Take Flight 20 – Day 2, Clean and Simple Stamping
February 5, 2013
Penny Black designer Heather Telford elevates her clean and simple designs (here, two cards using Every Happiness) with beautiful and oh-so-easy techniques like emboss resist and watercoloring with markers. What’s your favorite?
Heather says, “The red toned card is a one layer card with the blossom image embossed three times in a row and then masked as shown. I sponged Memento inks Angel Pink, Lady Bug and Rhubarb Stalk over the embossed images and then removed the post-it notes and added the sentiment.”
“The green toned card features three panels inked first with Memento New Sprout ink to which I added Memento Pear Tart and Memento Bamboo Leaves using markers. I then spritzed the stamp with water before stamping on white card. The three panels are popped up on dimensional tape.”
Remember as part of Take Flight TWENTY, one lucky stamper will receive TWENTY new stamps from the new catalog! To be eligible, just leave a comment on any Take Flight Twenty Post, either here on the blog OR on our Facebook page. Each comment is an entry for the random giveaway, so the more you comment, the more chances you have to win!
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These look awesome, Heather! I can’t wait to try the resist technique in the middle of the card.
Love the resist technique and love the red shades on the top card
Just a few products used but the result is classy and sophisticated. Thanks for making beauty so uncomplicated, Heather.
Love the watercoloring with markers. Haven’t tried that technique in a while and need to do so again.
Really beautiful and sooooo simple
TFS!
So stylish and lovely creations;-))m
What a great card! I love ferns and made one myself a couple of weeks back, but when I saw this one…just have to hold myself back to go and make one! (HH and garden are first today…) Greetings, Gerrina
I actually love BOTH of them! Delightfully CAS! Thank you!
Two really lovely cards – I keep meaning to give the watercolouring a go – it looks fab
Love these cards – particularly the green toned one.
I always learn from Heather, and she shows off the Penny Black stamps to perfection…:)
LOVE embossing and colour on top. Great tip and really effective with the masking. Just gorgeous.
Fabulous cards – the resist embossing and water colouring techniques work perfectly with these stamps.
I’m a great Heather fan and love the simple techniques she uses. They look fab! These two cards are no exception and really inspire! Bravo!
I always love Heather’s cards and these are no exception! Wonderful examples of your work! I love the reds and pinks on the first and the sentiment fits perfectly underneath and looks great in red. The picture you showed of the masking really does help us to understand what you have done. Also love your popped up fern images on your second card! Thanks for sharing.
Katie B.
Super elegance with these & I especially like the effect of the second with the fern. Intrigued by the masking – very helpful to see it in a photo as I really thought it was a panel on top – amazing precision.
Paula (PEP)
Both cards are great, but I especially like the water colored look of the ferns.
Love your cards, Heather, and the new Penny Black stamps.
These are gorgeous love both cards and those stamps are beautiful
Lindsay xx
The new stamp set : Every Happiness is sooo beautiful. I truly enjoy the mix of the colors that Heather used to create the resist look of the red tone card. It is fresh, joyfull and yummy.
Both of these are gorgeous. My favourite is the red one – love the colour tones and the stamp is fabulous xx
Love both these techniques and Hearher has really showcased them so beautifully with her perfect CAS designed cards. Especially love the embossed resist card with the striking red and one layer effect. Stunning ideas. Thanks for sharing these!!!
Love these leaves, adorable!
Both cards are so pretty! Love the ferns – thanks for your inspiration, Heather!
What great cards and I love Penny Black stamps the variety is wonderful and the designs
are so inspiring. Thank you Penny Black.
What gorgeous techniques! Thanks for sharing!
Both cards are beautiful, but it is always fun to see different techniques we can use in our stamping projects. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for showing us how you accomplished this technique Heather. Very stricking effect on the red card especially.
Great technique…beautiful cards!
Wonderful cards will try both .
Love the cards.
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Great cards. I like the masking and inking on the first card making it a one layer card.
These cards are just gorgeous and what a great technique for one layer cards! Love the colors you picked for your cards too
Those are pretty cards. Thanks for the ideas.
Very cool!!
Very beautiful cards, and great techniques
Great techniques, TFS! You made beatiful examples to go with it!
Beautiful cards! I love the 3 stamped images togeather, such great ideas! thanks for sharing!
Creative ideas that inspire me to try new techniques-and revisit some old ones! The stamp line just gets better
lovely cards – thanks for the inspiration and tips.
