At Scrapbook Expo last month, I took a class called "Layering Background Stamps" put on by JustRite Papercraft. It was very, very fun! Not only did we work on the backgrounds for these three lovely cards, we went home with a stamp set AND a background stamp. Talk about BANG for your buck... :)
We did a technique called "smooshing". Using Zig markers on a piece of acetate, we added water and moved our cut watercolor paper over it. Then, with different background stamps, gelatos and inks, we added to the background. I took this class with Jeanne and while at her house last week for an overnight, we did our best to complete these cards. With crisp black ink, we stamped our image over the whole card. What a lovely effect...
Using Jeanne's "celebrate" sentiment, I heat embossed it on a partial piece of background with black embossing powder...
Jeanne also had some silver paper and the connected stars die-cut, I think from Simon Says Stamp, that I used and added to this card...
All our goodies AND written directions to do it all again. One of the things I was really pleased with, besides the "take home", was that the instructor did not have us do the stamping in class. So many times, first stampings of a new set DO NOT come out well. Rather than do all this work on the background and then spoil it with a bad print, she sent us home to do it. I SO VERY MUCH appreciated that...
Looks like a really fun class, great cards.
ReplyDeleteHi! These look familiar LOL. It WAS a fun class, definitely the best at the Expo I think. Thanks for the shout out, crafty friend.
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