Using more than one stamp in a project

Today our DT Member Sharon is showing an idea for making backgrounds using multiple stamps, paints, inks and clear packing tape!

Sharon loves to create lots of tape strips at a time - she leaves them hanging from her craft cupboards until she needs to make a quick creation and adds the decorated tape to blank card or old book pages and she has the perfect background for all sorts of things like tags, ATC's and adding interest to her journal pages!

We think it's a great idea to have these on hand to lay with!

There are lots of Youtube videos on how to use your Gelli Plate to "pull" designs on the tape so get googling, grab your fav background stamps from the BPM Store and have fun creating!

Stamps by Pam Bray Designs used on these strips!

Perfect backgrounds for bookmarks, tags, atc's, cards - anything!

Stamps by Magda Polakow!

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Franken Paper Backgrounds

Hello! I love to make Franken Paper for all kinds of projects – collage, ATCs, inchies, and lots more! It is fun to see the results when you are done because every page you create turns out different and I know there are lots of versions of Franken Paper out there but I wanted to share how I create my version. 

Don't you just love the grunginess of this paper!

Supplies-

Background Grunge Stamp Set by Pam Bray 
Birds on a Wire

Scraps of paper

Masking tape

Washi tape

Ranger Archival Ink

Embossing powder

Spackling

Stencils

Watercolor paper

Gel medium

To make Franken paper, I use watercolor paper because it can take almost anything you can throw on it! I start by gluing scraps of lightweight papers, mostly old book pages, down then add torn pieces of masking tape and washi tape to the surface. 

Then water down some acrylic paint and paint over the first layer of papers. Some of the edges may come up, just glue them down with a glue stick.

 With the stencils and spackling, add some interesting shapes to the paper and spray with assorted ink colors. 

While this stage is still wet, sprinkle on embossing powder and heat set. Splatter with acrylic paint in your choice of colors.

Cut to size for your project.  Seal with gel medium and let dry, the Franken paper is now ready for embellishments. 

Here are some Artist Trading Cards make with Franken backgrounds.

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Ombre Background - Towards the Sunshine

Hello Ladies,
If you feel intimidated by stamping backgrounds, fear no more. One stamp and an ombre ink pad are all you need. By using an ombre ink pad with multiple colors you can create a rich background full of depth. With each new inking of the stamp, re-position it and rotate it to a new angle when stamping it to paper. You can create stunning backgrounds with little effort that make even a beginner seem like an expert.

Blank Page Muse Stamps: 

Background Grunge

Dandelion Wishes with Butterflies

Always Keep Your Face Toward the Sunshine

Other Supplies:

• Ombre ink pad
• Dark blue ink pad
• Gems
• Liquid adhesive

Directions:
1. Select a small flourish stamp to create a complete background by repeatedly stamping the same design to fill the paper. Alter the angle and placement of each new image. Ink the stamp in various places around the ink pad so that each new impression is a mix of slightly different colors than the last.

2. Stamp the encouraging quote using blue ink unto white cardstock and matte with blue cardstock.  Stamp two butterflies onto white cardstock and carefully cut them out. 

3.  Next, adhere the quote to the center of the card base and adhere the butterflies diagonally across each corner of the quote. Finally, embellish the butterflies with small gems to create their bodies.

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Creating Backgrounds - Go Confidently Card

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If you feel intimidated by stamping backgrounds, fear no more.  One stamp and an ombre ink pad are all you need.   By using an ombre ink pad with multiple colors you can create a rich background full of depth.

Quick Ideas - Brick Background

Hi Sin City Stamp Fans,
Here is another quick background done with ink, spray mist, and one stamp. The background was simple to do and splattering gold mist really worked well to create that grunge look. Micro beads on the center of the flower were a fun addition that gave the card some much needed texture. The card wasn't complete until I embossed a quirky sentiment for the perfect finishing touch.
Sin City Stamp Supplies: HERE
Dare to be Different Word Phrase Stamp            Brick Wall Section Art Rubber Stamp         

Other Supplies:  blue distress ink pad, gold spray mist, black ink pad, flower stamp, embossing powder, heat gun, gold micro beads, liquid adhesive, 6x6" card base

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More Skull tags by Monique- Quick Idea's

I had a play with the 3 new stamp sets and my own :-)   I just mixed them and this came out

Sin City stamp sets used: Background Grunge set  , Wildflower Yikes and DriBonez 

 All backgrounds are Distress ink in various colors.

Next I used a waterproof black stamp ink and mixed and matched the sets.

 On this one I added some red glitter paint around the edges of the tag and in the flourish behind the skull (the flourish is also on the Grunge background set)

 Around the edges are the bones border stamps and on the bottom a nice pair of skulls and bones.

 On the pic below you can see the flourish stamp in the background and the glitter.......

The last tag, is just the Dribonez set and a splatter stamp from my stash.

It was fun to have a play with the sets and see what you can do combining them.

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Christmas Tag

Sin City Stamps has a great set of background texture stamps called Knock on Wood.  One of the images is a woodgrain texture, and it is perfect for making tags for my new Christmas tree decorations.

This is an easy way to make special tags for Christmas gifts or for embellishing decorations.

Here’s what you need:
Sin City Stamps Knock on Wood
#5 manila tag
Distress Inks in Frayed Burlap and Walnut Stain
Embossing Ink (I used a VersaMark Watermark Stamp Pad)
Embossing Powder (I used Comotion Red)
Ribbon or twine (I used hand dyed seam binding)