Smooches

When this wonderful smooching bunny image first came out, I snapped it up because I think it is one of the most endearing images ever made - perfect for anniversaries and Valentine's Day . . .

When The Artful Stamper followed up with a matching die, I grabbed that one right away as well.  Matching dies make layouts so very much easier!  No masking, fussy cutting, or need for complex methods of making backgrounds fit around a stamped image. 

On this card, I colored the background first by my favorite smooshing technique: press ink pads onto your craft sheet, mist with water, and press the cardstock onto the inks.  Heat dry and repeat for more texture.

When dry, I stenciled the heart shape with embossing paste and dusted on some glitter.  Because the bunny image is a die cut that can now float over the card front, I was free to do whatever I wanted with the background.  Very liberating!

Cardstock:   Generic Textured Gray, Nicole #100 Bristol Smooth,

                     Generic Green

Stamps:       The Artful Stamper Smoochin’

Inks:             Distress Faded Jeans, Weathered Wood, Bundled

                     Sage, Spun Sugar, Hero Black

Waterclrs:    Zig Real Brush Pale Pink, Cool Gray

Dies:            The Artful Stamper Smoochin’, DieNamics Pierced

                     Rectangle Frame, Sweet ‘n Sassy Heart Set

Stencil:        Dina Wakely Pebble Heart

Doo Dads:    Wendy Vecchi Embossing Paste White, Creative

                     Beginnings Glitter Pink Fine, Stampendous Fun Flock:

                     Cotton Ball White