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Ok, how are you gals getting your linen to look so darn good?
I have tried using versamark, but the effect is just too subtle. I tried Creamy Caramel on Vanilla but it seemed too bold, and the same stamped off once but it wasn't right either! ACK!
So what inks and papers are you using? Please feel free to post a link to your sample too.
Thanks!
I love the look of it that I see in the gallery....but I have trouble with this stamp too. I did use it on some of the things that I posted today....but I wish I could get it to look just 'right'!!!
I've never used it on white CS before. Usually I ink it up with my brayer, using the same color ink as the cardstock I'm stamping on. It always comes out looking very subtle -- although the really pale colors are barely visible sometimes once the ink dries! Actually, I've discovered that laying the paper on the stamp instead of stamping the BG down onto the paper seems to give a softer result with a lot of the BG stamps.
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it's funny you should ask this question...mine has, for the most part, only had chocolate chip ink on it - I rarely clean the thing...just re-ink and move on!
I love the look of the chocolate chip ink on vanilla CS, but the chocolate chip ink really looks good on about any color of CS. It's just so rich and luscious. I like to sponge the edges of the CS with it, too, to give it a more toned down and aged look.
I also find that I think it looks to bold at first but then when it dries and I put it next to whatever else is going on the card, it really looks great.
Hope this helps.
I agree with Row4d and WAXYO. I love putting color on color it's quite subtle and pretty. I've also used brown on cranberry crips for some recent cards I made using bareback and it came out looking good.
Something I did recently, that I loved was to ink up some of the stamp with one color (doesn't have to be a straight line). Cover only as much of the stamp as you want of that color, then take another color (I used choc. chip, close to cocoa, and certainly celery with certainly celery being my main color, than close to cocoa, then chocolate chip) and on the edges put your next color, then the last. Then take a sponge and blend the colors in. Almost so that it ends up looking like a sunset, with all of the colors blending together. I didn't make a straight line with my colors (which you could do) I just rubbed some on my stamp wherever with my first color, covering the bulk of the stamp, then added colors. I'm sorry I don't have a picture to show you. I haven't figured out how to Download them yet.:???: HTH
Adirondack Cranberry on Creamy Caramel. Adirondack Cranberry on an ivory paper. Rose Red on white. Eggplant on Almost Amethyst. Apricot on So Saffron. Chocolate chip on designer paper that was mostly white with some light blue and spring green. I love it on designer papers.
Thanks for the great advice! I use it to match the color of the paper usually or a shade or two darker. To make it even I put the paper on the rubber side and rub ever so gently.
Adirondack Cranberry on Creamy Caramel. Adirondack Cranberry on an ivory paper. Rose Red on white. Eggplant on Almost Amethyst. Apricot on So Saffron. Chocolate chip on designer paper that was mostly white with some light blue and spring green. I love it on designer papers.
Thanks for sharing! I'd never thought to use a BG stamp on designer paper! can't wait to try it.
it's funny you should ask this question...mine has, for the most part, only had chocolate chip ink on it - I rarely clean the thing...just re-ink and move on!
I love the look of the chocolate chip ink on vanilla CS, but the chocolate chip ink really looks good on about any color of CS. It's just so rich and luscious. I like to sponge the edges of the CS with it, too, to give it a more toned down and aged look.
I use the ink that matches the paper and it looks like cloth. I made onesies for my DD thank you cards for her baby shower and I was asked the most where I found paper that looked like cloth.
I also use color on color, I was having trouble inking it the other day, and instead of pressing in 3-4 spots, I took the stamp pad and swipped it over the BG, then stamped. No Lines. This way too, I didn't seem to ink it up too much.
Here is a link to the christmas card I am working on, the lighting is a bit dark, so you may not be able to tell, but isnt' that the original q? How to make it subtle?
I use mine mainly with versamark and it works well. I like the very subtle look of it. Other than that I use it tone on tone with the cardstock for a less subtle look but not too overpowering.
thank you, thank you, thank you for all the tips - I got my Linen during the background special and have been regreting my decision to get it until I found this thread! I am going to get it out and try some of your suggestions.
Wow. I didn't even have the linen BG on my wish list because I already have the canvas. But after looking at the beautiful cards here, I'm going to have to purchase it. Thanks for sharing!
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using linen background
Great idea!
