Laying the Brick Work

I don’t know about you, but I LOVE the look of brick! Both in photographs AND on a scrapbook page!! So, I looked for a way to create my own! I was thrilled when i found that the YOUR STORY stamp set had the PERFECT stamp to acheive the look I was looking for! Let me show you the project I created first. Then I’ll tell you how to make your own brick work!!

Brick Tutorial

Supplies:

Kraft cardstock, or other desired color

Ink

MyStampBox YOUR STORY stamp set

Acrylic block

brown/grey/black  colored pencil

scrap paper

This is the exact stamp that you need…

1. Take the strip of cardstock, the stamp on the acrylic block and the ink. Ink the stamp and stamp 1/2 of the stamp on the top left edge as shown… Use scrap paper to catch the estra stamping…

2. Repeat this step, except this time, stamp under this first image, and stamp the entire stamp… Then in row 3, repeat the 1/2 stamp… as shown in the photo…

3. Continue the stamping across to the right of the page. After these first 3 stamps in steps 1 and 2, each stamped image should be of the entire stamp, until you get to the right edge.

I did just 3 rows of bricks… but you can do as many as you wish.

I added some extra color and dimention using the colored pencil. Stickles, glitter, distressing or any other fun techniques may be applied at this time!

Don’t worry if things don’t exactly line up… you can fill in some blanks with the colored pencil or just leave it to add to the character of the brick look.

Now you’re ready to add your brick work to your project!! here are some detailed shots of my project…

So now dig out your set of YOUR STORY stamps and start laying the “brick work” for a new and fabulous project!! I can’t wait to see what you come up with!!!