Hey there! It's Friday, yay!

Today I used Guy Greetings in the Occasions Catalog. (Don't let the catalog picture fool you! Not all images are shown actual size. In the catalog they look tiny except for the few shown full size, but they are ALL full size!) It's also one of those "all inclusive" sets. With images AND words, you don't need another set to make a great card!

I stamped the car image with Early Espresso ink, stamping again, and again, "huffing", not blowing, my breath on the stamp each time to re-moisten the remaining ink to get the lighter images. I stamped a piece of Typset Specialty Designer Series Paper, but you could use the same technique with plain Very Vanilla card stock to get the "custom designer paper" look!

My brother's birthday is coming up in May. He doesn't read my blog, so maybe this will be his card?

Guy Greetings comes in wood-mount, clear-mount, and photopolymer. Photopolymer lets you see through the clear blocks for exact image stamping. Photopolymers are also flexible; you can bend and curve them as you stamp. Sometimes, however, you DON'T want the stamp to curve.  My solution is to lay the stamp along one of the lines on my grid sheet, image-side down, straightening the stamp as needed. I then press my clear block on top of the stamp to attach.

 I get straight words every time!

The final technique I used is the "Motion Stamping" technique, which is very similar to the "Stamp and Huff" technique I used on the custom designer paper panel. To get the look of motion, I stamped the card with full-strength Early Espresso on the far left, huffed, then stamped again in the middle with the car overlapping the first stamping about a third of the way, then huffed and stamped a final time behind but overlapping the second stamping. I've used this technique for years with cars, bicycles, balls, and horses, but it's A LOT easier with the clear photopolymers!

That's it for now. I'm posting the supply list below so you can order what you need in my Online Store:

www.carolpayne.stampinup.net

Your Stampin' Up! order will be delivered to your doorstep, and you will receive a Thank-you Project Packet in the mail from me!

138828 $38.95	138825 $51.95	137178 $25.95	119682 $6.95	131296 $6.95
101650 $8.50	133704 $12.95	127749 $7.95	132967 $26.95	120906 $16.95
135854 $32.95	126974 $5.95	107297 $6.50

Until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! day!

All images ©Stampin' Up!™1990-2015

Hey there! It's Friday, yay!

Today I used Guy Greetings in the Occasions Catalog. (Don't let the catalog picture fool you! Not all images are shown actual size. In the catalog they look tiny except for the few shown full size, but they are ALL full size!) It's also one of those "all inclusive" sets. With images AND words, you don't need another set to make a great card!

I stamped the car image with Early Espresso ink, stamping again, and again, "huffing", not blowing, my breath on the stamp each time to re-moisten the remaining ink to get the lighter images. I stamped a piece of Typset Specialty Designer Series Paper, but you could use the same technique with plain Very Vanilla card stock to get the "custom designer paper" look!

My brother's birthday is coming up in May. He doesn't read my blog, so maybe this will be his card?

Guy Greetings comes in wood-mount, clear-mount, and photopolymer. Photopolymer lets you see through the clear blocks for exact image stamping. Photopolymers are also flexible; you can bend and curve them as you stamp. Sometimes, however, you DON'T want the stamp to curve.  My solution is to lay the stamp along one of the lines on my grid sheet, image-side down, straightening the stamp as needed. I then press my clear block on top of the stamp to attach.

 I get straight words every time!

The final technique I used is the "Motion Stamping" technique, which is very similar to the "Stamp and Huff" technique I used on the custom designer paper panel. To get the look of motion, I stamped the card with full-strength Early Espresso on the far left, huffed, then stamped again in the middle with the car overlapping the first stamping about a third of the way, then huffed and stamped a final time behind but overlapping the second stamping. I've used this technique for years with cars, bicycles, balls, and horses, but it's A LOT easier with the clear photopolymers!

That's it for now. I'm posting the supply list below so you can order what you need in my Online Store:

www.carolpayne.stampinup.net

Your Stampin' Up! order will be delivered to your doorstep, and you will receive a Thank-you Project Packet in the mail from me!

138828 $38.95	138825 $51.95	137178 $25.95	119682 $6.95	131296 $6.95
101650 $8.50	133704 $12.95	127749 $7.95	132967 $26.95	120906 $16.95
135854 $32.95	126974 $5.95	107297 $6.50

Until tomorrow, have a Stampingrox! day!

All images ©Stampin' Up!™1990-2015