Susanbcards: Stampendous Sincere Sentiments for Difficult Situations

These are the cards that are the least fun to make. So it's best to keep soe in your stash because most likely you either won't feel like making them as you need them or you will struggle with what is appropriate.

The reason I send so few cards out is because I have a hard time thinking of what to write. So these Stampendous "Sincere Sentiments" are perfect. They are good for the outside of the card or the inside. For those times it's hard to think of what to write, you can stamp one of these lovely messages on the inside and write a short note and it won't look empty.

I took two A2 panels, cut a square out of the center of one to use as a template. I placed the template over the other A2 panel and taped it together with mint tape (low tack tape). I put these into my Misti and put the sentiment stamp inside the square, powdered the panel with an anti static bag, stamped it on the panel and removed the template. I then poured clear embossing powder over the sentiment (be sure there's no stray powder) and heated it.

I then reattached the template to the panel with the mint tape. I used Distress Oxide to ink the square, see below. I let it dry, removed the template, put the panel back into the Misti and positioned the leaf stamp from the set in the corner. I stamped that in black.

I placed a few gems on the card. These were from my stash, Spellbinders Autumn Seranade Gems, which are no longer available on the Spellbinders site but they have other gems.

My second card uses the same sentiment stamp set, I stamped and embossed it in Copper embossing powder on the beautiful Spellbinders indigo cardstock. For the diecut I used Spellbinders Peony Celebration. I diecut it from copper metallic cardstock (Michaels), rubbed some black acrylic paint over it to dull the shine. I diecut another peony from Spellbinders white glitter cardstock and pieced it back into the negative space. I kept the outline for another card.

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Stampendous Sincere Sentiments