Concord & 9th Turnabout Toolkit

I was so excited when I saw that Concord & 9th had come out with a Turnabout Toolkit. I had watched from afar at the amazing backgrounds created with turnabout stamps and LOVED how you can create a multi-colored background with one stamp. The concept is genius!  So, I took the plunge and got the toolkit to get me started, because it comes with all the things you need to start turning.

This is my first card made with the Turnabout Toolkit. WOW!  So easy to get all those sprays of leaves and flowers stamped in a nice array, as opposed to stamping them by hand and hoping to get it all lined up nicely. It's pretty much magic! 

Now let's talk about what all comes in the Turnabout Toolkit.

• Learn to Turn guide
• Everyday Bouquet Mini Turnabout stamp set (exclusive to this kit)
• Everyday Bouquet Alignment guide
• Everyday Bouquet Dies (exclusive to this kit)
• 6" x 6" Turnabout Jig
• Temporary Adhesive
• Adhesive Remover
• White cards and envelopes ( 4 of each)

That is a lot of fun in one box for just $58, I definitely feel it was worth the money I spent.

If you are new to the idea of turnabout stamping, it is using a turnabout stamp in a stamp positioning tool and turning the paper to repeatedly stamp the same image in different colors of ink to get a multi-colored background/image.

And since I LOVE background stamps and creating my own backgrounds, these stamps make me giddy! 

I demonstrated this kit for my Facebook followers last night and am including the video for you below. If you have not yet found me on Facebook, my page is HERE.

 

 

For the purpose of trying out this kit I made four cards that are fairly simple, trying to use not more that what comes in the kit. So, I am going to share those with you and the ink combinations that I chose for each card.

Card 1 - (from the video) Inked with Mermaid, Merman, Celery Stick and Hippo ink from Lawn Fawn

I embossed the sentiment with clear pigment ink and black embossing powder. I die cut the flower and leaves  and popped them up onto the card.  I then added a rhinestone to the center of the flower. But I still wanted the flower to POP or stand out more, so I covered it, as well as the leaves, with Journey Glaze. And to make it even more special, I sprinkled Sparkle Cuts on to the wet glaze.

And once the video ended I could not stop there, I mean the stamp was already lined up in my MISTI and I had three more white cards that needed stamped! 

Card 2 - Inked with Wild Rose, Sunflower, Carrot and Doe ink pads from Lawn Fawn.

To accent this card I used other dies from the coordinating set and die cut this banner and Thanks.  After adhering it down to my card I filled each letter with Journey Glaze and sprinkled the wet glaze with Sparkle Cuts. And you'll see this is a look I repeated on all the cards; glaze with glitter.

Card 3 - Inked with Lobster, Pink Flamingo, Celery Stick, Hippo ink pads by Lawn Fawn

OH MY, the dies in this set, YUMMY!  All of the dies could be easily be used on any project as stand alone dies AND, the spays are larger versions of the images in the background stamp. I added glaze to the centers of the flowers, the "berries" and sprinkled them with the Sparkle Cuts.

Card 4 - Ink with Fresh Lavender, Sugar Plum, Freshly Cut Grass, Manatee ink pads by Lawn Fawn

The smallest square die in this die set, cuts out a square and a frame, which I used on top of the largest die cut square for this card. I added glaze to the berries or buds (not exactly sure what they are) and glittered them as well. Simple but pretty thank you card.

All of these cards were easy to make and I recommend stamping several of these bouquets once you have the stamp positioned in a stamp positioning tool. Then when you need a card at the last minute you can quickly whip up a customized card.

If you are loving turnabout stamping, check out my Birthday Basics Turnabout Tutorial HERE.

Below I have linked all the supplies I used to make these cards. Affiliate links are used at not cost to you. I was not given the Turnabout Toolkit, I purchased it myself and am sharing my honest feelings about this kit. And BTW, I LOVE IT!  It's a very easy way to get started with Turnabout Stamping.

Thank you so much for visiting my blog, it means so much to me that you take time to check out my creations! 

Comments

[Doreen Nelson]

I like them all, but if I had to pick just 1, it would be card 2. I like the way those colors blend with each other

[Jackie]

Purple and green.