Stamping Techniques – Page 27 – A Stamping Journey

If you don’t like colouring too much here is a quick way to add colour. Try Paper Piecing. You can use this idea for any outline stamps. I have done this with the Beautiful You set.

I CASED this card from a Demonstrator friend on a group I am on.

For the Paper Piecing technique:

Stamp your image in black onto Whisper White card. Ink it and stamp it again onto patterned paper. For this one I used the Emerald Envy pattern in the Playful Palette DSP stack. Then cut your image from the patterned paper one cutting just on the outside of the black line. Adhere this image onto your other stamped image on the White card.

To assemble the card:

On a piece of Whisper White card emboss it with the Lovely Lace Embossing Folder. Layer that on to some black card. (TIP: If you like to save on your cardstock you can just add strips of black behind the white. That’s what I did!!). 😉 Adhere this to your Emerald Envy Card base.

Mat the stamped piece with the lady on to black card and adhere on to your card base. Stamp your sentiment onto a White card rectangle and mat this onto a black card rectangle.

There are so many ways you can use the Beautiful You set. I hope I have inspired you. I am sure there will be lots more to share with you later. Next week I will be focusing on the ‘Lift Me Up’ Bundle so stop by.

Have a great weekend. I have some serious house sorting to do. The whole house is getting decluttered, including my craft room and studio. So if I don’t return next week send out the search and rescue teams. 🙂

Jenny

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OMBRE FLORAL THINLITS!

October 10, 2016October 10, 2016 Jenny Hayward

Here is another card from our Stamping Weekend. This one uses the Detailed Floral Thinlits. It has been a little while since I have used these so it was good to give these gorgeous Thinlits a whirl again.

Colouring your card:

For this card take 2 pieces of Whisper White card just slightly smaller than your card base. My card base is Dapper Denim. On one of the pieces of Whisper White cut the Detailed Floral Thinlits in the top and bottom of the card.

On your other piece of Whisper White you will colour the card. You can watercolour it (if you have used Shimmery White or Thick Whisper White), roll it or sponge it. I sponged mine in similar tones. This creates a graduation of colours known as Ombre. I used Soft Sky at the top, Marina Mist in the middle and Dapper Denim at the bottom.

Assembling your card:

Adhere your diecut piece over the sponged piece of Whisper White and adhere these to your base card. It’s that simple. I then diecut the “HELLO” from Hello You Thinlits and adhered this down. I went over the word with Wink of Stella to give it some sparkle.

I thought it needed something else and added a butterfly from Papillon Potpourri. I am still not sure on that addition What do you think? It does have a little sparkle with Wink of Stella but it is hard to see.

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Have a great day,

Jenny

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POP UP EASEL CARD!

August 8, 2016August 8, 2016 Jenny Hayward

A customer called in last weekend and showed me a card she had made. She had gone to a class to do it. (It wasn’t a Stampin’ Up! class and I don’t know who the original creator is). I loved the idea of the card so I had to make one. I had a little time to play around with it the other day. I call it a POP UP EASEL CARD. I used Confetti Celebration on mine. I will show you the photos of the card (sorry, lots!) and then give you the instructions.

This is the front of the card. The Rhinestones you see is what holds up the Easel part. The balloons are suspended on strips of acetate in a folded crease.

This is another view front on. The Designer Series Paper is from the Playful Palette pack. The balloons are punched with the Balloon punch in Bermuda Bay, Daffodil Delight and Melon Mambo. I sponged around the edges with the sponge and added a small star that from the stamp set.

Side on view gives you an idea of the suspended balloons. I punched 2 each of the balloons and adhered one to the front and back of the strip of acetate to keep it tidy.

You can see the side view and inside of the card with the sentiment that I will show you below.

The card can fold flat for postage.

When it is folded flat it is a square card measuring approximately 15cm x 15cm (6″ x 6″) so you would need to make an envelope to fit but that is no problem with the Envelope Punch Board!

This is inside of the card. I continued with the sentiments from the Confetti Celebration set.

You can see when it is open that the balloons can fold flat against it. This is a trick too. Whatever image or shape you have suspended in the front crease, you need to fold it against the inside of the card to test it out first before you put it together to be sure that it will fit below the score line for when it is folded flat. You can’t have it squashed in. 🙂 Check the photo below to see what I mean. The balloons sit just below the score line.

