Jazz Up Your Pattern Paper with some Stamping

This is a technique that I've used in one of my recent layout. I've used the "harlequin" background stamp and the "heart" from the Romance stamp set in February's Get Inked! Kit in the process of jazzing up my pattern paper.

Here's what I've done.

1) Stamp the "harlequin" background stamp image on the area using clear embossing ink and pour some fine clear embossing powder over it. Tilt the excess and emboss it using a heating tool.

2) Ink the area using some lighter shade of distress ink.

3) Stamp the "heart" image on it using clear embossing ink and heat emboss it again with some fine clear embossing powder.

4) Ink over it with some darker shade of distress ink. Use as many shades of distress inks as you wish. Use a wet wipe to wipe off the distress ink on top of the heat embossed image.

5) Lastly, sprinkle some water onto it using your fingers to create a water distressing effect.

This is a very easy technique to add a little personal touch to your pattern paper. Try it!

Love the Asian Flair?

This is a card that I've created using the stamp set that I've designed for QKD's January 2009 Get Inked! Kit. Hope that it would inspire those of you who had bought that kit. For those of you who did not get a chance to own that kit, try your luck in my blog giveaway now where I'll be giving away this stamp set to one lucky winner.

In this card, I've used various distress inks to stamp the images and use a dark solvent ink to stamp the last image. This will give you the distance effect look on the images. Try this technique!

Be sure to check out February's Get Inked! Kit from QKD. I've designed the stamps and written some technique/projects sheets for it. I'll also be doing some further samples besides the projects that come with the kit hoping to further inspire. So, if you don't want to miss out on it, make sure you sign up on the wait list for February's GI Kit. You just need to send an email to info@katstamps.com .