Make and Takes – Page 2 – A Stamping Journey

I thought with school going back this week that I would have lots of time to get back here, but I don’t know what happened. Here it is the end of the week already. I wanted to show you another card I have made using the fantastic stamp “Sail-Away”. This one I created a couple of weeks ago for a workshop I did. This is a great technique to use with this set and is so easy. Here is the card.

If you are not familiar with the Mother of Pearl Technique, then I will describe how to do it below. For this card, I used the sanded backkground on the Cherry Cobbler. The greeting is from “Teeny Tiny Sentiments” and punched out with the Modern label Punch. To stamp the boat I used Black Staz-on. It is really important to use Staz-on as it is Gloss Card.

Here are the instructions for Mother Of Pearl Technique. It probably would have helped to have some photos to help BUT I didn’t think of that this time. So I hope you can understand it.

MOTHER OF PEARL TECHNIQUE

First off, you need Gloss cardstock, white shimmer paint and a small piece of cling wrap.

I poured a small bit of shimmer paint onto some acetate. You could use a plastic plate or even the plastic cases from your stamps. (you can easily wipe this off them when you are finished). You don’t need a lot. A little goes a long way! Scrunch your piece of Cling Wrap into a ball and lightly pounce the ball onto the shimmer paint to pick some paint up. Lightly pounce the ball onto the piece of Gloss cardstock. You don’t want to completely cover the card, just in patches. (Hope that makes sense!!). You need to let the paint dry. You can use the heat tool to speed up the process if you are impatient like me 🙂 Once dry you can sponge ink over the card. (On this card I sponged with Baja Breeze). Then polish the card with a tissue. This really brings out the shine. Here is a close-up of the card. (Not all that clear really, but I hope it helps a little).

Here is a stepped up version of the card.

On this one. I scrunched up the Basic Black cardstock before adhering it to the card. But before adding this I punched out the sentiment with the Curly Label Punch and adhered this under the Black piece and added some twine.

Using this technique I created another card which I shall show you next time. Thanks for stopping by and please say ‘Hello’. It’s nice to know I’m not talking to myself here.

Until next time,

Jenny x

I’m back, did you miss me???? You probably didn’t even realise I had gone. LOL Well, I have the computer back now. I can’t say it is working fantastically still. We will have to see how things go. This last week I realised how much I get done when I’m not wasting, spending time on the internet. It has been school holidays so we have had some fun family times together, we have had our roof replaced so we had no water and power for a day, but I have been very creative. I will show you all the projects eventually. You will have to wait some time to see my convention swaps though. 4 weeks to Convention! I’m so excited!

I wanted to show you the Make and Take from the workshop the other week. My lovely hostess wanted ‘Pretty and Pink’. I wanted to use the Big Shot and some of the other lovely products from the new Autumn Mini Catalogue. So, here is the card they all got to make.

Card: Regal Rose, Rose Red, Certainly Celery, Whisper White.

Ink: Regal Rose, Rose Red, Certainly Celery.

Stamps: Cottage Garden, Warm Words.

Other: Big Shot, Textured Impressions Folder Dots, Eyelet Border Punch, Dimensionals.

I ran a piece of Regal Rose cardstock through the Big Shot with the Dots Textured Impressions Folder and added this to the front of the Regal Rose base card to create another layer. The flowers were stamped on scrap paper inking first in Regal Rose and then rock and rolled in Rose Red. They were cut out and raised up with dimensionals.

So, is it Pink and Pretty enough?????

Of course, I stepped it up. Here is the stepped up version.

I added some Regal Rose Grosgrain ribbon and a clear button. I threaded some Regal Rose ribbon through the button. The text was stamped on scrap card and punched out with the Large oval Punch and then a scallop oval punched out with Regal Rose. I added some dots with the white gel pen. There you have it! Hope you like!!!!!

Stop by again soon and I will show you some of my other new creations.