Patty's Stamping Spot

Christmas Stamp a Stack card #2

Here is another card we made at my Christmas Stamp A Stack class last month... enjoy the quick and fun ideas!  THIS IS A HYBRID MY DIGITAL STUDIO CARD - part MDS and part cardstock/ribbon/big shot.

The focal point in this card was made in My Digital Studio. I printed out the "family with tree" image from the WELCOME CHRISTMAS digital download  (#123962, $3.95) with a kraft script background, and die cut it with the Top Note Die and the Big Shot! The background is done with the Petals a Plenty  Embossing Folder and the brayer technique.

 

For the tree decorations on the card above, I put brads on the tree in MDS.

For the tree below, we added Basic Pearls to the tree.

 

We topped it off with a Basic Rhinestone on top!
 

The greetings were printed in My Digital Studio as well, and punched out with a scallop oval punch.

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Vintage Wallpaper Embossing folder - please meet the Brayer!

This is a fun technique I've taught in recent  classes and workshops....

 
After you run your cardstock through the Big Shot with the Vintage Wallpaper Embossing folder, then ink up your brayer and roll LIGHTLY over the cardstock ... whoohooo.. what a great pattern!

 

 

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SPOOKY Halloween Tree

Halloween is coming!  Are you ready? Have you decorated and most importantly have you BOUGHT A BUNCH OF CANDY ??  :) 

To get you in the mood.. here is my latest Halloween Creation...

 

I got this idea from Jan Tink - I used a corner of one 12x12 sheet of Designer Paper from the NIGHT OWL package (item 123012, pg 9 Holiday Mini catalog from Stampin' Up!).... and I brayered over the top of the tree!  First, I punched a circle with a post it note, and put it on the white background, then began brayering.. first with Daffodil Delight, then Tangerine Tango then Cajun Craze.  I brayered a bit of Soft Suede at the bottom for the dirt. 

I added some stamped images from the DARK & DREARY stamp set (item 120837 or 121151, pg 7 of the HOliday Mini catalog) and then mounted it on Basic Black and Cajun Craze.

 

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Vintage Ornaments II stencil card

One of the cards we made at Linda's workshop was this one, using the Vintage Ornaments stencils in the Stampin' Up! Definitely Decorative Catalog! 

We sponged Rich Razzleberry using the ornament portion and Platinum Shimmer paint sponged over that using the detail portion of the stencil - (the stencil is on pg 29 of the Definitely Decorative catalog).  CLICK HERE to view the catalog if you don't have one.

The left side of the card is the "Bride" specialty paper brayered with Rich Razzleberry... see THIS POST for directions on how to do that. 
 

Here are some of the ladies at Linda's workshop.. we had a great day!

 

Technique Class sample Oct. 09 - #3

Here is the 3rd sample we made last week in my 6x6 Technique Book Class:

Brayered Specialty Paper

Create custom elegant background papers 

More info in this post.

 

Brayered Specialty Paper

Create custom elegant background papers 

Supplies: 

· Specialty Papers from Stampin’ Up! – Bride paper recommended

· Ink pad

· Brayer

· kleenex

Directions:

1. Cut Bride Specialty paper to desired size
2. Ink brayer WELL in desired color (Bermuda Bay used here)
3. Brayer desired color onto specialty paper
4. Let dry a minute and then buff with Kleenex

Bride Specialty Paper

#115669, $13.95

 

Flower Pot Card - Tutorial

I was making a card for a swap and I had to use the new hostess set called Kind and Caring Thoughts... I got the vision of the stems coming out of a pot... so... I needed a pot... 

Here is the finished card:

 

I used the new Dusty Durango cardstock for the pot and the matching Dusty Durango polkadot ribbon.  I also used the Dusty Durango MARKER (Whooohoooo - In Color Markers!) and an old olive marker to ink the stamp.  The greeting is also from that hostess set, stamped in Soft Suede, and is punched out with the new "Modern Label" punch.  The stems are stamped on Sahara Sand and mounted on Soft Suede.

OK>> Now.. how to make the pot:

 

turn so that the 4" direction goes "side to side":

 

align paper as shown below in your cutter, then cut:

 

cut:

Flip paper over, align as shown and cut other side:

 

Now you have this shape:

 

Scallop the top edge if desired:

 

 

 

Fold scalloped flap down and you have a cute pot!

 

The pot has a neat speckled/stippled finish from the brayering.. makes it look like terra cotta!

After I made all the swaps, I made one stamped on Whisper White and I really like it on white too!

 

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In Color Brayered Roses

Remember those fun Brayered Roses I shared with you in April?  Well, I decided to make more using my new Stampin' Up! IN COLOR ink, cardstock and ribbon!!  I love them!

 

Below:  Crushed Curry ink and ribbon, Dusty Durango ink and cardstock

 

below:  Dusty Durango ribbon, ink and cardstock, Crushed Curry ink

 

Below.. this is for all my friends who love the silvery/purple roses.. this is Rich Razzleberry ink, paper and ribbon, with a little strip of the Razzleberry Lemonade paper.

 

Below:  Melon Mambo ink and cardstock.  Ok.. this is going to have to sink in a little... PINK Melons... ??? hmmmm

 

Branch Out brayered cards

After teaching some brayering techniques at my last downline meeting, I decided to keep going and add some grass and sky to my "Branch Out" cards... enjoy!  (Branch Out is on pg 100).

