Using Ink Pads for Different Stamping Techniques
Today we’re playing with using ink pads for different stamping techniques. And let me tell you. You are going to love love love it!
My Product of the Week is, you guessed it, ink pads!
While I used Classic pads on this card, the star of the show is the Whisper White craft pad. I want to show you how you can instantly get more life from one of your craft tools (your embossing folder). Plus there’s not, one but TWO ways to do this quick technique.
You’ll want to snap up the Craft Stampin’ Pad & Refill today when you see how easy it is to create this neat whitewashed wood background.
Cool right? (no pun intended😀!) Here, I used it on some bright Granny Apple Green to add a rustic and wintry touch ideal for your holiday cards.
Isn’t bleached wood just about EVERYwhere you look these days? Why not add it to your paper crafting too?
It’s easy to do too. All you need is the Craft Stampin’ Pad & Refill, an embossing folder (the Pinewood Planks Dynamic embossing folder takes my vote), some cardstock, a sponge and your Big Shot.
Technique 1 for using ink pads for different stamping techniques:
- Open up your embossing folder and lay it as flat as possible.
- Tap your sponge into your Whisper White craft pad and tap ink all over the side that has the ridges in it.
- Lay your cardstock carefully on top of the ink and close together.
- Run through your Big Shot…
and BAM! Instant weathered weathered wood!
Here’s the second way you can get much the same look.
Technique 2 for using ink pads for different stamping techniques
- Insert your cardstock into your embossing folder and run through the Big Shot.
- Remove paper.
- Open your Whisper White craft pad and LIGHTLY rub the ink over the EMbossed lines of the paper, and along the outside edges.
Jo-TIPS (sorta like Q-Tips without the fuzz 😂)
- Let the weather card panel dry completely or give it a shot with your Heat Tool before using it on your card.
- Fully clean your embossing folder with a wet wipe or water before you go to make another non-weathered pinewood embossing!
Here’s a few other details about this card.
- the bough and berries come form the Pretty Pines thinlits
- I gave the boughs a shot with my Wink of Stella refilled with Lemon-Lime Twist before I cut them. See how easy THIS is with my short video.
- the sweet little topper on my oval greeting is a stamp I’ve never used from the Christmas Pines set before (😮) but it’s perfect to finish off the sentiment
- the clear faceted gem both finishes off the bough embellishment like a berry AND his the glue dots holding the boughs together
Simply click on any picture to take you to my 24-7 online store where you can get all these items to make your own card.
Using Ink Pads for Different Stamping Techniques
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You know how I love to show you ways to get more from your craft supplies? These techniques are an awesome way to do that.
Whether you use the Pinewood Planks all on its own like I did with this all occasion card, or create the trendy weathered look on any colour of paper you own, it’s superb.
Plus the same technique works for ALL your embossing folders. Give them a test drive too. Now, what’s not to love about using ink pads for different stamping techniques?
