Take Flight 20 – Day 13, Fresh and clean Spring card
February 16, 2013
Karen Dunbrook is here today and sharing a neat way to use solid background stamps to create a focal image. She said, “I wanted to show how to use this stamp for more then just a background. First, I stamped the main panel with Pear Tart Memento ink. After cleaning my stamp, I applied Versamark and white embossing powder and heated with my heat tool. I punched a circle out from the white embossed piece, then using the green ink again and a water pen, I coloured the leaves in to give a reverse of the flowers on the background. The fresh feel of the green really makes me want for Spring!”
Supplies: Glory of Modesty; Wishing You
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This technique is so clever! Thanks for sharing it–brilliant!
LOVE this card. Would also be perfect for Easter or Mother’s Day.
I love that stamp and what you did with it!
Now that’s a fantastic technique! I love it! 🙂 This ink color is my favorite! Pear Tart? Indeed!
Quelle superbe idée ! Une carte pleine de fraîcheur !
Spring has sprung!
Great- clean and simple always good!
Beautiful card! and awesome technique
Lovely card and technique. Really like it when I can see other useful appications to make my stamps more productive. Thanks.
Gorgeous card and one of my fav colours!
What a lovely refreshing colour and love how you did the card
Thank you Karen for sharing this technique. It is easy to do and the result is stunning. I love the clean and simple design of this card with this background stamp : Glory of Modesty that I feel is a must have. It has a WoW factor. . . Love your card !
This is a great techniqe combined with this refreshing colours. Juicy, makes the mouth water and gives akick for the day!
What a fabulous use of the stamp. Gorgeous.
what a fresh and clean looking card! x
Great way to use the stamps!
Love that contrast and also the idea of clear embossing for a change – why didn’t I think of that???? Thanks again x
Brilliant! Beautiful card and love the technique! TFS!
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Fabulous spring card, love the reverse effect of the stamp, great job and super to know how you achieved the fab look! Ruby x
Love the spring feel of this card! So pretty!
How gorgeous, I really long for spring, seeing the beautiful grens!
So simple and beautiful. Love the color… reminds me of spring time 🙂
Lovely clean and simple design and beautiful colour 🙂
Very pretty, simple yet elegant.
It’s a delightful technique & so effective – I particularly like the way your rounded corner echoes the circle.
Paula (PEP)
Great card and stamping technique!
Nice and simple.
Really beautiful, I love the bright colour
Lindsay xx
Love this fresh colour, makes me think of spring.
So pretty!
Beautiful stamps and I love the freshness of this color! Thanks, Karen, for this pretty technique!
Such a pretty spring card!
What a great idea, just love the spring green and adorable details.
I look forward to trying this technique.
What a happy card!
Great card! I just love Karen’s style.
GREAT idea!~ What a beautiful card 🙂
I love this idea! I am always looking for quick and easy cards.
Love the colour of this card, really does make you want spring to hurry along. Thanks for sharing this idea with us. Beautiful
Wow! Just what we need right about now, a good dose of Spring. . . great idea and card!
I love this technique, it always fits for any occasion! Great colors!
Thanks for sharing how we can double the use of our background stamps!
Great idea for using the background stamp two different ways. Love the outcome – thanks for sharing such a terrific idea !
Lovely!
Thanks for sharing this great technique. You’ve created a really wonderful card using the background stamp.
It is great technique to use with background stamps. thanks so much for sharing it. I love the card and the green tone of the ink. Neat stamp, too.
Beautiful spring color ! Love the design of your card ! Thanks for sharing.
Love this 🙂
Great technique!
Love that you thought to use this background stamp in such a clever way!! The green is so refreshing. I am going to look through my background stamps and see what I can do!! Thank you!
Clever, inspiring and so spring-y!
I love the clean and simple look!
Very fresh and springlike – love the contrasting piece
Beautiful card! I love the green color and its simplicity.
This is lovely! What a great idea to change one stamp!
Gordious
Stunning card, It’s so fun and such a great idea to use any background stamp in the way Karen has! Thanks for sharing that technique!!
So fresh looking. Love the idea on the two ways to use the stamp on the same card!
This is a beautiful card. Thank you for sharing. I love how you used the backround stamp both ways. It is a great idea.
so pretty!
Spring can’t be far away, can it? This reinforces my anticipation…..both for the PB stamps and the season! Lovely card!!!!!
