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Hi there,
I just tried the shaving cream tech. yesterday but I'm not sure I did it quite right. I think I was either too impatient or pushed it down in the shaving cream too much. It seemed like there was too much shaving cream on the cs and that it took a long time for the ink to dry. Any suggestions?
What I do after I dipped it into the shaving cream is that I use a paper towel and wipe the exess of in a circular motion. I tried the spatula thing...but then I got straight stripes that I didn't want. It seemed to work better for me to do it the other way. Once you wiped all the saving cream off...it shouldn't take too long to dry.
I can't access the site Beate listed ~ my computer has issues opening more than one browser at a time.
When we did the shaving cream technique, we noticed something, different brands leave different amounts of shaving cream and dry differently. WalMart generic seemed to work the best which I thought was hysterical.
In our house we use a ruler to scrape off the shaving cream and it's never changed the appearance of the design. Afterwards, I've gently wiped the extra, but I've been lucky to not have any issues.
In the current Papercrafts Magazine there is a step by step tutorial in the back.
Hi there,
Thank you for all the quick responses and the connection to a tutorial. One more question though. Do you get better results on Glossy or regular card stock?
Thank you,
Sue
I'm still intimidated by glossy paper. We've only used US white. I'm sure glossy looks great, I'm just scared of it.
WalMart has a berry sented shaving cream. It's great, doesn't stink like regular shaving cream, but isn't overpowering in the "berry" department. I really like it and have honestly gotten the best results.
This is my first post here at SCS. But, I thought I maybe have enough knowledge on this subject to chime in here with some ideas. I have been doing the Shaving Cream Technique for a couple of years now.
Use it as a background for a large background stamp. I made some paper with fall colors and stamped a large fall leaf pattern stamp over it.
Use your punches...some pretty pastel papers make beautiful flower petals. Or, blues and silver with a snowflake punch is very wintery (add a little glitter to make them glisten).
Do you have an egg shape stamp? The swirly designs of the paper make an "egg-cellent" background for an easter egg.
How about stamping out balloons for a childs card.
Use several coordinationg colored papers. Cut the papers into stripes and alternate them as you adhere them back down for a background (like paper piecing them back on, hope that makes sense).
Use some "mod" colors in the paper making, what a wonderful background paper to use to cut out or back a "groovy" card.
If you don't want to stamp on the paper itself, try stamping on acetate and layering it over the SCT paper.
Of course, you can always just use it for a basic background.
I think the ideas are really endless. I will tell you that in my experience differesnt types of ink (pigment, dye, chalk) give really different effects. If I want something very pastel looking I like to use the chalk ink refills. And, if I want something very vibrant, dye ink refills. I have even used the metallic pigment ink refills. Open design stamps seem to work the best as they give you the ability to show off the beautiful colors that can be achieved with this technique.
My only suggestion is...experiment. Good luck and have fun!
Another question I have is can you scrapbook on it as long as you mount the picture on something else first?? I love the designs that it makes and am very curious to see if it is possible to use them for background pages.
My attempts at the Shaving Cream technique have been pretty futile. After seeing Beate's link, I'm going to give it another try. I actually didn't know you could do it on regular (that is to say non-glossy) cardstock. Thanks so much for sharing, everyone!
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This is also my first post to this group, but I recently did the shaving cream technique at my last class.
After you lift the paper out of the shaving cream, I wrapped a small paper towel around 3/4 of a wooden paint stirrer(i cut off the top of the stirrer to fit into my drying pan) and in one swoop I removed all of the shaving cream. The ladies even enjoyed playing with their cardstock before it was dry because we were tearing the edges and it looked very natural!
Hmmm...did you notice how many of us "Cardstock Collectors" responded to this thread? I just found this very interesting. Must be something to the name after all.
This is a really neat technique. As a previous elementary teacher I use to do this with my students. One of my college art classes taught this technique. It was one of my favorites. I still have the college book that has a ton of cool art techniques. Funny thing is I'm seeing these techniques being used in the stamping and scrapping world. My professor would get a kick out of it.
Shaving Cream Tech.?
