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Monday, 1 August 2022

Colours of the Sun

Hello Nomad friends.  Wow! August!!  It's the 1st of the month so time for a new challenge at the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity.  To kick off the month we want to see your Background In Focus.  Share your stamped anythings featuring a BACKGROUND STAMP or make a background using real rubber or clear stamps and we want it to be the star of your project. You can add a sentiment, embellishments or an image, but the stamped background must be obvious and very visible!!! Lost Coast Designs and Carmen's Veranda have a load of very fun and beautiful background stamps.  I used Carmen's Veranda Sun Tiles Background and made a set of cards.


The last few times I have used this stamp I have used shades of yellow, so I thought it might be fun to see what it looks like in different colours.  I've used different shades of archival ink, at least two on each card.  

I used Sepia, Potting Soil and a smudge of Watering Can on the first card.
I used Cactus Flower and Monarch Orange on the second one.

I used Cactus Flower and Magenta on the first card.
I used Magenta and Bluebird on the second card.

I used Bluebird and Sepia on the first card.
I used Cactus Flower and Carnation on the second card.

The last two are my favourite.  The Bluebird/Sepia was a bit of a surprize! It came out looking a bit like verdigris and I love it.  If you want to try this my tip is stamp the lighter colour first, then add the darker colour to random place on your stamp and overstamp.  Obviously a stamp platform/positioner will be useful LOL.

I was in two minds (vision of me with two heads bwahaahhah) about sentiments but I decide to just leave them as they are and I will bundle them up as a set of everyday notecards.


Hop over to the blog and check out the awesome inspiration from the team.
Grab your background stamps and join the fun for a chance to win!!

Thanks for dropping by.  Hugz

Joining the fun at
Pammies Inky Pinkies Challenge 2231
Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes
Ally's Angels Challenge 60
Paperbabe Stamps Challenge 173


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3 comments:

  1. Linda W. (ScrappinBari)1 August 2022 at 15:23

    What a gorgeous set featuring that background stamp, Gail - especially love the sepia and pink/purple pair!!

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  2. Vickie Y1 August 2022 at 23:24

    Beautiful, colorful backgrounds.

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  3. EmmaT10 August 2022 at 12:18

    Beautiful set of cards, the images are amazingx

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