Feeling Springy

Happy St. Patrick's Day!  I love being surrounded by green. :)

This month I have had the pleasure of being a guest designer at Technique Tuesday.  The new "Beauty of Spring" stamps from Studio AE have most definitely put me in a springy mood.

I had so much fun using them on this layout with cotton tape and wood letters.  

Before stamping on the cotton tape, I prepped the background by misting it lightly with Maya Road Buttermilk Cream mist...

and then I shook up a bottle of October Afternoon Miss Mary Mack Sprinkler Spray, opened it up, and let droplets fall over the tape.

Although the tape is somewhat absorbent, I wanted to be sure that there was no excess fluid on the tape before stamping, so I flipped over the tape and pressed it down lightly.

I flipped the tape over again and prepped the stamps.  The idea was to repeat various sentiments in different colors on the tape, so I cut out a few of the words from the stamps...

adhered them to an acrylic block, and began stamping away.  I alternated green chalk ink (Versamark Aloe Vera) with yellow Tsukineko pigment ink.

When it came to the title, I just stamped with chalk ink directly onto the wood letters.

I love how versatile stamps can be!