Category: Rainbow of Happiness

Welcome to Technique Tuesday. Each Tuesday I will share one or two techniques using the featured weekly product suite or bundle.

The focus technique this week is the KISSING TECHNIQUE. I have also used a dry embossing technique that I like.

The kissing technique was used to stamp the rainbow that was fussy cut after being stamped. Let’s focus on this first.

I used one of Stamparatus plates to hold the Stacked Stone background stamp.

For each arc of the rainbow I added colour from each Classic Stampin’ Pad to the bottom half/third of the stamp. Then each arc was placed on an Acrylic Block and pressed onto the inked Stacked Stone stamp. Then I stamped it onto a piece of Basic White cardstock.

When I finished kiss stamping each of four rainbow arcs I fussy cut the full rainbow.

Then I started to ‘wprk’ on the card.

For the Basic White background I used the clouds dies from the Brilliant Rainbow Dies to cut lots and lots of small clouds. These were then adhered to a %-5/8″x 4″ piece of Basic White cardstock. Each layer alternated between two and three clouds per layer. As soon as the glue dried the cardstock panel was embossed using the Painted Texture 3D Embossing Folder. The embossed result is very defined, so I ran my Bone Folder across the back of the card to slightly reduce its depth. I’m not entirely sure what this technique is called but I will, for now, refer to it as an embossed shapes technique. (If you know the ‘correct’ name – please let me know!).

The embossed piece of Basic White cardstock was adhered to the front of the Mango Melody card base.

I used one of the Brilliant Rainbow Dies to cut the Bermuda Bay rainbow strip and then stamped the sentiment in the same colour. This piece was then placed over a narrow strip of the Sale-a-bration FREE Sunshine & Rainbows 6″x 6″ Designer Series Paper, using Stampin’ Dimensionals.

I added a strip of the Mango Melody DSP to the inside of the card and die cut three small clouds to adhere to the front of the envelope.

To finish the card front, I added three small die cut clouds using Mini Stampin’ Dimensionals.

I decided not to add any embellishments or bling to this card because U think it already has enough going on. What do you think? Would you add anything else?

I love these four colours together – they are so bright and refreshing. Rainbows need to be bright and refreshing because they come after the rain or storm.

Tomorrow is Wednesday and that means ‘Welcome to Wednesday” where I will share a variety of projects. Many will be for challenges, blog hops or to share What’s New.

Until tomorrow, happy stamping.

If you live in Australia, you can order any of the products I used to make this card by going to my online store. Just click on any of the images below.

Product List

Rainbow Of Happiness Bundle (English) [157727] $77.25	Rainbow Of Happiness Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [157721] $32.00	Stacked Stone Cling Background Stamp [152556] $30.00	Brilliant Rainbow Dies [157726] $54.00	Sunshine & Rainbows 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [158126] $0.00
Painted Texture 3 D Embossing Folder [154317] $15.75	Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $17.00	Card Stock A4 Bermuda Bay [131286] $15.25	Mango Melody A4 Cardstock [147013] $15.25	Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin' Pad [147096] $13.00
Granny Apple Green Stampin' Pad [147095] $13.00	Magenta Madness Classic Stampin' Pad [153117] $13.00	Mango Melody Classic Stampin' Pad [147093] $13.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $7.00	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $6.00
Mini Stampin' Dimensionals [144108] $6.00	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $209.00	Mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [150673] $104.00	Paper Snips [103579] $17.00	Paper Trimmer [152392] $44.00
Basic White C6 Envelopes [159235] $13.00

Throughout 2022, my creative task each Monday is to create a scrapbooking/memory keeping layout. Some Monday layouts will have photos included and at other times my scrapbooking pages will just be waiting for the right images.

For today’s layout I continue to feature the Rainbow of Happiness Bundle and the Sale-a-bration FREE Sunshine & Rainbows 6″x 6″ Designer Series Paper.

