While in Japan last year, I bought some “washi” tape, which is decorative tape made of paper. They were gorgeous and I thought I’d use it in my card for this week. I also used some lantern rubber stamps for the background. I have to admit that I hurriedly made a card for this week’s tutorial last night.  I just don’t know where the weekend went! Anyhow, hope you like it.

Here are the supplies I used:

1) One folded cardstock in chartreuse measuring 5.5in x 4.25in.

2) Washi tape from Japan, similar to this.

3) Lantern rubber stamps from Impress Rubber Stamps

5) Color Box Chalk Ink in Chestnut Roan from Paper-Source

6) Versamark Ink from Paper-Source.

7) “Hello” rubber stamp from Papertrey Ink’s “Modern Basics” collection.

Here we go!

Step1: After assembling the card, I realized that the “congratulations” sentiment pictured below was going to be too long for the card, so i switched to a smaller “hello” sentiment.

Step2: Using versamark ink, I stamped the background of the card using two types of Lantern rubber stamps from Impress Rubber Stamps.

Step3: I used all three tapes for the card.

As I do these cards each week, I realize that there are my go-to stamps, which I tend to love using over and over again (such as my elephant stamps). For this week’s card, I decided to use a stamp I’d never used before. I found this striped background stamp from Impress Rubber Stamps that I had purchased over three years ago and thought I’d give it a try. I love the idea of a background stamp – it gives the card some depth and texture without having to go as bold as using patterned paper. Hope you like it!

Here are the supplies I used:

1) One folded cardstock in kraft measuring 5.5in x 5.5in.

2) One piece of cardstock in eco-white measuring 5in x 5in

3) Tombo mono tape runner

4) Striped Background rubber stamp

5) Color Box Chalk Ink in Chestnut Roan from Paper-Source

6) Color Box Chalk Ink in Robin’s Egg from Paper-Source.

7) “Thank you” rubber stamp from Impress Rubber Stamps (Although the actual stamp doesn’t appear to be on their website at the moment).

8) Blue ribbon with brown edging from Martha Stewart.

9) 2 patterned papers from Stampin Up!

10) Circle Cutter from Martha Stewart.

Here we go!

Step1: Here’s what we started with.

Step2: There are several ways to use a background stamp. The standard way would be to stamp the image onto cardstock, as you would any rubber stamp. I find that sometimes it’s easier to press the cardstock onto the background stamp, so you can see exactly where the image is going, and therefore, you can place the cardstock exactly where you want the image to be pressed onto. You could press down with your hands, like I did. Or you could use a brayer, for a more even impression. The ink used for the background stamp is Color Box ink’s Robin’s Egg.

Step3: Here’s what the striped image looks like on the cardstock.  The fact that the rubber stamp impression didn’t cover the entire cardstock doesn’t really affect my card, since it adds a sort of distressed look to it.

Step4: I stamped the sentiment I wanted to use onto some patterned cardstock.  I decided to go with a light pattern, and a dark ink, such as Chestnut Roan because the rest of the card is somewhat plain and subtle.  A busier patterned paper would not have worked as you’d probably not be able to see the sentiment as well.

Step5: Using Martha Stewart’s circle cutter, I cut a circle around the sentiment, as seen in Step6. In addition, on some brown patterned paper, I also cut out a circle followed by a larger circle.  This produced a circle (which I didn’t use) as well as a ring, which was used in the card.  The ring can also be seen in Step6.

Step6:  After cutting out the sentiment and the ring, I also cut out a piece of ribbon to wrap the eco-white cardstock across the middle.

Step7: I assembled the pieces to the eco-white cardstock and attached that to the larger kraft folded card.

Here’s what the final card looked liked. Hope you enjoyed it!

Yes yes…. perhaps I should move on to a different rubber stamp, but I still just LOVE this Starburst Lace stamp from Paper Source. I made this card last night for a virtual card making class I’m attending and I thought I’d use both a detailed rubber stamp and some patterned paper. I hope it works!

