Scratch-N-Stamp
Search

Checkout

Keep up with Sales, New Products and other events at Scrap `n Stamp. Sign up for our newsletter now!

What's New

Hot Deals



Techniques

Tuesday Tutorial – Creating Vintage with Distress Inks

Welcome everyone it’s Spike here today with this week’s Tuesday Tutorial using Tim Holtz Distress Inks to create a vintage look on embossed paper. I will be using a cream embossed cardstock that has been embossed with the Damask folder Textured Impressions Embossing Folder by Sizzix.

AntiquingTut_Spike9

What many folks don’t know is that Sizzix have their own line of plastic embossing folders. This Damask folder comes in a set with 3 other smaller and elegant folders, it’s a great deal.

AntiquingTut_Spike3

What you will need for this card is:

AntiquingTut_Spike1

-Bouquets of Joy Stamp (Crafty Secrets)
-Small Deckled Rectangles Nestabilities (Spellbinders)
-Ultra Thick Embossing Powder
-Copper Pearls (Kaiser)
-Fleur de Lis Slim Edger Punch (EK Success)
-Dotted Wave Slim Edger Punch (EK Success)
-Textured Impressions Damask Folder (Sizzix)
-Antique Linen Distress Ink
-Tea Dye Distress Ink
-Vintage Photo Distress Ink
-Ranger Inkssentials Ink Blending Tool
-Ranger Inkssentials Blending Foam
-Ranger Inkssentials Non-Stick Craft Sheet
-Paper Flowers
-Cream Cardstock
-Brown Cardstock

Let’s get started:

1. Emboss a 5 1/4″ x 4″ piece of cream cardstock using the Damask folder.

2. Place the cardstock on top of the Ranger Inkssentials Non-Stick Craft sheet. Using the Blending Tool with a blending foam pad, pick up some Antique Linen Distress Ink.

3. Start with the Blending Tool on the craft mat and then with a circular motion apply the ink onto the cardstock about 1 to 1 1/4″ all around. You may have to reapply the ink on the blending foam pad.

AntiquingTut_Spike8

By using the non-stick mat, it keeps ink coverage nice and even.

AntiquingTut_Spike7

4. Change the blending foam pad on the Blending Tool and as in steps 2 and 3 apply the Tea Dye Distress Ink but go in about 3/4 – 1″, depending what you did in step 3. Again, all around the piece.

AntiquingTut_Spike6

5. Change the blending foam pad on the Blending Tool again and as in steps 2 and 3 apply the Vintage Photo Distress Ink but this time just apply ink to the edge.

AntiquingTut_Spike5

6. Here’s the final result. I can’t believe how easy it is to do and the results hit a home run every time!

AntiquingTut_Spike4

What works great with these backgrounds is the Clear Art Stamps line. (click the image to enlarge)
AntiquingTut_Spike2

Thank you for joining me today on today’s Tuesday Tutorial! Happy Stamping!

Love,

Tuesday Tutorial – Creating Vintage with Distress Inks Read More »

Tuesday Tutorial – Adding Texturz to your life!

It’s Spike with you today on this Tuesday Tutorial to show you how to add more Texturz to your life! I’m talking about the Sizzix Texturz Texture Embossing Plates! They’ve been around for a while and on to Kit #19 now. Many haven’t heard of them. Many aren’t sure how to use them. Sooo, let’s get to it! 😀

TexturzTut18_Spike

In each “kit” there are 3 Texturz plates with a different design on each side, which would give you 6 patterns in total and at the time of this blog post, they’re selling for $11.99 per kit which is quite a deal! That’s under a toonie for each pattern!!!

Side 1
Side 1
Side 2
Side 2

One great advantage is that pattern on the plate measures 5 3/4″ (14.5cm) x 7 1/4″ (18.5cm) so you can add texture to a larger area than other conventional ways of embossing!! One thing to remember is that it will only emboss one side of your cardstock, compared to something like the Cuttlebug Embossing folders where it embosses from the top AND bottom creating a deep emboss.

Don’t let that deter you as there are so many different patterns to chose from which is a BIG advantage. Just go check out the Texturz Section! I’ve given cards embossed using these Texturz plates to card makers and they were stumped which Cuttlebug folder I’ve used! 😉 Oh what fun! 😀

For today’s card you’ll need:
TexturzTut3_Spike
-Sizzix Texturz Texture Plates #17
-Fleur de Lis Shapeabilities Pendants
-Ticket/Tag Corner Punch
-Whitewash Core’dinations Cardstock
-White Cardstock
-Blue Core’dinations Cardstock
-Peggy’s Pretties
-Sanding Block
-Mini Glue Dots
-3D Dots
-White Gel Pen
-Big Shot or Cuttlebug and accessories.

Again as I’ve mentioned before it’s all in the sandwich stack as long as you don’t force anything through your machine. Below are a couple of sandwich “recipes” that may differ from what has been seen elsewhere but these have worked well for me and have produced a nice embossed image.

Sandwich Stacks
Cuttlebug – A Plate, Sizzix Texturz Plate, Cardstock, 2 Tan Embossing Mats*, B Plate.
Big Shot – Multipurpose Platform TAB 1, Sizzix Texturz Plate, Cardstock, Sizzix Silicone Rubber Mat* or Spellbinders Tan Embossing Mat*, Impressions Pad**.
One thing I love about the Big Shot, is that they print all the sandwich stacks right on the multipurpose platform! This “recipe” is on TAB 1.

