Grab that Glitter!
February 4, 2010 by Allison · 5 Comments
Happy Thursday everyone!
Today I want to show you an easy way to use glitter. Yup… you know. All those little tiny bottles of wonderful and super clingy glitters we all hide in our scrappy stash!
So grab your stamps and glitter and come play along with me today!
I started off by stamping a few flower images from the Garden Sketches stamp set with black Memento ink.
I masked off the flower images and stamped a few fern images from the Floating Leaves stamp set.
Then I coloured my flower images with my Copic markers, using the same colours (or close) to the colours of glitter you choose to use.
Once all the images were coloured, I used my Quickie Glue pen and started to colour each flower in individually. Once my glue was applied, I sprinkled on my glitter and tapped off the excess.
Here is the image completely coloured and all the glitters applied.
I finished off my glittered squared with some soft inking around the edges, some Copic airbrushing for some speckles, some piercing using my piercing tool and adding some pretty green adhesive pearls to the center. I then took my square and applied some hairspray to it. This was to ensure the glitter stays in place and it didn’t effect the ink either!
I added some purple frames and then used the same fern stamp again with Versamark ink on the green card base and placed the purple frames on the card base. I also added a quick sentiment using the Oval Office stamp set.
I hope that you too grab your stamps and glitter and create a fun card today!
Thanks for joining me today!
~ Allison Cope ~
Raid Your Kids’ Craft Tools!
May 22, 2009 by Allison · 3 Comments
Today I’m going to show you a fun and easy technique using a white crayon. Yes… a simple white crayon from your kid’s crayon carton! This simple and easy technique is called a white crayon resist.
Step One:
Stamp the images you want to highlight. For this card I used the two small flowers from the Garden Sketches stamp set.
Step Two:
Grab that white or light coloured crayon from your kid’s marker stash and take it and draw right over your images where ever you want them to stay white. The wax in the crayon prevents any ink that you use over top of your image from becoming coloured.
Step Three:
Take a sponge or your ink pad directly and start applying colour right over top of your stamped and crayon traced images. The richer and darker the ink you use, the more your crayon accents will appear.
For the above image I used my Tim Holtz ink applicator and my inks to create a rainbow effect across my cardstock. See how the white crayon pops!
Here is my finished card using the rainbow stamped image:
Wish
by Allison Cope
The oval shaped sentiment is from our Oval Office stamp set.
I also stamped a couple of the dragonfly images from the Garden Sketches stamp set on a piece of scrap white cardstock and highlighted them using the white crayon resist technique. Here’s the card I made using that piece of paper:
Born to Fly
by Allison Cope
I hope you have enjoyed this simple and easy technique and hope you give it a try! Visit my blog for more myStamp BOX inspiration.
Happy Friday everyone!
Allison
Stamping on Ribbon
April 19, 2009 by Cherie · 3 Comments
Ribbon can make an interesting stamping medium on your cards and layouts. From adding an extra dimension to increasing visual interest…the sky is the limit.
On the card below, I stamped the word “heartfelt” on the green ribbon using the Many, Many Thanks Set. The dragonfly stamp is from the Garden Sketches set.
On this card I used the mini flower from the Funky Flowers set and stamped it in two different colours on the ribbon. This is a great way to create unique, one of a kind ribbon. The butterfly and greeting are from my two favourite sets; Colorful Companions and Small Greetings.
On my final card, I stamped the greeting from the Neighborhoods set on the twill and placed it under the scenery stamp.
So next time you’re creating, try pulling out some of your ribbon and stamping on it. I think you will be happy you did!
Happy Stamping!
Cherie
Stamp Spotlight
March 2, 2009 by Bettina · 12 Comments
Today I am going to show you how to make a simple but stunning card using only stamps, ink and cardstock. Stamping images on pieces of paper that are smaller than the whole design really makes your images stand out and is a good way to get rid of leftover bits of coloured papers. You are going to use your myStampBOX “Colourful Companions”, “Garden Sketches” and “Lines of Life” stamp sets, acrylic block, grey or black ink and a square punch (either 1″ or 1 1/4″, I used the larger size) plus cardstock colours of your choice.
Step 1
Choose your paper colours. For the first card, I chose 4 different shades of pink cardstock and sorted them from lightest to darkest. Punch out a square from each colour.
Step 2
Choose one image that you repeatedly stamp on all four squares or choose a different image for each square. I decided on two different butterflies and stamped them alternately.
Step 3
Fix the four squares to a black panel that is the same width as the card, leaving the same amount of space on the outside as between the images. Fix the panel to the card.
Step 4
Add a sentiment from “Lines of Life”. I chose “Happy Birthday to you” as this card will go to my mom, whose b-day is on March 13th.
pink butterfly birthday card
Step 5
A variation to the first card. Choose a card colour that is the same as one of the squares and place the panel slightly diagonally. Here I took 4 different stamps to create a garden feeling. The obvious sentiment was “hope you’re better soon”, as yellow always cheers me up. This card will have to wait in the “for future use” box. You can add some glitz with a bit of glitter, which I tried on the bee’s wings.
garden sketches card
TIP: Always keep a stash of squares, which you punch from card stock leftovers that are too small for anything else. Great for quick cards!
Supplies: stamps: my Stamp BOX (“Colourful Companions”, “Garden Sketches” and “Lines of Life”), cardstock: Bazzill and others, punch:EK Success, ink: Nick Bantock
Happy stamping, love, Bettina
