Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Reverse Image Stamping

Time for another tutorial. While making a layout for a previous blog post I was using the butterfly stamp from the Flutter Butter collection. I wanted to make three butterflies, two going in the direction that the stamp was made to go and one facing the opposite direction. Hmmmmm....so I pondered and pondered and pondered, then my eyes fell upon the little sheet of transparency that comes in the package with almost all clear stamps one buys. Right then and there I had a light bulb moment. Want me to share it with you? yes? good!!!

Supplies needed:
Ink pad, stamp with desired image, acrylic block, stamping pad, the spare transparency sheet in your stamp packaging and a marker that is the same color of your ink pad
Mount your stamp on your acrylic block and ink it up. Then stamp directly on to your transparency sheet. Careful as it will be slippery...steady hand.
Then turn your transparency over and carefully lay on top of the piece of paper that you want to stamp the image on. Now rub over the stamped image and then remove the transparency.
You will be left with a "not so great" image. There should be enough of an image that you can then use your marker and color in the image. That is why I stamped an original image above my reverse image so that I could see what it is suppose to look like.
Next I chose to cut out the images and pop them up on a card with pop up dots.
See you can hardly notice the difference between the two stamped images.
Voila! Done...just add a simple "you make my heart flutter" sentiment on the interior of the card!
Supplies used: Bo Bunny Gypsy Henna, Bo Bunny Gypsy Spice, Bo Bunny Gypsy Cutouts, Bo Bunny Citrus Dots, Gypsy flowers,Gypsy buttons, Gypsy Combo sticker and Harmony Stamp
Hope this was a helpful little tutorial Thanks for stopping by!
Tonya Dirk

25 comments:

  1. Such a wonderful card! and thanks for the tutorial - simple yet brilliant in idea and result! :D

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  2. Excellent job Tonya and fantastic stamping tip!!!

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  3. I LOVE this tip! Thanks sooooo much for sharing. I have so many stamps and I love this to get more milage out of them! Thanks!!!

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  4. Great tutorial! I never thought about doing that but have often wished a image was flipped!

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  5. Fabulous tip! Thank you for sharing this awesome idea!

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  6. Thanks for sharing that wonderful idea, I don't think I would have thought of it on my own.

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  7. Great stuff! Love that covered cd case!

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  8. what a great tip! thanks for sharing. love the card.

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  9. Brilliant - you are too clever - TFS xx

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  10. Very clever Tonya! TFS your trick!

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  11. Hi, Thanks so much for the tip. I love it. I always learn something new on your site.
    Sandy

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  12. ACK! What happened to the Blinkies???

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  13. Great tutorial Tonya! Never thought of doing that and I will sure give it a try! :)

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  14. Wow! Great idea, I had never thought of that, thanks! =)

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  15. We love Bo Bunny! Awesome make and take at Scrap Fest! The team is wonderful! Thanks again!

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  16. Bo Bunny is great! Another great year of make and takes at Scrap Fest!

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  17. Thanks for your great ideas and well-planned make & take at Scrapfest!

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  18. Another cute idea! And thanks to BoBunny for such a cute make-&-take this year at Scrapfest! Loved it!

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  19. Loved to see you all at Scrapfest! The make and take was super cute and I took a class this year, too! Keep those kits coming, too - love those!!!

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  20. Thank you so much for this quick and easy tutorial - and the photos helped too!

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