Tutorial- Rock & Roll Stamping :: Stephanie Washburn

HI! Good morning!

 

Stephanie  here today with a quick little tutorial on how to get some more use use out of your solid stamps! Today I'm going to show you how to achieve a soft, gradient look by using the rock & roll technique!

 

Today I'm using the Two Step Butterfly stamp set and three blue pigment inks from A Muse Studio. These inks work beautifully to create a really soft look- if you want a more distinct color difference you can use dye inks for this technique! I wanted a soft pastel look for these butterflies so I chose pigment ink. Have fun with it and experiment to see what inks give you the look you want!  

I started by inking the solid butterfly image with my lightest of three colors - Sky A Muse Studio pigment ink.

 

Then, I added some of my middle color - Blueberry A Muse Studio pigment ink - by hovering my stamp right above the ink pad and gently rocking and rolling the stamp onto the ink. The ink is distributed more heavily towards the outer edges of the stamp leaving the center light blue.

 

I repeated this process with the darkest of the three colors - Navy A Muse Studio pigment ink - concentrating the darker colors along the outer edge of the butterfly wings.

 

You can see in the background that some of the lighter ink transferred to my darker ink pads. Not a huge concern at all- I simply rub the whole ink pad on a sheet of scrap paper when I'm finished and that layer of lighter ink comes right off!

 

After stamping a couple butterflies using the rock & roll technique, I added some of the outline butterfly stamp to create movement on my card. I think this panel makes it look like the butterflies are flying from the bottom left up to the top right.

 

I added a rock & roll butterfly (that I cut out with scissors) to the panel to add some dimension. I think it looks really cool- like the butterfly is taking flight off of the card!

 

 

Here's the finished card! I added a sentiment from Growth and some pearls on the top butterfly to pull it all together. I love the soft look of the butterflies!

 

Thanks for stopping by today! I hope you enjoyed this little tutorial!

Tutorial- Two Step Stamping :: Amy Kolling

When you look at your clear stamps, do you really look at them?  What I mean is....do you think about turning them over and stamping with the "WRONG" side?  Well, I wanted to share just how you can do this!  I used this technique on THIS Market Street Stamps card that was chosen for the Top 20 of the Paper Crafts Gallery Idol contest this summer!

Firstly, you need to choose a clear stamp that has an outline that is the same as the image.  To clarify, look at the back of the stamp to see if it would make the perfect outline for the actual stamp itself.  I chose to work with the Two Step Butterfly stamp that is only $5 and available in the MSS store.  The butterfly I used is the SOLID image (top image in the photo).  Here are my supplies:

Let's see, I do believe some neon is in.....now I don't have neon inks but I think this represents neon in what I remember wearing back "when" those neon shoestrings and tops were "in"!  LOL

So here, I've chosen inks that have a lighter shade and a coordinating darker shade.

Your first step is to place a small piece of double sided tape on one side of your clear block and place your stamp on the block so the back side is out.  Yes go ahead.....do it.  Ink up your lighter shade of color and stamp your image.  Clean your stamp and remove to now place on the other side of your block.  Now place your stamp the "normal" way on the block and ink up with the darker coordinating shade of color.  Now, centering the actual stamp is soo easy because you have the outline there as a guide!  When done, it gives the most perfect outline to your image!

Here are all 3 butterflies stamped first with the back of the stamp and then again with the normal side of the stamp.

Now for the finished card.........I love the results and it makes for very mailable card since there is no layering!

  So I challenge you to go look through your stamps and see what stamp(s) you have that may work for this technique because it is FUN!

Surprise! Market Mini Release!

SURPRISE!

As you know by now, we have discontinued our Market Fresh Kit Club. We also switched over to bi-monthly releases for the remainder of 2012 to allow some behind-the-scenes changes to come full circle and get our goals in line with our vision. However, we just couldn't quite keep from sharing these gorgeous minis that we released with our kits! So many people have emailed asking if they could just purchase the stamps, and I'm thrilled to finally say YES! You can!!

We've also had bits and pieces left over from previous month's kits, so we're excited to get those shipped off too! We have a limited supply of paper, embellishments, and other paper crafting yumminess now available on our site! These items were hand-picked by Steph, and they all coordinate beautifully! 

Please JOIN US tomorrow at 8 am CDT for a BLOG HOP showcasing these lovely minis.
One lucky hopper will receive a GIFT CERTIFICATE to the shop!

These minis are just $5 per set, and each package measures 3.25 x 4.50". Individual sizes are listed in the product descriptions. These stamps were designed to be used on cards and scrapbook layouts, so we weren't skimpin' on the size of each element! Our Market Fresh Girls have already inked up and loved up their minis, so I thought I'd share some inspiration from them today.
Take a look!

 

 Layout using "Doily" by Jinny Newlin

Card using "Bright Side" by Stephanie Washburn

 Card using "Berry Sweet" by Brenda Weaver

Card using "Two Step Butterfly" by Stephanie Washburn

Card using "Love Birds" by Stephanie Washburn

Thanks so much for stopping by, please do come on back tomorrow morning for our hop - there will be LOTS more inspiration from the rest of our team!! xo Angelica