Happy Friday crafty friends! This is Julissa of Paper Gems by Jules on the blog today sharing a pair of Valentines using a fun combination of stamps and dies. There are two things I’m hoping you can take away from this blog: 1. You can use your dies to make stencils and 2. You can color almost any stamp to make it fit a holiday or theme. So let’s get inky!
Let’s start with this rockin’ “Katie Girl” stamp set. She’s got a sassy stance while holding her guitar and she’s going to rock this Valentine look. I really wanted to give her a rugged look, but still have some love, so I colored her blouse with a bright red and gave her jeans a distressed look using none other than distress ink!
- Shirt: R46 & R43
- Jeans: B41, BG70 and Vintage Photo Distress Ink to give that dirty distressed look.
- Boots, Belt & Guitar; E37, E35, E34, E31
- Skin: E53, E51, E21
- Hair: E59, E27, E25
For the background, that heart was made from using the Dashes & Frills Hearts dies. I die cut the second largest stitched heart out of card stock and used it as a stencil. Before stenciling it, I stamped Worn Music Background using a brown archival ink, die cut it using Scallops & Stitched Rectangles Nesting dies and added distress ink to the edges. Then I laid the make-shift heart stencil over the background and used Festive Berries & Aged Mahogany Distress ink to color in the heart. And just like that, this became a Valentine Card for a significant other, daughter or friend that loves music. Now let’s use an Angie Guy and try this same technique.
For this next Valentine, I paired Sawyer Guy and the Love Me Always Background. I thought about doing Sawyer’s shirt in the same red, but thought a grungy t-shirt was kind of cooler. I hid the edge of the bottom of his stamp using a sentiment strip.
- Shirt: W4, W2 & W0
- Jeans: B41, BG70 and Vintage Photo Distress Ink to give that dirty distressed look.
- Skin: E53, E51, E21
- Hair: E59, E27, E25
This soft brown background helps make this valentine a little masculine. And I just love the distressed type font in that background. What do you think?
Unity Products Used:
- Katie Girl Stamp Set
- Sawyer Guy Stamp Set
- Worn Music Background Stamp
- Love Me Always Background Stamp
- May 2021 Sentiment Kit: In My Thoughts, Girl
- Scallops & Stitched Rectangles Nesting Die Set
- Dashes & Frills Hearts Die Set
Thank you so much for stopping by today and I hope you’ve found some inspiration. If you are inspired, I’d love for you to tag me when you post your creations on the Unity {Show & Tell} Facebook group or on Instagram.
Until next time… Happy Crafting!
