It’s all in the background | Daring Cardmakers Challenge

Good morning!

This week over on the Daring Cardmaker’s blog, Shabneez has challenged us to get creative with backgrounds.

Well, it probably looks like I went the super simple route compared to being flash with ink blending, stencils, etc., but turnabout stamps always end up being a more time-consuming task than they should for me.

I spend ages dithering over which 4 colours to use, and really, these stamps would only be time-savers for me if I was in full on production line assembly!

So here’s my rather clean and simple interpretation:

Card inspiration from Handmade by Natty featuring Concord & 9th Let's Party Turnabout

Stamps: Mama Elephant – Mini Everyday Messages, Concord & 9th – Let’s Party Turnabout
Dies: Lawn Fawn – Large cross-stitched square stackables, The Stamp Market – Presents, The Stamp Market – Tiny Tags

I used 4-colour combo of inks from The Stamp Market that I’d pinned to my colour palette Pinterest board. They are quite neutral colours, so good for a male birthday card too I think.

I used the same colours in cardstock to die cut the presents, and simply added a sentiment on one of the “gift” tags. The Mini Everyday Messages from Mama Elephant are pretty handy as there are quite a few sentiments in this set that are on two lines, so can fit on little tags without any creative workarounds.

Make sure you check out the fab projects from the rest of the design team here, and play along if you can!

Happy crafting!

Mama Elephant – Mini Everyday Messages stamps Shop at: EH \| SHC	Concord & 9th – Let’s Party Turnabout stamp Shop at: EH \| SBC \| SHC	Lawn Fawn – Large cross-stitched square stackables Shop at: SHC	The Stamp Market – Presents dies Shop at: MISC
The Stamp Market – Tiny Tags dies Shop at: MISC	The Stamp Market – Apple ink pad Shop at: MISC	The Stamp Market – Blush Pink ink pad Shop at: MISC	The Stamp Market – Cobalt ink pad Shop at: MISC
The Stamp Market – Sea Glass ink pad Shop at: MISC	Versafine – Onyx Black ink pad Shop at: AZ \| EH \| SBC	Neenah Classic Crest 110 lb smooth Solar White cardstock Shop at: AZ \| EH \| SSS	Neenah Classic Crest 80 lb smooth Solar White cardstock Shop at: AZ \| EH \| SBC \| SSS
The Stamp Market – Apple cardstock Shop at: MISC	The Stamp Market – Blush Pink cardstock Shop at: MISC	The Stamp Market – Cobalt cardstock Shop at: MISC	The Stamp Market – Sea Glass cardstock Shop at: MISC
Tombow – Mono-Multi liquid glue Shop at: AZ \| EH \| SBC	3M Scotch double-sided foam tape Shop at: AZ \| EH	Concord & 9th – Original turnabout jig Shop at: EH \| MISC \| SBC \| SHC	Lawn Fawn – Stamp shammy cleaner Shop at: EH \| SBC \| SHC
MISTI stamping tool Shop at: EH \| SBC	Sizzix – Big Shot machine Shop at: AZ \| SBC	Sizzix – Sidekick machine Shop at: AZ \| SBC	Tim Holtz – Tonic guillotine trimmer (small) Shop at: AZ \| EH \| SBC

Recent comments

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About my project supply lists

I only use and share products that I genuinely love. The product supply lists that accompany my projects are simply intended to provide a visual overview of what I’ve used in case you have the same items at home or would like to add them to your own shopping list.
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Mama Elephant – Mini Everyday Messages stamps Shop at: EH \| SHC	Concord & 9th – Let’s Party Turnabout stamp Shop at: EH \| SBC \| SHC	Lawn Fawn – Large cross-stitched square stackables Shop at: SHC	The Stamp Market – Presents dies Shop at: MISC
The Stamp Market – Tiny Tags dies Shop at: MISC	The Stamp Market – Apple ink pad Shop at: MISC	The Stamp Market – Blush Pink ink pad Shop at: MISC	The Stamp Market – Cobalt ink pad Shop at: MISC
The Stamp Market – Sea Glass ink pad Shop at: MISC	Versafine – Onyx Black ink pad Shop at: AZ \| EH \| SBC	Neenah Classic Crest 110 lb smooth Solar White cardstock Shop at: AZ \| EH \| SSS	Neenah Classic Crest 80 lb smooth Solar White cardstock Shop at: AZ \| EH \| SBC \| SSS
The Stamp Market – Apple cardstock Shop at: MISC	The Stamp Market – Blush Pink cardstock Shop at: MISC	The Stamp Market – Cobalt cardstock Shop at: MISC	The Stamp Market – Sea Glass cardstock Shop at: MISC
Tombow – Mono-Multi liquid glue Shop at: AZ \| EH \| SBC	3M Scotch double-sided foam tape Shop at: AZ \| EH	Concord & 9th – Original turnabout jig Shop at: EH \| MISC \| SBC \| SHC	Lawn Fawn – Stamp shammy cleaner Shop at: EH \| SBC \| SHC
MISTI stamping tool Shop at: EH \| SBC	Sizzix – Big Shot machine Shop at: AZ \| SBC	Sizzix – Sidekick machine Shop at: AZ \| SBC	Tim Holtz – Tonic guillotine trimmer (small) Shop at: AZ \| EH \| SBC

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