"Keep Climbing" Reflection Card

Hi everyone!  Today I would like to share a fun reflection card I made with the new "Keep Climbing" set by Our Daily Bread designs.  A couple of years ago, I bought a "reversing stamp" from Repeat Impressions at a craft show, and I had to dig it out from my stash to create this reflection scene.  Some stamps are easy to create a reflection, such as trees or items which are fairly symmetrical, however this scene was a bit different.  A "reversing stamp" is a large rubber stamp which is totally flat.  Ink up your stamp, stamp it onto the reversing stamp, then quickly stamp the reversing stamp onto the paper.  I would suggest practicing a few times in order to get it just right.....and make sure your ink pad isn't dry or there won't be enough ink to transfer. After your reflection is just right, then carefully link up the original stamp (I use a Stamp-a-ma-jig stamp positioner), and stamp it above the reflection.  Now you're ready to cut and finish your panel!

I will be submitting this card for the following challenges:
Perfect Sentiments: All Creatures Great and Small (eagle);
Papertake Weekly: Anything Goes, with the option of a non-square card base;
Crafty Cardmakers: Winged Things (eagle);
All Sorts: Anything But Square;
Crafty Pad: Anything but Square.

Card 'Ingredients':
Stamps: Our Daily Bread designs 'Keep Climbing';
Cardstock: Stampin Up 'Creamy Caramel' (retired) and 'Whisper White';
Designer Paper: Bo Bunny 'Welcome Home';
Ink: Stazon Jet Black, Stampin Up 'Always Artichoke', 'Bashful Blue', 'Apricot Appeal', 'Creamy Caramel';
Accessories: Spellbinders Grand Labels One, Basic Grey Button, Stampin Up Linen Thread and Word Window Punch, paper piercer (freehand piercing), sponge daubers, foam tape;
Size: Approx 5-1/2 x 5-1/2.

Thanks for stopping by today!  God bless!

Little Layers Anniversary Card

My friend, Robin, needed an anniversary card to give to his wife, who adores her fishes. He asked me to replicate a previous card from my gallery, but I modified it a bit to be a little more girlie....and mushy!
I started out with Stampin' Up "Little Layers" for the fish, used a reverse stamp to get the second fish, added extra stripes and colored with a gel pen and popped up on foam tape. The seaweed and shells are from SU "On The Beach". The sentiment is from Sugar Loaf See-D's clear stamps, called "Love, Love, Love". The background was sponged using scratch paper masks. If you click on the photo for a close-up, you can see the Pearl Glimmer Mist which was sprayed over the layers. Added Hero Arts heart-shaped pearls for the bubbles, paper piercing, and double ribbon to finish.
Thanks for stopping by! Have a blessed day!


SU Little layers and On the Beach; Sentiment by Sugar Loaf See D's