Triple Stamping

 Hi crafters!  Happy Christmas Eve!  Hoping that many of you would be around today, I thought I would show you some triple stamping, but with a twist, a micro beaded twist, that is!  I started with three pieces of coconut white card all cut into rectangles of stackable sizes.  I put a piece of sticky tape between each layer then began stamping in black archival with the Sunflower stamp from the Vintage Labels Five Sunflower set by Justrite Stamps.  Each stamp caught the different layers so it was only partially stamped on any one layer.  Once I covered the entire piece, I disassembled it and coloured it with a combination of  pencils and Distress Markers.  I used an aqua pencil around each images to give it a shadow and added some accents to the flowers with a white gel pen.   Once coloured, I covered each piece with a sticky adhesive sheet and hand trimmed the excess away.  You can use a paper cutter if you are careful not to trim away any of the stamping.  I peeled the backing paper off and micro beaded each piece for a lovely textural look.  I cut thin black mats for each piece and taped them on the coordinating piece, then reassembled the card using mounting foam between each piece.  The black mat gives a nice frame to each section, but covers the area where the stamp cannot get close enough to the edge because of the different layers.  Your eye completes the image once it is reassembled because the void has been filled.  I stamped one more Sunflower image and cut it out with Vintage Labels Five and coloured it.  I cut a tag from the Filigree Bracket and Label die and snipped it in half to use it top and bottom to just peek out from underneath.  No sentiment, just beautiful sunflowers today, easily used for anything you like!  Finished dimensions are 7 1/4" x 8 1/4" in size.  In case you don't get a chance to stop by the blog tomorrow, I hope that everyone has a wonderful Christmas filled with family, friends and food, among other things!  If you are able to pop by tomorrow, then there will be loads to see!  All for now, Sue x