Stamping Intervention

What to do with Pastels...

I've been really busy in the Studio the past couple weeks, making samples for my new Catalog Open House and July Newsletter...here's one that's not for either of those things that I can share with you now:

Pastels are a versatile medium that I honestly forget about...but I shouldn't. You shouldn't either! Stampin' Pastels (Stampin' Up!'s version) come in our 48 signature colors and can be used to watercolor, create Poppin' Pastels with a VersaMark pad, and now this...

I punched a piece of scrap cardstock with my Scallop Circle Punch to make a template. Then, I used my sponge dauber with my pastels to create a background for the stamped image. You can also use Classy Brass Templates instead of making your own template with a punch.

I just love how the image from Boho Backgrounds jumps right off the page with the scallop circle image behind it!

To see my new samples, attend my New Catalog Open House on July 11th from 9:00am -1:00pm at my house in Ann Arbor. Please contact me for directions at sara@stampignintervention.com! All are welcome! Hope to see you there!

Do YOU YouTube? Well, Stampin' Up! does now!

Stampin' Up! has joined the YouTube nation! Regularly visit the site at http://www.youtube.com/stampinupvideo to see videos about stamping, scrapping, and home decor!

While there, you can become a subscriber so that you'll receive all of the latest Stampin' Up! videos directly into your "My Videos" folder.

This is so exciting to me! It's another way that Stampin' Up! is encouraging the creativity in each and everyone of you! Be sure to check it out.

Add Visual Appeal with A Baby Wipe? Here's How!

ere's the Baby Wipe Technique tutorial that I promised I'd post today. I know you won't be disappointed in this quick and sometimes messy technique that is GREAT for sunsets!

     What You'll Need:
Baby Wipes, ink refills (a couple), GLOSSY white card stock, a glove and a surface you won't mind getting messy

1. Fold the Baby Wipe until it is a little bit larger than your piece of Glossy White . Place a couple of reinker drops directly onto the Baby Wipe. (Note: This ink may stain, so protect your surfaces and hands with a plate and gloves!)

2. Add reinker drops with the remaining colors in a line so that the drops touch the other colors. (I used three different colors here.)

3. Place the Glossy white card stock on the plate and drag the Baby Wipe across the card stock.

4. Use a paper towel to remove any excess ink or allow it to air dry.

5. Here's what the Glossy card stock looks like! The reinker colors are Kiwi Kiss, Riding Hood Red, and Pink Pirouette.

6. Stamp over the background with whatever stamp you'd like. (I used Black Staz-on for the ink on this one.)

Here's my final product, which utilizes the Baroque Motifs stamp set and some 5/8" Striped Pink Pirouette Grosgrain Ribbon.

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Ordinary Household Cleaner with Stamps

Are you ready for this? Go to your cleaning cabinet, pull out the bleach and stamp! I've been playing a lot with bleach the past week  and I'm amazed at what a transformation that is created by using something so simple. (Word of caution here...be sure to not spill it on your clothes or carpet- that would be a sad day...)

  Alright, I had to give you all a sneak peek at one of my classes I'll be teaching in April: bleaching! There are so many things that you can do with it, including creating a shadow effect like this one using Upsy Daisy.

Don't worry, all of you out-of-staters! After my class, I'll post a tutorial with the shadowing technique. For all of you who HAVE to try it right now, just be sure to wash the bleach off of your rubber stamps right away.

I'll be sharing my April class schedule in my mid-month communication with all of you. So, if you're not on my newsletter list, sign up at the left of this post!

What to do with...a Word Window Punch

 

Do you have a word window punch and need some ideas on how to use it? Jolene Johnson compiled this fabulous list of things to do with it.

Remember, many of these ideas can also be translated for use in scrapbooks too!

1. Word Window (Duh!)

2. Long word window punch (cut a strip of paper 3/8" wide and insert from bottom at desired length)

3. 2 or 3 varied tabs with words

4. Spinner Card

5. Off edge of focal image

6. Slot for a tag

7. Tie ribbon around word window punch out

8. Tab with brad on edge of card

9. Tab with brad on edge of focal image

10. As a buckle

11. To spell HI.

12. To make a big buckle card

13. As a tag

14. Paper Pieced Candles

15. Hanger for a picture frame type focal image

16. As Tag Pulls

17. As a label (I've used mine to label my Stampin' Up! Ink pads)

18. As a word tab

19. 2 long word window punches on a square paper clip (one from each side)

20. Folded in half like ribbon flags

21. Window in tag pull card with words in window

22. 2 corner holders

23. Use multiple word window punch-outs in coordinating colors to make a

mosaic background

24. facts or details down side of scrapbook page

25. Like a title plate on ribbon

To have me teach you and your friends how to make use the Word Window Punch, email me to set up your own Word Window party at sara@stampingintervention.com!

Technique: Faux Dry Embossing

  What you will need:

1 card-sized piece of cardstock

1 scrap piece of cardstock (same color as other one)

Punch

Snail

 

1. Punch images from scrap piece of cardstock.

 

 

2. Adhere punched-out pieces onto your card with SNAIL.

 

3. Trim excess from around the edges of your card.

The faux-dry embossing technique gives the illusion that the paper has been embossed when it's really just layers of paper.

Rock N Roll Technique

  What you will need:

Bold image stamp

2 Classic Ink pads

piece of cardstock

 

1. Ink entire stamp using your LIGHTER ink. (If you don't you will put dark ink on your lighter ink pad and it won't be a good thing!)

Here, I used Summer Sun with an stamp from Baroque Motifs.

 

2. Roll the already-inked stamp in the DARKER Classic ink, allowing only the outside edges to touch the ink pad. (If you gently roll your wrist in a clockwise motion, that should do the trick.)

Here, the color is Cameo Coral.

 

3. Stamp image onto cardstock.

 

 

This is what the final, multi-colored image looks like.

Fossil Stone Technique

  What you will need:

3 coordinating Classic inks

Stamp

Glossy Cardstock

Thick, plastic file folder

 

1. Stamp image in the DARKEST of your inks on the glossy cardstock.

(Here, I used Always Artichoke and Lovely As a Tree)

 

2. Open file folder and rub second classic ink on one side of the folder.

   

3. Rub third ink on opposite side of the file folder.

 

4. Close file folder and rub two sides together until small bubbles form.

 

The bubbles should look like this.

 

 

5. Place your image on the glossy cardstock inside the file folder, close, and rub throughly. You could put numerous pieces of cardstock inside to achieve multiple reproductions of this technique without having to re-do steps 1-4.

 

6. Remove from file folder and allow to completely dry.

This is what the final product looks like!