Jul 8 2014

Technique Tuesday – Watercolor Ray of Sunshine!!!

Posted on July 8, 2014 by Laura's Stamp Pad

Happy Tuesday!!!! That means I have a fabulous technique to share with you today and it includes the best stamp set ever – Work of Art!!! You probably could have guessed that one, right? 😉

Supplies Needed: Work of Art Stamp Set, Watercolor Paper, Spritzer with Water, Island Indigo Ink, Daffodil Delight Ink, Pear Pizzaz Ink, Coastal Cabana Ink, and Soft Sky Ink, Sequins, Itty Bitty Punch Pack

Starting with a piece of Watercolor Paper measuring 3-3/4″ x 5″, you will stamp the long image from the Work of Art Stamp Set 2-3 times in each color. I started straight up and down with Island Indigo, then Coastal Cabana, Soft Sky, Daffodil Delight, and Pear Pizzazz. As you go along, you will want to angle them like rays of sunshine! Then you will need to place the paper into a box or on a towel and spritz ALL OVER! I really mean all over. The colors will start to run and bleed and that’s a good thing. The piece of paper will also start to curl and that’s okay! This will take some time to dry or you can use your Heat Tool! Once it is completely dry, it is time to assemble! I added it to a piece of Daffodil Delight (4″ x 5-1/4″) and then my card base of Island Indigo (4-1/4″ x 11″). I stamped the Thanks three times from the Lots of Thanks Stamp Set! I added a few Daffodil Delight flowers from the Itty Bitty Punch Pack and some Gold Sequins (adhering them with Mini Glue Dots). Of course when working with watercolor, no two will come out alike so don’t worry if your’s doesn’t look exactly like mine. For a Video Tutorial on this fabulous technique, click here or check out the video below!

Happy Stampin’

~Laura

Jun 24 2014

Have you seen the Northern Lights???

Posted on June 24, 2014 by Laura's Stamp Pad

Happy Tuesday!!! You know what that means…..I have an amazing technique to share with you!!! This was blows my mind because you start out with just three colors but it creates so many more! Seeing the Northern Lights is on my Bucket List too! Until then, I shall just make the Northern Lights in my craft room!

Supplies Needed: Sponge Daubers, Tempting Turquoise Ink, Rich Razzleberry Ink, Daffodil Delight Ink Pad, Night of Navy Ink Pad, Lovely As A Tree Stamp Set, Label Collections Framelits, Chalk Marker or White Gel Pen

You will need a piece of Whisper White cardstock and the size will depend on the size of Framelit you would like to use. I used a piece that is 5-1/2″ x 4-1/2.” Starting with the Daffodil Delight and your sponge dauber, you will make do up and down making a stripe. Then move over about a 1/2″ and make another one, continuing across the cardstock. Next you will do the same with your Rich Razzleberry and then Tempting Turquoise. Be sure to overlap the colors a bit because that is how your will get a little orange and green in there too! Don’t worry if it looks super bright and colorful at this time! That is the way it should look! Using one of the trees from the Lovely as a Tree Stamp Set, stamp it in the center with Stazon! Now you can pick the size of Framelit that you wish to use and cut it out with your Big Shot! After you have cut it out, you will take the Night of Navy Ink Pad and Sponge Dauber and fill in the bottom portion using the stamped “ground” as your guide. Also, I brushed the edges of the entire image as well. You can go over the entire image very lightly with the Night of Navy as well for a more subtle look. Then using your Chalk Marker or Signo White Gel Pen, makes dots all over your card for a starry look! Now you are all done and you can add it to your card. I layered mine onto a piece of Basic Gray that was ran through my Big Shot in the Perfect Polka Dots Embossing Folder and then only a piece of Night of Navy. I added a little Silver 1/8″ Ribbon too! In case some of the instruction listed above were a little confusing, here is a Video Tutorial for you to see this card in action!

I hope you enjoyed this technique and try it out! I want to thank Kay Kalthoff for this fabulous idea! Also, be sure to leave a comment down below and let me know what you think!

Happy Stampin’

~Laura

Jun 17 2014

Technique Tuesday – Perfect Plaid!

Posted on June 17, 2014 by Laura's Stamp Pad

Happy Tuesday!!! You know what that means……I have a fabulous technique to share with you today! This one is super fun and really rather easy! The best part….you can mix and mingle a million different colors and come out with something different each time! I love that!

