Exploring the Postage Collage Collection: To Cut or Not to Cut?

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Exploring the Postage Collage Collection: To Cut or Not to Cut?

The new Beach Day Collection release adds to the growing Postage Collage Collection of stencils and dies. One wonderful thing about this new round of stencils is that one layer is designed for creating color in the background. My original intent was to take the new Great Outdoors Postage Collage Stamps and Layering Stencils Bundle and, once ink blended, separate the sections to create a layout with some of the sections on an A2 card. However, once I completed ink blending the stencil on the Postage Collage Die, I liked the look too much to cut it down.

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Multiple ways to use Press + Foil Plates with Water-colour Backgrounds

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Multiple ways to use Press + Foil Plates with Water-colour Backgrounds

Have you ever tried taking a watercolour background and using your press and foil backgrounds over top. You can create some really neat effects. I was at my local craft store where I first saw this technique. First I created a simple shimmer watercolour background and then used the Wall Flower impress-ion Press + Foil Plate with basic black ink. The second card I used shimmer watercolour on black water colour cardstock and then used versa mark and translucent embossing powder with the Braided impress-ion Press + Foil Plate. Both methods give very shimmery fun results.

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