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baby wipe technique

by nataliegramleystamps | Sep 15, 2021 | card samples, techniques

The baby wipe technique is one that I learned when I first started stamping more than twenty years ago and recently I watched an Instagram post from Sara, our CEO and she was demonstrating this technique and it reminded me what fun it used to be to make cards using baby wipes to make your own unique ink pads!

Grab some baby wipes and fold a couple of them in half and place them in an empty stamp container. Choose several re-inkers and squeeze out a 1/2 inch wide line of ink of the first color, apply the second color close to the first color but not overlapping (the colors will bleed and eventually touch) add the remaining colors in lines next to the other colors – you are essentially making your own rainbow pad.

Doesn’t the ink look like little fuzzy caterpillars! in the photo above – LOL!

There are many different ways to use the “ink pad” that you have just created!
The first way is to actually use it as an ink pad.
Take a bold or line stamp and stamp into the ink pad making sure to move the stamp slightly back and forth to make sure that there is no un-inked spaces on the surface of the stamp.
Here I used the FREE Textures and Frames Sale-a-bration stamp set (#156616) circle stamp in the rainbow pad created using Pacific Point (#111840), Bermuda Bay (#131156) and Granny Apple Green (#147163) re-inkers.

You can also take the baby wipes and with the ink side direct to paper, pressing firmly on the uninked side -drag the ink across the paper making a striped or other pattern on the cardstock.

Instead of applying the ink direct to paper you can use the same drag technique across the stamps as I did with the Dry Brush Background stamp (#152599).

Another way to use the homemade rainbow pad is to scrunch the baby wipes and create a stippled effect on the surface of the cardstock.

You can also stipple or pounce the “ink pad” directly onto the stamp as I did here on the Butterfly Brillance background stamp.

The possibilities are endless – use different colors, different patterns…

See what you can come up with – and go create some art of your own – one stamp at a time!

Happy Stampin’

Natalie

Product List

Butterfly Brilliance Cling Stamp Set

[155092]

$17.00

Brilliant Wings Dies

[155523]

$44.00

To The Moon Photopolymer Stamp Set

[155667]

$17.00

Artistically Inked Cling Stamp Set

[154542]

$24.00

Whale Done Photopolymer Stamp Set (English)

[152470]

$17.00

Textures & Frames Photopolymer Stamp Set

[156616]

$0.00

Simply Succulents Cling Stamp Set

[154480]

$22.00

Pacific Point 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[111350]

$8.75

Granny Apple Green 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[146990]

$8.75

Basic White 8 1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[159276]

$9.75

Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[121045]

$8.75

Pacific Point Classic Stampin' Ink Refill

[111840]

$3.75

Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin' Ink Refill

[131156]

$3.75

Granny Apple Green Classic Stampin' Ink Refill

[147163]

$3.75

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

$6.00

Paper Trimmer

[152392]

$25.00

Paper Snips

[103579]

$10.00

Bone Folder

[102300]

$7.00

Stampin' Seal

[152813]

$8.00

Stampin' Seal+

[149699]

$12.00

Matte Black Dots

[154284]

$7.00

Black & White 1/4" (6.4 Mm) Gingham Ribbon

[156485]

$7.00

Black 5/8" (1.6 Cm) Glittered Organdy Ribbon

[147897]

$8.50

White 3/8'' (1 Cm) Glittered Organdy Ribbon

[156408]

$8.50

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jacobs coat card technique

by nataliegramleystamps | Apr 5, 2021 | card samples, techniques

Jacob’s Coat is an easy, fun and colorful technique. I started with a 4″ x 5 1/4″ Basic White piece of cardstock. I applied daubs of color in Real Red (#147084), Poppy Parade (#147050), Melon Mambo (#147051), Daffodil Delight (#147094), Mango Melody (#147093), Flirty Flamingo (#147052), Gorgeous Grape (#147099) ink with Sponge Daubers (#141714).

OK at this point it looks like a hot mess – doesn’t it! but just wait I promise the end result will be stunning! (If you have an Embossing Buddy – these are retired from stamping up but well worth the investment if you can find one – this is an antistatic little pillow filled with a chalking substance that puts a thin coat over the cardstock surface to stop the powder from sticking anywhere but on the Versamark inked areas – rub it on the cardstock surface) Next I pulled out my Stamparatus (#149276) and mounted the Butterfly Brillance stamp set (#155092) to the hinged plate and inked the stamp with a freshly inked Versamark Pad (#102283) and then stamped the butterfly images over the colored piece of cardstock.

Apply Clear embossing powder over the entire surface. Tap away the excess powder and heat set with a Heat Tool (#129053).

Rub Tuxedo Black Momento Ink direct to the paper until the entire surface is covered and then using a paper towel rub the excess black ink off the embossed portions of the card front and the color emerges like magic!

I finished this card by adding a Gorgeous Grape Sheer ribbon (#154572) wrapped around the colored cardstock layer then mounted that layer onto a Basic white cardstock layer measuring 4 1/8″ x 5 3/8″ and then mounted those two layers onto a Real Red cardstock base measuring 5 1/2″ x 8 1/2″ scored in the center at 4 1/4″

The card I made in the Facebook Live video I did not use the Embossing buddy and did not brush off the excess powder so it is not as defined as the first card shown above. If you do not have an embossing buddy you can try a soft bristle brush dipped in a small amount of cornstarch and brushed onto the card surface (I haven’t tried this myself because I have an embossing buddy but am told this trick works)