Such a pretty card
Bright and cheerful.. Nice
Keep the technique ideas coming. Thanks for sharing
So fresh and spring like.
What an absolutely fantastic idea. And the card is so “springy”! Love it. Thanks for sharing.
Beautiful spring card! All your stamps are just awesome!
What a great idea to use the background two ways. So pretty.
Love the card.
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a very pretty springy card!
great idea, possible with so many stamps!
Thanks for sharing another great idea. I don’t know what I would do without great blogs like this. Great inspiration.
Oh wow 20 stamps, count me in!
SO fresh and green…love it!
How talented you and all the design team are! Love the use of the background stamp. Thanks very much for the inspiration.
Beautiful to see it used in reverse like that on one card!
Love the style and love the colour.
Love this card..and now I know how to make it…Blessed by Karen we are Thank you!
Oh my gosh..simply elegant! It is gorgeously simple..Just wonderful…Love the pear tart ink!
I have seen cards like this but never knew how to make them….now I Know…great idea Karen..thanks for sharing!
Karen I also went and looked at other of your designs..gifted you are…lucky me..you bring out our hidden skills..I am grateful…thanks for a chance to win the wonders of Penny Black.
Lovely card and great technique. Very simple yet effective! 🙂
Beautiful background stamp! I love the idea of using it this way. Keep those good ideas coming. I appreciate this blog so much!!
Beautiful card! Thanks for the great technique!
What a great idea! I can’t wait to try this! Thanks for sharing this!
What a great way to use a stamp! Beautiful card!
I would never have thought of this. What a clever way to use those big stamps. Thanksl
toni
This is great idea to use my backround stamps in another way love this! I am going to try this later today.
Ooh! Love the color, and the positive/negative effect. Thanks!
I love this background stamp! So many possibilities! I love what you’ve done with this!
I love this technique! What a great way to use a background stamp and to extend the use of a stamp.
The color is beautiful! Just what one needs on a gray February day. Thanks for sharing this technique and design.
Really effective technique and lovely colour.
Very clever; way to think out of the box…
oh yes, I like this, love the color!
Karen, you never cease to amaze! I LOVE this stamp and your clever technique! Now I want it even more.m fabulous CAS…and so springlike…love the colors! Wow!
I agree with Jan…clever. 🙂
Love it!
lovely!
Sandra ltb
Wonderful technique and beautiful Springy card!
Sharon Harnist http://www.PaperFections.com
I am really enjoying this take flight by Penny Black! So many awesome stamps, my wish list is growing everyday! Beautiful card using a bg stamp!
There are so many cute and gorgeous stamps. How to choose?
Karen is amazing! Such a gorgeous card!
That stamp is at the top of my wishlist & now I want it even more! LOVE this great technique & card!
Beautiful!
Beautifil stamp and card! Love that spring green color!
DeniseB
Terrific card and terrific technique!
OOOh! Pretty!
Beautiful card! I love the technique and design.
Lovely card! Thanks for the technique tip. 😉
Love it !!!
Very pretty! Love the spring theme.
looks like spring
This is a beautiful card. I love how versatile it can be.
Love this “Blissful” stamp! I was already planning to order it when your blog arrived today. Thanks for the great technique!
What a fantastic way to use this stamp in two different ways on the same card.
What a lovely bright and cheery card, Karen!
I love this. I am always looking for better ways to use my background stamps. And this stamp is gorgeous! Thank you!
Simple and elegant design. Love it!
This is beautiful – love the fresh green colour!
Helen x
What a great look. Use a background stamp we love, add a dab of imagination, and presto an eye catching focal point!! Thanks for a fresh view point.
Beautiful card. Love you technique for getting the reverse image of the stamp. Very clever. Thanks for sharing.
Love how you created that focal point with the same stamp…..how interesting with reverse coloring! I would never have thought of that without your guidance! THanks for a great tip!
feels likw an Irish Spring Colleen cdmoore@shaw.ca
Very pretty card and great technique. Would make a nice set of note cards.
Beautful card… so Springy! Tks for the inspiration!
Very nice card and color. Uplifting
Linda
This is such a fresh, springlike card, and thanks for the how-to’s. Sounds like it might be something “I” could do, and not get frustrated! The effect is so lovely, and great idea for using this pretty stamp 2 different ways. Could make a fast set of impressive looking note cards for a gift. TFS
What a clever technique. Really enjoy the look. Can’t wait to try it this week.
