Well this week, I'm taking a solid stamp and showing you how to get it to look textured, two different ways.
For the first card, I wanted a distressed look, and I figured I could do that one of two ways - either with Distress Ink - which isn't made for stamping, or with a rougher textured cardstock, not a stamping cardstock. I went the Distress ink route, and I layered little spots of ink onto the Reverse Polka stamp, which is mostly solid, and the dots are voids, onto the stamp with my MISTI, overlapping them, so that those bright spots of green and purple you see were created with ink layering. - I did not use a green or a purple ink.
It came out just how I wanted it - textured, and not at all like the actual smooth stamp image. Perfect for a few cats trying to look innocent after knocking everything off someone's desk. At least that's what I imagine these cats were doing just before I put them onto my card. I cut them out with the matching dies, and colored them with Copics. The hugs die is from this set, and the friend die is a stand-alone die from Gina K.
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Next, I used another background stamp with the reverse polka stamp to create imagery in the background, by pressing the dry background stamp onto the inked polka stamp for this result. That ridiculously adorable platypus stamp was a gift from my sweet friend Melissa Hewitt. I saw this little creature at the coloring event I did with Kathy, and I loved it so much. I have had a lifelong obsession with platypi! Now I finally have one of my own! I stamped her with the magical fadeout ink and then did no-line coloring with Daniel Smith watercolor. I made that on a rare play day, so I didn't video it, but you can click here for a playlist of all of my no-line watercolor videos. I only used four colors on her - Quinacridone Purple, Payne's Grey, Aussie Red Gold and New Gamboge. I gave her a little cup of coffee from the set, and then just used my teeny Sharpie to put the details of her eyes and nose back. The color in the background is this Versafine Clair.
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So take a good hard look at your background stamps - there's more to them than meets the eye. This background stamp is part of a new release today at Simon Says Stamp called "Best Days" - which is all about spring! I know some of you in the northeast are ready for THAT! :)
So here's the video today - click here to watch in HD on YouTube.
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Definitely going to try this! Looks like something I could handle smooshing all those inks! Love the effect! I also ordered the fading ink to try....did you know that the words Lydia Fiedler is actually code for enabler extraordinaire? xox
ReplyDeleteYou have the cutest stamps. I also like this technique. Will have to check out the Versafine Clair.
ReplyDeleteI love the stamp kissing you demonstrated, though the Distress inking is also pretty darn cool! Thank you for showing that you can do the latter with the full-size pads and don't have to have the minis. I have all of 4 mini Distress ink cubes; all the other colors I have in the full-size pads. I agree about the kitties on your card--I bet that's exactly what they were up to! LOL ~ Andrea
ReplyDeleteThose Kittys look like they're all saying "Who, me?" Very cute cards.
ReplyDeleteI'm left wondering how I have gone my whole life without contemplating the plural of "platypus." ;)
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