Bella Blvd Studio Blog: Creating a Large Stamped Title with Missy

Happy Monday, friends! Missy here, and I'm kicking off Stamps Week here on the blog. I love incorporating stamps onto my layouts, and the Illustrated Faith Homespun Alpha Stamps are perfect for creating a large title. I wanted to go big and bold, so I found an inspirational quote on Pinterest and made it the focus of my layout. I used different colors of spray inks to stamp with instead of ink pads. I wanted an artsy and messy look to the letters, and the liquid did just that. I mostly used the Illustrated Faith Seeds of Faith collection for this, so I chose ink sprays that matched. Once they dried, I fussy cut them out. I cut the word "amazing" on my Cameo using a fun script font and cut it really big on the Birds of a Feather paper.

I also used this adorable open heart stamp from the Illustrated Faith Delight in His Day collection. I overlapped them creating a few heart clusters around the page. I layered in a few die cuts from the Illustrated Faith Basics collection and tucked some tangled thread under my photo as well.

Here you can see how awesome the watercolor stamping turned out. I love that the letters aren't perfect. I also love how the ends curl up. It creates such awesome texture and dimension. I did run the page through my sewing machine and used light pink thread to stitch through each word. I added a few more die cuts here from the IF Basics and Seeds of Faith Paper Pieces pack.

Here I used a few pieces that I fussy cut from the IF Basics Clear Cuts pack. This cute butterfly and flower matched so well, and I brought in a pop of that aqua by adding in some thread. I also brought in another stamp here from the IF Icons Stamps. I added the date to it down by my journaling.

For my background, I covered the middle area of the page with some white acrylic paint. I used the same spray inks and watercolors here as I did with the letter stamping. I combined the packaging technique with using my paint brush to add all that abstract color.

The fun thing about using a big quote like this for your page is that it takes up a lot of space. I really didn't feel like I needed to add a lot of embellishments. The letters were design enough and provided plenty of color, interest, texture and dimension.