 

Sky is brayered in Bashful Blue, grass is brayered in Kiwi Kiss.  Boy am I going to miss Kiwi Kiss!

 

I thought these kind of looked like some of the Cherry Blossom trees that bloom here each March:

Luv 2 Stamp Group Meeting Projects

Here are 2 more projects we made at our Luv 2 Stamp Group meeting last Saturday.. they both use the brayer.

 

For this card, tear a scrap piece of paper for your "snowy hill" horizon and then cover the bottom 1/3 of the card.  I brayered with Baja Breeze first, then used Not Quite Navy on the top 2" or so of the card.

After Brayering the top,  I used a sponge to sponge some NQN ink right at the horizon:

 

Then I used the White Gel pen to add snow in the tree and snowfall in the sky:

 

My downline attending the meeting or requesting a long distance packet received the step by step tutorial from me.  I hope the above info is helpful to everyone else.  You can also check out all of the wonderful brayered projects by Michelle HERE. This is where I learned most of the brayering techniques I shared with my team on Saturday.

We also did the "Patty Bennett Original" Brayered Manhattan Die Rose card - Details HERE:

 

Brayered Sunset / Lake card

One of the projects we made using some Brayering Techniques at my Luv 2 Stamp Group downline meeting on Saturday was this card:

 

I masked the bottom portion and then the top 2/3 was brayered first with So Saffron, then More Mustard then Really Rust.  Each color is brayered a little less and less so that the Rust is just on the top 1" or so.  Then, with the mask still at the horizon line, I sponged a little Rust ink right at the horizon.

After brayering (braying?) the top 2/3 with So Saffron, that's when I put the circle mask down (punch a post-it with one of our circle punches).  Then the other 2 colors were brayered.

I tore a mask for the hills, and sponged with Close to Cocoa.

Then I masked the top/sky portion and brayered the bottom with Baja Breeze and then Not Quite Navy.

Last step was to highlight with the White Gel Pen:

 

Imaging the sun coming from the right, I highlighted the right side of the tips of the grass blades (the stamp is Inspired by Nature stamped in Basic Gray).

 

I also added white streaks to the water.

 

My downline attending the meeting or requesting a long distance packet received the 5 page step by step tutorial from me.  I hope the above info is helpful to everyone else.  You can also check out all of the wonderful brayered projects by Michelle HERE. This is where I learned most of the brayering techniques I shared with my team on Saturday.

Brayered Sunset

One of the techniques I'm teaching my downline today in our Luv 2 Stamp Group meeting is how to use the brayer to achieve backgrounds like this:

 

You can click to view it larger.

These were all done by brayering the cardstock first with Barely Banana, then Summer Sun, then More Mustard and then some Really Rust.  Each time you add a color you brayer less and less of the piece of cardstock.  The "sun" was a mask I punched out of a post-it note.  I stamped the "Inspired by Nature" image in Basic Gray after I brayered, but you can stamp first if you wish.

I was inspired by fellow Advisory Board member Tamie Ackerson's card HERE.  She used sponges, and I used a brayer. 

I hope to have a video or a tutorial soon... this is a great technique!

MORE Brayered Roses - Manhattan Flower Impressions Die

As you can see, I'm having a really hard time stopping making these Brayered Manhattan Die Rose cards!!!!  (more info here):

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Inks uses and cardstock color:

Left to right:

Rose Red/Regal Rose - on Rose Red

Cameo Coral/Rose Red/Regal Rose - on Cameo Coral

Summer Sun/Regal Rose/Cameo Coral - on So Saffron

Summer Sun/Regal Rose - on Regal Rose

laying down sample:
Summer Sun/Regal Rose/Cameo Coral - on Cameo Coral

Have you made one yet? What is YOUR fave color combo?

Brayered Roses Technique and VIDEO!

Do you see a THEME starting to develop with my 6x6 Technique Book class this week??  Like... ROSES??  Manhattan Floral, Fifth Avenue Floral...  :)  

Here is project #2... I THINK I actually thought of this all by myself.. as far as I know you can call this a PATTY BENNETT ORIGINAL!

BRAYERED ROSES

 

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Brayered Roses

Create beautiful softly shaded roses using the Brayer. 

Technique by Patty Bennett

Supplies: 

·         Textured Impressions Die – Manhattan Flower from Stampin’ Up!

·         Big Shot, Multipurpose Platform, clear cutting pads

·         Shimmery White Cardstock

·         Brayer

·         2 to 3 coordinating colors – classic ink pads

·         scissors

Directions:

1.         Emboss the Manhattan Flower die onto Shimmery White cardstock with the Multipurpose platform and the Big Shot

2.        Turn the finished image over so the raised portion is facing DOWN onto your work surface

3.        Ink your brayer in one color (I used Regal Rose) and then ROLL OFF much of the ink onto scrap paper

4.       Roll remaining ink onto “debossed” rose image (raised portion facing DOWN) – in a “hit and miss” fashion – do NOT try to cover the image entirely with color

5.        Repeat steps 3 and 4 with a 2^nd color – I used Summer Sun

6.       Cut image out and adhere to your card or project

You are done! Isn’t that quick and easy and BEAUTIFUL!? J

VIDEO TUTORIAL:

 

Now.. go make one! :)