Something Saturday - Reverse Stamping

 Hi there Creators

I thought I'd do a spot of reverse stamping this week, there's a really lovely stamp set: Elegantly Said, that has this cute little die that looks like 1/2 a butterfly, so if you know how to reverse stamp you can create the butterfly quite easily.  In the video I show creating the pink butterflies, I've then added the Pool Party Butterflies and the large flourish in the corners is also reverse stamped for the upper corner.  check out what I used here:  What Heather used

This next card uses the Boughs & Blossoms stamp set, the leaves only go in one direction and as it's not a photopolymer set I can't bend them in the other direction, so reverse stamping allows me to get them to wave their way across the page (they'd make a pretty good wreath I reckon if you kept stamping them round!)  check out what I used for this card here: What Heather Used

 Anyway, nitty gritty, how do you do this?  Easy peasy, stamp your main image 1/2 strength onto your base card (ie stamp off once before stamping on your card), this will give you a lighter image which will match your reverse stamped image.

Then take a piece of Cellophane, make sure your stamp is well inked and stamp really carefully onto the cellophane (make sure it doesn't move as you stamp or it will smudge the image)

Then turn the cellophane over and rub it down onto the card where you want the image to go, Voila reverse stamped image!

Check out my video here:

I hope this inspires you to create

God Bless love

Heather xox

Something Saturday - Colouring in your stamps a different way

 Hi there Creators, 

Today I'm showing you how to use daubers to colour in your block image stamps, you can get the prettiest combinations of colour onto one stamp this way.

I've used the Boughs & Blossoms Bundle (157712, $59.25)  (from the new Mini Catalogue) made up of the Bough Punch (157711, $31) and the Boughs & Blossoms Stamp set ($35, 157703)  I'd already decided I had to have the punch, and as it turns out we're using it in the Mega class on 29th January.  But when I see bundles I usually have to get both sections of it!  However the punch doesn't actually cut any of the stamped images out.

Anyway on to photos.....

this is the first card I had made up already to show, I've used my Brights colours on this, Daffodil Delight, Mango Melody and Poppy Parade for the flowers, then Granny Apple Green and Garden Green for the leaves (admittedly Garden Green isn't in the Brights colour range but it goes well!)

 

 

Then in the video I made up this card, using some more of the Brights colour range: Coastal Cabana, Bermuda Bay and Pacific Point for the flowers then the same combination for leaves, I'm not sure the photos give them as much justice.  The colours are so vibrant in the flesh!

 

Then because I'd done a "Blue Peter" and stamped and cut out the flowers earlier for the main card I also stamped the flower on this one during the video, then made it up into the tag afterwards

So, how do you do this?  it's actually really simple, you do need block image stamps, like these, then you ink up daubers (I always start with the lightest colour first) and daub the colour directly onto the stamp, when you get to the end of colouring your stamp in, chances are the colour will have dried off in patches, so to make it "inky" again, just huff on it, this will re-moisturize the colour and stamp!   I love using this technique and the colour really is so vibrant.  In fact so much so, that I've just realised there's no bling.... 🤣  Might have to go and add some.....

I hope this inspires you to have a go too!

God Bless love

Heather xox

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