<Jambalaya> http://www.stubbystampers.com/borderingonbackgrounds.htm
<scout> Meanwhile I am dying with envy at Jam's stuff.
<BlackCats> ok, let's settle down
* stampverb retreats to back row and duct tapes hands and mouth
<Jambalaya> LOL
<Jambalaya> HI Y'ALL
<BlackCats> hi
<cak> Good Evening
<BlackCats> beautiful samples, jam
<Jambalaya> TY
<Jambalaya> THIS WAS A REALLY FUN CLASS TO CREATE
<Jambalaya> I CUT UP A BUNCH OF WHITE MATTE CARDSTOCK, AND SOME WHITE GLOSSY CARDSTOCK, AND JUST PLAYED AND PLAYED<G>
<Jambalaya> http://www.stubbystampers.com/borderingonbackgrounds.htm
<Jambalaya> THE SAMPLES ON TOP ARE THE FAUX DTP ON WHITE MATTE CARDSTOCK
<Wanda> these are great, Jam
<Jambalaya> INSTEAD OF PUTTING THE STAMP PADS DIRECTLY TO THE PAPER, I USE A COLORBOX STYLUS TOOL TO TRANSFER THE INK
<Jambalaya> TY
<Jambalaya> THIS WAY, I HAVE A LOT MORE CONTROL, AND A LOT LESS WASTE OF INK
<Jambalaya> THE INKS USED ON ALL OF THESE ARE THE COLORBOX FLUID CHALK OPTION PADS
<BlackCats> any tips on how to get the ink onto the paper without getting the shape of the stylus tool showing thru?
<Jambalaya> HMMMM
<Jambalaya> WELL, YES
<Jambalaya> I DON'T PUT A TON OF INK ON THE TOOL
<Jambalaya> JUST DAB AT THE STAMP PAD GENTLY
<BlackCats> ah, maybe that's where I'm going wrong
<BlackCats> ty
<Jambalaya> AND JUST BARELY TOUCH PAPER AT FIRST
<Jambalaya> AND JUST LIKE REAL DTP, YOU DON'T "STAMP" THE TOOL DOWN ON THE PAPER, YOU JUST SORTA GLIDE OVER IT LIGHTLY
<stampverb> how does this use less ink?
<Jambalaya> NOTICE, ALL THE SAMPLES ARE USING BORDER STAMPS
<Jambalaya> WELL, YOU ARE SPREADING A SMALL AMOUNT OF INK A LONG WAY, RATHER THAN USING THE PAD WHICH PUTS A LOT MORE INK DOWN
<scout> And "whom" do we get these border stamps from, Jam? heh, heh, heh
<Jambalaya> FROM STUBBY STAMPERS OF COURSE!
<BlackCats> lol
<Jambalaya> http://www.stubbystampers.com/borderingonbackgrounds.htm
<pmstamper> I am lucky to have some already, yeah!
<Jambalaya> I JUST LOVE THESE BORDER STAMPS, AND WANTED TO GET MORE USE OUT OF THEM THAN JUST DOING BORDERS
<Jambalaya> ON SOME SAMPLES, I USED THEM AS BORDERS TOO, TO COMPLIMENT THE BACKGROUND
<Jambalaya> MOVING ON DOWN TO THE OTHER TECHNIQUE
<Jambalaya> ALABASTER RESIST
<Jambalaya> THESE ARE ALL ON WHITE GLOSSY CARDSTOCK
<Jambalaya> YOU STAMP FIRST WITH ALABASTER FLUID CHALK INK
<Jambalaya> DO NOT HEAT SET
<Jambalaya> RIGHT AWAY, YOU DO "REAL" DTP WITH A DARK COLOR FLUID CHALK PAD
<Jambalaya> THIS TIME YOU WANT TO REALLY SMEAR THE INK INTO THE CARDSTOCK
<Jambalaya> WHERE YOU STAMPED WITH THE ALABASTER SHOWS THROUGH AS A RESIST
<Jambalaya> AFTER YOU'VE COVERED THE WHOLE PIECE WITH THE SECOND INK, USE A PAPER TOWEL OR KLEENEX TO BUFF IT
<Jambalaya> THIS IS A VERY ADDICTIVE TECHNIQUE
<BlackCats> this looks so cool
<Jambalaya> AND WORKS WITH MOST ANY TYPE OF STAMP, DETAILED OR BOLD
<Jambalaya> I WILL SAY THOUGH, NOT ALL COLORS WORK WELL
<Jambalaya> YOU NEED TO EXPERIMENT A BIT
<BlackCats> oh? which ones don't work?
