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Armedwith just a few stamps and a varietyof ink pads and sprays, you can create
custom backgrounds for layouts and cards in no time. Using a few simple techniques,
asVicki shows at right, your background designs can be as simple or as elaborate as
you'd like. Creating your own designswill also fill your paper cachewith an endless
supplyof unique patterns and designs for all of your papercrafting projects. Vicki has
a few tips to sharewhen stamping your own backgrounds:
Dye-based inkswork great because they are quick-drying, do not smear and are
easy to layer without bleeding.
If you use pigment ink, be sure to heat set or heat emboss each layer of
stamping before adding the next.
Watermark ink, such asVersamark, will create a unique tone-on-tone effect by
adapting to the colour it is stamped on and turning it several shades darker. Be
sure to heat set this type of ink before layering.
stamping
backgrounds
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supplies
CARDSTOCK,
Core'dinations;
PATTERNEDPAPER, FLAIR,
Lawn Fawn;
TAG, DIECUT,
AmericanCrafts;
STAMPS,
Lawn Fawn, Paper Smooches;
INK,
Ranger;
SPRAY INK,
MayaRoad;
CHIPBOARD SHAPES,
Pink Paislee;
PAPERPUNCHES,
Fiskars,WeRMemoryKeepers;
TWINE,GEMS,
DoodlebugDesign;
TRANSPARENCY,
Studio
Calico;
WOODVENEER,
Pink Fresh Studio;
ADHESIVE,
ScrapbookAdhesives by 3L®
the 3 t’s
stepone
Trim foundation
todesired size.
Spatter piece
with spray ink
using the spray
wandanda
tappingmotion.
stepfour
Vicki wentwitha
monochromatic
approach. For a
different look
and feel, choose
contrasting
shadesof inkand
cardstock.
step two
Oncedry, stamp
a repeating
designwitha
background
patternusing
dye-based ink.
step three
Stamp shape
andword images
insideeach
patternblock.
