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Okay, there are a zillion stamping techniques out there, right? And some are "old" and some are the "latest thing"....so what is your current favorite technique? I like to recycle old techniques because, after a long time of not doing them, they seem fresh and new and exciting again! The last technique I used was stamping with bleach, then overstamping with a light colored ink, giving the image a distressed and shadowed look.
Tell us what you're doing!
HUGS
Corrine
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Rock N' Roll Baby! I just love the way it gives the illussion of a 2 step stamping process with out the added step of a stamp-a-ma-jig. Not that I don't love my Stamp-a-ma-jig!!!!
Happy Creatin'
Marie Aviza
www.StampThings.com proud creater of www.SpecialNeedsMA.com helping special needs families in Massachusetts
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Rock n Roll??? I haven't heard of that one! (except in music!). How do you do it?
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Hey, Marie!!! LOVE you for stopping in! Yes, that Rock-n-Roll is awesome! Now I wanna go do it! LOL
Becky, the way to do this is so easy. You probably have done it, but maybe just never called it that? You take your stamp...let's say it is a solid flower. You ink it in a lighter colored ink...say yellow, for instance. Then you "rock-n-roll" the outer edges of the inked stamp on another, darker ink pad..say, red. Then the effect is a pretty flower with depth and interest! Yellow in the center/middle, with a touch of red on the edges...
HUGS
Corrine
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Ahhhhh...You're right! I have done it but had never heard it called that before! I haven't been a stamper as long as I've been a scrapbooker so there's still much to learn! I am excited about learning new tips and techniques on here! Thanks, Corrine!
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You are oh-so-welcome, chicky! :o)
I just know you'll love stamping as much as scrapping...and getting those two great crafts together!
HUGS!
Corrine
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My current favorite stamping technique is **overstamping. It changes the look of your completed card/page or project. It make the recipient really stop and take notice.
**Overstamping is just that --stamping on top of what you have already stamped -- it adds an extra dimension to your stamping.
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Joined: 5/27/2009
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I don't know if it's a "technique" but I love the embossing folders and now I've started using some of the dies. My background stamps have really taken a back seat.
wanda
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I love the ocean. I've been playing with an image by D. Morgan that has a rowboat and the ocean. I like to cut out part of the image and re-stamp it inside the card so it peeks through the cut-out. It looks complicated but with a positioning tool it's not too hard. It makes a big impact with people who wonder how I made the two images line up. I recently masked parts of the image on the inside of the card to leave more room to add a message.
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I love the embossing folders too. I recently learned a technique using the folders and ink. Using a brayer, ink the top side of your folder and then emboss. That's all the instruction I was given and I have experimented with different inks and folders and get a different look each time. If anyone knows more about this, please share.
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InkaCatherine--do you stamp and reink and overstamp--or stamp twice in a row? Do you offset it a bit, so it overlaps...or do you stamp it exactly on it?
Thanks!
Corrine
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Okay, I give up! What is an embossing folder? Wah! I wanna know! Will someone share? LOL
Thanks!
Corrine
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Stampin' Penguin--that sounds gorgeous!!
Hugs
Corrine
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Corrine,
I stamp one image, usually in dark ink. Then come back in with a mettalic ink and a smaller image right over the original stamped image. I have posted a Paris Scrapbook page on spotted canary. If you get "Stamper Sampler," the magazine -- they published my corset template this month on page 81. It is a perfect example of what I like to do with overstamping. For the corset, I used cream cardstock, cardinal ink on Inka's big Harlequin background stamp -- then overstamped using mettalic gold ink on Dawn Houser's 'Lettre' stamp. (These two stamps are among my favorites and the most used in my stamp collection.) You will also see them used on the Paris page.
How do you do your overstamping?
"The most potent muse of all - is our own inner child." *Stephen Nachmanovitch*
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.jpg) Corrine Here is the Paris page, if this works -- cllick on the page and it will enlarge /send you to the posted page.
"The most potent muse of all - is our own inner child." *Stephen Nachmanovitch*
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I seem to fall back on the same thing all the time - stamp with stazon and watercolor it....think that goes back to my watercoloring days.
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Catherine,
Thanks for explaining! And sending me the link. My eyes are bad, though....it's still too small for me to see the details! Can you email me privately and send the image If not, no worries. Thanks again for explaining your overstamping!!
HUGS
Corrine
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StampinPenguin wrote:I love the ocean. I've been playing with an image by D. Morgan that has a rowboat and the ocean. I like to cut out part of the image and re-stamp it inside the card so it peeks through the cut-out. It looks complicated but with a positioning tool it's not too hard. It makes a big impact with people who wonder how I made the two images line up. I recently masked parts of the image on the inside of the card to leave more room to add a message.
Hey Stampin Penguin, i'd love to see this!
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Ooooh, me wanna see, too!!!
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Hey Tara,
Any possibility for us to have a peak at your interesting card creation ? Sound like a great technique.
"The most potent muse of all - is our own inner child." *Stephen Nachmanovitch*
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My favorite "new" technique is Perfect Distress - using Distress Inks, water spritz and perfect pearls...results are fun fun fun! Also love using my Cuttlebug embossing folders....you never have enough of those. Sorry I couldn't attach the Perfect Distress card - file too large - will try to upload that as a project instead. Happy Stamping!
Vics'
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I love using Alcohol Inks. They look great for backgrounds on cards. I like using them on dominos too. Also, they dry really quickly.
C
Check out my site at www.celina.ca
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I really like the reflection technique. You can see one I did here: http://www.spottedcanary.com/Running_Free.htm I used glossy paper, distress ink and Staz On ink. Stamp once upright and then stamp on plastic or vellum and put it face-down right away where you want the reflection. Rub it into the card and you have a reflection. It's really easy but gives a dramatic effect. Add some white gel pen marks for water.
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You can see a demonstration of the embossing folder/ink online at Stamp TV. It is really cool!
http://sugarstamper.blogspot.com (digital scrapbook blog)
http://sugarstamp.blogspot.com (rubber stamping blog)
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It's all about alcohol inks for me right now! I am obsessed with the little buggers! I use them to stamp images, backgrounds, metalic die cuts, and ATCs. I also like the smell of them 
my blog: http://www.abagadassettart.blogspot.com
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