How cute is that? I mean masculine! 😉 I used the Work of Art Stamp Set! This is by far my favorite stamp set right now. You can see more samples using this set here and here!

Supplies Needed: Work of Art Stamp Set, 2-3 Ink Pads, Cardstock

I used the long straight image from the Work of Art Set to create this look. You can use 2-3 different colors. I found when I used a 3rd color, I always felt it was off because I either didn’t have enough of that 3rd color or it was just a mess of too many colors but I’m crazy like that. My piece of cardstock measures 3-3/4″ x 2-1/2″. I decided to use this size because it fits the stamp. You could go big and have it layer the entire card (4″ x 5-1/4″) but you would need to stamp twice to create the line all the way across. I used the NEW In-Colors – Lost Lagoon and Mossy Meadow for the card pictured above. You will ink up one of the colors and stamp down, moved about 1/4″ and stamp again without re-inking. Ink up with that color and keep doing that all the way across. Then turn your piece 90 degrees and with the 2nd color do the same thing, stamp, move up a little and stamp again without re-inking. You could also do all dark (inking and stamping) along one side and all light stamping (stamping off once) along the other side. You can mix it up to however you wish….endless possibilities! Here is a Video Tutorial for you to watch this technique in action! Be sure to like and subscribe to the video so you never miss out!

Click here to check out more videos of mine! I hope you enjoyed this technique and try it out yourself. Let me know in the comments below what you think and if you try it out, send me a photo of your project! I love seeing what you all come up with!

Happy Stampin’

~Laura

Jun 10 2014

Technique Tuesday – Punch Art

Posted on June 10, 2014 by Laura's Stamp Pad

Happy Tuesday!!! You know what that means……I have a fabulous technique to show you today!!!! It is super cute and can be used as a Man Card!!!! I KNOW! I’m excited because you all know how difficult it is for me to come up with man cards since pinks and purples, bling, and flowers are my favorite things!!!! (Also, voting is still taking place on my New Catalog Giveaway, click here to vote!)

Supplies Needed: Owl Builder Punch, 1/8″ Handheld Circle Punch, 1-3/4″ Circle Punch, 1″ Square Punch, Cardstock

I love how you can create just about anything with a few punches! Eeeeee So fun and exciting! I created the yellow dots (Daffodil Delight) with the eyes in the Owl Punch. The enemies were created from the owl and I just snipped off the feet. I found that Real Red is good for Blinky, Blushing Bride for Pinky, Coastal Cabana for Inky, and Pumpkin Pie for Clyde. For Pac-Man, I used Daffodil Delight and punched a 1-3/4″ Circle and then slide the circle half way into the Square Punch in order to punch out his mouth. To get that little bitty eye, I used my 1/8″ Handheld Punch to punch out the eye and allow the black background to show through!!!! How simple is that? To see this in action, check out my Video Tutorial here. If you love it, be sure to give it a thumbs up! And don’t forget to Subscribe to my Channel so that you don’t miss out on any of my videos! 🙂

Happy Stampin’

~Laura

Jun 3 2014

Technique Tuesday – Spotlight Technique

Posted on June 3, 2014 by Laura's Stamp Pad

Good Morning and Happy Tuesday!!!! Have you checked out the NEW Catalog! It came out yesterday and it is AMAZING! There are so many new stamps and products and fabulous ideas! After all the catalog is a great source for coming up with project ideas! Okay, now that you have seen that, lets show you an amazing technique – the Spotlight Technique!!!

This technique spotlights a certain section on your image with color. As you can see in the card above, I added pops of color to different areas of the butterfly. It isn’t that easy to see but each of those pops of color are actually punched out circles to there is a bit of texture and dimension to the card as well.

Now this one looks the same but it is just a bit different. This one I used my Markers and a template to add pops of color.

Supplies Needed: Line image stamp (something you can color in), Stazon Ink, Various Circle Punches, Markers, Cardstock

To create both of these cards at the same time, I took 3 pieces of Whisper White Cardstock measuring 4″ x 5-1/4″. You will then stamp the Swallowtail Butterfly on each of the pieces in Stazon Ink. It doesn’t matter if they are straight or diagonal and each one can be different. Then you will color in one of the butterflies completely with a marker. Using your various Circle Punches, punch portions of the butterfly out. You can punch near the edge or right in the center of the butterfly. You will then puzzle piece these punches circles onto one of your other stamped butterflies. I suggest punching and then finding the matching spot and adhering it down before moving to the next punch. This way it won’t be as hard to find out where the piece should go. Once you have punched and assembled your desired pieces, you can layer that on a card base and add a greeting!

