It Takes A Village by Niccole Kulig

Hello Ai fans!

I am stopping by today to share a group of gift tags using the stamp set Mail Delivery by The Stamping Village.

Who is The Stamping Village you ask?  The 9 founding members of The Stamp Village came together to create a stamp set. They believe in community over competition. Art Impressions was one one the companies adding an image to the stamp set.  Can you tell which one they designed?  I will show you at the end of this post. They created this stamp set to be envelop seals but I thought they would make adorable gift tags or note cards. I used all of the images except one but that one I am using on the back of my gift tags; it says Hand Stamped With Love.  Perfect for the back, right??

I started by cutting my paper into a 2 3/4 x 2 3/4 card.  I embossed another sheet and cut those to       2 1/4 x 2 1/4.

I attached my embossed background to my card base. 

I had a older piece of glossy card stock I used alcohol ink on.  I though it would go perfect with my scheme. I cut them so I had a piece for every note card.

I glued them to the from of my note card. and from there started planning my stamped images.

Here is a little trick (plus you get to see every stamp in the set) I taped the whole set to my Misti so I didn't have to remove every one I wanted to stamp. You can see on the right side, my stamped images, I am using all nine images. I chose not to use the three sentiments for this card set. But aren't those adorable as well?

Here is a close up of  four of the note cards, or gift tags ... which ever you prefer to call them.  😊 I added enamel dots in three different colors to finish them off. The circles were popped up with foam tape. A string was tied to finish off the tag.

Here are the other four cards.  Don't you think the color scheme turned out well?  I had the background done already so that was really my starting point, and from there I just ran with it.

Here are all eight again ... Do you have a favorite?  Can you tell which one was created by Art Impressions?

Here he is ... isn't he just the cutest??? Art Impressions and all of the other designers outdid themselves with this stamp set!  Run over to Art Impressions and  pick yourself up this awesome stamp set, Mail Delivery by the Stamping Village; which supports the crafting industry.  Nothing better than crafters supporting crafters. Have a great Wednesday everyone.

Copics used:
BG000, BG01, BG02
C0, C1, C3, C5
E25, E55, E57, E59
N0, N2, N4, N6
R00, R20, R43
W1, W3, W5
Y00, Y02
YG61, YG63, YG67

Thank you so much for stopping by and spending some time with me.
Until next time ...

Made With Love by Jil Lebel

Hello Ai fans!

I just adore the elephants in the twist tie stamp set.  When I saw a similar image by Ai on the Mail Delivery set by The Stampers Village I got really happy.  You can read all about the stamp set here.  The whole point of The Stampers Village is to bring stamp retailers together to work together even though they are selling similar products.  It's all about building up the stamping industry.  Be sure to check out this amazing set because it has twelve images created by nine different stamp companies. The set is geared towards mail art, but I wanted to show you that it could easily be the focal point of your card.  I turned this into a shaker card, but it would also look great with several layers of decorative papers.

Stamp your image onto your watercolor paper with your Nocturne ink and emboss it with your clear embossing powder.  scribble some 526-True Blue Tombow marker onto your watercolor palette and use your brush to watercolor it onto your elephant.  Scribble some 725-Rhodamine Red Tombow marker onto your palette and use it along with the True Blue on your palette to color your flower.  Scribble some 296-Green Tombow marker onto your palette and color in the leaf.  Cut out the image with a circle die cut.

Use the largest A2 Rectangle Double stitched die to cut a yellow piece of cardstock and attach it to an A2 side folding card.  Use the largest Banner Double Stitched Die to cut a piece of paper from the Mondo Scrap Fly & Scrap 6"x6" paper collection ans attach it to the yellow layer. Use the largest Circle Double Stitched Die to cut another piece of patterned paper and a piece of acetate.  Also, combine the largest circle and the next size down to cut a frame from white cardstock.  Attach the frame and your colored elephant piece to the front of the acetate with glossy accents.  Attach two layers of 1/8" foam tape strips behind the frame to form your shaker walls.  Also form a shaker wall behind the elephant piece for some stability.  Be sure you don't have any gaps in the foam.  Add your holeless pearls to the shaker area and attach the patterned paper circle over the back of the shaker piece.  Glue the shaker piece over the banner layer.  Add some flat back pearls and some Diamond Stickles accents to finish off the card.

Thanks for stopping by and Have a Great Day!