Creative Uses of Background Stamps
Hi again! Today is all about new ways to use background stamps. Background stamps are great for inking techniques, etc… but also for one-layer treasures. And I have several for you today.
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I have done many technique videos with background stamps in the past… from simple to complex. But today focuses on ways to use *part* of a background stamp for fun one-layer cards. I didn’t keep most of the cards as one-layer cards. But you could!
The background of my first card was created by stamping just the corner of the Gina K Diagonal Stripe Stamp (SSS | GK) four times. Be sure to watch my video to see how I easily did this without a stamping tool. (For the ink colors, check out the thumbnails below.)
I decorated all the envelopes for today’s cards with Ink Blot Stop Envelope Mail Art (SSS | IB). I really like all the options it includes.
I added a stacked Memory Box Jotted Thanks Die in the center along with a few tiny stars. The shimmer is from a Tonic Aqua Shimmer Pen.
Here is another card with the same technique, but this time using two background stamps – the Ink Blot Shop Wild Hatch Herringbone (SSS | IB) and Reverse Confetti Pattern Block Stamps (SSS | RC). (I colored in a few of the flowers with a light matching marker.)
I used a heart die to create a window in the front of my card and added a Jane’s Doodles Bless Your Heart sentiment.
You can also use the corner of a background stamp to create perfect triangles of stamping. All you need is a few pencil guidelines. Here, I used the My Favorite Things Itsy Bitsy Polka Dot Stamp (SSS | MFT). So fun and simple! I added a sentiment with the Memory Box Jotted Awesome Die and Hello Bluebird Cheery Greetings Stamp Set.
Here is another example of the same technique but with two background stamps – the My Favorite Things Itsy Bitsy Polka Dot (SSS | MFT) and Simon Says Stamp Flower Explosion Stamp. (I colored in a few of the flowers with a light matching marker.)
I again used a heart die to create a window in the front of my card and added a Neat and Tangled Magnolia Stamp Set (SSS | NT) sentiment.
You can also stamp just part of a background stamp for a one layer card. But stamping with the edge of a stamp instead of using masking, you get much better, crisp results. Here, I used the Gina K Diagonal Stripe Stamp (SSS | GK)… and check out how crisp that edge is…
I stamped a fun border from the Ink Blot Stop Envelope Mail Art (SSS | IB) and a sentiment from the Mama Elephant Creativity is Contagious Stamp Set. I am in love with this simple card and plan to make several more!
You can also use two background stamps for a one-layer design. Here, I used the Gina K Diagonal Stripe Stamp (SSS | GK) and the beautiful Gina K Rose Lace Stamp (SSS | GK). The “hello” is a stamp I made with the Memory Box Folksy Script Hello Die and craft foam… and the “beautiful” is from the Hello Bluebird Cheery Greetings Stamp Set.
And another… this time with the very fun Pink and Main Sprinkles Stamp (SSS | PM) and Gina K Diagonal Stripe Stamp (SSS | GK). The sentiment is from the Hello Bluebird Cheery Greetings Stamp Set.
For my next example, I did a bit of masking with the Ink Blot Shop Wild Hatch Herringbone Stamp (SSS | IB) and Therm O Web Purple Tape. I really like how this results in a focal point in the center of the card for a sentiment.
This fun sentiment is from the Ink Blot Shop Margin Notes Stamp Set (SSS | IB) and I added a little bit of Tonic Crystal Glaze.
I hope you will give this idea a try!
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