Tip of the Week

My tip of the week is associated with the card that I just posted. We learned that you should ground all images that are stamped on neutral cardstock so that they don't look like they are just floating. You just use your blender pen or aqua painter or a sponge to put some colour at the base. I really recommend doing this- it really makes a difference. I just did it for the first time and love how it turned out.

Tip of the Week

Layers!! Layers layers layers!! I can't overemphasize the importance of layers in your stamping! It is really the way to distinguish between a beginner card and a polished card. Adding layers really does finish off all of your projects and brings them to that next level. The general rule is at least 3 layers on your card. Especially if you are emphasizing a certain stamp layer with the same colours of ink that you are using.

Tip of the Week

With the new catalogue all of the stamp sets became die-cut to the delight of almost all of my customers. It makes it so quick when assembling our stamps and still leaves us with dimensionals. The only thing is there still might be some residue from the stamp edge when you stamp. I recommend that you stamp first on a piece of scrap to see if you get any residue. I always keep an exacto knife on hand when I stamp so I can cut off the extra bits and edges so that I never get the residue on my project.

Tip of the Week

For any of you out there who are embossing I highly recommend using an embossing buddy- it is an amazing little tool! As you know you have to remove all residue of the embossing powder before you emboss or it will remain on your cardstock. The embossing buddy gets rid of all the static on your paper so you don't get all the extra little spots on your cardstock after you've embossed. You just rub in on your paper before you stamp your image on the cardstock with the versamark. There may still be some residue even with the buddy- I like to use a qtip to remove these before I emboss. The buddy is especially useful when you are embossing on dark colours or are embossing black on white. It is only $8.25 and worth every penny

Tip of the Week

This is one of the things that I will be doing every week from now on- I will be posting a helpful hint just to help you with your stamping. These are tips that I've learned from my fellow stampers, megameetings, blogs and conferences.

So my first one is from another blog that I visit quite often. This is to help all of you with how to ink your stamps to make sure they are fully inked and that the image will be nice and dark. She says to take your rubber stamp and stamp it on the ink pad five times- this will ensure that your image is completely covered. Then you stamp down the image on the cardstock- always make sure that you go straight down onto the cardstock and press- do not rock the stamp at all because your image may become blurred.