Now I will tell you how to make your own.

POP UP EASEL CARD

NB: I have included metric and imperial measurements. For those following the Imperial measurements can you please just check these. Maybe do a test run first. I am just concerned with all the “16th” measurements if they are correct. 🙂

What you will need:

Cardstock for base 14.8cm x 29.8cm (5 7/8″ x 11 3/4″).

Designer Series Paper 14.4cm x 7.6cm (5 7/8″ x 3″)

Whisper White card (inside piece) 14.4cm x 6.6cm (5 7/8″ x 2 3/4″)

Scrap card for your suspended images (Of your choice. I have chosen balloons for this one).

Acetate strips 1 cm x 4-5cm (1/4″ x 1 1/2″-2″) You will trim these as you make the card depending on where you want your images to sit.

To construct your Easel:

1. On the long side score your card at 2cm, 3cm, 4cm, 5cm, 6cm, 13.8cm and 21.6cm.

(3/4″, 1 3/16″, 1 9/16″, 2″, 2 3/8″, 5 7/16″ and 8 1/2″) – Please check the measurements.

2. Fold on all the score lines starting as I have shown in the photo in a concertina fashion creating a “M” shape at the beginning and then after folding it as a Valley fold on the next 2 score lines. (ie folding it up towards you). I haven’t shown those folded in this photo.

3. On the back of the card, place adhesive behind each side of “peak” that is formed. in the “M”. Adhere these together. Check the photo below. (sorry if it is a little unclear). This is it turned back to the correct side of the card. It now becomes more a “V” shape which will be your crease for your acetate strips.

4. After you have stamped and punched your images adhere them to the acetate strips. I used Fast Fuse to adhere them but you could use glue dots or other tape. I punched 2 balloons so adhered one to the back and one to the front of the acetate strip. Check the length of the acetate strip with the image to see if it is the right length BEFORE you adhere them in. 🙂 Trim the strip if necessary remembering you want to make sure they fit below the score line as I described above.

Place your adhesive (Fast Fuse or tape) along one edge inside the crease and adhere the acetate strips in place. Once in place then adhere the crease together. See the photo below.

5. Now you can create the front and the inside as you like. I adhered the Designer Series Paper piece on the front. The Whisper White piece I stamped and adhered inside.

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I hope you can follow this. Perhaps I need to start making videos. 🙂 If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to ask me.

Jenny

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SCALLOP EDGE BORDER WITH THE BEST BADGE PUNCH!

July 21, 2016July 21, 2016 Jenny Hayward

I have just posted about my tags I made for team swaps and then I realised I hadn’t told you about the scallop edge on the tags. Never mind you get a second post from me. 🙂

Just to show you the tags again and have a look at the scallop edge at the bottom.

It’s a bit hard to see in this photo but maybe this photo is a little clearer.

I recently discovered that you could create a scallop edge using the Best Badge punch. I loved that idea and maybe I bought the punch just for that reason. 😉

This is the punch if you haven’t noticed it in the catalogue.

So how do you create the scallop edge with it?? Well, I haven’t got a video for you but I have some photos to help you.

Firstly, with the scallop edge of the badge punch line the bottom curves of the scallops up with the bottom edge of the cardstock and then punch.

Move the punch along the cardstock so you line up the last scallop you punched with the scallop on the punch. Then line up the bottom of the curve on the next scallop with the bottom edge of the cardstock like you have done previously. Then punch.

Continue moving along the length of your piece of card. This particular one was only narrow so there are not too many scallops to punch but it gives you an idea.

Does that help?? I hope so. It’s great when you can get more use from your punch than what you originally thought.

Thanks for visiting me again.

Jenny

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BEST BIRDS IN ROSE RED!

July 4, 2016July 4, 2016 Jenny Hayward

Yesterday was my Mother-in-Law’s birthday. As she makes cards herself the pressure is always on when I make a card for her. I thought for the card I would ink up the ‘Best Birds’ set that I have had for a few weeks and have not been able to use yet. I played around with watercolouring it. I will show you the card and then share a few tips in making this.