Sandra ltb
Beautiful! The resist technique looking intriguing. I’ll have to give it a try. Thank you for sharing.
Love these cards – so pretty.
I love both of Heather’s cards! Her emboss resist coupled with clean and simple style are amazing!
OMG just love both of these cards. Have not tried either technique.
These are gorgeous. I love the the background stamps and love doing emboss resist.
I love the green one; so soft looking!
SIMPLE, ELEGANT, CLEAN, MYSTIFYING, HEARTWARMING…all wrapped up in 2 wonderful cards. Thank you for sharing.
Clean and simple, wonderful technique. Can hardly wait to try it. Thanks for a chance to win!
Very pretty. Will try real soon
These are great, so beautiful. I love the green toned card and the red toned card. I cannot wait to try these techniques. Thank you so much.
Beautiful! I need reminders like this to go back and try these techniques again.
This is lovely.
I had to comment because not only do I love the ideas but I am so inspired that I have to get away from the computer and try out a couple of things. There were so many beautiful examples of this technique on Heather’s blog.
Just beautiful, will have to try this. Thanks for sharing..
Can’t wait to try this technique.
I really like this stamp set and what you did with these techniques. I’m always looking for new ideas and these are great.
Great cards! Looking forward to trying this technique, myself.
Gorgeous! I love Heather’s style.
Both cards are simply beautiful!
Heather never fails to amaze and inspire me. These so lovely. Great products in the hands of a master.
Love these cards! I hope to try this idea soon.
The resist technique is awesome. Love the card.
Beautiful cards!
Those are fantastic cards – simple and elegant!
CAS elegance!
Love these cards! I’ll definitely have to try this technique.
Once again Heather has made a stunning card.
Love the emboss technique used to make the cards. Leaves and the color green are my absolute favorites. Use Memento Pear Tart and Bamboo Leaves often, will watch for the Sprout Ink color. Very attractive cards! Thank you.
I love Heather Telfords clean, simple design and her use of color-gorgeous!
I would love to receive these cards – what a calming effect. Beautiful.
Simple, yet different……..great combination!
This set is a must-have for me and I love what Heather did with it. Her cards are always wonderful.
The duplicaton of a leaf and setting them next to each other is eye
catching.
love the use of the same stamp 3 times, so clever!
Lovely cards! Thanks for this idea. I often forget that I can create a larger stamped image with my smaller square or rectangle stamps.
Both cards are beautiful. I really like the watercoloring with markers technique.
Lovely cards. I like the inking and masking technique.
Linda
Beautiful cards. Thanks for sharing. I enjoy pulling up my email every morning and seeing whats new. Thanks for a chance to win all the beutiful stamps.
Beautiful cards! I like both techniques, but I think the second is my favorite, I love that watercolor look.
So pretty the embossing and the coloring. I really like the coloring on stamps, such a nice effect.
It’s so unbelievable what can be done with a rubber stamp!! Heather’s cards are so beautiful!
Heather , I found your blog by accident, became a follower and now joined the Penny Black
blog world. What and inspiration you are —- I simply love how clean and simple your work is. I have some of the stamps you have been show casing so now I have ideas as what to do with them. Thanks so much for sharing your talent. Your two cards are quite BEAUTIFUL!!!!
Would LOVE to win these stamps! Both cards are beautiful……..
Heather, I am definitely going to try this, and will probably CASE the green one but with another image. Just love it’s simplicity.
Heather is my favorite designer — such beautiful creations! I often try your techniques, and love the colors and clean designs. Thanks for the chance to win these great stamps.
Both of these cards are fantastic! I love doing the resist technique and using Momento inks. The reds are so pretty and I’m glad you list which colors you use. I love both of these stamps!
wow these are gorgeous! I love the slow changes of color… beautiful!
I learned a new technique today–how to use the resist. Thank you showing me your beautiful cards and more importantly, how to make them myself.
Love the panel look. Both cards are really great.
can’t wait to try this, love your cards
Both cards are gorgeous, but the ferns really speak to me! Thanks
20 below and blustery. What better way to enjoy the day by trying this technique.
I love resist embossing. Sponging over it gets the most amazing colors. Thank you for the great ideas.
Beautiful cards. I really love the one made with Every Happiness. Great inspiration. Thanks for sharing.
Love that embossing and inking technique!