<Jambalaya> YELLOW CITRUS FOR INSTANCE, THE RESIST JUST DOESN'T COME THROUGH
<Jambalaya> THE PEONY WAS MY ABSOLUTE FAVORITE
<fab> Does it only work with chalk inks?
<Jambalaya> THIS PARTICULAR TECHNIQUE, YES
<fab> I have not seen a fluid chalk options pad yet. Who has them?
<Jambalaya> STUBBY STAMPERS
<fab> of course, ty
<Jambalaya> THEY'RE ON THE ACCESSORIES PAGE
<Jambalaya> OK, ANY QUESTIONS ON THE BACKGROUND TECHNIQUES?
<BlackCats> http://www.stubbystampers.com/shopping/accessories/index.html
<fab> They are beautiful
<Jambalaya> TY BC
<Jambalaya> TY
<Jambalaya> OK, ON TO THE INDIVIDUAL CARD SAMPLES THEN
<Jambalaya> THE FIRST ONE IS THE 3 SQUARE FLORAL STAMPED ONTO ACETATE
<Jambalaya> THIS HAS BECOME ONE OF MY FAVORITE THINGS TO DO
<Jambalaya> IT'S COLORED IN USING THE GLAZE PENS
<Jambalaya> AND THEN ADHERED TO A PIECE OF WHITE STARDREAM CARDSTOCK, INSTEAD OF A SHINY MIRROR CARD
<Jambalaya> THE MIRROR EFFECT DIDN'T LOOK "SPRINGY" TO ME
<Jambalaya> BUT THE WHITE STARDREAM GAVE IT THAT LIL OOMPH
<stampverb> when I try coloring in with Glaze pens it just looks lumpy and bumpy--what am I doing wrong?
<Jambalaya> VERB, YOU'RE NOT LETTING IT PUDDLE ENOUGH, AND PROLLY WORKING TOO SLOW WITH IT
<Jambalaya> YOU DON'T HAVE A TON OF "WET TIME"
<stampverb> ok
<Jambalaya> ON THE MERCI CARD,
<BlackCats> also, instead of scribbling back and forth do a dot, dot, dot movement
<Jambalaya> UNFORTUNATELY THE BORDER STAMP DOESN'T SHOW WELL IN THE SCAN
<stampverb> ty
<Jambalaya> IT'S THE CALLIGRAPHY BORDER
<fab> looks fine here
<Jambalaya> AND LOOKS VERY ELEGANT REPEATED ACROSS THE BACKGROUND
<fab> but the footnotes say it is "knots"
<Jambalaya> THE GOLD BORDER ON THE BACKGROUND IS KRYLON GOLD LEAF PEN
<Jambalaya> I'M TALKING ABOUT THE SECOND CARD FAB
<fab> ty
<scout> You know when I get my nose real close to the screen, I could swear that there is an eye under the fibers on the Merci card
<Jambalaya> I USED GOLD BRADS, BUT I WANTED THEM TO MATCH THE EMBOSSED IMAGES PERFECTLY, SO I EMBOSSED THEM TOO
<Jambalaya> USED PEARLUSTRE CHAMPAGNE
<scout> It must be one of the blue knots on the fiber. Man, I am going daffy!
