TLC298 ~ Stamping With Water~ (11/08/10)

[joan ervin]

Hello everyone!!! It's my turn again to host the TLC....I don't know about you but I just love to try new techniques!!! It seems the messier the technique, the happier I am...LOL!!! Anyway....I have something fun for you today and the supplies you will need are minimal ....we are going to stamp with water!! Yup...all you need are stamps, ink, sponges, a heat tool, and a spray bottle...how simple is that!!!

1. Sponge a piece of cardstock with ink
2. Mist you stamp with water and stamp on the inked up piece
3. Dry with a heat tool

Here is a tutorial with some extra steps.

Here are my samples:

Fall Foliage

It's a Green Kinda Christmas (I made this last week for the WT challenge...the background uses this technique)

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You can view the entire TLC298 gallery here.

[lacyquilter]

How cool is that. I hope to play in the morning.

Joan, when I clicked on the emailed link, it took me to the challenge gallery rather than here.

[joan ervin]

oops..I'll go fix that now!!! Thanks, Melody!!!

[DawnL]

thanks Joan...sounds fun!

[bensarmom]

What a cool challenge Joan. I hope to get back to challenges now that my craft show is over.

[yo sam]

I had to add bleach to get my image to remove the ink. Must have done something wrong. TLC298 Stamping with water by yo sam - Cards and Paper Crafts at Splitcoaststampers

[pattyb]

Joan, is this regular c/s or glossy c/s?

[n5stamper]

Here is my CLOSE AS A MEMORY.

[schirmcat]

Well THAT seems Easy Peasy...but your samples look like works of art that took forever! Awesome job, Joan!

[hobbydujour]

Your card for today's challenge really inspired me, Joan. It is exquisite! My attempts were not so successful. First I tried TH inks....nothing. So I switched to more pigment inks....that went a little better, but not great. Maybe it is my water! : ) I forged ahead anyway...and created a snow storm! : ) I'll give it another try with another stamp and different colors. The results on your card are so spectacular that I'm not giving up! Thanks for coming up with these GREAT techniques.

SNOW

[joan ervin]

Originally Posted by pattyb

Joan, is this regular c/s or glossy c/s?

Hi Patty...I used plain old white cardstock. I also used a lot of ink on the paper so the water would lift the color. If you are having trouble, try misting a little more water and use a lot of pressure on the stamp.

[Greywolf]

Thanks for the tutorial Joan. Unlike you, I'm usually scared off by these "messy" techniques. But this looks interesting and I'll give it a try. Hope to upload something later today. Thanks for the challenge.

[cullenwr]

I hope I didn't step out of line for subbing Shimmerz/alcohol mixture for water...thought it worked well, too. MY CARD

[hobbydujour]

I did another one, Joan. It is better, but I'm still not there! ; ) I'm having a good time playing around tho'!

PEACEFUL WISHES

[Debra]

Thank you for this technique. I love the look. It didn't work for me using water so I changed the technique I was using.

Foliage Mist TLC298 Debra by Debra - Cards and Paper Crafts at Splitcoaststampers

[smadson]

Great technique! I can't wait to try it later. Hopefully I will do one for the challenge. Love your card! Thank you for sharing this with us. I love new techniques-new to me anyway!

Sharon

[Biggan]

Thanks Joan for a fun technique! Here´s mine;

TLC298 Fall by Biggan - Cards and Paper Crafts at Splitcoaststampers

TFL!
Birgit

[suen]

Thanks for the challenge, Joan! Here's my attampt.

CAS92, TLC298 Snowflakes by suen - Cards and Paper Crafts at Splitcoaststampers

[Bailmac]

Here's mine............fun technique! Thanks, Joan!!
A Cold Winter's Night TLC298 by Bailmac - Cards and Paper Crafts at Splitcoaststampers

[Greywolf]

I did it - on the second attempt. I had too much water on my stamp the first time and just washed everything out. The hardest part for me, though, was sponging the cs to start with. I'm missing something or have a mental block about sponging as mine never turn out like I think they're supposed to.

Nevertheless, I persevered and am pleased that the technique worked on my second card

[CathyRose]

For the Stamping with water techinque challenge TLC298
I sponged the background with three colors of ink, then sprayed water on my Baroque Motifs flourish stamp, stamped on the background and used my heat gun on it. The background image was pretty but very faint so I used the embossing folder for interest. Fun challenge!


Here's my card

[I love rubber]

If I had time to redo mine I would use an opaque white glitter for the sentiment. I used iridescent and the words are not as white as I would have liked. This is a great technique and I was surprised how much of a stamping off the water did. Here is my "Let it Snow"

[GloriousGreetings]

Cool Challenge Joan.

Here is my attempt: WATER STAMPED THINKING OF YOU

[Rox71]

Neat technique, thanks Joan!

Winter Night

[MariLynn]

This was a fun technique. Very challenging!

[RJP111]

What a fun technique! Here is my card:
TLC298 by RJP111 - Cards and Paper Crafts at Splitcoaststampers

[Nitsy73]

Was interesting to try...I don't think I quite got the same look, but I still like it...

TLC298 by Nitsy73 - Cards and Paper Crafts at Splitcoaststampers

[starbucks_stamper]

Great challenge and here is my card: Good Courage

[bensarmom]

Here's my first challenge card since Halloween. Thanks Joan for another cool challenge. Here's mine.

[BobbiesGirl]

Joan, I love your tecniques. I will try this one again when I don't run out of daylight so soon. Here's mine.

[mamaxsix]

So fun to try new techniques! The first card here worked much better than the second. Baroque Pink Krafty Olive by mamaxsix - Cards and Paper Crafts at Splitcoaststampers and Vintage Pink Krafty Olive by mamaxsix - Cards and Paper Crafts at Splitcoaststampers

[smadson]

Hi! Finally here! I did this three times with three different stamps before you could see the image that was stamped in water. I hope you can see it. I was finally happy with this. I think you just have to use the right stamp and colors of ink.
Here is mine.
Thank you for another new technique!
Sharon

[nancy littrell]

My Stamping with Water card. What an interesting effect...mine turned out very earthy as I used trees and the CAS color challenge. I esp. like the shimmer IRL. You can barely make out the shadow effect from the stamping with water. Does not show up in photo. Thanks Joan for a fun challenge.

Scenic Season

[Hawkeye Stamper]

Here's my card.

Fall Windy Tree

[mcschmidty]

Great challenge- HERE is my card- I also uploaded a sample of the technique background using differerent vardstock- it made a big difference!

Thanks- have a great day!

Shelly

[Kathy LeDonne]

Here's my card for this challenge:

F4A38 Just Believe by Kathy LeDonne - Cards and Paper Crafts at Splitcoaststampers

[pbvkt]

Thanks for the fun technique. I finally got to play with it today! Here is my card.

[justwritedesigns]

Fun technique, Joan! Finally had a chance to try it. Here's my Snowflake Joy. Thanks so much for looking!