Edinburgh Castle | Stamping | Amy Kattenbelt

Good Morning UK Scrap Addicts,

Today I am sharing with you my layout using stamps. I used three floral stamps from the new 5th & Monaco collection by Pink Paislee.

Let me walk you through how I created my layout...

Firstly I used clear gesso on a piece of white cardstock, I did this because I knew I would be using a lot of wet medium on this layout. Sometimes I gesso and sometimes I don't, its all about playing around and experimenting with your card and mediums and techniques!

Next I used black Archival ink (which is permanent when dry and does not react to water), and a script stamp to add some black inking across the middle of the page. For this style of stamping, I do not use an acrylic block, and I bend the stamp in a U shape to avoid harsh edges. Experiment on a piece of scrap paper first if you haven't used this technique before.

Then, using a Versamark ink pad, I stamped the flowers across the middle of the layout in a horizontal band. The ink shows up just enough to see it to control the placement of the stamps and make sure they don't overlap.

I used white embossing powder on these stamped images and set it with my heat gun. These will now give a resist to the next layer of mixed media.

Next I added the blues, purples and pink watercolour effect band across the page. I used Ecoline liquid watercolour inks in Sky Blue, Ultramarine Violet and Magenta. I used a large round paint brush and plenty of water, painting the colours in patches but allowing them to touch and blend together to create all sorts of hues. I left this to dry naturally overnight.

I added my photo, which i had double matted in a pink and green paper also from the new 5th & Monaco collection. And added my title and the date in alphabet stickers.

I then cut out leaf shapes of various sizes by hand, in 3 colours of fun foam, and stuck them to my layout in four areas to create a branch type effect.

Lastly I splattered black ink finely in a few areas of the layout to break up the large areas of white which I felt finished it off nicely.

Thank you for taking the time to come and read about how I created this layout. I hope its given you a few more ideas about how you could use your stamps in your scrapbooking. Why not head over to the UK Scrap Addicts Facebook page and share your creations, or also ask me any questions.

Take Care and Stay Safe,

When Will I See You Again? | Jackie Ashton | Stamping

Hi crafters, Jackie here with my take on the using stamps on your layouts. 

Stamps are my weakness, not my only one, but one that I can't see going away anytime soon.

While the World is upside down at the moment, who is  missing something, something that is trivial in the grand scale of things, but something that you would love to have right now, that thing that we have taken for granted and now don’t know when we will ever see it again.

Mine is an oat milk latte from Starbucks, I’m not a 100% coffee drinker as a do like a nice cup of tea, but the thought of not knowing when will I be able to just nip and grab my favourite coffee, inspired me to ask ‘When Will I See You Again?’

 I’m sure I will be doing more layouts over the coming weeks to show the change to my life and the world as it becomes the norm.

So onto my layout, 

When Will I See You Again ?

I recently purchased a label stamp set, and wanted to use them in a different way, other than just stamping them and using them as a basic label on my layout.

After choosing a few of the labels images, I stamped them down one side of the cardstock, using oxide inks as I didn’t want the ink impression to be so vivid, and the oxide inks gave a more distressed look.

When stamping, I over lapped the labels using 5 colours, taking the colours from the paper collection I choose.

Then I added my main design to the right hand side of the layout.  The paper collection I used, are from Pebbles/Jen Hadfield - Hey, Hello collection - Using a 4 inch strip, and  2 x 1 inch strips down each of the edges, along with some ruffled crepe paper down one edge to add some texture.

In the vellum envelope I added a tag ...

I also wanted to bring the patterned paper over to the left hand side of my layout, so I punched some labels and added over the tops of stamped images and also stamped onto the labels, with some coffee stamps I have.

For my title I used several alphabets from my stash, and the puffy sticker rainbow is from Pink Fresh Studio.

I choose some embellishments from Pink Fresh Studio ranges, Bramble Fox coffee cup perspextives and Elle's Studio cork tabs.

This layout was fun to create, even thought its a serious topic regarding the lockdown in the UK, I wanted the layout to be a fun one, one that documented my life right now and one of the things I'm missing.

Thank you for stopping by and I hope you can take some inspiration from my layout to use your stamps in a different way, other than what they are originally intended for.

Don’t forget to share your layouts over in our Facebook group, we would love to see them.

Till next time

Happy Scrapping

Reading Is Out Of This World | Keighley Brennan | Stamping Technique

Hey UKSA, Keighley here sharing my layout for our theme this month. I can honestly say I’m not much of a stamper and I don’t own many stamps. I decided I would created a stamped background using ink splatters and a tiny star stamp from Crate Paper All Heart Stamp Set. The reason I purchased this particular stamp set was for the stars and hearts because they can be used on most layouts. 

I didn’t think to much about positioning the stamps, I kinda just went for it, a lot of it would be covered up anyway with just parts of the background peaking out behind my papers and embellishments. 

I’ve used Field Trip by Shimelle, the photo I chose to scrap was a photo of Darcie reading, I mainly used pinks and blues with pops of black. I found a quote on Pinterest to use for my title which worked perfectly with the space theme of my layout. 

If you would like to see how my layout came together you can watch it here on the UK Scrap Addicts YouTube Channel 

Thank you for Stopping by 

Keighley 

A piece of our history | Sam Ball | Stamping Techniques

Stamping is definitely not my forte… In fact, I could go as far as to say it’s been my nemesis in the past!

I think I’ve had that many unsuccessful attempts at stamping in the past that whilst I really like the principle, I simply avoid it like the plague. So many times I’ve stamped an image, only to discover the central area is missing, or the detail isn’t sharp, but never understood what I was doing wrong.

