{"id":400,"date":"2018-01-30T03:30:00","date_gmt":"2018-01-29T22:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/articles\/mixing-up-craftangles-stamp-sets\/"},"modified":"2020-08-26T11:58:22","modified_gmt":"2020-08-26T06:28:22","slug":"mixing-up-craftangles-stamp-sets","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/mixing-up-craftangles-stamp-sets\/","title":{"rendered":"Mixing up Craftangles stamp sets."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nHello!&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nToday I had a great time playing with stamps from three great stamp sets from Craftangles,<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n&nbsp;&#8216;By the sea side&#8217;,<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hndmd.com\/craft-supplies\/stamps\/craftangles-photopolymer-stamps-beautiful-bloom-border-ctps35\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> &#8216;Beautiful Bloom Border <\/a>&#8216;, and &#8216;Mermaid Kisses&#8217;.<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nI mixed them up to create some fun cards.<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nI followed&nbsp; a common theme of the ocean on all three cards.<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nI started by creating a mask by die cutting a scalloped heart out of some Mudra masking paper and inking up the heart using Tim Holtz distress inks and distress oxides in ocean colours.<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nFor the first card, I used a sponge dauber to apply the ink to create a bubble effect.<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nI stamped the crab from the Craftangles<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hndmd.com\/craft-supplies\/stamps\/craftangles-photopolymer-stamps-by-the-sea-ctps27\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> &#8216;By the sea side&#8217;<\/a> stamp set on a piece of scrap watercolour paper and coloured it with Sakura Koi watercolours.<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nI then stamped the sentiment from the Craftangles <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hndmd.com\/craft-supplies\/stamps\/craftangles-photopolymer-stamps-beautiful-bloom-border-ctps35\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8216;Beautiful Bloom Border&#8217;<\/a> stamp set.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nI added a couple of glass bubbles and used fun foam to mount the card on a 5&#8243; square card base.<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n&nbsp;to finish the card.<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/count-on-me-crab.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1080\" data-original-width=\"864\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/count-on-me-crab.jpg\" width=\"320\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<p><a name='more'><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nFor the second card<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nI used the scalloped heart mask as well as a mask to create the waves.<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nI stamped the sea shell from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hndmd.com\/craft-supplies\/stamps\/craftangles-photopolymer-stamps-mermaid-kisses-ctps29\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Craftangles &#8216;Mermaid Kisses&#8217; <\/a>stamp set twice&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nto create an oyster shell.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nI then used the second generation stamping to stamp the bubble&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nfrom the same set in London Fog ink.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nI then coloured the bubble using a white Signo gel pen.<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nI mounted the bubble with double sided foam tape on the shell to create a pearl.<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nI then popped up the two sides of the shell with double sided foam tape to create a 3D shell look.<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nI added some clear sequins from Craftangles for interest.<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nI then stamped the sentiment from Craftangles <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hndmd.com\/craft-supplies\/stamps\/craftangles-photopolymer-stamps-beautiful-bloom-border-ctps35\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8216;Beautiful bloom border&#8217;<\/a> stamp set and mounted the panel with fun foam on a 5&#8243; square card base.<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/oyster.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"963\" data-original-width=\"864\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/oyster.jpg\" width=\"358\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/oyster-detail.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1197\" data-original-width=\"864\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/oyster-detail.jpg\" width=\"287\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nFor the third card, I pounced colour through the heart mask, to create large circular smudges.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nI then stamped and water coloured the sea horses, from the&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nCraftangles <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hndmd.com\/craft-supplies\/stamps\/craftangles-photopolymer-stamps-by-the-sea-ctps27\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8216;By the Sea Side&#8217; stamp set<\/a>.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nI used the mirror stamping technique to create a mirror image of the sea horse..this was quite a challenge!!!<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nI then fussy cut the sea horses and overlapped the tails to create an illusion of them being intertwined.<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nI added some <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hndmd.com\/embellishments\/sequins\/craftangles-sequins-clear-shimmer-ctseq08\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Craftangles clear sequins<\/a> to add some interest.<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nI decided not to add a sentiment to this card. I think the image says it all!<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nI mounted the panel using fun foam onto a 5&#8243; card base to finish the card.<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/sea-horse-heart.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1055\" data-original-width=\"864\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/sea-horse-heart.jpg\" width=\"327\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nFor the 4th card, I used the same scalloped heart mask and blended the inks to create an ocean.<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nI stamped the fish through the mask to create the background.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nI then stamped coloured the mermaid and the fish, from the<a href=\"https:\/\/www.hndmd.com\/craft-supplies\/stamps\/craftangles-photopolymer-stamps-mermaid-kisses-ctps29\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Craftangles &#8216;Mermaid Kisses&#8217;<\/a> stamp set on watercolour paper and fussy cut them.<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nI then adhered them using glue and double sided foam tape.&nbsp;<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nI stamped the sentiment form the Craftangles <a href=\"https:\/\/www.hndmd.com\/craft-supplies\/stamps\/craftangles-photopolymer-stamps-by-the-sea-ctps27\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8216;By the Sea Side&#8217;<\/a> stamp set and embellished the card using glass bubbles and plastic heart sequins.<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nI then mounted the panel using fun foam onto a 5&#8243; card base to finish the card.<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/mermaid-brighten.jpg\" imageanchor=\"1\" style=\"margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;\"><img decoding=\"async\" border=\"0\" data-original-height=\"1014\" data-original-width=\"864\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/mermaid-brighten.jpg\" width=\"340\" alt=\"\" title=\"\"><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nHere is a video showing my process.<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nI hope you enjoyed this post and will be inspired to mix and match your Craftangles stamps to make some unusual cards!<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nThanks so much for stopping by!<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nHave a great day!<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\nParu Mahtani<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"separator\" style=\"clear: both; text-align: center;\">\n<\/div>\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hello!&nbsp; Today I had a great time playing with stamps from three great stamp sets from Craftangles, &nbsp;&#8216;By the sea side&#8217;, &#8216;Beautiful Bloom Border &#8216;, and &#8216;Mermaid Kisses&#8217;. I mixed them up to create some fun cards. I followed&nbsp; a common theme of the ocean on all three cards. I started by creating a mask&hellip;&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more-wrapper\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/mixing-up-craftangles-stamp-sets\/\" class=\"button button-primary\" rel=\"bookmark\">Read More &raquo;<span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Mixing up Craftangles stamp sets.<\/span><\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"neve_meta_sidebar":"","neve_meta_container":"","neve_meta_enable_content_width":"","neve_meta_content_width":0,"neve_meta_title_alignment":"","neve_meta_author_avatar":"","neve_post_elements_order":"","neve_meta_disable_header":"","neve_meta_disable_footer":"","neve_meta_disable_title":"","neve_meta_reading_time":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[563,620,3,577,61,333,544,650,460,63],"class_list":["post-400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-inspirations","tag-beautiful-bloom-border","tag-by-the-sea-side","tag-craftangles","tag-craftangles-sequins","tag-ink-blending","tag-masking","tag-mermaid-kisses","tag-mirror-stamping","tag-rubber-stamping","tag-tim-holtz-distress-inks"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/8"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=400"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/400\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.craftadda.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}