Hello, Karen from The Bald Dragonfly here to show you a fun technique that would work really well with your bold stamps. Skipping Stones Design offers a lot of fun, whimsical stamps with bold lines, and Funny Coffee Vol. #1 is a perfect choice for creating a cool comic book feel to your cards.
I gathered a few supplies which included Funny Coffee Vol #1-the funny lady stamped and trimmed onto solid card stock, pre-cut coordinating patterned paper, a card base, some markers and finally, a really dark black dye ink pad, here Onyx Black Versafine was my choice.
To get the comic book feel to your card, swipe your pre-cut patterned paper and stamped image panels across the ink pad, at the very edge.
Stop when there is a slight pooling of the ink, this creates a fun, whimsical and eneven edge. The ink will be very wet, and prone to smudging, so I always have a designated drying area and allow the panels to dry for at least an hour before handling again.
After the panels have dried, I colored my main image selectively-I created a feathered background and chose only a few areas to color within the image. I laid down the color by creating squiggle and circle lines.
Then I assembled the card, stamped the coordinating sentiment and wrapped it all with some bold, black embossing string and tied it off with a button. This technique is really fun, will give entirely new looks to your Skipping Stones Design stamps. I hope you give it a try!








10 Comments
I love this coffee lady…great card Karen!
Love the shading behind the gal!
oh my i love how you inked the edges and did the shading
thank for the tut Karen!!
Awesome card Karen, and thanks for the tute on how to get this great look! Not only is the card appealing, but the sentiment is right up my alley!
Hugs!!
Karen – this is brilliant! Thanks so much for the tips!
Karen, this is a super technique and perfect for this stamp.
FAB card & technique Karen – thanks for sharing
Such a fun effect! Thanks so much for the tutorial, Karen! Love your card!
Great technique for those of us who are coloring-challenged!
Looks great!!
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