Thank You For Being Awesome!
Hi Bloggers! Happy Sunday to you! I’m thrilled to have Teri Anderson back as our guest designer, so will let her now take the stage!
Hi again, Simon friends! Teri here, and I’m excited to visit again!
Today, I wanted to share with you a really simple technique for using clear stamps. Rather than using just the front side of a stamp, stamp with the back side, too!
This technique is really fun with stamps of images (like flowers and leaves) that are mostly line art!
I created this artsy little card by stamping with the back side of the flower (from the Poppy Sentiments set from Technique Tuesday).
The stamping went down like this:
First, I flipped my stamp over. And then I applied red ink to flower portion of it. (By the way, I got a little overzealous with the inking on my card and got a little bit on the stem, but that’s OK. That extra ink just adds to the artsy look of the technique.)
Then I stamped on paper and got something like this.
I cleaned the stamp, flipped over (right side up) and stamped the flower with black ink.
I used the exact same stamping technique with this card here.
Only this time I used a leaf (from the I Give Thanks stamp set from Technique Tuesday) and an orange ink pad.
Thanks for having me today! And I hope you consider giving the technique a try!
Blog Candy Alert! The generous folks at Technique Tuesday have offered to sponsor our blog candy today by giving away a Poppy Sentiments stamp set to one lucky winner! Follow our blog via email and comment on this post for a chance to win!
What a great idea! Simple but such striking results. Thanks for sharing Teri.
wow, these are lovely and I always enjoy seeing Teri’s work! thanks for having Teri here today! Your stamp set would be enjoyed here at my place!
I love how you use the back of the stamp to ink the background then the correct side to stamp the flower. I will have to go through my stamps and see if I have any that will work. Thank you so much for the chance to win. That is so very generous of you.
This stamp set is sooo cute. I love poppy flowers.
What a great technique – I will look at my stamps in a different light now!
I’ll now be looking at the back of my clear stamps! Thank you for sharing the artsy look.
Love the technique and your cards.
Love this technique! Great cards!
What a great technique. Thanks for the inspiration :)
Both cards are beautiful. Thanks for the tutuorial.
Thanks for sharing this technique!
Wow! This is a super awesome technique! I’ve got to try this. Love Technique Tuesday.
Getting bang for your buck– 2 stamps out of one!
That is a really cool way to use your stamp! Tfs
I love the technique that Teri demonstrated. Can’t wait to try it! :-)
Love Teri’s cards! Both are awesome and what a wonderful stamp set too. :) Thanks for sharing.
Katie B.
This is an awesome technique. So easy to do and so effective. Thanks for sharing.
Beautiful card and stamp set!
Always such interesting new techniques!
Great technique, thanks for sharing!
I like these cards and have used that technique! It takes just the right stamps to use it with and these are those! :D
What a great idea love it. Thanks for sharing.
Wow what a gorgeous card and really great technique. hugs! MOjca
I will definitely try this technique, Teri! I love your style! I would love to win this stamp set, too! Thanks, Technique Tuesday!
Great technique! and I love these cards they look so artistic and beautiful!
Love the look you achieved! Such fun cards!
Oh my goodness this is such a clever idea. It really makes you look at your stamps in a whole new way. Can’t wait to try this technique. LOVE your cards. TFS.
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LOVE it!!!!!!!!
xx Irene
Such a great way to get more use of our stamps! I love the finished look – Teri never disappoints!! Gotta try this :)
This is a fun way to use stamps! Thank you for the idea.
Love this technique. It really does make the image artsy!
Thanks for the inspiration.
I absolutely love this idea! Thanks so much for sharing! A great way to get double-duty from the stamps.
This is what I love about blogs – you can learn so much that you wouldn’t have otherwise. This is such a cool way to create a cool image on your card. I am definitely going to try this tonight – it has so many possibilities. Thank you!
Love, love, love this! New technique to try…yay! Love that poppy too! Thanks!
Never in a million years would I have thought of doing this – what a fabulous idea! Thank you for the inspiration! Teri, both cards are beautiful!
That is a great idea. I never do that, but now I will try.
Love it! Thanks for the idea and the chance to win!
What great inspiration, I’m going to have to try this.
Love the technique – so striking.
Such a pretty stamp set! Love what you created!
Great card! Thanks for sharing this technique! :)
I love both of these cards and never would’ve thought of this technique in a million years! Genius!
Great cards!! I love poppies they are my favorite flower! Awesomeness! ~God bless~
I love your technique and I did try it. I’m looking at my sets so differently now. Thanks
Thanks for the clever idea. I am always looking for new ways to get more use out of my rubber stamps.
What an awesome technique. Love the cards.
Love those poppies!! Great idea – 2 step stamping with just one stamp! Love it!!
Oh my good gravy, but these poppies are SO very lovely! And great sentiments … would love to have a set to take for a creative test drive!
What a great idea. Thanks for sharing. Thanks for the chance to win these beautiful stamps. I would love to try out this technique!