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Hello, friends! Today, I am sharing a sneak peek at the brand new Arcade Stamp Set, and the Arcade Die Set, which are part of the Kindred Stamps January 2025 Release! Normally, I’m coloring up a handful of images with my alcohol markers. So using a die-cut heavy design was definitely a change from what I am used to!
These products are so perfect for your video-game loving friends and family members. I think they’re pretty easy to come together too!
Let’s take a closer look at the projects that I created!
Kindred Stamps Products Used:
Arcade Stamp Set
Arcade Die Set
Snowfall Embossing Powder
Embossing Ink Pad
For my first Arcade card, I wanted to use all of the different shape stamps included with the Arcade Stamp Set to craft up an 8-bit inspired confetti background! I had stamped out a few different blue Catherine Pooler Ink Pads, and also blended the edges with Blue Ink as well!
To create my arcade machine, I die cut all of the shapes from different colored cardstock, and then ink blended the edges to make them a tad darker than the cardstock color itself!
Pro-Tip: If you are stamping a background, allow your stamps to go off the edge of the paper! It gives it a more natural look!
Kindred Stamps Products Used:
Arcade Stamp Set
Arcade Die Set
Snowfall Embossing Powder
Embossing Ink Pad
For my 2nd and final Arcade card, I really wanted to play around with the “a new player has entered the game” sentiment, as I think this is such a fun sentiment to use for a wedding OR baby card!! While I used it for just a standard layout, I think it could be really fun to create a pair of arcade machines to mimic the marrying couple!
Some of the sentiments in the Arcade stamp set fit perfectly on the screen of the Arcade Machine, and I love how it adds to the theming of the card! Also, because some of the dies in the Arcade Die Set die-cut multiple shapes at once, I had leftover buttons from creating the first card that I was able to re-purpose on this image! It really helped me cut down on die-cutting time!
Pro-tip: I highly recommend using some sort of organizing trays during your crafting to help hold all of your die cuts in place! I use the Stack and Sort Trays from Scrapbook.com to hold all of my die cuts together for a project!
I also have details to share with you for the January Release!
The entire Kindred Stamps release will be available this Friday at 8am PST/11am EST. Be sure to subscribe to the Kindred Stamps blog to see a daily line up of sneak peeks from our amazing Design Team! Come join the Fan Club and release event to be part of the release fun, and you may just win some Kindred Stamps credit!!
Thank you so very much for stopping by my crafty arcade today! I can’t wait to see what you make with the new release!
Happy Crafting!
Justin
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