Repeat Impressions POTW-Triple Time Stamping

Hello and happy Monday!  This week it is my turn to share a Project of the Week with you on The House That Stamps Built blog.  

I have chosen to show you Triple Time Stamping

Triple Time Stamping is where you layer 3 pieces cardstock (usually a neutral) and you stamp an image randomly over the stacked pieces to create a background pattern. Next you take each of the neutral layers and add a coordinating solid behind them and then stack the layered layers once again matching up your stamped images.  

Come on along,  and I will show you how I do it.

First, you will need to gather your supplies:

I am going to be using the Repeat Impressions Poinsettia #2012-H (for the cream/red card) and Snowflakes #8805-K (for the white/blue card).  

Next, you will want to layer your neutral pieces in whichever manner they are going to be on your final layout.  For the red/cream card, I decided to just stack them one on top of the other.  I like to put a tiny amount of adhesive on the back so the pieces don't slide around when I am stamping.

We're getting there....

In this picture, (sorry about the blur) I have taken the stamped layers and added a coordinating solid behind each one and added them to my base card matching up the stamped images.  You can see that for the snowflake card, I put my layers a little caddy wompus, but the flakes all match up!

 Here is the completed poinsettia card.  I colored the flowers with several shades of red markers and added some gold dew drops in the centers.  I finished off this card with a wide ribbon tied in a simple knot.

To finish off the snowflake card, I stamped the Repeat Impressions Snowmen Fall #4601-H 

in blue ink and matted it with the darkest blue cardstock.  I punched a couple of large snowflakes and layered them a little offset from each other.  I covered the large white snowflake with some Stardust Stickles and Glossy Accents.  

I hope you will give this technique a try.  If so, be sure to come back here and leave us a comment with your link as we would love to see it.

You're Special

Hi there and happy Friday to you all.  Today I am going to share a fun technique using Tombow Dual Brush markers and stencils to create a fun watercolor background.

For this card, I started by taping a stencil onto a large piece of watercolor paper and then going over the entire stencil with embossing ink and then I removed the stencil and embossed it with black powder.   Next, I spritzed the paper with a fine mist of water and scribbled some pink, yellow and orange Tombow Dual Brush pens onto the paper and then rubbed the colors around with my finger.  If your paper has dried a bit, just give it another spritz and continue moving the color around.  

Next, I trimmed down the piece to the size that I wanted for my card and added a black and white mat.  I used Tombow Xtreme to hold the watercolor piece to the black cardstock and then some Tombow Foam Tabs to adhere the white panel to the orange embossed card.  

I stamped the sentiment with black ink onto a white scrap and popped it up with some foam tabs.  I added some die cut butterflies and sequins as a finishing touch.