I’m still having fun with the Friendly Seagulls stamp set that is available for free during Sale-a-bration! For this scene, I wanted the 2 birds on the ends to face towards the one in the middle, but that is not how they were originally drawn. To make the bird on the right turn to look the opposite way, I stamped the image onto the corner of my Silicone Craft Sheet. The ink sits on top of the silicone for awhile without drying or absorbing into the mat, so when I then place cardstock on top and burnish it down, it creates a mirror image.
To do this successfully, make sure that your stamp pad has a good amount of ink. If you want the image to end up on a particular place on your card panel, use washi tape to outline a guide on the Slicone Craft Sheet, but remember to stamp on the opposite side. Since I wanted my image on the right of the card, I stamped it on the left of the Silicone Craft Sheet. Note that even with a good amount of ink, the resulting image is going to be lighter than if you were to stamp it straight onto the cardstock. To balance things out a bit and to make it less obvious, compensate when stamping the other images. Lightly stamp those off onto scrap paper first so that those images will be lighter too and will better match the mirror stamping.
I used Pebbled Path ink to stamp the seagulls and colored them in with Gray Granite and Pumpkin Pie alcohol Blends markers. To make the sand, I blended on some Crumb Cake ink and stamped on top of it with more Crumb Cake ink. The french fries were stamped separately and fussy cut out so they could get placed on top with a Dimensional foam sticker. The background is the vibrant new Friends of the Ocean Designer Series Paper.
Right now it's Sale-a-bration, Stampin' Up's big annual promotion in which you can earn free products with every $60 purchase, through February 28th 2025. If your wishlist is long, signing up as a Demonstrator by getting a Starter Kit for $99 is an even better deal than usual now because they added lots of extras:
* $125 worth of products PLUS a choice of two Stampin’ Write Marker Assortments AND the Handmade Designs Cling Stamp Set, OR
* $155 worth of products of your choice
Message me if you're interested!
Measurements:
-Summer Splash cardstock
5-1/2” (W) x 8-1/2” (H), scored at 4-1/4" along the long side
4-1/2” (W) x 3-1/4” (H)
-Basic White cardstock
5-1/4” (W) x 4” (H) (inside message panel)
4-3/8” (W) x 3-1/8” (H)
-Friends of the Ocean Designer Series Paper
5-1/4” (W) x 4” (H)
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