Sunday, August 21, 2011

One Background Stamp...3 cards

Hello! The other day I got out my Catch A Wave background stamp from PinkByDesign and got a little swept away. ;) I stamped it 3 times and heat embossed with white embossing powder. For the first 2 cards I layered on ink from light to dark using distress inks in Tumbled Glass, Broken China, Faded Jeans, and Chipped Sapphire.
The sentiment is from the Summer Vacation set from PinkByDesign.

For this card I heat embossed the whale from the Ocean Fun set from MarketStreetStamps.com. I colored him super quickly by using the same ink colors as the waves and my ink blending tool.

The sentiment is from the Crikey set from PinkByDesign. Side note...I just said "crikey" with an awesome fake Australian accent. ;)

Ok ok, I know what you're thinking...rainbow waves??? I wanted to use this "you color my world" sentiment from the Simply Everything set so...I made rainbow waves! ;)

I used distress inks in Barn Door, Dried Marigold, Mustard Seed, Shabby Shutters, Broken China, and Milled Lavender. I hope you likey my wavey cards! ;)

♥ Nikki ♥

25 comments:

  1. I likey them! Excellent examples for us novices to see how versatile one stamp can be.(I don't stamp much.) Thanks for sharing that! Beautiful job and all 3 of your cards are fantastic!--Pat N.

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  2. ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS! I LOVE all 3! And that whale couldn't be cuter! Hugs- Glora

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  3. WOW, I love every single one! I love that all your cards look so different even though you used just one background stamp. Thanks for the ideas!

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  4. I love the look of all of them!!! Really cool Nikki!!!

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  5. These are all so cute!! Love the rainbow effect! SO pretty!

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  6. Great cards! I loved all of the different way that you used it!

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  7. Inspiring and very nice... thank you!

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  8. I did like your wavey cards...very pretty and very cool how you inked different ways.
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  9. cute! I love the whale card!

    Kim

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  10. I likey them very much :-). You did a wonderful job on all of them. Love the rainbow waves ~ goes beautifully with the sentiment! TFS

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  11. these came out really cool! Love the adorable whale! :)

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  12. Beautiful cards! You did such a good job on these!

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  13. I like the Birthday card with the whale the best of all af these, although I do like the rest too. Thanks for sharing them with us .

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  14. Your cards are really cute Nikki! You think of the greatest ways to use inks! I just got a bunch of stamps and now I have to learn how to use them!!! Thanks for sharing!

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  16. I really loved how you used 1 stamp and showed 3 different looks on the cards...I couldn't believe it....your directions are awesome I truly love everything you do...you are definitely one happy and joyous gal as always TFS

    I redid my comment as my 1st didn't make sense should've proofed it first...sorry!!

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  17. Evette K. CiampoMonday, August 22, 2011

    All the different looks are terrific! The colors of the waves I think, makes for a super looking card. Nothing is wrong in stamping gf. Great job on using so few stamps. Gotta love the cute whale for sure. Thanks for the inspirations. ekc

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  18. These are so perfect, especially for a navy wife;-) The white embossing is perfect with this Japanese inspired wave stamp! And I love the sentiment on the first card since it's so punny!!!
    TFS and inspiring!

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  19. WOWZERS!!! I am certainly Scrap-lifting this so you know. I just got my stamp in the mail from PBD. Love how you used this stamp. Sooo inspirational. Thanks Nikki. Smooches... Felicia

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  20. Gorgeous!! I love this stamp and you've used it to perfection!!! :)

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  21. I love the waves! I just did this on Sunday( guess great minds think alike! Ha Ha!)

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  22. Love that stamp and all the cards you made with it!

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  23. Wow you have been very busy. I love each card for a different reason. They are all so adorable. I love the little whale what a cutie pie. The rainbow waves are so pretty they really do look like there floating.
    The 1st card is just as pretty - liking the different colors of blue used. Great job.

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