stamp review crew: stacked stone

Welcome to another Stamp Review Crew blog hop. The Stamp Review Crew is a group of Stampin’ Up! demonstrators from around the world that get together on the 1st and 3rd Monday of each month for a blog hop. Each hop we shine a spotlight on one stamp set and show you just how much you can do with it. Today, we are putting a fun new background stamp center stage: Stacked Stone.

I love background stamps. They are like the solid ensemble members of a play – not often in the spotlight, but they add so much needed depth and detail. Stacked Stone is great stamped tone on tone, or colored in. In fact, I made two projects to showcase this versatility.

For my first card, I started with a tone on tone look. I stamped Stacked Stone in Gray Granite ink on a Gray Granite card base.

It looks like a great stone wall in a garden. So I added a beautiful flower from the new So Much Love set colored with my Stamping Blends and Copic markers. I popped the Bumble Bee DSP die cut up on dimensionals. I wanted the flower to be a bit raised as well, but didn’t want another layer of dimensionals. I’ll show you my trick to get a thinner layer of depth:

I die cut two ovals smaller than my image and glued them together then to the back of the stamped image. This can add depth, but help keep bulk from layers of dimensionals down.

Since the first card had a dainty, feminine look, I went for a more industrial, masculine look on my next card.

I started by doing a light watercolor wash of Smokey Slate, Crumb Cake and Cinnamon Cider on Shimmery White card stock. Once it was completely dry, I stamped the Stacked Stone image in gray Granite ink. Then I watercolored some of the specific stones for added depth. I added some die cut gears and a sentiment from Geared Up Garage.

Stacked Stone is a fantastic, versatile background stamp. Don’t believe me yet? Head on over to Heidi or back to Holly and then check out the rest of the design team’s great projects. By the end of the blog hop I’m sure Stacked Stone will be making it’s way to your craft room!

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