I’m hooked on Mystery Monday Stamping mornings with Sharon Armstrong*, a fun stamper from the heart of Texas. After making the first card, which was a total mystery, following step-by-step until it was completed, I found myself addicted to the spotlight card. Mind you, it’s not perfect, but it’s a prototype for the next cards I made. I was hooked on the format and trying this stamp set or that stamp set.
My next cards:
Another thing I learned as I was looking at my finished cards……..to follow the spotlighting format, only color in the 2″ x 2″ image! So I created another Ornate Style card just for my own personal comparison.
I do like the clean and tidy look of these cards. Here are the cutting instructions:
- Basic White Thick card stock: 8-1/2″ x 5-1/2″, scored at 4-1/4″ and folded in half
- Basic White card stock: 3-3/4″ x 5″ and another at 2″ x 2″
- Basic Black card stock: 4″ x 5-1/4″ and another at 2-1/8″ x 2-1/8″
- An outline stamp that you can color
- Coloring tools such as Markers, Stampin’ Blends and/or Watercolor Pencils
- Memento Black ink (Stampin’ Blends) or StazOn ink (markers or pencils)
- Adhesive of choice
- Dimensionals
Stamp sets I used:
- Dragonfly Garden (2021 January – June Mini Catalog)
- Woodland Wonder (2021 January – June Mini Catalog)
- Ornate Style (2020-2021 Annual Catalog)
- Beautiful Moments (2020-2021 Annual Catalog)
- Here’s a Card (2020-2021 Annual Catalog)
How to:
- Stamp the (large) outline stamp on the two Basic White pieces of card stock with the appropriate black ink. You will NOT be coloring the larger image!
- Attach the 4″ x 5-1/2″ piece of Basic Black card stock to the Whisper White Thick card front
- Attach the Basic White stamped layer to that layer
- Color the image you stamped onto the 2″ x 2″ piece of Basic White card stock. Attach this layer to the small Basic Black layer. Attach these layers to the card front with Dimensionals, over the larger stamped image, creating a spotlight.
- Add any embellishments of your choice.
Check out the different positioning of the spotlighted layers:
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