Happy Mail Collage

Hello Crafters! 

Before we get to today's card I 'm a bit sad to share that this will be my last post as a full member of the design team. My schedule is ridiculous and I just can't do these adorable stamps justice with my time constraints. However, I'm only  a bit sad because I'm moving over to the video team so I won't be completely gone :) I love Christine and the girls far too much to just leave! 

Now onto those adorable stamps we were talking about . . .

I spent the most wonderful weekend away with my girlfriends. While we there stamping and crafting I accidentally stole one of my friend's stamp sets! Eep!  

Since I stole her stamps I clearly needed to send them back to her but I couldn't do that without including a super cute card now could I? The Happy Mail set is perfect for this! I used every stamp in the set to create a collage on my card. 

I started by stamping and masking all the images onto my card base. I then used a very light hand and rubbed on some Salty Ocean distress ink. I laid down my swirly stencil and added more distress ink. This helps the design to be a bit more subtle. 

I removed all the masks and colored the images up with my copics. I used grays to create white objects and blues similar to my background color this really let's the red POP and I love that :) I stamped the sentiment and outlined the top with a white gel pen to set it apart from the rest of the images. Some sparkle on the hearts finished it off. 

Try a tone on tone look for some interest that isn't over bearing. To make one color pop keep the rest of your color subtle and similar. 

Thanks so much for joining me! 

Supplies: 

Swirly Stencil Happy Mail *Neenah Classic Crest **110 LB** SMOOTH SOLAR WHITE Paper Pack 25 Sheets Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad SALTY OCEAN Ranger Summer TIM35015 Ranger MINI ROUND FOAM REFILLS for Mini Round Ink Blending Tools IBT40972 *Ranger Inkssentials INK BLENDING FOAM REFILLS Applicator Tool Refill IBT23623 *Ranger Inkssentials INK BLENDING TOOL Applicator Foam IBT23616 *Tombow MONO MULTI Liquid Glue Two Applicators 62191 *Simon Says Stamp Premium Dye Ink Pad BLACK Ink008 Simon Says Stamp Premium Ink Pad INTENSE BLACK Ink065 Sakura 6 WHITE Gelly Roll Classic Medium Point Pens Set 57488 EK Success WRITING PEN FINE TIP 55-30080 Crafter's Companion CLEAR OVERLAY Spectrum Noir Sparkle Pens SPECNSPACLE3 Copic Sketch Marker C1 COOL GRAY Grey Copic Sketch MARKER C5 COOL GRAY Grey Copic Sketch MARKER C3 COOL GRAY Grey Copic Sketch MARKER C7 COOL GRAY Grey Copic Sketch Marker B02 ROBIN'S EGG BLUE Copic Sketch Marker B00 FROST BLUE Copic Sketch Marker B0000 PALE CELESTINE Blue *Copic Sketch Marker R59 CARDINAL Maroon Dark Red *Copic Sketch Marker R29 LIPSTICK RED Bright Bold Copic Sketch Marker R35 CORAL Copic Sketch Marker R32 PEACH

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