This card definitely reminds me of my home state of Colorado. Gotta love those mountains!
I’ve had the Mountain Air stamp set and the Majestic Mountain Dies for a while and haven’t used them much. My 40 Projects In 40 Days challenge has got me looking at, and trying to use, all of those unloved stamp sets on my shelves.
It may be hard to tell from the photo but I used the dies on my card. I stamped each row of mountains separately, die cut them and layered them on a piece of Basic White cardstock that I had added a little color to with a Blending Brush and Balmy Blue ink.
The water is stamped on a separate piece of Basic White cardstock with Balmy Blue ink and the “water” stamp from the Oceanfront set. The trees are stamped over the water with Mossy Meadow ink. I then used a circle die from the Layering Circles die set to die cut the area of lake and trees that I wanted to use on the card. I did this because I knew that my die wouldn’t go through more than a few pieces of cardstock.
Once the I had my die-cut lake and trees I adhered them to the mountains. I lined up the same circle die around the edge of the water/trees and ran the cardstock and die through my Stampin’ Cut & Emboss Machine. Most of the circle was die cut but I did have to use paper snips on a few areas that had more than a couple layers.
Here is the card sketch that inspired me today. I stayed pretty true to the sketch. The only changes I made were flipping the design and adding one more layer. Not bad for me! Ha!
Have you tried using sketches yet? I hope so! They are a great way to get those creative juices flowing!
Have a great day! Take care and Happy stamping!