Totally Techniques Blog Hop: Mirror Stamping

Well hello and welcome to this fun Totally Techniques Blog hop. This month we are diving into Mirror Stamping. I immediately knew what I wanted to use, the bike stamp from the June Paper Pumpkin, Bikes & Blooms. Why not share my Dutch culture with you and create a scene with some trees, a canal and a bike? Seeing as this is a technique blog hop, I decided to throw in two more techniques for good measure. Any guesses what they might be after looking at my card below??

For my card front I used watercolour paper so that I could use a watercolour wash to make my canal, my grass, and the bike path. The canal was done using Balmy Blue with a slight accent of Azure Afternoon. My grass is Garden Green and the path is Crumb Cake. Next I made my sky using a blending brush, a few drops of glycerine mixed with a few drops of Balmy Blue reinker. This creates a velvety smooth finish! Lastly, I stamped the trees from the retired set Autumn Trees in Garden Green and Pecan Pie, spritzed with a little water. My bicycle was stamped in Early Espresso.

Now the big question is of course, how do you do the Mirror Stamping? It’s so stunningly simple, you might just chuckle. I merely stamped the bike in Early Espresso again on a piece of acetate that comes with our photopolymer stamp sets. After stamping, flip it over and rub onto your card front where you want it to be. I gave it a very light spritz of water after doing this to create a softer watercolour effect. The tree was even easier because it is symmetrical, so I just stamped it upside down under the first tree stamp. This time I gave it a spritz before stamping to give it a watery look.

I struggled a bit with where to place my sentiment before deciding to create a skinny banner to go on the back of the bike. What do you think?

Be sure to hop along and see what our other talented design team members came up with! Remember, we love to read your comments so that we don’t feel all alone in cyberspace. If you live in Canada, you can click on the icons below to shop with me. In the Netherlands, you can use this link. In the UK this link will be better for you. I appreciate you and will send you a free pdf tutorial bundle as a thank you.

Thanks so much for joining me today, I hope you were inspired to create your own card using the Mirror Stamping technique. Have a wonderful day! Stamping hugs, Jackie aka The Pampered Stamper

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