For the second card, you will take your punched butterfly piece and lay it over the other Stazon stamped butterfly and color in the butterfly in the open areas. You don’t have to line it up perfectly, you can move the circles around as you wish! Again once you have the desired amount of color, you can layer that on a card base and add a greeting! Check out my Video Tutorial below to see it done in action! Be sure to “like” and “subscribe” to my videos so you don’t miss any of them!

I hope you enjoyed this technique and try it out! I would love to see some of your creations or variations of this technique so feel free to share them in the comments below or you can email me photos of your project. I would love to see them!

Happy Stampin’

~Laura

May 28 2014

How Many Cards Can You Get from One Sheet???

Posted on May 28, 2014 by Laura's Stamp Pad

I did another set of One Sheet Wonder cards!!! I can’t help myself! It is so much fun and so simple to make a lot of cards in a little amount of time! I was able to get 15 cards out of this One Sheet of 12″ x 12″ piece of Birthday Basics Designer Series Paper (retiring soon)!!!!

Aren’t these just AMAZING! For this set, I used a lot of both sides of the paper! I just love this paper! My card bases were Bermuda Bay, Primrose Petal, Summer Starfruit, and one Crisp Cantaloupe!!! I used greetings from Label Love and Lots of Thanks! Of course I used the coordinating punch, the Artisan Label Punch too! Here is a more up-close look at most of them!

Of course you can check out other One Sheet Wonder Samples here, here and here! And if you would like to see the Video Tutorial for dimensions and how-to, then click here!!!!

Happy Stampin’

~Laura

May 27 2014

Technique Tuesday – Double Slider Card!

Posted on May 27, 2014 by Laura's Stamp Pad

Happy Tuesday!!! That means I have a fabulous technique to share with you, right? RIGHT!!!! I love this card because the colors are so rich and bright and the WOW factor is like a 12 (scale 1-10)!!!! So let’s get started!!!

Isn’t that just fabulous? I think so too so I’ll just stop there! What’s that? You want more? OF COURSE YOU DO!!!!

Supplies Needed: Cardstock, Scoring Tool (Stampin’ Trimmer Score Blade, Simply Score, Bone Folder), Stamp Set of your choice (Secret Garden), Ribbon, Brad, Word Window Punch, Circle or Oval Punch, Corner Rounder Punch, Plastic Bag or Cellophane Bag

Starting with a 5-1/4” x 11 piece of cardstock, SCORE at 2-1/2”, 6-1/2” and 10-1/2”.
Cut a slight notch (to help hide place bag) on each end of the 2-1/2” section using your Word Window Punch. Wrap a 1-1/2” x 10” strip of plastic bag around the two notches and seal together on the right side, trimming off extra. This is the sliding mechanism so it needs to be tight yet moveable.
Cut two panel inserts 3-3/4” x 4”. It is best to decorate these before assembling them into your card. Attach first panel to place bad on the INSIDE (with 2-1/2” flap closed). Attach the second panel to the plastic (with 2-1/2” flap closed) ON THE TOP.
Apply Sticky Strip along the ½” flap and tuck it in behind the moving pieces and seal the card closed.
You can add a 5-1/2” x 4-1/4” base to the back of the card for writing and decorating on.
Decorate the front panel!

Here is a Video Tutorial for you to watch and follow along! Be sure to LIKE the video and SUBSCRIBE to my Channel because that would be fabulous! Also, wanted to throw a shout out to my stamper friend Rachel Chamberlain for this amazing idea! She is amazing!

Happy Stampin’

~Laura

May 22 2014

Super Cool Stained Glass!!!

Posted on May 22, 2014 by Laura's Stamp Pad

This is one is absolute favorite!!! I’m not sure if it is because of the Bermada Bay and Coastal Cabana colors or what! LOVE IT!!! I created this amazing flower with the Stained Glass Technique! It is super simple!

