink cubes  are from  Lawn Fawn  while  Lavender Fields is from My   Favorite Things . I picked sentiments and tiny shapes ( butterflies , flowers , candies , etc) from different stamp se...

Color layering (where to buy material + test of color combos)

I've been dying to buy some of the Hero Arts color  layering  sets since months. Each set includes layering stamps and a matching 4-i nk cube pack, especially created by Hero Arts artists  (see   HERE  for the color layering guide).    Here you have a table with some considerations about buying in U.S. or in EU if you are a EU-based customer... Comparative table a) U.S.A EU (multiple retailers) EU (single retailer) Color layering bundles (stamps + inks) b) c) Available Not always available Not always available Color layering bundles (stamps + inks + dies) b) c) Available Not always available Not always available Separate materials (stamps and inks) Available Available * Partly available Prices Fair More expensive than in US More expensive than in US Custom fees To be paid NONE NONE ...