We Love Stamping Feb Reminder

Today is the 18th so time for a reminder for our current challenge over at We Love Stamping. The challenge where you can showcase your stamps and your skill at using them.

It is also Saturday, the day I am honoured to be a guest designer over at Allsorts, which means I have 2 posts publishing this morning. I did think about combining them but decided against it in the end. Find my Allsorts post here.

This month our theme is:

**Anything stamping with the option to use a stencil**

Today I have another NBUS stamp that was a gift from a very special friend. I am so glad to have used it finally.  When I first invested in some Catherine Pooler re-inkers last year I played around using them to create backgrounds on glossy photo paper. I now have a whole stack of these in different colours, so I expect you will see them used on more of my cards in the months to come.

I took one of these backgrounds and added ink though a waves stencil to get the look of water. the jellyfish was then stamped in versamark and white heat embossed. I have found that stamping on this glossy surface is fine with versamark, but not so easy with ordinary ink as it tends to stick and then it pulls off the colour. I did stamp it twice and got a bit of a shadow on some of the tendrils, but I don't think it matters much.

I used another of the backgrounds for the sentiment strip. I think it is a slightly different look for me and I am pleased with it.  The glossy cardstock gives it a really lovely shine, but you have to be careful putting it through a die cutting machine as the surface will mark easily. 

Don't forget there is always a prize to be won and this month the it has been kindly donated by Highlight Crafts and includes a Crown and Glory stamp set and a Little Tweet die. Why don't you head over to the challenge blog to check it out? The prize winner is selected randomly and in addition the DT will choose one entry to join us as a guest designer for a future challenge.

I hope I have inspired you to join us this month, all you have to do is follow the prompt and ensure stamping is the main focus on your card. The challenge will close at noon (UK time) on Wednesday 1st March.

I am looking forward to seeing you in the gallery.

I am also sharing this at:

NBUS #47 - second entry this month

Alphabet Challenge - W is for water

Supplies:

Cardstock: Glossy photo paper

Ink: Catherine Pooler

Stamps: Stampendous cling jellyfish

Stencil: Dreamweaver

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog today, I really appreciate it.