Stamping your own background papers is a great way to stretch your stamps!
Blackberry Bliss card base: 5-1/2” x 8-1/2”
Seashell Stamped Shimmery White: 2-3/4″ x 5-1/2″
Whisper White: 1-7/8” x 3-1/8”
Blackberry Bliss: 2-1/4” x 3-1/2”
The background for these cards was stamped with my favorite new stamp set Seaside Notions and was inspired by this card on page 30 of the 2019-2020 annual Stampin’ Up! catalog…
Of course, every time you stamp your own background paper it’s going to look a little bit different. That’s the beauty of handmade!
I stamped a full sheet of 8-1/2″ x 11″ Shimmery White Paper with the seashells so that I could make a bunch of cards with it. I’m sharing two of the cards with you here, but if you’d like to see the rest of my cards plus a video showing exactly how I stamped my seashell background paper you’ll want to join the One Sheet Wonder Card Club!
Sahara Sand card base: 5-1/2” x 8-1/2”
Seashell Stamped Shimmery White: 2-3/4″ x 4″
Blackberry Bliss: 4” x 5-1/4”
Tips for Stamping Your Own Background Papers:
- Pick 3 stamp images, and it’s better if they aren’t all the same size.
- Stamp in triangles. That will vary your pattern.
- Rotate your stamp each time. That will also vary your pattern so you don’t just have a line of the same image.
- Start with the largest stamp image and work your way down to fill in with the smallest stamp image.
- Stamp your images closer together than you think you need to. Once you cut up your paper to make cards you don’t want to have large gaping uneven white spaces.
For these cards, I used Shimmery White card stock to stamp on. It adds a little shimmer and makes watercoloring more fun! After I stamped my shells, I used an Aqua Painter, dipped it in the ink in the lid of my ink pad and without thinking too much just brushed on some color. You can see that my color looks different than the coloring on the card from the catalog. That’s okay!! That’s what makes it mine.
So grab a piece of paper and some stamps and try stamping your own background papers.
I can’t wait to see what you make!
Happy Stamping!
Jessica
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Hi Jessica! I just wanted to say I’m new to your subscription and love watching your videos. I’m also one of those ladies that say “ I cannot do that” or “it’s too difficult” and “I’m not confident enough”
So I just want to say thank you because watching and following your videos has made my life a lot easier. Also you have brought back that spark and enjoyment I used to get doing my cards. So from the land down under Australia again THANK YOU. Look forward to watching many many more…
Belinda, Thank you so much for your kind comment. I’m so glad to have helped you get your spark back for card making!
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Question: Do you have any way of obtaining for me the “Just Breathe” stamp that was available in the “Colorful Seasons” set? I don’t need the whole set, just that one stamp.
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Thank you Jeanne! Honestly, anyone with the Colorful Seasons stamp set would probably want to sell the entire set, not just the “Just Breathe” stamp. It does have a lot of other great stamp images in it! If you’re interested, you can purchase the entire set from my online store here: http://bit.ly/2G4Lx0Z Thanks for asking!
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