<Jambalaya> LOL SCOUT
<Jambalaya> NO EYE THAT I KNOW OF<G>
<scout> come on, someone else see it too, so I can stop shaking my head
<Jambalaya> MUST BE LIKE CLOUD GAZING, WHERE YOU SEE SHAPES IN THE CLOUDS<G>
<Jambalaya> ON THE MOTHERS DAY CARD,
<scout> well, if someone can see Mary on a potato chip, who's to say who's crazy
<Jambalaya> THE FOCAL IMAGE IS ALSO STAMPED ON ACETATE AND COLORED WITH GLAZE PENS
<Jambalaya> I USED A LOT OF CLEAR TO GET THAT PASTEL LOOK
<scout> I love the soft colors on this one, Jam. Goes so well with the lady
<scout> (she has an eye staring out at us)
<Jambalaya> THE BASE CARD IS WHITE CARDSTOCK, FAUX DTP'D WITH LAVENDAR FLUID CHALK INK, AS I COULDN'T FIND A PERFECT LAVENDAR CARDSTOCK<G>
<BlackCats> oooh, good idea
<Jambalaya> I DO THAT A LOT<G>
<fab> Is the faux DTP on matte or glossy?
<Jambalaya> I LIKE COLORS TO MATCH<G>
<Jambalaya> MATTE
<fab> ty
<Jambalaya> THE WHITE LAYER IS STARDREAM WHITE, IT'S VERY ELEGANT, BUT UNFORTUNATELY JUST LOOKS WHITE IN A SCAN
<Jambalaya> THE PEARL LOOK SAID MOTHERS DAY TO ME
<scout> Is Stardream paper pearl looking?
<Jambalaya> THE CLIP HOLDING THE RIBBON WAS ALSO EMBOSSED WITH PEARLUSTRE CHAMPAGNE
<Jambalaya> YES SCOUT, THE WHITE LOOKS LIKE PEARL
<BlackCats> yes, scout, has a very nice sparkle to it
<Jambalaya> ON THE SOUTHWEST CARD,
<Jambalaya> THE "BELLIE" IS A HUNK OF PAPER CLAY
<Jambalaya> STAMPED INTO WITH ONE OF STUBBY'S LARGE SOUTHWESTERN POTS
<Jambalaya> MAKING IT LOOK LIKE A SHARD OF A BROKEN POT
<Jambalaya> I USED THE FLUID CHALK INKS TO COLOR THAT TOO
<Jambalaya> THE SUN IS A BRASS CHARM, BUT GOLD DIDN'T LOOK RIGHT
<Jambalaya> SO I INKED AND HEAT SET WITH THE FLUID CHALK INKS
<Wanda> sorry, Jam, I gotta run. I love the cards. TY
<Jambalaya> ONE OF THE DARKER BROWN COLORS
<Jambalaya> NITE WANDA
<Jambalaya> I SEE I'M RUNNING OUT OF TIME DESCRIBING THE HIGHLIGHTS OF EACH CARD
<Jambalaya> SO I'LL JUST OPEN THE FLOOR FOR QUESTIONS
<fab> These are truly lovely
<scout> Can't we do another class in a week or so and you could explain the rest of them to us?
<Jambalaya> LOL
<fab> The colors don't seem to be so pastel even though the ink pads say they are "pastel"
<Jambalaya> SCOUT, I'LL EXPLAIN THEM NOW, IF Y'ALL WANNA RUN OVER TIME
<scout> suits me, but others may have to go
<Jambalaya> OK, WHERE WAS I?
<scout> I'm presuming the fuzzy stuff on the Dream card is Mulberry paper?
<Jambalaya> YES IT IS
<Jambalaya> I USED A WATERBRUSH TO MARK WHERE I WANTED THE TEAR
<fab> On the first set of backgrounds, were the border stamps stamped over the DTP backgrounds?
<Jambalaya> YES FAB
<Jambalaya> AND USING SAME INKS
<fab> ty, sorry I was late
<Jambalaya> IT MAKES FOR A VERY SUBTLE EFFECT
<Julie> great cards Jam, I gotta run--good night all
<fab> Yes, it does look great
<Jambalaya> NITE JULIE
<scout> On the hot pink one, second up from the bottom of the page, is that the color of the paper or did you DPT that one, too
<Jambalaya> ALSO ON THAT DREAM CARD, ANOTHER TINY DETAIL,
<Jambalaya> IS THE BRADS
<Jambalaya> WHO ALWAYS HAS THE COLOR BRAD THEY NEED?
<pmstamper> sorry, i have to go too. Thanks for the class jam. I have no excuse not to remember to use my borders as backgrounds now.!