Supplies Needed: Vellum, Line Image Stamp Set (not an image that is filled in), VersaMark, Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, and markers

You will stamp your line image stamp onto the Vellum with VersaMark. Then add the embossing powder of your choice (don’t pick clear…..it doesn’t work) and heat it so that it melts! Now it is time to color! You will color the image on the BACK SIDE! Don’t color on the same side that is heat embossed, but the back of that! This will give that smoky, stained glass look! Then you can assemble onto your card! Easy as that!!!! The card above was done with Whisper White Embossing Powder and the Secret Garden Stamp Set!!!

My second favorite…it’s PINK! This was one done with Black Embossing Powder and the Secret Garden Stamp Set! I love how the black really makes the flower POP! The one below uses the same and the Labels Collection Framelits!

I thought this one turned out really cool but it is almost too detailed for this technique. As you can see the more of a line image you have, the better it comes out because it allows for the color to pop through. I used Silver Embossing Powder and my Swallowtail Stamp!

And the reason you don’t use clear…..it just looks like a blob! It you look real close and rotate it a bit, it does look kind of cool because you can see the shiny clear powder. Over all, clear was not the best!!!

Let me know in the comment below which one was your favorite!!!

Happy Stampin’

~Laura

May 21 2014

More Wonderful One Sheet Wonder!!!!

Posted on May 21, 2014 by Laura's Stamp Pad

There was just too many amazing cards to make just one post about these amazing One Sheet Wonder cards so I am sharing more with you today!!!!

The card on the right is the only one that I used the other side of the paper! I just LOVE those blue and green flowers and could hardly bare to cover them up even though the polka dots are fun too!!!

I am loving the ripped paper look on these cards! See how they are all similar but just a bit different!!!

It’s like a puzzle! I love how the image matches up and has just a bit of spacing between the pieces of Designer Series Paper!

This card is so simple yet elegant – perfect for a Wedding, Bridal Shower or Engagement (I like how I went backwards with that one.) 🙂

I used Island Indigo, Gumball Green and Smoky Slate!!!! I used greetings from Label Love, Lots of Thanks, and Bring On The Cake (retiring)! Then I used my Artisan Label Punch and Decorative Label Punch!!! Click here to check out the Video Tutorial which has all the dimensions and information in it!!! Be sure to “LIKE” and “SUSCRIBE” to my videos to show some love!!!

You can check yesterday’s post for more samples!!!! You can also check out a One Sheet Wonder Stamped Sheet by clicking here and here!!!

Happy Stampin’

~Laura

May 20 2014

Technique Tuesday – The Wonderful One Sheet Wonder!!!!

Posted on May 20, 2014 by Laura's Stamp Pad

Happy Tuesday!!!! You know what that means…..I am sharing a fabulous technique with you!!!! Every time I have had a One Sheet Wonder Class, everyone goes crazy for it!!!! I mean look at these fabulous cards!!!

The reason it is called One Sheet Wonder is because you only use One Sheet!!! I used one sheet out of the Watercolor Wonder Designer Series Paper Pack (You can only get this for 12 more days, click here to order NOW!) I will be so sad when this paper is gone because I LOVE IT!!!! I created 12 cards with my One Sheet of Designer Series Paper but there are some leftover pieces so you could probably get about 14 or more out of the one sheet!

After you cut your Designer Series Paper, pick one or more colors of solid cardstock for your card bases and start assembling!!! It is that easy!!! I used various greetings for all of my upcoming occasions!!!

I used Island Indigo, Gumball Green and Smoky Slate!!!! I used greetings from Label Love, Lots of Thanks, and Bring On The Cake (retiring)! Then I used my Artisan Label Punch and Decorative Label Punch!!! For more on these cards and the dimensions, check out this Video Tutorial!!!

Be sure to check back tomorrow for more samples!!!! You can also check out a One Sheet Wonder Stamped Sheet by clicking here and here!!!

Happy Stampin’

~Laura

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Tag Archives: Technique Tuesday

Technique Tuesday – Watercolor Ray of Sunshine!!!

Have you seen the Northern Lights???

Technique Tuesday – Perfect Plaid!

Technique Tuesday – Punch Art

Technique Tuesday – Spotlight Technique

How Many Cards Can You Get from One Sheet???

Technique Tuesday – Double Slider Card!

Super Cool Stained Glass!!!

More Wonderful One Sheet Wonder!!!!

Technique Tuesday – The Wonderful One Sheet Wonder!!!!