Mixing and matching stamp sets

Hello! 

Today I had a great time playing with stamps from three great stamp sets from Craftangles,

 'By the sea side', 'Beautiful Bloom Border ', and 'Mermaid Kisses'.

I mixed them up to create some fun cards.

I followed  a common theme of the ocean on all three cards.

I started by creating a mask by die cutting a scalloped heart out of some Mudra masking paper and inking up the heart using Tim Holtz distress inks and distress oxides in ocean colours.

For the first card, I used a sponge dauber to apply the ink to create a bubble effect.

I stamped the crab from the Craftangles 'By the sea side' stamp set on a piece of scrap watercolour paper and coloured it with Sakura Koi watercolours.

I then stamped the sentiment from the Craftangles 'Beautiful Bloom Border' stamp set. 

I added a couple of glass bubbles and used fun foam to mount the card on a 5" square card base.

 to finish the card.

For the second card

I used the scalloped heart mask as well as a mask to create the waves.

I stamped the sea shell from the Craftangles 'Mermaid Kisses' stamp set twice 

to create an oyster shell. 

I then used the second generation stamping to stamp the bubble 

from the same set in London Fog ink. 

I then coloured the bubble using a white Signo gel pen.

I mounted the bubble with double sided foam tape on the shell to create a pearl.

I then popped up the two sides of the shell with double sided foam tape to create a 3D shell look.

I added some clear sequins from Craftangles for interest.

I then stamped the sentiment from Craftangles 'Beautiful bloom border' stamp set and mounted the panel with fun foam on a 5" square card base.

For the third card, I pounced colour through the heart mask, to create large circular smudges. 

I then stamped and water coloured the sea horses, from the 

Craftangles 'By the Sea Side' stamp set. 

I used the mirror stamping technique to create a mirror image of the sea horse..this was quite a challenge!!!

I then fussy cut the sea horses and overlapped the tails to create an illusion of them being intertwined.

I added some Craftangles clear sequins to add some interest.

I decided not to add a sentiment to this card. I think the image says it all!

I mounted the panel using fun foam onto a 5" card base to finish the card.

For the 4th card, I used the same scalloped heart mask and blended the inks to create an ocean.

I stamped the fish through the mask to create the background. 

I then stamped coloured the mermaid and the fish, from the Craftangles 'Mermaid Kisses' stamp set on watercolour paper and fussy cut them.

I then adhered them using glue and double sided foam tape. 

I stamped the sentiment form the Craftangles 'By the Sea Side' stamp set and embellished the card using glass bubbles and plastic heart sequins.

I then mounted the panel using fun foam onto a 5" card base to finish the card.

Here is a video showing my process.

I hope you enjoyed this post and will be inspired to mix and match your Craftangles stamps to make some unusual cards!

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Have a great day!

Paru Mahtani