No image stamps? No problem! Create a card using only word stamps

Here's some tricks to have up your sleeve to turn any sentiment stamps into the entire motif for your card. No images? No problem.

And PSST... welcome to post #2 showcasing our featured 2016 Sale A Bration set of the week, Perfect Pairings (wood-mount, cling-mount)! Today I have three no-images cards to share. The colors I used for these three examples are Watermelon Wonder, Delightful Dijon, Bermuda Bay and the final one has a little dab of Pool Party. Colors are really important if you are creating a card that is all words and no images. The words have to be both the background and the focal point at the same time, and colors really help with that.

We'll just pretend I was a good girl and got out my Stamp A Majigg positioning tool and used it religiously to line up my words for this second card... ahem. The things you don't notice until the photo is edited and out there larger than life on the 17-inch screen right at eye level. I see I started the red line really well, not sure what happened in the middle there. Oh well! Now you all know I'm not perfect. SHOCKER!!

For the above card, instead of stamping a single word or phrase over and over vertically like the top one, I choose three different words/phrases and stamped each in their own line horizontally across the cardfront like a stripe. It's busy--but orderly, so it works.

When you're making a card with no images, resist the urge to fill up the whole cardfront with words. White space is our friend. If I'd stamped more than one line of "thank you" down the length of this card, it would have been WAY too busy. A single line with plenty of white on either side and the accenting punched circle frame are plenty.

Also, stamping my one different phrase "so much" in a different color helped it become the focal point even more than the embellishing did.

I hope you've gotten some cute ideas for cards you could make with your sentiment stamps. You don't even have to have cute image stamps to make great cards--just some fun colors and a whole lotta repetition! Thanks for stopping by. Now turn off the computer and go get in the craft room!

Supplies you'll need to create these cards at home: click any link to go shop my online stamp store!

• Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Thick Cardstock [140272]
• Watermelon Wonder Classic Stampin' Pad [138323]
• Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin' Pad [131171]
• Delightful Dijon Classic Stampin' Pad [138327]
• 2015-2017 In Color Designer Series Paper Stack [138432]
• 1-3/4" Circle Scallop Punch [119854]
• 1-1/4" Circle Scallop Punch [127811]
• Classy Designer Buttons [138393]
• Linen Thread [104199]
• Glue Dots [103683]
• Banner Punch [133519]
• Gold Basic Metal Buttons [133763]

Comments

[Cindie McDuffee]

Wow, these are 3 great cards! I love the colors you chose, so nicely balanced and so fun! I love lots of stamping! Great ideas!TFS!

[Dorene Dean]

These are great cards. I tend to forget about using word stamps like this, thanks for the reminder. LOVE the samples!!!

[Jan Hoyt]

I absolutely did not notice the word alignment on the bottom of the card....SAMJ is great but sometimes (as in this case) eyeballing it and going for it works pretty well! Jan

[Josee Smuck]

I love what you did with this card! I would love to share this on my blog for 'My Crafty Friends Monday' (a round up of amazing cards from amazing stampers!)! Please let me know if you would prefer that I didn't share it (of course I give you credit and link back to your blog!).
Inky Hugs!