The Damsel of Distressed Cards: 2021

Monday, March 15, 2021

GIVEAWAY: New Stamp Releases - Beautiful Courage & Fierce and Brave

It's time for some happy dancing, and a stamp giveaway! My brand new set, Beautiful Courage, is being released over at STAMPlorations today! And a STUNNING set designed by Shery Russ called Fierce and Brave is also being released. Both of these sets were designed with Women's History Month in mind.

I l-o-v-e the chic outlines and fierce phrases from the Fierce and Brave set:

Red and clear houndstooth background with a woman's silhouette in the foreground handmade card featuring Fierce & Brave stamp set by STAMPloraitons

I thought they could be used for all sorts of occasions - add a little ribbon and viola! a wedding card!

Handmade stamped Card with gold lacy background, pink flowers and a bride in the foreground made with STAMPlorations Fierce and Brave stamp set

There is nothing like sending an encouraging cards to your lady friends and between these two sets, encouragement and uplifting sentiments are covered in droves!

Here's the cards I designed for the Beautiful Courage set:

Whether you're into one-layer cards or lots o' layers cardmaking, the beautiful profile image and warm sentiments are perfect!

Which card is your fave?

Want to win? Head on over to the STAMPlorations blog and leave a comment and you could take both sets home for free!

If you want to skip the contest and head right to the ordering, use code STAMPGIRLBECCA for 20% off your order. :)

Friday, January 29, 2021

Collage Valentine's Day Card

Today I'm up on the STAMPlorations blog with a whole feature tutorial on how to create this collagey Valentine wonder!

I talk all about creating a colorful decoupaged background.

Creating a grungy background using the Artsy Border Maker stamp set.

And the perfect non-mushy sentiment and focal image using the Funny Kinda Love stamp set.

Go check out my tutorial on the STAMPlorations blog and also feel free to use my code STAMPGIRLBECCA for 20% off anything in the STAMPlorations store. :)

I also would be remiss if I didn't mention where I got all my lovely collage papers. My friend Lauren Bergold of all the GOOD blog names were taken gave me these awesome papers as a gift and I, of course, am in love with them. She finds the perfect old books, dictionaries, and encyclopedias and creates amazing packages of collage paper in her Etsy store.