More is More

One of the ideas I had rolling around in my head for Garden Silhouttes (GS) was a Rainbow Strip Flip (RSF) card.  RSF is a technique I learned from the Technique Junkies Newsletter 2 or 3 years ago and it was love at first try!  I have a lot of Kaleidacolor and Spectrum pads – that was one of the very first things that impressed me in the rubber stamp world and I began collecting them even before I was really a *stamper*.  One of my favorites is the Caribbean Sea K-pad used for these cards.

RSF is such an easy and fun technique and I think it gives a *wow* effect.  Essentially you just brayer a glossy piece of cardstock with a K-pad, randomly stamp an image in black, then cut the cardstock in 1″ strips.  Keeping the strips in order, flip every other one upside down as you mount them on a piece of black cardstock.  Then simply stamp a coordinating focal image and play with the layout.  I’ve considered writing up and photographing a tutorial for this technique.  If that would interest you, please let me know.  For this card I used Gable Green for my base, but Taken with Teal and Tempting Turquoise also looked quite striking.  The sentiment was stamped by using marker to ink just one word on a stamp from the set God’s Blessings and punched using  SU oval punches.  Trim is some fun stuff from my stash.  It’s kind of fuzzy – almost like velvet  -and gives a nice contrasting texture to the glossy cardstock.

When I was making that card I stamped 2 different focal images to see which I would like better with the RSF background.  Well I couldn’t let that second image go to waste, so here’s what I came up with.

Since I had the Gable Green out I decided to stick with that for my card base.  Taken with Teal was used for the main layer and was stamped tone on tone with Linograph in Teal ink.  Another markered sentiment in an oval, some back brads and a scrap of ribbon from Jacksonbelle Embellishments and I was done.  Wow – I am loving this set and I’ve barely gotten started with it!

As I close tonight it’s just about time for this month’s SCS Dirty Dozen Fan Club Gallery to open.  Can’t wait to see who the new girls are!  If you spend any time on SCS at all…use the gallery for ideas…enjoy the tutorials…chat or lurk on the forums….then you really really need to donate to a Fan Club Membership!  And just like when you donate to support PBS, you’ll get a thank you gift from SCS – access to the Dirty Dozen Galleries, instant uploads and some other perks.  Check it out!

Tomorrow I have a little gift set to share.  Be sure to check back and have a great weekend!