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I have posted this question in here with risk of great personal embarassment to myself but :oops: please someone (or everyone ) explain to me how to ink up the petal prints flowers so nicely as to get the three colours going on. Sponge daubers, versamark and chalks, markers. My brain is simply frozen on this. Enough said. Thank you for your expertise. Please don't spare any details. I will not be insulted if you assume you are explaining this to a six year old. Muchos gracias. Debby
Debby, don't be embarrassed. No question is too basic to ask when it refers to stamping! Perhaps others do it differently, but I simply use markers to color the different parts of the stamp, huff on it in case it has dried, and stamp away. For example, color the stem with one of the green markers, the petals with a second color, and the center of the flower a third. Stamp one time, and you're done!
Hi Debby,
I have been having a great time with Petal Prints lately. I have colored the stamps in two different ways. First, I was using stamping spots to apply three colors to the stamp and then huffing on the stamp before applying it to the paper. This worked okay, but I have had better results by coloring the back of the stamp with SU markers. You will still want to huff on the colored stamp before stamping with it.
HTH,
Cathy
One hint when using markers to color your stamps...start with your lightest color first, then move to your darkest, so you don't get the dark colors on your light markers.
Don't be afraid to overlap your colors slightly on your stamp...better to overlap than to have a blank spot!
GREAT FUN!!
You can also stamp the image with Versa Mark and use a small brush to apply chalk to the image. I've done a few this way and the colors are very soft. Beate has used markers then misted the stamp lightly before stamping. That really looks like a watercolor image!
Hi Debby, I have a shortcut for you. I always dip the flower into the Eggplant Envy (for example) ink pad. Just on the end of the stamp where the flower is. Next, I take a wet q-tip and wipe off the flower center and the stem (where the eggplant ink went and I don't want it). Then I used two markers. More Mustard for the flower center. Old Olive for the leaf stem. To me it seems a bit easier to get the biggest object covered with an ink pad. Works for me. I hope you understand these directions. I'm not sure if a six year old would! ha ha ha! lana
Huffing is breathing on something like you would on a pair of sunglasses that you want to clean. It adds moisture to the ink that may have started to dry a bit.
Totally off in another direction. . .I read this, and thought about how funny it would sound - a bunch of ladies in a room huffing on their stamps! Like the L&D area of a hospital, probably!
I too love the petal prints set. I saw a cool idea from Susan Eubanks the other day and I tried it. I inked the flower with markers, spritzed it with stampin' mist, then stamped it. It makes a watercolored effect.
Petal Prints inking