Heather, you amaze me. Your cards are always spectacular and look forward to seeing the next one you design. I have saved them all. Way to go girl!!!
Yes, simple stamping, but elegant results. Very versatile for many occasions.
Great cards !! I love the one with the ferns ! Amazing !!
These are just fabulous!! Cool technique!
LOVE CAS cards! So gorgeous! I am so loving this 20 days so far!
Love resist embossing and Heather is always an inspiration.
These cards are lovely, very elegant CAS style!
Beautiful cards! I love this technique and your CAS cards are so elegant.
Great technique – I will try it tonight!
Heather, these are both gorgeous. I love red, so that first one has to be my favorite. Guess I need to update my Penny Black wish list to add the blossom stamp.
oh that red card is stunning!
That is clean and simple. Love the stamps and the techniques. Thanks for the inspiration.
The cards are simple but yet so very elegant and stunning.
LOVING this set! TFS!
Both of these cards are gorgeous. Love the techiques. Thanks for the lesson.
Very lovely use of the stamp
I like the CAS look, so classy and so easy too! Thank you for showing us more than one way to use the stamps
Love the tutorials–I am such a visual person..this is a stamp set I would love to own!
Can’t ever have enough of Penny Black’s stamps–just fabulous!!!!!
These cards are simply lovely.
Lovely cards and my favorite is the red one. Can’t wait to try it
sounds easy, will have a go at it soon!
Stunning cards – amazing what repetition can do. thanks for the inspiration, Heather!
Just what I am looking for…beautiful and simple.
Elaine
Both these cards are just awesome, but then, it’s what I’ve come to expect from Miss Heather. Always a joy to see what new art she has created…these are lovely. TFS
Oh wow, Heather’s cards are both very beautiful and so clean finished! Love the idea of panels. Fabulous stamp. Ruby x
I love white embossing
So delicate, thank you for inspiration!
Heather is a fabulous artist !
The red card is my favorite. The stamp used is so beautiful !
Lovely stamps showcased beautifully, impossible to pic a favourite
The embossed resist…hands down – a bit more work, but oh so worth it!!! Heather’s art is beyond comparison! The stamps are a ‘must have’ for me!!!!
Paper Hugs,
Jan
so elegant and classy.
Simple techiques for a five-star result. Well done!
Thanks for sharing some great ideas again…love the cards.
These are fantastic cards and I’m definitely going to make some cards using these techniques. love the stamps too!
I love ALLL of the great ideas and the fact that they are simple too!
Love the stamps used, Takes me back to the beginning of my stamping cards and the techniques!
These are both gorgeous! I might have to give the resist embossing technique a try. Thanks for the inspiration.
How easy and yet how beautiful. You are in outstanding artist!
Patti
Both cards are beautifull
Simple is always beutiful. Love the embossing technique
Gorgeous cards and fabulous stamps from Penny Black!!!
Very beautiful cards. I can’t believe the first one is only one layer. I was sure it had red backing paper behind the embossed images.
Really pretty for spring — especially loved the green tone leaf one
I especially love the red card. They are both very neat techniques
Gorgeous card, thanks for sharing the techniques! Fabulous!!
This is a fabulous technique! The cards are so pretty!
thanks for sharing these techniques. I will give them a try!
I agree, this is a terrific technique.
I always forget to try designs in panels. Love the new small leaf spray!
Stunning cards – great inspiration!
Love the idea of simple repetition to get beautiful results. Great idea for when a single stamp you love would have no impact as a single image on the card.
Just love all the new stamps…greatninsoiration
Love Heather’s work and love the emboss resist with the three shades of color. Thanks for sharing !
Beautiful cards! Love these techniques.
Heather, I love your clean and simple style. Some of your creations just amaze me. I want to try both of these cards of yours. I am looking forward to some creative play time this week.
Just gorgeous – I love your blog and have it on my favourites to visit every day
Love the different cards. Thanks for the tips
Jill you never cease to amaze me. Great cards and what fun it is to follow along and look forward to every day with anticipation.
I always love Heathers cards and these are no exception
Beautiful cards–this technique makes the leaves so natural looking.
Great new technique and results! Thanks for sharing.
Love this technique! Gotta try it soon.
Love the embossed resist technique! Both cards are lovely!
DeniseB
Heather, Wonderful cards I can’t wait to try thim out, Thank You….
I love all of Heather’s cards, but today my favorite is the first one–love that look!
