Beth's Paper Cuts: Tasteful Touches

Tuesday, June 29, 2021

Color Lifting Technique with Decorative Masks from Stampin' Up!

Hi Stampy friends! Today I am playing around with Decorative Masks from Stampin' Up! Instead of adding color using the masks to make a pattern, I am taking away color today! This is a fun technique and you get a subtle or not so subtle pattern depending on how much you take away.

I used the Tasteful Touches Stamp set and Tasteful Labels dies for my samples.

This first card uses a wash in Balmy Blue on a piece of watercolor paper. I then layered the Mask on top of the watercolor paper, and dabbed at the paper with a damp paper towel. I tried this two ways. On the left, the watercolor paper was dried first before I applied the mask. On the right, I applied the mask right away while the watercolor paper and ink were still wet. The wet paper gives some interesting mottling on the ink that sort of beaded up a bit on the underside of the mask. Both are pretty and give an interesting background.

Rather than stamp on white as I usually do, I stamped my flower on Crumb Cake with Memento Ink. I then colored my flower with Stampin' Blends.

The card base is Early Espresso with a layer of Rich Razzleberry on top. The ribbon trim is Early Espresso Faux Suede trim. I used the Tasteful Labels dies for my sentiment. I give a fun tip on how to custom size this in my Video.

My second sample started with a wash of Granny Apple Green, Bermuda Bay and Night of Navy on Watercolor paper. The card on the left was dried first before doing the color lifting technique, the card on the right was done while still damp.

I used Sponge Daubers to apply ink to the feather, and added some Versamark to the tips so that I could add some Gold Embossed detail. The sentiment is on a label cut using the Tasteful Labels dies in Night of Navy.

To make the feathers different sizes, I cut one in half and attached it behind the sentiment to make it appear different from the feather in front. I added another stamped feather to the inside.

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Product List

Tasteful Touches Cling Stamp Set (English)

[152562]

$23.00

Tasteful Labels Dies

[152886]

$31.00

Basic Pattern Decorative Masks

[150697]

$8.00

Plenty Of Patterns Decorative Masks

[155553]

$8.00

Sponge Daubers

[133773]

$5.00

Water Painters

[151298]

$12.00

Fluid 100 Watercolor Paper

[149612]

$9.00

Night Of Navy 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[100867]

$8.75

Night Of Navy Classic Stampin' Pad

[147110]

$7.50

Granny Apple Green Stampin' Pad

[147095]

$7.50

Bermuda Bay Classic Stampin' Pad

[147096]

$7.50

Metallics Embossing Powders

[155555]

$18.00

Basics Embossing Powders

[155554]

$18.00

Early Espresso 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[119686]

$8.75

Rich Razzleberry 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[115316]

$8.75

Crumb Cake 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock

[120953]

$8.75

Balmy Blue Classic Stampin' Pad

[147105]

$7.50

Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad

[132708]

$6.00

Rich Razzleberry Classic Stampin' Pad

[147091]

$7.50

Early Espresso 1/4" (6.4 Mm) Faux Suede Trim

[152472]

$6.50

Blackberry Bliss Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[154877]

$9.00

Daffodil Delight Stampin' Blends Combo Pack

[154883]

$9.00

Tuesday, July 28, 2020

Simple to Super with the Tasteful Touches stamp set

Hi everyone

! Today I am sharing a trio of cards using the Tasteful Touches stamp set. I wanted to show them in a group like this so that you can see how to make a really simple version for when you need a pretty card quickly, and then a couple other ways to step it up when you have a little more time or materials on your hands.

I really like this stamp set for the imagery and the sentiments. The sentiments are especially nice in these days of social distancing. I really like the "Just Saying Hello" or the "you are so special" to send to friends who I have not been able to meet with in a while.

I made a video on this trio that you can view here:

This is the Simple version. I used just Stamps, ink and Paper on this, no special tools needed. The card base is Gray Granite with a background using the In Good Taste Designer Series Paper. I used Pretty Peacock cardstock for the sentiment. the flower is stamped in Memento Ink and colored with Stampin' Blends in Rococo Rose and Mango Melody.

On this second card I stepped it up a bit by adding a die cut piece behind the flower using the Stitched So Sweetly dies, a favorite of mine! I also cut the flower out and popped it up with Dimensionals, and added some Linen Thread behind.

For this third version I stepped it up even further by adding some gold foil leaves from the Forever Gold Laser-Cut Specialty Paper. I also embossed the sentiment with Gold Embossing Powder.