<Jambalaya> SO ONCE AGAIN, THEY'RE EMBOSSED<G>
<Jambalaya> NITE PAT
<fab> Did you use white for some of the overstamping on the top group?
<Jambalaya> WHICH CARD FAB?
<fab> The mothers day card
<Jambalaya> YES
<Jambalaya> IN FACT
<fab> ty
<fab> It covers the background color very well
<Jambalaya> I WAS USING THE OPTION PAD, SO I LAID THE BORDER STAMP ALONG ALL THE COLORS
<Jambalaya> THEN I OFFSET EACH TIME I STAMPED, TO GET THAT DIAGONAL PATTERN
<Jambalaya> DOES THAT MAKE SENSE?
<fab> well it sure worked here
<stampverb> wouldn't that leave an uninked section on the stamp?
<Vyx> Yes, perfect sense... I was doh until you said you used the whole pad, lol.
<fab> yes, it makes sense when I go to the Stubby site and see the pad
* stampverb is still "doh"
<Jambalaya> NO VERB, I NKED WHOLE STAMP, BUT SOMETIMES THE STAMP WOULD BE OFF THE PAPER
<stampverb> hmmmm
<Vyx> the different colors are fairly close together on those options pads.
<fab> I'm glad I was not the only one in the woods on how you did that
<Jambalaya> AND THEN I'D HAVE TO GO BACK AND COMPENSATE ON THE OTHER END
<stampverb> there is air between the individual color ink pads....
<stampverb> sorry to be so dense
<Jambalaya> IT'S THE SAME PRINCIPLE AS BARGELLO NEEDLEPOINT, IF YOU'RE FAMILIAR WITH THAT
<fab> verb, it is very small air
<stampverb> ok, ty fab, small air
<Jambalaya> LOL
<fab> They nearly touch
<stampverb> .... for my small brain
<Jambalaya> ALSO, AS YOU TAP THE STAMP ON THE PADS, THAT LIL SPACE KINDA FILLS IN
<Vyx> so that you aren't inking with air. :)
<Jambalaya> RIGHT<G>
<fab> No, the air ink has not hit the market yet
<fab> Wait til next year
<stampverb> i need some sleep I guess -- thanks for the remedial instruction!
<Vyx> dogs are barking again, gotta go see...
<Jambalaya> ONE OTHER POINT I WANTED TO MAKE WITH THIS CLASS, IS TO PAY ATTENTION TO TINY DETAILS
<fab> I think I need to get back to work here. Grandson arriving for a week visit soon.
<Jambalaya> ALWAYS LOOK FOR THAT FINISHING TOUCH
<fab> I still need to work on those finishing touches
<Jambalaya> EDGING A LAYER WITH GOLD, MAKING EYELETS AND BRADS MATCH OR COMPLIMENT, ETC
<fab> Heavens knows I've bought enough stuff to do it with
<Jambalaya> YEP, NOW TO JUST USE IT, HUH FAB?
<fab> Need more time!
<Jambalaya> QUIT THE HOARDING, USE THAT STUFF!!!
<fab> It just seems to slip away
<Jambalaya> YA THAT TOO
<stampverb> nite fab
<fab> Nite all.....
<BlackCats> back
<Vyx> g'night fab
<BlackCats> nite fab
<Jambalaya> NITE FAB
<Jambalaya> SCOUT, DID YOU HAVE ANY OTHER QUESTIONS?
<scout> Yes, where can I get a "person" who clears off the work table, gets all this stuff out so I don't have to look for it and then says"no one will bother you all day, Elise"
<Jambalaya> ROFL
<Vyx> lol
<Jambalaya> WELL, PUT YOUR FOOT DOWN AND LOCK THE DOOR TO YOUR CRAFT ROOM<G>
<stampverb> prolly the same phantom who ought to be HERE!
<scout> It's the kitchen, with a retired husband
<Vyx> great class, Sis, thanks!
<Jambalaya> well, the foot may need to go someplace other than stopming on floor<g>
<BlackCats> thanks for another great class jam
<stampverb> thanks, Jam
<BlackCats> gotta go lure in a couple of very bad cats
<BlackCats> see y'all later
<Jambalaya> thanks for coming y'all
<scout> Well, we all have to make our lists now....checking the Stubby site.
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