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Tutorial: Stamped Scene – Treasures

By Helen | September 4, 2009

For the Semptember Stamp of the Month Blog Hop, I created this card with an outdoor scene.  Today’s tutorial will show you how to recreate the scenery panel.

Materials:

• Treasures Stamp Set – available during September
• White Daisy Cardstock
• Inks: Indian Corn Blue, Sunflower, Olive, Desert Sand and Versamark
• Clear Detail Embossing Powder
• Craft Heater
• Round Sponge and/or Sponge Daubers

Using a 6 x 4 piece of White Daisy Cardstock, load the flower stamp with Versamark Ink first, then gently press that onto the Sunflower ink pad.  Stamp.  Clean your stamp before reinking for the next flower.  For the flower to the far right that’s lighter in color, I gently tapped off some of the ink onto my desk pad.  Emboss using Clear Detail Embossing Powder.

Stamp the flower stems by loading your stamp with Versamark ink then gently pressing into the Olive ink pad.  Stamp.  Clean your stamp before reinking for the next stemp.  Emboss using Clear Detail Embossing Powder.

Tip: The flower stem is flexible, so you can bend it in different directions to give a more realistic look.

Ink the sentiment with Indian Corn Blue, then stamp above the flowers.

Stamp the small Dandelion seed stamp with Versamark ink starting in the upper left corner of the panel and floating across the panel.  Emboss with Clear Detail Embossing Powder.  You’ll see these magically appear in the next steps.

Using a wedge cut from a round sponge, edge the top portion of the panel with Indian Corn Blue.

Starting from the top of the panel, sponge on Indian Corn Blue using a circular motion.  Continue adding color and pulling it down towards the flowers, making the “sky” lighter as you go further down the panel.

Isn’t it fun how the Dandelion seeds floating in the air magically appear! 

Tip: You may have to use a paper towel or tissue to wipe any excess ink off of the embossed images so the white will “pop.”

Sponge Sunflower ink below the Indian Corn Blue sky. 

Note: I like the control I get with the sponge.  I could take the Sunflower up to the bottom of the Indian Corn Blue without mixing the two.

Tip: If you want to ensure the two colors don’t overlap, you can tear a piece of copy paper or use a few sticky notes to protect the sky area.

Using a Sponge Dauber or a wedge from the Round Sponge, apply Olive ink to the lower edges of the panel.

Continue sponging on Olive ink to create the grassy area.  Take the Olive up to the bottom of the sky.

Using a Sponge Dauber or a wedge cut from a Round Sponge, apply Desert Sand ink over some of the grass to give it depth.

Mat the finished panel onto White Daisy, then Indian Corn Blue, then White Daisy and finally onto the card base that has an Indian Corn Blue front.  Add square bitty sparkles to the corners and voila!

Topics: Color Me Monday, Stamping, Techniques, Tips, Treasure D1375, Tutorials | 6 Comments »

6 Responses to “Tutorial: Stamped Scene – Treasures”

1. Leslie Says:
   September 4th, 2009 at 6:23 pm

   Helen, this is beautiful, I may have to give it a try. thanks for the tut.

2. Nicole Says:
   September 4th, 2009 at 7:47 pm

   This is awesome, I can’t wait to get that stamp set so I can play!

3. Jill Says:
   September 5th, 2009 at 9:38 pm

   Wow, such a beautiful card!

4. Karen Wilson Says:
   September 10th, 2009 at 8:46 am

   Hi Helen! Wow, this is beautiful! Thanks for such a detailed tutorial. I’m also a CTMH consultant and we have our monthly club night tmw night and I was stumped at how to showcase this stamp set! This is beautiful and I can’t wait to try out these techniques!

5. Jen_nifer Says:
   October 19th, 2009 at 11:39 am

   Beautiful!!! I tried it last night and had two problems:
   1. I used the bigger dandelion for the white ones.
   2. I found I had to wipe the Indian Corn Blue off of the small dandelions to have the white really pop as the blue ink was sitting on top of the embossed dandelions.

   I’ll be trying it again tonight, I hope it turns out as beautiful as yours here!

6. Helen Says:
   October 19th, 2009 at 12:00 pm

   Jennifer,

   Thank you for letting me know. Yes, you may have to wipe the ink off the top of the embossing – it should just wipe right off. It’s possible that when I did it, the ink was picked back up by the sponge as I was going over the image. You can take a paper towel or tissue and wipe across the scene to remove any excess ink.

   Hope you have fun playing!

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