Playing

I took some time earlier this week to pull out a few new stamps to play with. I’m not totally sold on these cards, but I think the stamps will prove to be versatile.

I started with a stamp set I’ve only used once or twice, “Brushed Off,” and combined it with a new set, “Choose Joy.” What I really wanted to try out were two Hero Arts ombre stamp pads I picked up months ago and hadn’t touched. I got mixed results, but ended up with three cards. I couldn’t for the life of me, get the ombre to work effectively with the orange pad. I’ll be going back to this soon to try and figure it out, but I decided with the addition of some enamel dots they’d made acceptable cards.

I love the sentiments in this set, and think they’ll be good for a variety of occasions, or even as a card set for a gift.

The ombre effect worked much better with this teal stamp pad; can’t figure out why one was so easy and the other so difficult.

I passed up on the next stamp set, “Twig Wreath,” when it was released, but reconsidered later. It just arrived this week. The card didn’t come out the way I intended, but I’m happy with the end result. I tried another card, but need to find a new gold ink pad to make it work.

I love the fall colors which are making themselves known here very quickly. I was surprised at how much the colors had changed in just a week on the canal.

We took our weekly walk on the canal yesterday, and it was so warm by the time we finished, we had breakfast outside! It was glorious, and I hope it wasn’t the last day that’s possible.