Pennants are pretty popular these days in card and scrapbook making. I decided I better get in on the pennant action too with my latest Halloween stamp-a-stack. We used the Howlstooth and Scaringbone Designer Series Paper and the hostess stamp set, Wacky Wishes. 
Here is another of our recent Stamp-a-Stack cards. It was inspired by a swap I saw at convention a year ago. I didn't own this set, My Friend, until that convention but there were so many great cards made with it that I came home and had to order it. I hadn't used it for awhile so felt like a new set to everyone. 
Here is a slightly sideways view of a recent stamp-a-stack card. There are several stamps in the hostess set, Happy You, so stampers picked the stamp they wanted and colored with watercolor crayons. 
I was waiting for it to cool down so we could do this technique in stamp club. When it was 100 degrees outside, it felt a little silly to have a room full of stampers use the heat tool. So in September, I figured it would be safe to fire it up and emboss 3 different colors of embossing powder to create this tie dye effect. Stamp your image with VersaMark and strategically sprinkle the embossing powder over it. Once sprinkled it really isn't usable again so use a light touch. I did use the castoff to fill in areas not covered well enough, but beyond that, the colors mix together and won't give you the same look if you reuse them. 
Isn't this a beautiful card? My talented friend, Mary Ellen, designed this as one of her swaps for convention. I did some tweaking so that I could use supplies I had on hand and did my best to recreate her work. You can see hers here. 
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