Really pretty inking on both cards.
Wow! These cards are beautiful. I can’t wait to try this out. Thanks so much for sharing.
Beautiful and elegant cards. I love your style Heather.
Super awesome technique!
Just love the floral panel used in the reds – just gorgeous! Really like the one layer look, too.
Love these clean & simple cards. Thanks for a chance to win a great prize, too.
Thank you to Heather for showcasing beautiful new PB nature stamps in her clean and elegant style!
such beautiful cards! I love using emboss resist myself…gives a great effect!
Oh, I can’t pick a favorite — love them both!
Love both cards, so pretty!!!!!
Great technique…love the cards!
Great cards… Love how the red pops up
..Thanks for sharing.
Thank You Heather for sharing such beautiful cards. You always make it look so Easy!!!
This card is beautiful, as are all of your creations! Enjoy the tutorials, too…
Love the fern card so beautiful
awesome technique. I can’t wait to give it a try.
Hi Heather, Your cards are wonderful! I love the look of this technique with the green and white card being my favourite as it is so natural looking. (Love the red and white one too though!)
Great technique, lovely cards!!!
Really like the fern card! Can’t wait to try out your technique.
Really like the simple elegance of the fern card. Would do nicely for a sympathy card.
Pretty cards. Two of my favorite things are trees and leaves. I am a sucker for anything stamped with one of them. You did such a good job with the leaves. Makes me want to try this technique..
Wonderful cards!
Love your cards Heather – you always do something a little different!
Oh I really love the leafy card! I guess that the reason I already follow your blog!
Your cards are always so unique, I am happy I discovered your blog, so inspiring. you give me a dose of dream.
Heat embossing is my very favorite technique. Should use red more often, this looks great.
Always inspiring to see what Heather does with Penny Black designs!
Love the resist technique on the three panels!
Awesome, Heather! I can’t wait to try the resist technique in the middle of the card. Thanks for sharing and have a fabulous week!! =)
absolutly lovely! And great technique,too
Beate
both cards are awesome! love the technique here
Love this technique. I´ll have to try it!
Saila
beautiful – amazing how just reusing one stamp can make such a beautiful impact on a card
I adore all of Heather’s creations. She is incredible with sponging…and it never looks the same as other cards…awesome!
OH! That is such a lovely effect! Thanks so much for sharing your talent with us! Beautiful!
gorgeous cards
Love the clean and simple designs!
beautiful work, Thank you for the opportunity!
Always love your cards Heather. Again these are Simply Stunning.
Such wonderful techniques. Love your work Heather.
These are awesome!
Great use of one stamp! Another day of wonderful inspiration. TY
Especially love the look of the leaves, such a nice look.
so nice to see some clean and simple designs. This is one method that I think I will be tryin out. I like the way the image was masked.
Both are great – my personal favorite is the red one which looks like you could do it in a hurry! All too often I am a last minute kind of girl…
These stamps are lovely. Love!! And Heather is amazing! Thanks.
alright, I’m going to embarrass myself by admitting I’ve never masked anything when doing my distress inking….but now you’ve shown me that it can be done with post-it notes! I’m going to give this a try, using the heat embossing for resist. Thanks!
Love both these cards. Simple, elegant and doable. Thanks for sharing!
Lovely LIM card, I like Heathers style very much!
So versatile
Love this look! Heathers masking is gorgeous!
Such a clean and simple design but with a classic look. So crisp! Love it.
So simples those cards but they are marvelous, I am really anxious to try it as soon as possible
Love these resist technique cards – very CAS and chic
Heather’s Cards are just amazing. The debth and demension she achieves with one layer is AMAZING. I feel like a broken record every time I comment on her blog. But her cards just make my heart sing, with their water color effects and feel.
These cards are beautiful. Love the resist technique. Thanks for sharing.
what an awesome technique… thanks for sharing..love it
O what a lovely cards. I love them
Definitely want to give this a try! Love the “everyday” stamps.
This is stunning. Great, fun technique. Must try this. You put so many ideas in my head. thank you.
wow…these are beautiful. Love this technique. Thanks for sharing it.
gorgeous inking. love your art!
I love the beautiful stamps used on these projects, gorgeous cards!!
Really like using different color tones. Nice clean and simple card.
This is such a beautiful project!
Great techniques, thanks for sharing!
Awesome cards!!…love that they could easily be massed produced to make a set as a gift!!
