Technique class: Resist Stamping

Last night I taught a class on resist stamping. Here were the cards we made and some brief instructions:

Card 1: Wax Paper Resist

It took me a long time to try this technique because I was scared of the iron--LOL! It is such an easy and fun technique:

Wax Paper Resist

You need glossy paper or cardstock (I used regular cardstock here), wax paper, and an iron.

Crumple up the wax paper and then set between the glossy sides of the glossy paper.

Take an iron at medium heat and iron over the paper for between 10 and 30 seconds.

Then run an inked brayer (in this case Orchid Bouquet) over your cardstock

you can also use sponges or direct to paper inking for your color.

Card#2 Versamark Resist

For this card, you will need glossy paper because I couldn't get it to work on cardstock

Stamp your images (in this case the larger circles) in Versamark

Either let dry a couple of minutes or heat set.

Brayer over paper with ink (Garden Green)

It may take a minute or two for your images to appear

Last, I took a smaller circle in New England Ivy and stamped over the top and heat set

Card #3 Embossed

First stamped the eggs and "Easter" in Versamark and emboss with Clear powder

Then use a sponge to color over the card in Baby Pink, Amythest, and Buttercup

Last take a paper towel or sponge and rub the color off the embossed images to make them pop

Card #4 Versamark Combo (at least it was supposed to be)

Use Glossy paper. First, stamp the large flower in Versamark and emboss it in Clear

Then I stamped another flower in Versamark which was suppoed to turn out like the circles in card # 2, but didn't show up. I think the yellow might have been too light of a color--don't know.

Next brayer in Sunkiss Yellow over the whole card

Then stamp flowers in Spring Iris and Pink Carnation and sponge over them with those same colors to get the tie-dyed effect for the background

Last, rub a sponge or paper towel over the embossed images to make them pop.

PS--I used a sponged to ink the flower for this card too :)