I’m really late posting today – I intended to do so this morning but the week has been long and full of hard work and I was unable to finish my card and post it before my hair cut appointment. After that I went for lunch and a pedicure with my friend Julia amid lots of laughter and conversation including some about stamping. And that’s always fun. Julia loved the Seaside Shore set and was impressed with my sea like background – I had to admit it’s from the By The Shore DSP! I love how it gets darker, it’s perfect for a sea shot where the light disappears the further down you go.

I used a trick that I recently saw somewhere about making new stamps work better. It’s to use versamark, wipe it off on your hand and then use the stamp pad. I didn’t go with the “wipe it off on your hand” method, but stamped it numerous times so that the versamark disappeared and then used the archival basic black. It seemed to work fine and I didn’t end up with a sticky hand, but it definitely did improve the intensity of ink when stamping. Then I used my daffodil delight stampin’ write marker to colour in the rest of the fish.

I glued my piece of By The Shore DSP to a card base of dapper denim and then positioned the angels. A fun card that I could use for many occasions – I’ll add the sentiment to the inside when I need it and thus can tailor it to the occasion.

See you tomorrow,

Liz