Although I didn’t find the ‘right photos’ for this layout, I imagine ot is perfect for images that celebrate happy achievements. After clouds, storms or hard work rainbows appear when the sun shines. What might be dark turns into a brilliant and bright explosion of colour.

On this first page I created two spaces for photos.

I used some of the Sunshine & Rainbows DSP to frame the photo bases.

The ‘Hello Sunshine’ is from the What a Year Memories & More pack.

I used dies from the Brilliant Rainbow Dies to cut the smaller rainbow shapes that have been tucked in under the photo bases.

Using the half rainbow die from the same dies set, I cut each of the four semi-arches from different designs from the FREE Sunshine & Rainbows DSP. These were then adhered alongside the ‘Hello Sunshine’ panel.

I adhered Adhesive Sheets behind a piece of Granny Apple Green cardstock and then used the Floral Gallery Dies to cut the ‘just want to say’ from the Floral Gallery Dies set. I used the first two words on this first page.

To finish this page, I used the new Cloud Punch for the Magenta Madness cloud and then passed it through my Mini Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Mcchine using the splatters folder from the Strips & Splatters 3D Embossing Folders set.

For the second scrapbooking page I added two photo spaces (mounts/backgrounds) with strips of the coordinating Designer Series Paper tucked into the top or sides.

I used one of the smaller full rainbow dies to cut the elements that I tucked in behind the photo bases.

The last two words from the Floral Gallery Dies were added to this page. Then I die cut the word ‘shine’ from a piece of Mango Melody cardstock that had Adhesive Sheet attached. I used the Playful Alphabet Dies to cut out these letters.

For the full rainbow on this page I folded two of the 6″x 6″ DSP pages and positioned the die so that after I passsed it through my Mini Stampin’Cut & Emboss Machine I was able to create a full rainbow. I used my Tombow Multipurpose Glue to adhere the rainbow elements in place.

The ‘date’ & ”notes’ panel was taken from the What a Year Memories & More card pack. This is a perfect journalling space for these pages.

To finish this page, I punched and embossed three clouds using the new Cloud Punch. Two of the clouds were embossed using the splatters folder from the Strips & Splatters 3D Embossing Folder set. The third cloud was punched from a piece of the Sunshine & Rainbows DSP.

I am totally happy with these pages but do not yet know what images I will add to them. Until I find the right photos, I will pop these pages into my scrapbook layouts drawer.

What do you think? I would love you to leave me a comment!

What photos would you use on these pages?

Tomorrow is Tuesday and that means it is time for a techniques share.

Until tomorrow, happy stamping.

If you live in Australia, you can order any of the products I used to make this card by going to my online store. Just click on any of the images below.

Product List

Rainbow Of Happiness Bundle (English) [157727] $77.25	Rainbow Of Happiness Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [157721] $32.00	Stacked Stone Cling Background Stamp [152556] $30.00	Brilliant Rainbow Dies [157726] $54.00	Sunshine & Rainbows 6" X 6" (15.2 X 15.2 Cm) Designer Series Paper [158126] $0.00
Painted Texture 3 D Embossing Folder [154317] $15.75	Stripes & Splatters 3 D Embossing Folders [157980] $17.50	Basic White A4 Cardstock [159228] $17.00	Card Stock A4 Bermuda Bay [131286] $15.25	Mango Melody A4 Cardstock [147013] $15.25
Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin' Pad [147096] $13.00	Granny Apple Green Stampin' Pad [147095] $13.00	Magenta Madness Classic Stampin' Pad [153117] $13.00	Mango Melody Classic Stampin' Pad [147093] $13.00	Multipurpose Liquid Glue [110755] $7.00
Stampin' Dimensionals [104430] $6.00	Mini Stampin' Dimensionals [144108] $6.00	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653] $209.00	Mini Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [150673] $104.00	Paper Snips [103579] $17.00
Paper Trimmer [152392] $44.00	Basic White C6 Envelopes [159235] $13.00