Shady Designs Gather Together stamp set - split card design idea

 The main focal stamp from Shady Designs Gather Together stamp set is a commanding image. It was designed to make quick backgrounds for your art journal and mixed media pieces . This gives the look as if you had used multiple stamps and  masking techniques too. 

Being such a dominant image has its bonuses for cardmaking too. I created the main card and then re-created splitting the design!

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I stamped the main focal image from Gather Together with salty ocean oxide. I then added additional stamping with mustard seed using smaller stamps from the same stamp set. I inked around the edges in mustard seed,rounded two of the corners and added to an A5 card base.

On a piece of white card I stamped flower and leaf images from Pattern Parade stamp set using the same oxide ink colours. I cut the images out ready to add to my card. Some of the images have been raised with 3D foam pads & others stuck directly to the design.

As a finishing touch I stamped some butterflies (Shady Designs Hanging stamp set) and added a few gem pearls in co-ordinating colours.

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Split card designs

For the next two cards, I stamped the main Gather Together image using the same colours. Then I cut the image in half, (down the centre). One card I kept the same way up ...

... and the other card, I turned upside down!

The decoration I have kept exactly the same for both these cards and only changed the ink colour around the edges. The card toppers now fit a DL card base perfectly.

Isn't it strange that both these DL cards are the same but still look a little different. I do love it when a crafty plan that's been whirring around in my head, actually works!

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Do you look at your stamps and see lots of different ways to use them? What's your favourite way of pushing your crafty stash to the max?

Thank you for popping over today. Take care & see you soon,

Lou
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