Ros Davidson, Independent Stampin' Up!® demonstrator, Melbourne, Australia

Stampin' Up! Water Stamping Technique ATC

For my latest ATC's we focused on the Water Stamping technique. It was again, a new technique for me and one I am looking forward to trying again. This time, I used the "Back on Your Feet" stamp set as my focal image with the "Dry Brush" stamp in the background for the water stamping. 
After blending my background cardstock (whisper white) with pacific point and bermuda bay inks, I stamped the dry brush stamp in water and onto my blended cardstock. Once my background was dry, I stamped the giraffe image in memento ink and stamped another giraffe on extra whisper white cardstock (to later colour in with stampin' blends and fussy cut out and overlay on top of my background image). I stamped the sentiment in versamark in and heat embossing in white stampin' emboss powder. I finished off my ATC with a whisper white matt and bermuda bay card base.


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Back On Your Feet Cling Stamp Set [149385] $37.00	Drybrush Cling Background Stamp [152599] $30.00	Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad [132708] $10.00	Soft Suede Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [147273] $15.50
Pacific Point Classic Stampin' Pad [147098] $13.00	Card Stock A4 Bermuda Bay [131286] $15.25	Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin' Pad [147096] $13.00	Petal Pink Stampin' Blends Combo Pack [154893] $15.50
Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blends Markers Combo Pack [144603] $15.50	Whisper White A4 Card Stock [106549] $17.00	Versamark Pad [102283] $16.50	Heat Tool [129056] $50.00
White Stampin' Emboss Powder [109132] $10.50

Heel quickly

This "heel quickly" card came together rather easily when I was not 100% (which seemed to be often this past winter). It makes a get well card but would also work for someone who had a foot/ankle procedure also. 

Stampin' Up! materials used:
Stamps: Alphabet rotary stamp
Inkpads: Basic black, crumb cake, pink pirouette
Cardstock: Whisper white, basic black, crumb cake, pink pirouette
Punches: Banner, small oval
Accessories: Very vanilla seam binding ribbon, big shot, perfect polka dots textured impressions embossing folder (retired), oval framelits
Other: Oval punch

Sorry you're sick

With this terrible wet weather, I used some quiet indoor time to play around with another version of a get well soon card for an upcoming class next week. I used MDS for the sentiment and made sure it fit into the tag punch shape before printing.

The hardest part of this card was the "coffee" rings. I used chocolate chip ink refill mixed with water and dipped the ring of a glass into the watery mix to make the coffee rings. I then used the splat stamp from gorgeous grunge to create the "spill".

If you try this technique, make sure not to spill drops or to create a suction on the glass and splurt watery ink all over your finished creation. I not only successfully did this, but did it twice!

Stampin' Up! materials used:
Stamps: Gorgeous grunge
Inkpads: Basic grey, lost lagoon, hello honey
Cardstock: Basic grey, lost lagoon, hello honey, whisper white
Punches: Small and large tag (both retired)
Accessories: Chocolate chip ink refill, white bakers twine, MDS
Other: Mini stapler, glass, plastic plate