Stamp Sharing - Day 3

Burnished Background:
1. I stamped lots of different images onto the background cardstock with different shades of ink.
2. Then I painted over it with matte medium and left it to dry.
3. Then I rubbed gold accent powder all over it - the accent powder will give a nice sheen to the background 'cos the dry matte medium is slightly tacky. (The photo doesn't quite show it but the shine is really quite nice)
And then of course you can stamp more images on top of it!

(Incidentally, if you are liking the set of stamps that have been featured in this class. Its actually from Crafty Secrets (Art Studio) and its available at Laines.)Another day another way to stamp!

Breaking News!

We interrupt our usual stamp sharing to bring you the latest news you won't want to miss!!!

The August Laines and PaperMarket newsletter is out!

Those of you who have been our regulars will know that every National Day we have super good deals and fun together so I am not exaggerating when I say you absolutely have to be there this weekend to celebrate with us!!!

Because there'll be....
1. three $500 hampers to be won (one at each of our stores)
2. A present if you dress 'patriotically'
3. Super good discounts (that you can use on all the yummy CHA Summer products coming in soon!)
4. Free make and takes (you can bring a friend or two!)

So I'll see you this weekend?

Stamp Sharing-Day 2

Masked Shaped with Gradated Stamping:
1. I stamped a heart shaped stamp onto a thin piece of paper then cut it out. (the design on this doesn't matter. We just want the shape to be used as a mask)

2. I glued the heart shape onto cardstock with a tiny tiny amount of glue.

3. I stamped lots of images in different colours all over the cardstock. (the heart shaped area will be protected)

4. I rubbed a little ink around the heart shape to get the brown 'halo' around it, then removed the mask.

That's it! See ya! Tomorrow's is one of my favourites.

Stamp Sharing - Day 1

Our STAMPING class in July is done (a big thank you to all the ladies who came for class!!!) - we made a little album with lots of pages of stamping ideas to keep and also places for little photos.

So this week I thought I'd share with you five of my favourites from the class - 1 stamping idea each day for the week (weekends excluded, haha), so you can check back here everyday for a little stamping inspiration.

My apologies that I can't quite show you the step by step 'cos I didn't take photos along the way. So let's hope my powers of description are good enough - haha.

DAY 1: Stamp Fade Out
What I did:
1. Stamped the 'merci beaucoup' words repeatedly onto the cardstock without cleaning my stamp in between so the words will slowly fade out. This makes a nice background.

2. Embossed the frame on the black dotted paper in silver.

K. That was a nice easy one. A more complicated one tomorrow K?