Layers of Beauty for As You See It Challenge #352

It's an interesting challenge thought up by my team mate, Joanne, over at As You See It Challenges, this week! It's a Fill in the Blank Challenge which asks what your favourite shape is to use on a card. For a multitude of reasons, which I won't go into here, I got a late start, and when I checked out what my teammates had chosen, circles was pretty much done to death, albeit beautifully. Someone had chosen squares, and that left triangles, rectangles and ovals. But when I really thought about it, the shape that I really use the most often, even though some might consider it boring, is the rectangle. I wouldn't know what to do without it!! But how to make an interesting card using the same old, same old?

Then I remembered an old technique called triple time stamping, which involves matting the layers of white panels with coloured cardstock. Before adding the mattes, however, you stack the white layers, centering each one on the larger one previous, anchoring them lightly with a little semi-permanent tape. Then you stamp a large image that covers all the layers and colour it in. After, you separate the white layers and insert the mattes between them. Anyway, here's the Challenge Banner:

And here's the card I came up with using this technique again:

• I started with a base of Azure Afternoon, and using the Deckled Rectangle dies I created a series of panels of Basic White cardstock and Balmy Blue mattes, each smaller than the next until I had 3 white panels and 2 mattes.
• I separated all the white panels and centered them on each other, smallest first, securing them with temporary hold tape.
• Then I used the large image from the photopolymer stamp set, Layers of Beauty, inked up in Memento Tuxedo Black ink, to stamp the image across all three panels.
• Keeping all the layers secured together, I used Stampin' Blends markers to colour in the image with combos in Balmy Blue, Old Olive, Berry Blush, Lemon Lime Twist and Pool Party Light for shadowing.
• I separated the white layers and adhered them to their mattes, then glued them all on the card front in order.
• The sentiment, from the Layers of Beauty stamp set, was stamped on the smallest deckled rectangle, in Old Olive, and added to the card front with Stampin' Dimensionals.
• Clear embellishments were added.

 

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Layers Of Beauty Photopolymer Stamp Set (English) [163514]	Layers Of Beauty Bundle (English) [163519]	Azure Afternoon 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [161719]	Balmy Blue 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock [146982]	Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock [166780]
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708]	Old Olive Classic Stampin' Pad [147090]	Berry Burst Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack [161681]	Balmy Blue Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154830]	Old Olive Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154892]
Lemon Lime Twist Stampin’ Blends Combo Pack [161682]	Pool Party Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154894]	Opal Rounds Assortment [163298]	Deckled Rectangles Dies [159173]	Stampin' Cut & Emboss Machine [149653]
Stampin' Seal [152813]	Stampin' Dimensionals [104430]