Six Sided Sampler with a New Ink Pad Top Tip!

Hello there,

I have a card today to share with you that we made at class this week using the cool Six Sided Sampler stamp set and matching Hexagon punch.
**EDIT TO SAY I ALSO HAVE A VIDEO WITH MY TOP 3 INK PAD TIPS HERE if you prefer :-)**

I wanted to try a little banner style card with this set and came up with this card.

I used the Honeycomb Embossing folder for the background on Pink Pirouette card with a Coastal Cabana card base..

 I simply stamped and folded the hexagons for the banner securing just the centre one with dimensionals so there was still movement but so they didn't flip over all the time ;-)

 sentiment is from the Sweet Essentials set, this sentiment actually reads "hello, baby" but I just inked the "hello" section using a marker :-)

OK, so top tip time! So, I love the new Stampin' Up! Ink Pads, they give fantastic coverage when stamping and your images are so much bolder. That said I found when they are new they are just too "juicy" and I was having trouble getting certain images to not bleed into the white areas! I have found this to be a tad frustrating-- please see below for an example of what I mean...

Now, I know you could blot some of the ink away but I don't have all the re-inkers and was worried if I over did this my ink pad would be too dry instead ;-) Soooo I came up with a compromise....

 I simply took my Bone Folder and scraped the bottom half of my ink pad, several times, and pushed some of the excess ink to the top half of my pad, this way I can use the dryer bottom section to stamp and when I have used  it some more I can re-distribute the ink back over my pad and not have any waste!!

 this is what it looks like, it does stay like this too even once it's stored* for a few days (*stored flat, don't know about if you keep them on their ends as I don't keep mine like that) obviously if it evens out simply re-scrape the pad.

 and this is the difference when stamping with the "fixed" ink pad...

Well, I hope this helps if you are having the same troubles with your ink pads :-)

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Summer Sihlouettes

Hello there,

I have a card from last weeks stamp-a-stack class for you today. We used Summer Silhouettes for this one and it was my favourite from the class this week, although I always feel bad for having a favourite I just couldn't resist with this one ;-)

We used the Honeycomb folder to emboss the Primrose Petals Core'dinations card before lightly sanding to create the background...

 The ever popular Labels collection framelits were used to cut out the newsprint DSP before stamping directly onto it then adding a black background layer with some cute (retired) vintage style lace trim wrapped around

 and the small butterfly punch made these little pretties to decorate the bottom alongside the sentiment from Itty Bitty Banners, I use these dies a ton! (both with and without the stamp set ;-))

Well, that's all from me today, I have loads to share so will be back soon with more!

Thanks for stopping by today,

Stampin' Hugs,

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