In honor of Valentine's day, this week's technique is an oldie, but goodie. The kissing technique.
This is a great and easy technique to give your bold images a little bit of design to them. Notice on this card, each of the letters has a different design on it. This was done by "kissing" the stamps together.
This is what you do...
First, find a bold image stamp. Here I used the retired set Headline Alphabet.
Then, to give the bold stamp a design, pick a stamp or two with intricate designs. In this example I used all SU background stamps. The "L" uses Paisley, the "O" uses Weathered, the "V" uses Canvas and the "E" uses En Francais.
Place your background stamp rubber side up. Ink it liberally. Then, take your bold stamp and stamp it onto the background stamp. Basically you are using the background stamp as an ink pad. This is the "kiss". The pattern will now be "kissed" onto your bold stamp.
To moisten the ink on the bold stamp, huff on it. Now, stamp your image onto your paper. There you go!
Here's the recipe for this card:
Stamps: Headline Alphabet, Always, Paisley, Weathered, Canvas, En Francais
Cardstock: Pretty in Pink, Close to Cocoa, Purely Pomegranate
Ink: Close to Cocoa, Purely Pomegranate
Designer Series Paper: Berry Bliss
Ribbon: Pretty in Pink Grosgrain, Purely Pomegranate Double Stitched Ribbon
Tools: Ticket Punch, Circle Punches
If you have any questions about this card, feel free to contact me at Michelle@stampworkshop.com
Thanks for reminding me of this great technique - your card is darling!!
Posted by: Marilyn | February 18, 2008 at 11:46 AM
AWESOME card! I love that technique but always forget to use it! Thanks for the reminder!
Posted by: StampinColleen | February 18, 2008 at 05:58 PM
Very pretty card and great example for this technique! :)
Posted by: Tami D. | February 18, 2008 at 10:27 PM
Love the look of the kissing technique, yet I haven't tried it yet! This is on my list of things to try! Thanks for sharing the great instructions!
Posted by: Jen O. | February 19, 2008 at 09:41 AM
Kissing was perfect for Valentines Day! LOL Gorgeous as always, Michelle!
Posted by: Jana Emmert | February 19, 2008 at 08:36 PM
Great card Michelle. I love the colours, we are getting the new in colours next month, we had our retiring list yesterday, 133 sets gone, thank goodness I only lost 8.
Posted by: Louise | February 20, 2008 at 11:46 AM
Love the colors and layout.
Posted by: Amanda G | February 22, 2008 at 06:14 PM
ooh I have not used this technique in so long-thanks for the reminder!
Posted by: britta ward | February 23, 2008 at 11:09 AM