I chose Rose Red as the base card as that is my Mother-in-Law’s favourite Stampin’ Up! colour. Well any of the reds! (TIP#1) I used a piece of Watercolor paper and firstly washed over the card in the centre area with the aquapainter to lightly dampen the card I have discovered recently by wetting the card it allows the ink to spread much easier creating a more washed look. I used Blushing Bride on the left, then Rose Red in the middle section and Cherry Cobbler towards the right end.

(TIP#2) For regular watercolouring you can use the Thick Whisper White card or Shimmery White but if you are creating a washed look you MUST use the Stampin’ Up! Watercolor paper. (TIP #3) You need to be patient and let it dry. Either you can use a Heat Tool or leave it for a few hours.

I stamped the bird, the branch and the flowers on watercolour paper too Black StazOn and watercoloured them. (TIP #4) When colouring the bird I gave a light watercolour with the Rose Red and added highlights of Cherry Cobbler. On the wing I washed over it with Crumb Cake and then highlighted it with Soft Suede. The branch was coloured with Soft Suede for the branch and Old Olive for the leaves. The flowers were coloured with Rose Red and then darker highlights added in the centre with more concentrated Rose Red.

These were all then cut with the matching ‘Birds and Blooms’ Thinlits. Too easy with that. No hand cutting necessary!! 🙂

I was going to cut the washed piece with the ‘Lots of Labels’ Framelits. I left the framelit on the card ready to cut in the morning but when I looked at it then I thought it might look OK to have a frame over it. I cut the frame from Crumb Cake with the 2 largest ‘Lots of Labels Framelits’. I am really pleased I went that way with it. I stamped the hatch pattern from the stamp set in Rose Red in the middle of the piece and stamped the sentiment in Memento Black. Then it was all put together and a couple of flowers stamped around the edge to finish. I was pleased with the finished result – and I think it received approval when I gave it to her today. 🙂

I hope you found these tips helpful when you create your next watercoloured card. Let me know how you go.

Have a great day,

Jenny

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WETLANDS DIRECT TO PAPER TECHNIQUE!

May 26, 2016May 26, 2016 Jenny Hayward

We made this card at our team meeting earlier this month. Thanks Barbara for sharing it. I thought I would show you how you can make it too. First let me show you the card.

I have used the ‘Wetlands’ stamp set. I am glad this is still around. I haven’t had a lot of time to play with this set. I have used the Direct to Paper technique to create the background.

DIRECT TO PAPER TUTORIAL

1. Choose your ink, I have used Crumb Cake and Soft Sky. You can use regular Whisper White cardstock for this technique. With the Crumb Cake ink place it over your cardstock near the edge. With the inkpad tilted very slightly upwards swipe the cardstock across the card starting at just off the edge of your card just in the lower half of the card. You may want to repeat the swiping a couple of times until you are happy with it. Always starting off the cardstock each time. It is fine to have white patches showing.

2. Now using the Soft Sky repeat the swiping in the top half of the card. Repeat the swiping a couple of times until you are happy with the coverage.

3. When you are finished stamp the image and the greeting from the ‘Wetlands’ set using Black ink.

Each time you do this technique it will be different – which is the fun part. You never know what you are going to get. Try it with different stamps and see what you get. I can’t wait to try this again.

Thanks for visiting me,

Jenny

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WATER SPRITZING TUTORIAL!

May 8, 2016May 8, 2016 Jenny Hayward

A few weeks ago for Onstage I didn’t have an opportunity to make swaps to share with other demonstrators. Life has been a little busy. 🙂 I did make a card for the Display boards though where you can add your swap cards or samples. They are always so inspiring and is a big part of why I love to go. It’s like a live Pinterest board!!!! 😉

I thought it was time to show you the card. This is a technique I have been playing around with recentlly. I don’t really know what the name of the technique is but I call it the Water Spritzed technique. I will show you how to do this below so read on.

This is my card I made for the board.

You can see the little “splodges” in the ink where the colour has lifted. It creates a cool motley effect. Here is how it is done.

WATER SPRITZED TECHNIQUE

1. Using Thick Whisper White or Shimmery white cardstock, heat emboss your images. On these I embossed the coral and the fish with white Embossing powder. I stamped the seahorse with Black Stazon. It is important to emboss or to use the Stazon so the ink on the images don’t run when you spritz.

2. Use your first colour and sponge in patches over the card. I have used Bermuda Bay here.

Then add your 2nd colour. I have used Daffodil Delight.

