You Are Seriously Awesome by Heather Campbell

Hello!  Today I wanted to share a simple little trick for creating cards with a stamped inset surrounded by a nice thick border.  

Now, I could mask it with post it notes or masking paper but I always seem to get it just enough off so that my rectangle (or whatever my masked shape is) ends up wonky.  So, to get the same look, I simply trim a panel of cardstock to my desired share, stamp my pattern or design, and then adhere!  

First, I trimmed my cardstock panel.  For this card, I wanted a 1/2" border all around my inset section, so I trimmed a piece of cardstock to 3-1/4" x 4-1/2".

To begin stamping my inset section, I stamped a really cool distressed stripe from the new Avery Elle Brushed stamp set in Avery Elle Raspberry ink horizontally across my panel.  Seriously, the two stamp sets I worked with in today's card I absolutely adore!

Then I stamped the stripe, alternating the distress marks in Cherry and then Fizz.  Whenever I stamp in a rainbow pattern, I always like to break up the rainbow colors - so I never start at red.  In this case, I started with the red about 1/3 of the way down.

I continued stamping with Mimosa and Lemon Grass.  The stripes don't have to be perfect, I like that they overlap in a few places!

I keep stamping all the way to the bottom of the panel, the last color I used was Celery.

Then, I went to the top and stamped in the opposite direction using Sugar Plum and Aquamarine.  

With my panel complete, I can adhere it to the card. 

And then I stamped a sentiment from the new Avery Elle Write It stamp set.  I love this great calligraphy set!

Added the calligraphy pen stamped with Hero Arts Black dye ink. 

Since there is just a little difference between the two layers, I simply filled in the missing spots with a marker.  

I also added a few ink splots, which are also from the Avery Elle Brushed stamp set. 

Lastly I covered the sentiment in glitter using my clear Wink of Stella glitter marker.  

It adds the perfect sparkle! I am loving adding sparkle to my sentiments right now.  

Any easy way to get the look of masking without the fuss! 
Thanks so much for stopping by and sharing a part of your day with me! 
 -Heather 

Avery Elle Clear Stamps, Write It	Avery Elle Clear Stamps, Brushed	Zig Wink of Stella Glitter Brush Tip Marker, Clear	A Cardstock, Neenah Classic Crest Solar White, 25 pack
Avery Elle Ink Pad Set, Set of 15 Colors	Avery Elle Ink Pad, Aquamarine	Avery Elle Ink Pad, Celery	Avery Elle Ink Pad, Lemon Grass
Avery Elle Ink Pad, Mimosa	Avery Elle Ink Pad, Fizz	Avery Elle Ink Pad, Raspberry	Avery Elle Ink Pad, Cherry
Avery Elle Ink Pad, Sugar Plum	Hero Arts Dye Ink, Black	Tombow Adhesive Dot Stamp Runner, Permanent	Tonic Paper Trimmer Guillotine, 8.5"

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