It is my turn for POTW (Pick of the Week) for
The House That Stamps Built. All the stamps I
used today are 20% off this week, check the
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I am sharing a"smooshing" technique with you today.
I tried it on both glossy cardstock (on the left) and on watercolor
I tried it on both glossy cardstock (on the left) and on watercolor
cardstock (on the right.)
Gather your supplies, card stock of choice, Distress Oxides of
choice, I used squeezed lemonade, picked raspberry and
mermaid lagoon, water spritzer and stamps of your
choice. I used Repeat Impressions: 1401-P, Portland Head Light (sm)
Smoosh some of each ink on a smooth surface as below:
Spritz with water:
Take a piece of scrap plastic, acetate or saran and dip into one
color of ink:
Smoosh and smear on your cardstock in various areas.
Repeat until you have the coverage you desire:
Move on to the next color, then the next:
Use backgrounds to make cards, this one is the glossy cardstock:
This is Tim Holtz watercolor cardstock:
Thanks for joining us today. I would like to see your attempts at
smooshing and know which cardstock you prefer.