Great technique…and yes, where oh where is Spring!!!!!!
Such a beautiful card..Love this BG stamp…and great technique..
20 below in Wisconsin today…brr! This card brings Spring into my soul.. Thanks!
nice technique, nice card 🙂
Great card! Great tutorial! Great techniques!! THANK YOU A BILLION times for sharing your talents….
I love how you used this stamp. The color is refreshing also.
Penny Black products and wonderful artists…bringing it all to life! Grateful me. Thanks for a chance to win!
Lovely! Clever you to reverse the colors on the card and circle.. love the card, the color, and that stamp!
Beautiful card!
Beautiful card and in my favorite color.
so clever, really gives the stamp two totally different looks
this card definitely screams spring! 🙂
Gorgeous spring card – love the color reverse!
Great technique with the background stamp.
This is one of my favorite new stamps and I love it in this pear color! Can’t wait to try this technique !
Love the stamp. I am ready for spring.
Love the Spring Color and the airy simplicity of the card!
An amazing card, loved it so much I had to feature it on papermood.com ; I hope that’s ok with Karen and yourselves. Great creation ! xoxoo Fab
What a lovely color and super tip. I often forget the positive/negative possibilities of BG stamps.
Gorgeous card and that color green just makes me smile! Thanks for sharing such a clever technique for the background stamp. I’ll be looking at mine in a new way.
This is a lovely card and a technique I never would have thought of without you, thanks so much for sharing!
Beautiful spring card.
Very pretty. Love the fresh feel of this color.
I love the reverse stamping – beautiful Spring card!
Really pretty! Always love new ways to use a product in many different ways! That’s what is so great about reading the blogs, seeing something in a new light!
What a great idea, I love the colour it is so fresh.
Rene from OZ xo
What a great use for one of the new stamps. Love it.
This is beautiful!!! I love the color!
Gorgeous! I love this card! So bright and fresh!
Gorgeous card and color. Thanks for sharing.
Neat , love the idea and very simple and nice looking card
What a brilliant idea – i will be giving this a go. I love the fresh colour – gorgeous. The stamp is gorgeous too! xx
Such a simple technique but a WOW effect. A very fresh card that I would love to receive.
So enjoying these 20 days, another great card, love the bright color and that rounded corner too!
Karen, this is just beautiful! I love how you used this stamp 2 different ways.
Lovely card! Who wouldn’t want to get this in the mail!
Beautiful card. Love it. TFS
Green and white always looks so fresh. Lovely card.
Clever technique and beautiful colour. Elegant and stylish in its simplicity. I will have to try this.
Fabulous, zesty card. Love the way you switched the colours in the highlight circle.
Very fresh and spring like, simple card to make but really looks pretty!!!
Love your card! Reminds me of Spring. 😀
Oh, what a lovely card! Thr Glory of Modesty is a must-have for me. Thank you Karen for showing me another reason to love it!
What a lovely cleaned and fresh looking card. X Sue Dunn.
What a great technique! Love the lime colors and the leafy stamp.
Karen, this is gorgeous!
So fresh and pretty and a really wonderful hint of spring!
I really like the look of this one. Fresh is a perfect word for it.
Beauty simplified..Just wonderful..
Love this technique. Thanks for this!
Wow, another lovely card….what a great way to use that stamp and I love the colour.
Wow, what a cool idea. I love the color you chose and how you put the card together. Thanks for sharing your ideas with us.
Wow, fun way to use your stamps twice! Great inspiration TY!!!
Absolutely beautiful and such a great idea. I love it:) Thanks so much for sharing.
Tutu and Lulu are so sweet I had to comment about them too. Love them all.
Love the colour and the stamping technique used to create such a pretty card.
Gorgeous! TFS
So sweet. I just love your colour combo.
Lovely card, such a sweet sentiment! The colors are so pretty. Fabulous card!
Love it and the colors! Soooo glad to see the big background stamps making a comeback (-:
I love the color
Love the colors! TFS!
Really neat card. tfs
With Love Judi
Very beautiful card. It’s a great way to use a background stamp as a focal image. I love the green you chose, and how you curved one of the corners. 🙂
beautiful and great way to get more mileage out of background stamp thanks for sharing
Barb
Love this simple but sophisticated card!
