Aloha - New SOTM

Hello friends!! Last night was our monthly Stamping In Your Jammies party at Paper Pretties and you may now purchase Make a Splash Sophia and view the newest Stamp of the Month Club stamp, Aloha!

We only had one challenge last night - to make a card using the Baby Wipe Technique. I've never tried this technique before and I wasn't sure it would work with my homemade baby wipes, but I think it did. How about that Aloha Sophia?? Isn't she adorable!! If you just can't wait to have here, go sign up here for the Stamp of the Month club - I promise you will not regret it!!

I don't have a great selection of reinkers but I used Certainly Celery and Cool Caribbean for my background. I punched out my sentiment with a 3/4" circle punch and then used an epoxy sticker over the top to add some dimension.

Thanks for visiting today - have a great day!

Cardstock: Cool Caribbean, Temping Turquoise (SU!), Green (Bazzill), White (Papertrey Ink), Glossy cardstock, Stamps: Aloha Sophia (Paper Pretties), Ink: Memento, Accessories: Flowers, circle punch, epoxy stickers, Copic markers, Corner Round punch

Technique Class #1

Here we go . . . for those of you who have been stamping forever, this will probably be nothing new. I've been stamping faithfully and obsessively for about 5 years now and I'm still learning neat new stuff! The first, rock & roll, I learned last fall. (Oh, if you click on a picture you will get a larger image).

Start with a solid image stamp, I used a flower from Paint Prints and 2 color inks (Pretty in Pink & Regal Rose). Always stamp the lighter color first so that you don't contaminate your stamp pad. After stamping the light color, roll the stamp around the edges on the darker pad (hence, rock & roll). Then stamp your paper and look at the fabulous, never-the-same, multicolored image! Experiment with different color combinations (the second flower uses Almost Amethyst and Lavender Lace) and different stamps.



The pumpkins from Carved & Candlelit work really well. The pumpkin on the left uses More Mustard and Pumpkin Pie. The one on the right uses Pumpkin Pie and Really Rust. The crocodile from Wild About You, uses Green Galore & Glorious Green.


Give it a try and let me know how you do and what you come up with. It's a lot of fun to work with different color combinations and pictures! Ok, tomorrow I will post the faux tearing technique . . . my children are screamin' for me! :) Until next time . . .