Tutorial Tuesday - Border Clear Stamp Sets

Greetings peeps!

First, let me start with a big THANK YOU to all of you who participated in our first blog hop!  We hope you all enjoyed all of the projects from our designers, I know I did!  I can't wait to do it again next month!  Congratulations to  LORI APGAR for winning the $25 gift certificate to our online store.  Lori please contact us at info@paperwingsproductions.com for instructions on how to claim your prize.

You may have noticed that we are on a different blog schedule this week.  We have decided to shake things up in the new year and add some new blog days.  Today we have our first Tutorial Tuesday!  I have been excited to add this new feature and have been giving a lot of thought to what I might possibly show you.  Unfortunately, my family has passed around the flu since the day after Christmas.  Yes, that's right...we have had the flu germs in my house for TWO WEEKS!  I was the last to catch it and I still feel a bit dopey, so please bear with me!  I have decided to keep it simple today and show you how to use one of my favorite stamp lines from our collection.

Our clear border stamp sets come with a solid and an outline.  The two stamps are meant to compliment each other and work with each other, but not meant as a perfect match up.  They are supposed to be slightly off, which if you stamp like I do, this is perfect!  ;)

Let me show you how easy they are to use.  I am going to stamp the Double Dot Border across a shipping tag.  I am starting with some distress ink pads, a tag, a mini mister spray bottle, and a non stick craft sheet.

Rub the ink pad directly on the craft sheet, spray with water, and swipe the tag across the craft sheet.

 Dry with a heat tool or just set aside.

 I am going to stamp with the solid Double Dot Border first.  ***Please look at my stamp!  See how "dirty" it is?  I view rubber stamps as a TOOL to be used!  I sometimes read about folks who think you should only use certain inks with clear stamps and how delicate they are...NOT!  I was super picky when having our clear stamps made. They are tough, durable, and fantastic tools!  I have used my stamps with every kind of ink, gesso, acrylic paints...you name it.  They always stamp beautifully and clean up fine with soap and water.  We WANT you to USE our stamps!  Don't be afraid!  When they are "dirty" it just means they are being used.***

 Since they are made from a clear material, they are easy to see through.  It doesn't take much effort to line them up.  Don't over think it, just stamp.

 Next, I will stamp the outline Double Dot border with a darker ink.

 Remember, they are made to be slightly "off".  No need to try and get it perfect.

 For a finishing touch, I inked the edges of the tag with the same color as the outline.

 Now it's ready for a focal image!  Wouldn't this be great in your art journal, or greeting card, or scrapbook page layout, or....

Thanks for visiting with us today!

Enjoy the flight!

Carrie

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Mixed Media Monday

Hey there peeps!
Today I have a fun and fast project for you.  For this project, I have stamped onto an adhesive backed sheet of metal foil.  Ranger packages it a couple of different ways.  It can be found at your local craft store, but better yet, get it from an independent store such as Stamp Antonio.  I made the centerpiece for this card with the metal foil and mounted it onto a card.

 Here's how I made the centerpiece:
I started off mounting a square of the metal foil sheets onto a square of chipboard (thick cardboard).  I stamped the bird from the Bird Melange set and a crown from Royal Melange set using the Staz On ink pad.

I also stamped around the edges of the metal foil piece with some swirls from the Flourish Fun set.  After letting the ink dry, I took an awl (lots of things could be used...a stylus, old ball point pen, anything with a pointed edge) and drew over the stamped swirl images.

I continued to doodle and embellish the metal with the awl, creating hatch marks and creating small dots.

I glued Tim Holtz's tissue paper to the card after first crumpling it up and then smoothing it out before adhering.  

I used the words "come fly with me" from the Bird Melange set and edged the bottom of the card with the Scallop border set.  The solid scallop border was inked with a silver dabber and the outline was stamped using Staz On ink.  

I hope you have enjoyed our mixed media Monday project!

Enjoy the flight!

Carrie

Stamps: Bird Melange, Royal Melange
Ink: Black Staz On from Tsukineko
Cardstock: white square 6" card
Other: 
Tim Holtz Tissue Wrap
Silver Paint Dabber
Metal Foil Sheet
Chipboard
awl