Friends of Life and Deco Diamond Background by Simon Says Stamp Supplies

Hi there, I hope you are doing well…Today I’m sharing a card made using images and die-cuts are from   “Friends of Life Stamp Set and coordinating die set called ” Forget Me Not“,  Deco Diamonds  Background Stamp, and Wonky Rectangles wafer dies.

• To add colours, I  used red colours from Copics Ciao Set B. 
• I also used different shades of green cardstock 270 grams for the leaves and gold cardstock and sequins to add accents.
• For the background, I used Versamark Clear Ink and for the envelope, I used grey ink.
• To add that beautiful decorative pattern all over the edge of the front panel, I also used Wonky Rectangles wafer dies. It really makes a difference!

I’m loving the geometrical pattern produced by Deco Diamonds Background Stamp is also one of my favorites not only to stamp card backgrounds but envelopes.

Sadly  Friends of life stamp set has been sold out and discontinued but its beautiful matching die set is still available and it is very versatile. You can easily add colours and details  to the die cuts using markers and pens.

COLOURING AND DESING ELEMENTS

I try not to cover the entire images with colour, leaven plenty white areas and I also incorporate yellows and browns shades of colour to add light, shadows or interest to the images…

For the card base, I like to use neutral colours.

Below a couple of similar samples in terms of colour and composition.  You can click on the pictures to see more.

Although on this card you might see red and pink colors mainly there is a hint of yellow picking through here and there and green.

I added a very soft grey halo around the flowers and the black banner and sentiment are adding contrast.

For this journal cover, the yellow colour is more noticeable but I used the same colour scheme.

Depending on the amount of each colour you use and how you use it your projects will look completely different every time.

Here I used pale pink, pale yellow, green, and black colours and I also used a very similar geometric stamp from Simon Says Stamp as well called Centre Cut Geometric Pattern.

For more samples using ” Forget me not die set”  click here and here to see them and I also made a card using the discontinued stamps here ( that card on that post is one of my favs ever).

 That’s all for today! I hope you like the projects and the ideas.

Many hugs  and happy crafting 

x

Bibi

 

Supplies

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