They say you’re never too old to learn and this is certainly true when it comes to stamping! I recently attended a workshop that made me realise that I’ve fundamentally not been doing it right.

The key to successful stamping isn’t the ink pad you use, the size of your acrylic block, the pressure you apply, or even the paper that you’re stamping on but ensuring that the worksurface you’re working on is absolutely rigid and flat.

In light of the unusual world that we are currently living in, I decided to use a selfie that I took of myself in my hairdressers a couple of years ago. Having short hair, I tend to get it cut every 6 or 7 weeks, and I can’t deny it’s something I’m selfishly missing!

Having looked through my stamp stash, I found a stylistic face stamp that I’d been given as a gift which had yet to be used, so I decided to stamp this onto tracing paper and use bookplate behind it, fussy cutting the left hand side of the stamp.

After fussy cutting some decorative frames, to reflect the elaborate mirror in the photo, I added embellishments such as tape measure ribbon and wood veneer scissors to ‘nod’ to cutting, trimming and measuring, all things that a hairdresser does!

Do you have a scrapbooking nemesis and if so what is? And don’t forget to share your stamping layouts too on our Facebook page, or tag us on Instagram

Choose Happy | Karen Moss | Stamping on a Layout

Morning - and what a beautiful one it is here in Essex.  I hope you are all managing to stay safe and well and finding things to amuse yourself during the lock down.  If you are short of ideas please pop on over to our YouTube channel to have a look at what the other members of the DT have done with this month's prompt which is to use stamping on a layout.

For my layout I have used Altenew layering stamps, I have had these for ages and only used them once in a class for my crop.  I didn't really get on with them as I didn't have a stamping platform at the time and was less than useless at aligning them to get the desired effect!

So with the aid of my trusty Tim Holtz stamping platform I managed to stamp enough decent flowers for this layout. I have a process video here. (unfortunately my phone ran out of storage whilst filming the final colour but you will get the idea easily enough).

Keep popping back here, on our Facebook Page, YouTube Channel and Instagram feed, to see what the other ladies are making using stamps this month.

Karen x

Lisa-Jane Johnson | Stamping Technique | Be the Rainbow

Good morning scrappers, it's Lisa-Jane from Pretty My Page here with you today.

Things are a bit crazy for everyone right now and some people have lots of extra time and some people are fighting to get any time at all, but we still wanted to bring you lots of inspiration on this month's stamping challenge.  With that in mind, here is a layout I created a few months ago and never got around to sharing.

I was at a retreat and there was a challenge to create a layout using art crayons of some description.  I had left mine at home so I borrowed some Distress Crayons from the lovely Essie.  I ended up winning a little raffle prize too which was lovely.

I couldn't think what to do with the crayons at all and we'd all been given a teeny weeny stamp set as part of the kit so Essie suggested I try and stamp with them.  I really loved the effect!

This collection from Pink Paislee is quite old now but it was perfect for this layout about trying to find fun in the summer holidays when there has been nothing but rain.  With all the rainbows it's perfect for right now too!

I love how the little overlapping stamps in different colours just add little pops of interest and detail.  Stamping can be quite subtle but still have a great impact on your layouts.  I hope you give stamping a try and head over to the facebook group to show off your layouts!

Awesome Boys| Zoe Hailey Zola28 | Stamp Technique

So are you like me, someone who owns a bunch of stamps but hardly ever uses them?
I was glad to be challenged to dust off some stamps and make this layout, which I have to say is one of my favourites that I have made recently.

I created this stamped border by covering my card stock with a scrap of square paper and then used the stamping off technique, leaving a beautiful alphabet edging. The stamps were perfect because they had both capital and lower case letters, making it easier to fill in any gaps.

For my background I seed my favourite splat stamps and heat embossed creating the red and turquoise splats which I love!

I worked with Shimelle's Field Trip collection which was perfect for these photos of my son and his bestie enjoying some time at the farm together. I love how  bright and bold the design is and how heavily embellished the layout is. Rockets and Dinosaurs were perfect for this page!

To finish my page I added more ink splats and sequins because no page is complete without sequins in my opinion!

Let's make the most of those stamps this month and get creating with them, be sure to share your stamped creations on the UKSA Facebook Group.

Happy Scrapping

Zoe Zola 28

When It Rains Look For Rainbows | ScrappyNerdUK (Claire) | Stamping Technique

Today is the first of the month so we are ready to start our new theme.....this month we're going to be focusing on stamping techniques.

So I am first up with my layout and this month I have chosen to share a travellers notebook spread with you. 

I had these rainbow stamps that I was desperate to use and had the perfect photo to go with them.

I wanted to say one thing about stamping - do not worry about it being perfect, just go for it and use those stamps. My stamping is far from perfect but I love the layout anyway.

So, my technique is to look at repeat stamping. I masked off the right side of my TN and started repeat stamping the same sentiment in black ink, but adding in each of the colours that appear in the rainbow also. To fill in the gaps I used a smaller raindrop stamp using the same colours. Repeat stamping is a great substitute for patterned paper, and especially if you're working in a TN and worried about how thick your notebook will end up.

I then stamped the rainbow in rainbow colour order and cut around this to add on top of my photo. My photo was matted with a single layer of rainbow patterned paper. I then added on some gold glitter stars to add a little sparkle to this layout.

Finally I added some journalling lines to add my journalling and ta da! The repeat stamping is really the star of the show on this layout and I love how it turned out. 

So I encourage you to get your stamps out and give this a go!!

I have a process video for you here also -