TexturzTut14_Spike

* – these are interchangeable only that the Sizzix Silicone Rubber Mat is Larger than the 2pk of the Spellbinders Tan Embossing Mats, you may want a larger mat to use more of the embossing surface when embossing larger pieces
** – a Cutting Pad will work too but it may not provide as deep an emboss as the Impressions Pad

1. Emboss cardstock
I’ll be using Core’dinations Whitewash cardstock which looks like this:

TexturzTut15_Spike

A coloured piece of cardstock with white on the top, it’s like icing!! (sorry, it looks pink in the photo)  As I want to sand off some of the white, I want to place it white side down on the Texturz Plate then finish the sandwich.

TexturzTut11_Spike

After running it through, it’s got some texture but may be a little difficult to see in the photo.

TexturzTut7_Spike

2. Sand it

TexturzTut6_Spike

3. Cut the corners with the Ticket/Tag Punch

4. Mount onto Blue Core’dinations Cardstock

5. Cut out and emboss Spellbinders Fleur De Lis Pendant (without a centre) from White Cardstock.

6. Mount White Pendant on Texturz background

TexturzTut5_Spike

7. Cut and emboss the large Pendant and the 2nd largest Pendant together on blue Core’dinations Cardstock

As the dies come separately:

TexturzTut20_Spike

Stick them on the Spellbinders Magnetic Placement Mat to prevent sliding and use as you would normally.

TexturzTut19_Spike

To get the large Pendant with the centre cut out:

TexturzTut22_Spike

and smaller one:

TexturzTut23_Spike

8. Mount the smaller blue pendant in the middle of the white pendant

TexturzTut4_Spike

9. Sand the large blue pendant

10. Mount the large blue pendant over top the white pendant using 3D Dots.

TexturzTut1_Spike

11. Add Peggy’s Pretties using mini glue dots and faux piercing using White Gel Pen

TexturzTut2_Spike

And there you have it! Sizzix Texturz demystified with a little bit more! I hope you enjoyed today’s Tuesday Tutorial. Thanks for visiting today and as always we love to hear from you!

Love,

Tuesday Tutorial – Adding Texturz to your life! Read More »

Tuesday Tutorial – Stenciling with Spellbinders using the New Pendants

On today’s Tuesday Tutorial, it’s Spike playing with the brand spankin’ new Spellbinders Pendants and Borderabilities! WAHOO!!

I was just sooo super excited when Kate received these super quick and I drove as fast as I could to get there!
I’ll be showing you how to stencil with Spellbinders as it’s easily forgotten after you’ve cut and embossed with your dies.
I’ll also show you have versatile these new Pendant Spellbinders are to give you a lot of creative flexibility and dimension! Oh it’s lots of fun!
Let’s begin! The Spellbinders Pendant and Borderabilities Set that I’ll be using are both called In Spades. When you crack open the any of the pendant sets, you’ll see 4 different dies all meant to work well and compliment each other. Any of those smaller 3 pendants can easily be used in the center of the larger die.

DieView

See how well they all fit?

Spades1

Spades3
Spades2

If you decide to use them in this way, I suggest you use them with the Spellbinders Magnetic Placement Mat to keep the center die from sliding around.

To make the card in this tutorial you’ll need:

-Big Shot or Cuttlebug
PendantSupplies-Spellbinders Shapeabilites Pendants In Spades
-Spellbinders Borderabilities In Spades
-Memento Inks (Angel Pink, Lilac Posies, Rose Bud)
-Core’dinations Cardstock from the So Mod! Assortment
-Rhinestones (Hot Pink and Soft Pink)
-Sanding Block
-Piercer
-Ranger Cut n Dry Stamp Pad Foam
-3D Squares

For this tutorial, I’ll just be using the dies singly starting with the largest die.
First cut and emboss using the large die on white cardstock.

After embossing, keep the piece of paper in the die. You may need to grab a piece or two of Scotch Removable tape to secure it into place (keep in mind you need to keep the holes clear).

TapingDie

Flip it over so you have the die on top.

InkingDie1

(I then placed it on some scrap white paper to protect the surface) Grab a piece of foam. I like to use Ranger’s Cut-n-Dry Stamp Pad Foam, that I cut into 1×2″ pieces for sponging. I like to use it because it sponges ink on smoothly and evenly. Grip the sides of the sponge and ink it on the ink pad using a circular motion.

InkingDie

Apply the ink to the “holes” in the stencil using a circular motion.

InkingDie2

After using the Angel Pink ink, I added an additional colour (Rose Bud) for accent in some areas. After the entire stencil is inked up, this is what you’ll get.

InkingDie3

I then cut out some dark pink Core’dinations cardstock using the 3 dies to see what they looked like. As these dies are smaller, I suggest to have a tool handy (such as the Tweezer Bee as it’s got a sharp tip) to help poke it out.

PendantDie4

And don’t they all just look cool? I decided not to use the piece on the right.

PendantDie5

Because they’re Core’dinations cardstock, they’re screaming to be sanded!

PendantDie6

Here’s the piece fully sanded.
PendantDie7

For the background mat, I embossed the large pendant (to create extra dimension) on the dark Pink Core’dinations cardstock and then used the In Spades Borderablities to cut, emboss and paper pierce.

background1

Then to finish it off stenciled with Lilac Posies.

background2

Putting it all together using some 3D Dots and some rhinestones. Voila!

Pendant_Spike

Here’s a close up of the detail. (click on the image to enlarge)

Pendant2_Spike

I’m totally into pink and bling today as I became an aunt yesterday to a healthy baby girl!  Be on the lookout for more pink cards! LOL!

Thanks for checking out the tutorial for today. Please leave us a comment below as we enjoy hearing from you! Happy stamping and see you next time!

Love,

Tuesday Tutorial – Stenciling with Spellbinders using the New Pendants Read More »

Free Shipping Anywhere In Canada