Interactive Pages

Here is a tutorial on making interactive pages using flip flaps and different size page protectors.

Stamp Kissing / Kiss and Twist

The technique on the flowers of this card is called stamp kissing.

This is where you ink up a solid stamp with a desire color and then press (kiss) the stamp to an uninked stamp with a detailed pattern. On these flowers I used D1335-Intrinsic Backgrounds to kiss to. The uninked stamp lifts the color from the solid stamp. You MUST clean your detail stamp of ink after each use or it will not lift the ink off the next time.

Another way of doing this, which I did not do here, is to ink up the other stamp with a different color an kiss them together. This will give you the design in a color rather then just lifting off the original color. When you do it this way, you need to clean both stamps after each use.

The flower farthest left was just done with kissing. The other two flowers were done using the Kiss & Twist method.

You do everything the same as kissing except, when you kiss them together, you give them a slight twist. This gives them a very unique swirly look.

This can also be done using two colors as mentioned above.

This is such a fun technique to just have fun and play around with. You never know what design you'll come up with.

Rubber Band Technique

Here is a fun and Oh So Simple way to give your card or scrapbook page backgrounds a great look.

All you have to do is wrap a few rubber backs around one of your Clear Acrylic Blocks. Wrap them in different directions.

Then use you VersaMark pad & tap your banded block into it and stamp on a piece of white cardstock. Sprinkle white embossing powder over the background and heat. Using sponge dabbers and ink pads, pick up what ever colors you want on the background and sponge on. When you're done, just wipe over the entire piece with a tissue to remove any ink from the embossing.

For variation, you can start with a colored piece of cardstock and use colored embossing powder for a unique background.

You can even stamp a background first or use background & texture paper and stamp over that with the VersaMark and rubber bands and use gold EP on it.

Just play around and experiment. There are so many options with this technique.

Recessed Window Frame

This card was made for my February Club. It is from a SCS new technique challenge. Complete directions follow.

The following picture with directions is really self explanatory.

You can make your recessed area any size you need but making the recessed part deeper then 1/8" will make it difficult to send in the mail.

It's easiest to make a template of the outside area then another template that is 1/4" smaller. Lay the largest one where ever you want it first and core around the four sides with a dry embossing stylus.

The lay the smaller template inside the scored area and making sure all sides are equal distance, score around the four sides of that one.

Next you want to use an exacto knife and make cuts from diagonal corners as shown on the diagram.

Then follow the folding & finishing instructions on there also.