Stampin' Mama: A mama that stamps: Your questions answered :)

I love getting all of the emails and comments that you all send.

I do get a lot of comments and emails asking about specific techniques, or things that you see here on my blog, etc. I decided to do a quick post to answer some of those questions.

Alison said on THIS POST:

Very nice card! When you say you "swiped the edges with the inkpad", can you describe that a bit more for me?

When I attempt to do this, either just the very edge picks up colour or I end up with hatch marks on the border of my cardstock from the inkpad - it never looks like yours!

My answer:

"Swiping" is also known as the "Direct-to-paper" technique. With direct-to-paper, you're taking your ink pad directly to the paper. Direct-to-paper, though, can mean many different things. You can get a lot of different looks with this technique. Swiping, on the other hand, is direct-to-paper, but a little different in that you get a specific look with it. It DOES take a little practice, but once you get the hang of it, you'll be addicted!

I typically use the long end of the ink pad and start by swiping it against the edge of the cardstock, getting just the edge inked up. Once I get the edges inked up, I start by going back over the cardstock and very carefully, I go a little further in on the cardstock with the ink pad, swiping down against the cardstock. I go over the corners a little deeper just to give more dimension and texture.

Every once in a while I get a cross-hatch of ink on my project (you can see it at the bottom of my Hugs & Kisses card from the post that I linked to above), but you can usually hide it under an accent. Or, if you really don't like the way it turned out, then you can always make that the back of your card, or the inside of your card. I've done this MANY times. :)

mnhyrkas asked on THIS POST:

adorable- love the "feeling lucky" sentiment. who makes it?

My answer:

GinaK Designs makes the "Feelin' Lucky?" stamp and she just updated her store online with all new designs. AND she has those scalloped Giga Punches that everyone's been looking for. Check her out here: StampingFreak.com

Cheryl asked on THIS POST:

could you post the finished photo of the card at the bottom of the tutorial also so that I don't have to go back to the top to see it again?

My answer:

I know that someone mentioned this on the post, but I thought I would answer it here, as well. If you hit the "Home" key on your keyboard, it will go to the top of the entry so that you can see it again. Then you can use your "Page Down" key to go down the page slowly, so you can easily find where you left off on the tutorial.

Someone recently asked me what chipboard I use.

My answer:

I love using chipboard and have recently become QUITE the fan of it. I love using it but it can be hard to find small pieces in large quantities. I really like using Bazzill Chips. There's a lot of sizes and shapes offered and they come in large quantities (20, 30, 40, 50 pieces).

Jennifer asked on THIS POST:

(About the Double Resist Tutorial) Does it have to be Glossy cardstock? Or could I just use the whisper white?

My answer:

Yes, it does have to be glossy cardstock if you're going to do the Versamark Resist part of this project. If you are doing just the Emboss Resist technique, you can use regular white cardstock. Versamark Resist, though, won't work if you're not using Glossy White.

Lourin asked on THIS POST:

I wanted to ask you. From the front view of the card, it appears that there is a Green Ring around the outer edge of the circles. It looks like a frame of some sort. At first glance I thought you had used circle tags, then thought, how did she get them green. Could you please explaine how this is achieved. I have read the turorial over and over again, but I must be missing it.

My answer:

The green "frame" that you see behind the turtles when the card is closed comes from the Gable Green cardstock that the turtles are mounted on inside the card. The holes that were punched out of the cardstock are 1 3/8 inches and the chipboard circles are just a tad smaller at 1 1/2 inches. When you close the card, there is a small gap between the chipboard circles and the punched holes. You can see the green from the inside of the card through that gap, which makes it kind of look like a frame. :)

Happy Creating!

-Stampin' Mama

Comments

Erika,
I am so greatful that you share your talents. Thanks for answering my question and the others.. I love that I still have so much to learn! Thats what makes this all so much fun! I get bored quickly.. but there is no chance of that with Stamping :o)
I Hope your doing well.. You and your family remain in my prayers!
Hugs and blessings,
Lourin

Posted by: Lourin | January 18, 2007 at 02:44 PM

How nice of you to take the time to answer all those questions. Your blog is awesome. If you get a chance pop over to my blog, you've been TAGGED!
~~Rita~~

Posted by: Rita | January 18, 2007 at 07:31 PM