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Many happy returns
You will need
● white 12.5cm-square
card blank
● white, pale blue, navy &
maroon cardstock
● mixed-media cardstock
● Best of British A4 stamp set &
stencil with Creative Stamping
issue 84
● IndigoBlu Jack A6 stamp
● Faded Jeans, Peacock
Feathers & Chipped Sapphire
Ranger Tim Holtz Distress
Oxide Ink
● Onyx Black VersaFine inkpad
● watercolour pens
● waterbrush
● water spritzer
● 3D foam pads
● stamping platform
Simply make
1 Position the Jack stamp on
the stamping platform and
ink up with three blue shades
of Distress Oxide Ink. Stamp
onto watercolour cardstock,
reinking and creating an
ombré effect. Spritz with
water and blot with kitchen
paper. Once dry, trim to
9cm-square.
2 Stamp the bulldog from the
You can achieve
anything
You will need
● white 12.5x17cm
card blank
● white, pale blue &
navy cardstock
● mixed-media cardstock
A4 set and a bowler hat.
Use watercolour pens to
colour in the dog and cushion
and cut out the hat, af xing
it to its head.
3 Using the position of the
dog as a guide, stamp
the sentiment across the
bottom of the ag. Matt
and layer onto white then
navy cardstock using 3D
foam pads.
4 Af x two squares of maroon
and two of blue cardstock
to the card blank, spacing
equally. Add the stamped
topper using 3D foam pads
to nish.
● IndigoBlu Pomp and
Pageantry & Dinkie Penny
Farthing stamp sets
● Peacock Feathers, Worn
Lipstick, Aged Mahogany &
Chipped Sapphire Ranger
Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink
● Antique Linen Ranger Tim
Holtz Distress Ink
● white Posca paint pen
● ink-blending brushes
● distressing tool
● water spritzer
● heat tool
● masking tape
● 3D foam pads
● stamping platform
Simply make
1 Tape the stencil onto
mixed-media cardstock
and lightly brush shades of
Distress Oxide Ink across
in diagonal strokes. Lift
off the stencil and spritz
liberally with water then tap
the cardstock against a
surface to make the wet ink
move a little. Remove the
excess liquid with kitchen
paper and use a heat tool
● Best of British A4 stamp
set & stencil with Creative
Stamping issue 84
● Onyx Black & Smoky Gray
VersaFine inkpads
to thoroughly dry the
cardstock.
2 Trim the panel to leave
a narrow border then
blend Antique Linen ink
around the edge. Use a
distressing tool to add
texture to the edges and
rub Chipped Sapphire ink
around each one. Tap the
paint pen over the panel to
add white splashes across
it. Dry thoroughly.
3 Stamp the Penny Farthing
and gentlemen in Onyx
Black ink as shown. Use
Smoky Gray ink to stamp
the background elements:
the lamp posts, lion and
Big Ben. Add a sentiment
in black.
4 Dry the stamped images
using a heat tool then matt
and layer onto navy and
pale blue cardstock using
3D foam pads.
5 Blend Antique Linen
Distress Ink around the
edge of the card blank
before adding the
stamped panel to nish.