Today I am featuring an easy technique called the painter's tape technique. It is fun and really pretty easy to do. I got some painter's tape from the hardware store and decided to jump in and give this a try. You just tear pieces of painter's tape that is longer than the cardstock you want to cover. Then take the sticky side and apply ink to it by placing it directly on your inkpad, moving it to cover the entire piece except where you are holding it. Then place it directly onto your cardstock and the ink transfers to the cardstock. Then continue on, I worked from the bottom to top on my card. So the mossy meadow was the first color I did, then moved onto lost lagoon, and finally crumb cake. Here is my card:
After finishing with the tape and getting all three colors on there I took the World of Dreams stamp set and added the silhouette onto the left side stamping twice without re-inking the stamp so you get one darker image and one lighter image. The greeting comes from the Wetlands stamp set. I then added a little of the mossy meadow matching ribbon with some linen thread to the bottom of the card. Here is a couple more cards with this same technique:
These cards use Wild Wasabi, Bermuda Bay, and Pool Party for ink colors. The above card uses flowering flourishes, petite petals, and embellished events stamp sets. The greeting was punched with the word window punch and modern label punch. Pool party and Bermuda bay ribbons to match.
This card uses the watercolor thank you and polka dot pieces stamp sets. Rhinestones, elegant butterfly punch, and pool party seam binding ribbon to match.
What a fun technique! Go give it a try!
Have a great Sunday and thanks for stopping by...
