October 10, 2012

Less Is More: Silver

Less is More's challenge for this week is using the colour Silver in a card.

What a perfect challenge for doing Christmas cards with my new JustRite stamp: Snowfall Background Stamp.  I love this stamp and had to get it. :)

I tried the stamp with a few different coloured metallic inks on different papers.  The ink over the whole page made the edges curl, so photographing these was... interesting.  Here are two:
Platinum ink on black paper.
Silver ink on white paper.
I think the dark paper works great for this stamp, so I think I'll stick with that in the future.  I used pigment inks, so I had to wash off the stamp quickly - and with soap - to get it properly cleaned off (I don't have stamp cleaners as I'd probably forget that you shouldn't use them on clear stamps).

Supplies:
Cardstock: Recollections
Stamps: JustRite - Snowfall Background Stamp, Kaiser Craft - Clear Stamp set Christmas,  Stampendous - Winter Trees
Inks: Brilliance Dew Drop Platinum, Encore Ultimate Metallic Silver, Memento Dew Drop Red

6 comments:

Patty Froese said...

I really like the black paper one, too. So pretty!

Mandi said...

no white space for us but terrific inking
Super cards

Thank you very much
mandi
LIM

Jessica Strider said...

Thanks Patty! :)

@Mandi - You're right. I forgot the LIM cards need white space. I was so excited about stamping in silver. Sorry about that.

Karin said...

I like the contrast on the black/silver one but i think there's just something elegant about the white one!

Stick the cards in an old phone book (between 2 ppr towels or kleenexes) and let them sit under a stack of heavy books. That should straighten them out.

Jessica Strider said...

Good idea Karin. Why didn't I think of that?

Karin said...

Because you're not a stamp collector, lol.