I love the resist technique–gorgeous cards.
I need to try this resist technique on one of my cards soon…its so pretty. Love the watercolour look too.
Another fabulous idea
TFS
Jackie
Love the cards and the ideas! Thanks!
I always love Heather’s cards and these are no exception!
Love the resist techniques. I use them on chipboard too!
Simple & simply beautiful!
So cool! I love this technique!
Great card!! I really like the resist technique.
Such simple cards, so great effect! Lov’ ‘m!
I’ve never tried this technique, but must experiment now. tfs Tami
Heather, these are both gorgeous! You just taught me a new trick which was to spritz the stamp with water. I need to do via so thank you!
Heather these cards are stunning. Your cards are beautiful pieces of art. Thanks for sharing your talent and techniques with us.
lovely!
Lovely artwork – simple and elegant
Love the resist technique.. such a pretty card..
Love both cards, but the leaves are my favorite. Great technique.
So professional looking – I would have sworn it was “store-bought”!
Love the cards!!! Great technique.
Beautiful card.
Such striking designs, I love the fern stamp.
So beautiful and elegant.
Love, Love, Love this! So pretty!
As always, Heather blows me away with the clean simple beauty of her designs – what a great technique.
Love the ombre effect! CAS is not simple, and Heather has done it just perfectly!! Thanks!
Love both cards–hope to try these techniques soon!! TFS! And thanks for the chance to win such a wonderful prize!!
I love the resist and water coloring techniques. I adore the red card. Thanks for sharing.
i’m thrilled by these cards!!
Hello!
Both cards are lovely! I do like the results of emboss resist but never think to use it! One ca get stuck in the creation process doing the same thing over and over. I will have to try this technique again! Wishing you a happy day!
Hugs,
Barbara Diane
Lovely cards, love emboss resists, always such amazing results. Thanks for the inspiration
Such beautiful cards.
Clean and Simple can be hard to pull off, but these cards are perfection! Love these stamps.
This is an awesome look and I’ve been inspired to give it a try myself. Beautiful!!
Beautiful cards, love the resist techniques and embossing. TFS I have to have to share my beautiful Valentine Card with the group. http://www.pammejo-scrapbookflair.com/2013/02/love-is-in-message-card.html
Just beautiful CAS cards! Heather has a gift with this type of card.
Stunning cards. I have never tried using markers on my stamps,
but I am inspired to try it – the effect here is awesome.
Clean and simple is certainly the trend and I love it. I just took a card class featuring clean and simple designs, so this fits right in. Way to go.
Simple but perfect and wonderful cards. TFS.
So unique…love how you have created these beautiful cards! Going to try this for sure!
Love the resist technique. Will need to try it out.
Heather’s work is so gorgeous – making one layer look so lush! I love it!
Gorgeous, as always!
Both so simple but so beautiful! I really like the one layer card.
I love cards with repeated images, nice designs!
Love this effect.
Love them both but the ferns are my favorite!
So pretty!
These look fabulous – thanks for the instructions!
Helen x
I love emboss resist – great design idea to mask off around the images. Thanks also for the tip about spritzing the image after stamping with markers – never tried that.
Super fabulous technique!
The resist technique is amazing, great job on both of these!!!
Beautiful cards, I’d go for the embossed resist
Beautiful card…simple and elegant
Two great techniques produced two wonderful one layer cards. Thanks for sharing.
Totally love the look of these cards…great techniques! The stamps are wonderful!!!
I love learning new ways to use the Memento markers. Thanks for sharing.
Once again Heather made CAS look so elegant.
These are my favorite kind of cards….simple…but look so wonderfully exquisite!!
Really beautiful in their simplicity.
I love the paneled look! Quite nice!
both are lovely, but do like thewatercolor it is really peaceful in the greens
Hard to choose, but I lean towards the first one. I like the flow the patterns. Great technique.
I LOVE them both! And I’ll have to try both techniques. I think I like the green colors a little better. But both cards are stunning!
Very pretty…
I love clean and simple cards – the red one works particularly well.
Such a generous prize
Clean and simple with striking results is one of Heather’s many talents I admire. Plus she shares her technique – thank you, Heather!
I have been wanting to try the resist technique, but the water coloring with markers is so cool. I can’t choose.
Beautiful cards, clean and simple
Ohh, I love clean and simple cards and these are absolutely superb, the red became my favorite