everthing old is new again...

AAA Birthday Game #22...A Large Sentiment

Recently I saw tat Ranger had released a foam stamping block that looked vaguely familiar???

SO I searched through my supplies and sure enough I still had one that was blue but worked the same as their new grey one.

I looked up ideas for it and found the following video...

Jennifer McGuire

It was wonderful to see all the “new” ways to use something that I had in my supplies from a LONG time ago.

But befre playing with it I also found another supply that I never use anymore, Ranger Cut n’ Dry Stamp Pad Foam, and the back of this looked like the grey “new” stamping foam, though thinner.

I pulled the white foam off the pad, sanded it clean and tried it...IT WORKED!

I applied a rectangle of it to a clear acrylic block I had with Scotch poster tape and it gave me a nice firm surface.

I used all the supplies that Ms. McGuire did, stencils, stamps, embossing folders, and they worked.

That’s when I got the idea to use my Sizzix BIGZ dies to cut the foam...once again it worked!

So here is my explanation of what I did for this card...

The base card is white and black card stocks layered.

Using the Stampin’ Up Top Note die I cut a piece of the Cut n’ Dry pad and used it as my stamp.

This I heated about 15 seconds and pressed it into my Crafter’s Companion “Country Garden’ 3D embossing folder.

Next I loaded it with Distress Oxide worn lipstick ink and stamped it to white card stock.

This I trimmed with scissors and applied to the card front.

With a strip of white card stock I stamped the sentiment from MFT Stamps “All About You:” with Memento tuxedo back ink and cut with with the “Top Note” die before taping it to the card front.

To finish I die cut black card stock with MFT Die-namics “All About You” coordinating die and glued it to the card front.

There will be more cards in the future made with this technique as I went crazy making things!