Trinity Stamps Grand Opening Blog Hop
I am both thrilled and honored to have been included in the Grand Opening of the Trinity Stamp Company. Today is their official launch. To celebrate, they are having a blog hop packed with lots of inspiration from many talented artist and have lots of prizes to give away. Be sure to go to the end of the blog to see all the prizes and the lineup for the hop!
Trinity Stamp’s first release is available here.
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You should have arrived here from the incredibly talented Carly Minner.
I have two cards to share with you!
I couldn’t wait to ink up this gorgeous Let Love Grow Stamp Set. I stamped it on #80 Neenah Classic cardstock using Simon Says Stamp Intense Black Ink, because it is Copic friendly. I used quite a few different Copic markers to color the image. I didn’t list them here because I also added depth and shadows with Prismacolor color pencils. I added lots of additional shadows and thickened some lines with a black Copic 0.1 Multiliner. I cut the image out using the coordinating Let Love Grown Die Set and my Sizzix Sidekick.
I taped together two of the medium sized Hero Arts Infinity Rounded Rectangle Dies with Therm O Web Purple Tape. This tape is fabulous. It releases beautifully without tearing your project. I also cut an identical piece of fun foam.
I took the smaller of the two dies, added the next size up, and cut a frame for the window opening. This was colored using a G43 Copic marker. I also cut a panel smaller than the card base and colored the edges with the same marker. It was attached to the #110 Neenah Classic cardstock card base using a Kokuyo Tape Runner. The foam was attached to the panel and the colored stamped piece was attached to the front using Lawn Fawn’s Glue Pen…another favorite! I added a ridiculous amount of Scotch Foam Tape to the back of the panel to match the depth of the fun foam.
The front was stamped using sentiments from the Let Love Grow Stamp Set. I actually stamped it before I added the fun foam, and I used my MISTI. I tend to stamp crooked and I hate starting over! LOL
This stamp set is just plain fun. The crystals add a WOW factor and the variety of sentiments make it versatile for many occasions.
The second stamp set that I was sent to play with was the Succulent Banner Stamp Set. I fell in love with this one as well. I have succulents all over my house. With my tendency to be forgetful, when it comes to watering, it is one of the few plants that I can keep alive. This was stamped on Tim Holtz Watercolor Cardstock using Ranger’s Black Archival Ink. I watercolored it using Zig Clean Color Real Brush Markers. I added a few touches of color with the Prismacolor colored pencils on this piece as well. It was cut using the coordinating Succulent Banner Die Set.
A window was cut from a piece of #80 Neenah Classic cardstock using a Brushed Off Circle Die from Papertrey Ink. The rest of the sentiment was stamped on the front. I also cut a piece of Simon Says Stamp black cardstock slightly smaller than the card base. It was taped to the cardbase using the Kokuyo Tape Runner.
I glued the succulents to the front panel using a Lawn Fawn Glue Pen and flipped it over. Again, my mad taping skills came into play. I clearly go through a LOT of Scotch Foam Tape!!!
I have tried to keep these two tutorials on the short side. I know that you have a lot of blogs to visit and I don’t want to slow you down!
The next stop on the hop is Jodi Collins.
Here is the Blog lineup if you came directly here and want to start at the beginning:
Trinity Stamps
Amy Tsuruta
Carly Minner
Jo Ann Danchik < (you are here)
Jodi Collins
Kelly Latevola
Lisa Cisneros
Melissa Bickford
Shanna Slater
Taniesa Vlasak
Thi Lam
Be sure to visit each blog on the hop, and leave a comment, to be eligible for the prizes. Trinity Stamps will be giving away a $50 gift card to the Trinity Stamps store, a $20 gift card to Thermoweb, a $25 Ellen Hutson gift card, a $25 Simon Says Stamp gift card, and a $25 gift card to WOW Embossing. The winners will be posted on the Trinity Stamp Blog June 5th.
Thanks for stopping by. Don’t forget to leave a comment below and on each blog to be eligible for the prizes! For those of you who are new to the blog, you can also find me on Instagram at jadanchik.
Joyfully,
Jo Ann
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