Bicycle Built for Two
I bought this set of Mirkwood Designs Bicycle Stamps from Victorine Originals . I seem to be attracted to bicycles; I think it is because of the detailed negative space between the spokes, and the appeal of simple and effective mechanical devices. The Fashionable Stamping Challenge this week is "Let's Get Inky." I've always loved sponging, so I decided to use the embossed resist technique. Bicycle Built for Two Stamps by Mirkwood Designs In addition to the sponged blue background, I inked the edges with a tan Distress Ink, and the scalloped border with gold. I had two Spellbinders revelations in this project. I used one of my Spellbinders border dies as an embossing template and embossed the dots around the edge by hand, using the embossing tool that looks like a stick with a knob on the end. I love the dotted border. For the tag, I used the third largest Romantic Rectangles die. It was too wide for my sentiment, though, so I made a narrower tag by cutti...