Could that be the latest stamp-inspired tongue twister? Just try to say that 5 times quickly.
DRS Designs has a stately Silhouette Grad Cap(W1092KU) that I chose to use this week. Since we are in the mist of graduation for highschool and college seniors, I thought I'd stamp some conGRADulatory cards.
DRS Designs has a stately Silhouette Grad Cap(W1092KU) that I chose to use this week. Since we are in the mist of graduation for highschool and college seniors, I thought I'd stamp some conGRADulatory cards.
Solid stamps give some people the fits but here are some ways to help you get a good color, especially when using large images.
1. Put a little texture on that stamp so it picks up the ink. Some people rub the new stamp on their jeans. For this stamp, I used my sanding block and lightly sanded the top surface.
2. Be sure that your ink pad is nice and juicy. Crafy ink can help a lot too.
3. When you stamp your image, hold it down a little longer than you usually do.
4. Try adding cushioning. Either with EZmount or place a magazine underneath your paper.
Now on to the Graduation Card examples...
Solid stamps can be quite versitile! They don't have to stay solid, or one color! One idea is to mask an area and then color it in with daubers. For the Silhouette Grad Cap, I used post-it notes to mask the top area before daubering on a darker blue. This can give a bit of texture to your image.
I used a gold Sakura pen to add in the tassel detail.
5 comments:
excellent tutorial hun!
wow this is a whole college course on stamping. interesting...
I like both of these cards, but my fav is the first one (gotta luv acetate!!)
Wow, thanks for the great tip ;0
Dawn, I commented on the DRS blog, but wanted to comment here to...love the different loods with the same image!!
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