Welcome to this weeks edition to Take 6 Tuesday! I hope you enjoyed your outline stamping tips from last week and have played around a little. As promised, this week I’m going to give some tips on how to use your solid stamps. Some people really prefer the solid stamps over the outline stamps because they simply don’t like to color in their images. There are different techniques that can be done with solid stamps that can also add different colors to your art without the “coloring in” work.
Here are some solid stamping techniques for you:
6. Second generation stamping. This is a very basic technique. To get this look, you will stamp your image once (usually on scrap paper) and then again without re-inking. This gives your image a lighter version of the color you inked your stamp with. As you can see from the ornaments on the layout below, I first stamped them in second generation stamping and then came back on top of the ornament with a first generation stamp of the decoration.
6. Masking. Create a “mask” for the stamp. This can be done by stamping your image on scrap paper and cutting it out. Use your cut out scrap as your mask. Cover your stamped image with the “mask” and stamp your next images overlapping the original.
5. Chalk popping. Stamp solid image using either white daisy, versamark, or grey flannel inkpad. Color on top of your image using chalks. As you cover your image with the chalk, it will “pop.”
4. Color customizing. This is a great way to get multiple colors on one image. Use markers or sponge daubers to apply color directly on your stamp. Huff and puff to remoisten the ink and stamp.
3. Kissing. This is a great way to give texture or design to a solid stamp. First ink up your solid stamp, then take another stamp with a design image (or texture stamp) and “kiss” the two together, stamp-to-stamp. The design image will remove ink from your solid image so once stamped on paper, it will texture. I used this technique in the layout below in the title word “Dad.”
1. Rolling. This is one of my favorite techniques because it is quick and easy! First, ink your solid stamp in your base color. Stamp your first generation of the stamp on scrap paper. Then roll the edges of your stamp into the sam inkpad. You can also roll your image into a different color of ink, but just be careful when mixing ink colors. Always ink first with your lighter color and roll in the darker color. In the family layout below, I used the rolling technique on the hearts. And in the “Our Hero” layout, I used the technique on the leaves with different colors.
There are so many great solid stamping techniques, I’m even going to give you a bonus this week! Here are a few more:
White on white embossing. Emboss a solid image in white on white paper. Then sponge over the image with the desired color if ink or chalks. This gives your paper a patterned look as the sponging ink will not stick to the embossed images.
Highlighting/Shading. Stamp a solid image as usual. Then shade using colored pencils or use the white daisy inkpad applied with sponge applicators to highlight.
Sponge edges. Stamp and cut out your image. Then use the same color of ink or a darker color to sponge the edges to help outline your image. The card below provides an example of this technique on the hearts.
So do you have a favorite stamping technique yet? Let me know which one is your favorite over the past two weeks and I'll send you a little something.
See you next week!
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