Today I want to show you, how I stretched a stamp from the beautiful Pattern Hearts & Flowers set. I love that sentiment in the frame and I thought how great would it be to have three separated stamps. I decided to cut out the sentiment and little ornament with my craft knife. It was the first time I cut the stamp and I felt quite guilty while doing it, but then I enjoyed that new images so much and the guilt was gone. I was very careful, so all the images stamp perfectly and I can still use it in the way it was supposed. And below you can see how I stretched my `new` stamps.
Here I used the sentiment and I made a `tuck` on the front using the circle die from Ticket Frame die set and Tami`s instructions that you can find here. I love that the flower from the Pattern Hearts & Flowers set fits perfectly that circle die.
Then it was turn for the lovely frame.... Because of the hole, you have to be carefull when placing the stamp on your acrylic block. I stamped on a waist paper fisrt to make sure that the lines are perfectly straight and aligned.
And finaly the sweet little ornament.... Button is exactly the same pink collor as stamped image, but I just couldn`t capture it nicely.
I heartly recomend you join the Stretch Your Stamps online class, you will get plenty of inspiration how to use your stamps at its best.
Thanks for stopping by!
Hugs,
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26 comments:
Gorgeous cards!!! Great inspiration!
Love your cards...may look into cutting up some stamps now =)
You are such a BRAVE gal! I still have not found the courage to CUT any of my stamps!! I cut an old one a LONG time back and ended up ruining it, so now I'll probably never try again.
Kind of like ripping paper....I never rip my paper...seems far to expensive and nice to tear it...! I know it all for looks, but it's just one of the things..I can't seem to bring myself to do!!
:) Keep sharing...loved the cards!!
Tina, what a fantastic idea! I love all 3 of your cards, but the middle one is ingenious! Well done! I have cut apart sentiments before, but never to this extent....you've given me the courage to try it!
Tina these are gorgeous! I have never cut any of my stamps but now I just might :) I absolutely love the color scheme you used, so bright and fun!
love these!!!
Three fabulous cards Tina!
Tina, you absolutely ROCKED this challenge! You had definitely streeeetched your one stamp into three! Brilliant!
So cute, Tina! I've cut a few of my acrylic stamps, I like how you cut yours though; it made the stamp so much more versatile.
Lovely and creative cards, Tina; I love all of them!!
Tina these cards are brilliant! I absolutely adore each one. That last one is so AMAZING! I have to cut mine now!!! You go girl!!! You rocked this!
xoxo
awesome effect...all from one stamp! love it!
Such clever uses of your stamps, I love the cards. I've cut up stamps in the past, but not to that extent. Great idea. Hugs lin
Your cards are wonderful - I love all your techniques! I always love seeing good ideas for using my stamps in different ways - thank you so much!!
Bravo, Tina :) I have cut a sentiment apart but even then, I was almost holding my breath - LOL.
Beautiful cards, Tina! Love how you added the twine to the "tuck" flap :)
So creative! I love all three cards, Tina! The second one is amazing - such a clever idea! Wonderful way to stretch your stamp set! :)
I've been enjoying your Hero Arts blog for a while now but I don't think I've ever left a comment before. Your cards are great! I've never had the courage to cut a stamp even though I've read about doing it for one reason or another. I might just have to look at some of my stamps and see if I can bring myself to experiment like this. You did a great job stretching that one stamp!
Great cards using that one set. :)))
Eeeek! You scared me with that cutting, but thanks for showing me to be brave and happy! Love the versatile results. Wonderful!
I am loving the class! Sweet cards you made
Great job Tina!!!
Beautiful cards Tina! I hacked apart that stamp too but really didn't get as creative as this! Great ideas :)
Oh. My. Goodness. You turned that Ledger stamp upside down, allowing that blank space to be used for a sentiment! How fabulous is that?! I totally love this, and can't wait to try it – thanks so much for the inspiration !
Amazing cards, Tina! Love what you did with the label image... totally brilliant! Wish I was brave enough to cut apart my stamps like that... maybe one day. :)
I love your projects! I would never have thought of this but it's a great idea to give them a new life. Like getting new stamps for free. I am tempted to try it.
I love the second card that you've made. This is such a great and amazing idea here, I can't say that I am great at hand made stuff but I will give this thing a try! Thank you very much for this sweet and marvelous post!
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