3. Fill in with your 3rd colour. I have used Marina Mist I think. It’s good to have 3 co-ordinating colours. Once you have sponged the colours on, use a tissue to wipe off the ink where the images are embossed. This makes the embossing shine.

4. With a spritzer with water or I use an old Stampin’ mist bottle, hold the bottle a little away and lightly spray the card. You don’t want to soak the card just lightly mist. You will see some of the colour start to lift. Mist until you are happy with the coverage. Keep the card level or you will start to have runs from the water running down. Leave the card aside on the table for a few minutes. The longer you leave the card, the more effect you will get. Finish off drying your card with the Heat Tool lightly. You don’t want to melt your embossed images any more.

You can now finish your card as you like.

Here is the first card I made using this effect. I have used Rose Wonder set. Thank you to my friend Leonie for showing me this technique. We made this card at my last technique class too. I have heat embossed the images in white, The inks I have used are Elegant Eggplant, Tempting Turquoise and Bermuda Bay.

I made another card that day but I didn’t leave the water sitting on the card for long so it doesn’t have as much mottling. I was a little disappointed with the colour combination. I used Watermelon Wonder, Mint Macaron I think and Lavender Lace. I thought I would show you the card anyway. This is using Birthday Blossoms.

So how about you have a try at this technique. Each time you do one it will turn out different. It’s fun.

Thanks for visiting me today. Have a wonderful day/night.

Jenny

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CRAZY ABOUT YOU JOY FOLD!

August 11, 2015 Jenny Hayward

Just a quick post for you. Back to more projects from our Crafty Weekend. It has been some time since I have done this type of card. Here is this one for you.

I have used ‘Crazy About You’ stamp set and ‘Hello You’ Thinlets to make this card in Mint Macaron and Soft Suede. This is a JOY FOLD card. It is very easy to make. It is a basic size card but cut your card vertically and score halfway. The front flap is cut in half. Then a smaller folded card is adhered to the inside and they overlap when folding. If that all makes sense??? You can find a tutorial to make your own on Splitcoaststampers HERE. It was fun to make. I must make another one again very soon.

Today I have been playing with some new toys from the upcoming Holiday Catalogue. I will share them very soon.

Enjoy your day whatever you may do.

Come and visit again soon,

Jenny

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A FUN STAMPING WEEKEND!

July 13, 2015 Jenny Hayward

Don’t you love it when you can get away with your stamping buddies and stamp to your heart’s content. Bliss!!! So fun to share ideas and inspire each other and laugh and have fun. I thought I would show you the results of my weekend of stamping. Well actually it was a little less than a weekend as I arrived mid Saturday morning. I am showing you them all in a group now but over the next couple of weeks I will show you them individually.

Such a variety! It was good fun to try some new techniques and play with some new sets. I do hope you like them. Stay tuned for some upcoming posts on these ones.

Have a great day and I hope you can get creative today,

Jenny

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FAUX SHAVING CREAM BUTTERFLY!

June 19, 2015 Jenny Hayward

A little while ago I shared the Faux Shaving Cream technique with you. I showed everyone at our team meeting this week so beforehand I played around with a few other stamps using this technique. I thought I would show you the card I made.

There is quite a few new products on this card. Can you spot them??

I have used the set ‘Watercolor Wings’ and the butterfly was cut with the new Framelits, Bold Butterfly. I have used 2 of the new Incolors Watermelon Wonder and Cucumber Crush. (I also used Pacific Point for this technique too). The other stamp I used to create the honeycomb effect was from Butterfly Basics. The White card is embossed with the lovely new embossing folder ‘Fluttering’. How gorgeous is this folder?? The greeting I have used here is from ‘Butterfly Basics’ which continued from our recent Occasions Catalogue. See the centre of the butterfly? I cut the smaller butterfly with the Bold Butterfly Framelits from regular old baking paper! How cool! In the centre of the butterfly I added a Watermelon Wonder In Color Blossom Accents. I was really happy how this turned out. You really have to play with a few different ink colours and different stamps to see what effect you get.

If you missed the post showing the Faux Shaving Cream Technique and want to have a go yourself, you can find that tutorial post HERE on my blog.

Thanks for visiting today. I hope you have a wonderful weekend. 🙂

Jenny