3 Twenty Crafts - Borders Set

Hello my crafty friends and welcome to Day 3 of Jo’s Scrap Shack’s Surprise Blog Hop!  
Today’s hop is day 3 of a 4 day hop for the new launch and release of a brand new company called  “3 Twenty Crafts”!

For those of you who missed the news, Jo has decided to launch her very own company and stamp line!!! Very exciting time indeed! Every day we will show you a brand new stamp set from 3 Twenty Crafts and trust me, you don’t want to miss this!

The stamp set that we feature each day will be given away to one lucky winner, but in order to win the set you must hop along and visit each design team member’s blog, leave a comment and then comment on Jo’s blog to let her know that you have completed the hop! The winner will be randomly selected and we have no idea which blog the winner will be chosen from. So make sure to visit each blog and leave some bloggy love!

 Today we are showing you the new and awesome stamp set “Background Builders”.

  

 

 

This is what I created using this featured stamp set. 

I've not used very many border stamps, as I can never get them aligned properly (these are clear so that shouldn't be a problem with these border stamps ). Had seen a folk art Christmas tree recently and when I saw these borders, realized they were perfect to create that look. Selected several red & green SU inks, inked & stamped away on white C/S. Didn't get a very good impression on some of the stampings. Hmmm...the stamps were clearly inked well. So decided to try the Colorbox Fluid Chalk inks...worked _much_ better with the next stamping. Now ya'll may already have known that SU doesn't seem to work well for clear stamps (and maybe it was the Operator in this case!) but I didn't. I can report though, that for me the Colorbox ink worked well for a clean impression, the SU didn't.

 

Next I created the background using this card for my inspiration. Shirley does the most fantastic backgrounds with the DI's and Acrylic Block technique. I keep trying that, but have not achieved anything I was pleased with, as yet. I debated on using this one, created with Mowed Lawn, Shabby Shutters and Festive Berries; misted the block with water, then dragged over the c/s. This was my 3rd try, time was growing short, so I went with the last effort. Decided to stamp the twig from yesterday's Winter Wonderland set in Colorbox Creamy Brown to create a pattern on the background. MS corner punch for the holly trim, and Viva Décor Pearls for the berries on the sentiment, stamped in Creamy Brown, punched with an SU Curly Label punch. As I looked at the tree when photographing, I thought I should have distressed the outer edge of the border 'branches'. I will try this one again, use DI Tea Dye & won't that look very country & folksy???

 

Here's the 2nd card. I really did want to try a stamp as a border - but I wasn't brave enough yet to try aligning - even the with stamp positioner I can manage to boo-boo. This border was long enough to cover the card without repositioning. A Dylusions background was handy, so off I go to ink with the Colorbox inks, which worked well over the sprayed background. Doubt that the SU inks would have been as intense (and perhaps I need to re-ink the pads?). Liked that look, so inked Happy Harvest Turkey with Rich Cocoa onto a white snippet; Black Tuxedo for the the pilgrim's hat from the same set. Colored these with copics, fussy cut, mounted on dimensional tape. I thought Mr. Turkey looked very chic & well dressed with his hat, ready for the holiday table. Stamped the sentiment from Happy Harvest in Versamark, embossed with Queen's Gold. Added corners punched from a Dylusions snippet, adhered tiny black pearls, and we are dressed for dinner! 

That's it for my project for today. Hope you will enjoy the cards.

Now just a reminder....to win Background Builders, visit each blog along the hop and leave a comment! Also, all four sets that are released this week will be available for purchasing on Thursday, November 21st at 3pm and will ship out on Monday, November 25th!

Soooo are you ready for some Blog Hoppin Fun???

I'm the last stop on the hop,  but if you get lost along the way, just start at Jo's Scrap Shack at the beginning!

Thanks so much for stopping by and hopping with us today and make sure to join us tomorrow for another sneak peak at another great stamp set by 3 Twenty Crafts! And thanks for joining me this afternoon, and welcome to some new followers. I will provide links to their blogs after the blog hop posts. Hugs from me to you, and  have a wonderful afternoon.