Stained Mosaic

Create a mosaic look with a homemade background stamp.

Supplies

Step-by-Step

1. Step 1

   Cut your rubber trimmings into small pieces.

   

2. Step 2

   Adhere the rubber pieces to an acrylic block.

   

3. Adhere the pieces close together and fill your entire acrylic block.

   

4. Step 3

   Stamp an image with black ink on neutral cardstock.

   

5. Step 4

   Color your image with vibrant colors.
   
   
   

   

6. Step 5

   Cut your image to the desired finished shape and size. (Label 4 Nestabilities used here.)

   

7. Step 6

   Ink mosaic stamp with Versamark™ ink and stamp it over your colored image.

   

8. Step 7

   Add clear embossing powder over your image. Tap off excess.

   

9. Heat embossing powder with heat gun until it's completely melted.

   

10. Step 8

    Rub your black ink pad over the image.

    

11. Buff image with paper towel to take black ink off the embossed parts of your image.

    

12. Step 9

    Repeat step 8 if neccessary. Your stained mosaic piece is done.

    

13. Step 10

    Finish your card.

    

Video!

Your Turn

You've seen the tutorial, now you try it! We've got a section of the gallery set aside for Stained Mosaic. Try this technique, then upload your artwork to the gallery. Show us your creations!

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