21st birthday Inspiration

I need quite a few 21st Birthday cards over the coming months so I have been trying out some new techniques and making some of those needed cards as well.

This one is a technique I learned on the net.
Basically you stamp the coloured images, overstamp them with a large solid stamp and clear emboss it.
Then you brayer over the whole lot with a darker ink.

The stamp set I have used is Extreme Elements which is due to retire from our catalogue at the end of this month.  This is a really useful stamp set for creating interesting backgrounds.

I have also been playing with my new scoring board.  I love how it has so many scoring lines.
I have created a really cool background by scoring and sanding to highlight the score lines.

This card I have used masking techniques to create both my background and my focal image.

The stamp set for the greeting is one we got at Convention called Memorable Moments.  It's great for those special occasion cards...both birthdays and anniversaries.  You'll have to wait until September 1 for this one!

The key is from Artistic Etchings.  I have used Pacific Point card and matching ink for this card.