I love this card and the technique! Going to be making this style too!
Very pretty card, love the fresh color and the great technique.
Love this idea.
Fabulous as usual!
This is a very pretty card, lovely use of the
colors. Carla from Utah
awesome idea of the positive and negative of the stamp
Beautiful!!! I love the reminder that our background stamps can be used for so much more!
Great idea, so many stamps I’d like to try this with
What I love! Great card with a simple technique that can be done quickly – thanks for sharing!
GORGEOUS card, with gorgeous color! I really like the embossing technique!
A simple technique… but a beautiful card. Love the green.
Beutiful card and stamp! Me like alot!
This is so cool. Love all your stamps!!!!!!!!
Thanks for giving me inspiration on how to use background stamps! This is really a beautiful card. Love everything!
Nice and fresh, just right for spring.
now that is a clever and unique idea….reverse stamping!
love the spring green color and simplicity.
Such a clever technique….and gorgeous colour.
I love the color and technique. thanks for sharing.
What a stunning card. Thank you for showing and sharing 🙂
Gorgeous! Love the reverse image.
This is absolutely lovely.! great technique.
I absolutely love this. I would have never thought of this. Thank you.
Beautiful card! I’m gonna try this! 🙂
Oh, I love this simple but fabulous look! Have to try it1
LOVE that background! Really well done.
I love the flip of negative and positive space!
Beautiful stamp, love the colour 🙂
Lovely card – as you say clean and fresh looking.
Beautiful card! I like the reverse technique of tone on tone.
I just bought this stamp. Now, I have another idea on how to use it for a birthday card.
clever way to make the most out of one stamp!
That is definitely a WOW of a card and what a wonderful background stamp!
Fantastic card.
Beautiful card, I love how you used the stamp to create different layers.
Lovely!
What a cool idea! I love that reverse look on that great card! Thanks for sharing.
So fresh and lovely! 🙂
Love the bright color…so fresh
I love embossing with a watermark pad but now, I want to color the watermarked image!
Gorgeous card – I love the whole “reverse image” idea!
Love this!
Oh, gorgeous card. Thanks for showing another way to use the stamp. I love this green and it really makes it feel like spring. TFS
Delightful.
Love what you did to get two different looks. Very pretty too.
Beautiful card! Thanks for the idea to use the reverse of the background stamp for a highlight.
What a fresh card! Makes me miss spring.
So very beautiful! Love that stamping!
Love the color…thanks for the inspiration!
Ilove this card !
Wow!! Love the fun design!! Thanks for sharing and have a fabulous week!! 😉
Just love this card, simple but beautiful
An interesting idea and love hearing ways to extend your stamp use beyond the obvious.
This idea is going into my Card set folder so that I can make gift sets with it. Thanks for sharing.
I like the pop part of the card.
Very, very creative!!! Love this card!!!
This color really is a breath of spring to come. Soon I hope, but making this card will help.
Impressive look!
Love this card – the color, design, etc. Can’t wait to try this technique out! 🙂
nice card, love the color Pear Tart! great happy green
Lucky Day 13 and this is one awesome card! I just love the reverse effect! Beautiful!
I love this technique. What a terrific idea. Love the circular element in the design.
Beautiful Spring card!
simply lovely….
So pretty, love this card! And I love this stamp as well, it is on my wish list! Thanks for sharing.
Katie B.
Thanks for the inspiration!
Great inspiration for spring. I love the white embossing method on this fresh background.
love this card…beautiful
So springy and fresh!
Such a beautiful card…love it!
Beautiful!!!
Love this technique, fresh and bright just right for spring 🙂
Beautiful stamp, beautiful design, beautiful card!
love the reverse look! great card!
Such a generous prize
Using the bkgd stamp in both positive and negative format is a fantastic idea; creates a focal point as well as ties the whole thing together. Nice stamp, too!
A great use for a background stamp. This one is worth getting this stamp.
I need to bring out my background stamps and try this. Also having a new one to try wouldn’t be bad either.
Very beautiful card
I love the reverse effect of the positive and negative space in these – will definitely have to give this one a try!
That is such a clever idea and such a pretty card!
It was a clever way to use the stamp in two ways that I had completely forgot, and the card gave me a real spring feeling