I used the following supplies:

1. One folded cardstock in persimmon measuring 5.5in x 5.5in.

2. Four types of pattern paper from Stampin Up.

3. Black embossing powder for the sentiment (stamped with Versamark ink and black heat-embossed).

4. Orange and Moss colorbox inks for the starburst lace rubber stamp.

5. “Starburst Lace” rubber stamp from Paper-Source.

6. Thank You rubber stamp from Impress Rubber Stamps.

7. 1/8 in ribbon in chocolate from Paper Source.

Tea time is something I really look forward to having every day. As a child, my mum would come home occasionally with an array of local and western desserts, and we’d make tea sandwiches with mint chutney and cucumbers. I was reminded of that when I came across this cute little rubber stamp from Paper-Source, perfect for tea-time.

Here are the supplies I used:

1. One folded cardstock in kraft measuring 5.5in x 5.5in.

2. One piece of cardstock in cement, measuring 5in x 5in.

3. Three types of pattern paper from Paper Source and Stampin Up.

4. Black embossing powder for the tea-time rubber stamp, which is stamped with Versamark ink on cement cardstock, and black heat-embossed).

5. Chestnut Roan colorbox ink

6. Dimensional adhesives similar to these for the patterned cardstock created for the center.

7. “Tea Kettle Seal” rubber stamp from Paper-Source.

8. We R Memory Keepers Crop-A-Dile Corner Chomper Tool to round off the corners.

9. Circle Dot Background stamp from Impress Rubber Stamps

10. A cropadile eyelet setter and hole punch similar to this.

11. A 1/8 in ribbon in chocolate from Paper-Source.

12. Tombo mono tape runner

13. A Stampamajig

14. A scallop-edge punch from Stampin Up.

Here we go!

Step1: Here’s what we started with.

Step2: In order to repeat the”circle dot” rubber stamp accurately across the cement card, I used a “Stampamajig”.  For detailed instructions on using a “stampamajig”, I explained it in one of my previous card tutorials, which you can find here.  For this image, I used Chestnut Roan colorbox ink.

Step3: This is what it looked like after Step2.  You’ll notice that I didn’t ink the stamp properly at the bottom of the stamp. You’ll see that I’ve covered part of that up with the strips of patterned paper, in Step 4.

Step4: For one of the patterned papers, I punched a scallop-edge, using a scallop-edge punch, and adhered it just below the stamped image on the cement cardstock.  I placed two additional patterned papers to the same card. The edges were then trimmed and placed on the kraft cardstock (as seen in Step 8).

Step5: I stamped the “tea kettle seal” image on cement cardstock, using versamark ink.  I immediately dusted some black embossing powder on to the stamped image, and heat embossed the image. You can see how this is done on some of my previous card tutorials, like this one.

Step6: I then cut out the seal carefully and using an eyelet setter/hole punch, I punched two small holes on either side of the seal.

Step7: A small ribbon was placed through the holes, which was used to secure the seal on the card.

Step8: Once the ribbon is tied, I used dimensional adhesives to secure the cement cardstock onto the kraft cardstock.

And here’s the completed card!

 

By now, many of you have probably seen a pattern in some of my cards. So here’s one I worked on yesterday, for this really fun virtual Summer Card Camp I’m attending.  It does look strangely similar to the birthday card invitation I did a couple months ago.  Hope you like it anyway.

I used the following supplies:

1. One folded cardstock in pool measuring 5.5in x 5.5in.

2. Four types of pattern paper from Paper Source and Stampin Up.

3. White embossing powder for the elephant in the center (stamped with Versamark ink on fuschia cardstock, white heat-embossed).

4. Clear embossing powder for the rest of the elephants (elephants stamped using Versamark ink, followed by a dusting of clear embossing powder, which is then heat embossed).

5. Dimensional adhesives similar to these for the fuschia elephant in the center.

6. “India Elephant” rubber stamp from Paper-Source.

7. And finally a We R Memory Keepers Crop-A-Dile Corner Chomper Tool to round off the bottom corners.