I CAN FINALLY SHOW YOU THIS ONE!

I've wanted to show all of you this particular card & technique for the last week but I couldn't until ...

1) I mailed off my swap cards to B.C for the Canadian Demos' Summer Mini Catalogue swap (In about a week I'll receive 20 different cards back; featuring all the new products coming in Stampin' Up!'s Summer Mini in May ... I can't wait to show them to you!) 

2) I demo'ed the card & technique at this past Saturday's Stamp-4-Fun event that I hosted for my demonstrator team (YAY, Artful*Inkers!!!!) plus other demonstrator friends and special guests (I had a great time visiting with everyone, swapping and stamping and seeing the amazing presentations by our guest demonstrators ... WOW! See you all again in July!)

So, now that all the preliminaries are over, here's my card - the technique is an oldie but a real standard; and one that the FRUGAL STAMPER recommends you try if you can't afford to own all your favourite ink colours in both Classic (dye) and Craft (pigment) ink pads:

EMBOSSED HUMMINGBIRD:

Ever wanted to stamp an image in a certain colour and emboss it, but you don't own that colour in Craft ink? Well here's a way to get the same effect using your regular ol' Classic ink and a VersaMark inkpad.

Make sure your stamp is CLEAN before you start. Ink it up well in VersaMark ink, then tap it once on your Classic ink pad (I used Soft Suede to coordinate with my papers on this sample).

Stamp the image onto your paper, then dip the image into the embossing powder (I used Stampin' Up!'s Iridescent Ice) and shake off the excess powder. Now you don't have a lot of time between stamping and dipping - not as much time as you can take when using the goopier Craft ink.) I was making 21 of these, so I dipped each one as I stamped them... then I zapped all of the cards at once with my heat tool.

One word of advice: clean your stamp VERY WELL after each card you stamp ... otherwise your VersaMark inkpad will get very dirty.

People have asked if this technique will harm our Classic ink pads .. and the answer is no. Transfer of VersaMark ink to your Classic pad is minimal. However, if you're stamping a lot of cards with this technique, I'd recommend a quick touch-up with your re-inker when you're done, to restore your Classic ink pad to its original glory.

so there you have it ... the next time you want to emboss a coloured image and you don't own the colour in Craft ink, pull out your VersaMark and Classic ink pads instead! Very Frugal, eh?

cheers

Comments

[Michelle Warford]

This was a fun card to make Donna! Thanks again for a great day!