Welcome to Indigo Inklings. This is where I talk about some of my rubber stamping projects and digital graphics. My blog name comes from the fact that I love the color indigo, and I think the notion of inklings covers my introspective side as well as my love for getting inky with my projects. I hope you find something here to interest or inspire you.
I had to laugh when I read about the consternation of the design team on hearing what the theme would be on daring cardmakers. Hey, I wouldn't have had a clue, but apparently "a trio of Welsh barbers" is a way of saying, use three die cuts on your card this week.
Okay, there are actually four die cuts on my card. I used three from the Quickutz nesting flowers set to make my flower. The buckle is a Spellbinders ladies buckle die cut that I couldn't resist pulling out. I used patterned card stock for the flowers and craft copper for the buckle. The copper took the embossing nicely and is stiff enough that it doesn't lose its shape with handling. The flower stamp is by Hampton Arts. The other embellishments are Primas and Stickles.
I've been loving my Big Shot and the fact that it can use any non-commercial die, texture plate, or embossing folder out there! The latest additions to my craft space are some of the new dies for the Quickutz Revolution. All this means is that the dies are bigger, about 4 inches by 4 inches. They easily fit through the Big Shot. This first card was made using the limited release dragonfly die, which comes with a butterfly shape. I also used the Quickutz nesting flowers dies. This is a standard A2 size card. The larger scalloped die cut was made using the biggest die. The reddish cardstock is Basic Grey, the background is from the DCWV Luxury stack which I embossed with the Cuttlebug D'vine embossing folder, and the sentiment by Serendipity.
Quickutz also came out with some big embossing dies with sentiments. Again, these are sized for the Revolution, so they're 4 X 4. I had to tinker a little to use these in my Big Shot. I used textured cardstock inside the die, which was about the thickness of two of the wafer thin dies stacked. I couldn't put the sandwich through using Tab 1 of my multipurpose platform, and Tab 2 didn't give enough of an impression. I pulled out the impressions plate from the Big Impressions kit. This plate is slightly thicker than the clear cutting plate, so I used it as my top plate and ran the combo through. It worked! Here's how it turned out.
These were essentially all scraps that I had sitting on my table. I think it worked though!
