Learn to Stamp and Scrap with Lynn Larson

TUTORIAL - Black Magic with a Twist using Kind & Caring Thoughts

Are you ready for a technique tutorial?  I certainly am!  I have been waiting to share this technique and sample with you for quite some time now.  If you visited me during the Royal Blog Tour, you saw this Kind & Caring Thoughts card sample using this technique.

I love the technique called "Black Magic".  It is simply creating a colorful stamped image onto a piece of black or other dark colored cardstock (such as navy or chocolate chip).  I like to add my own little touch to this technique by adding my "twist" which I will show you how to do. 

Are you ready to start?  Grab your favorite drink and get somewhere cozy we are ready to begin.

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TUTORIAL:  Black Magic with a Twist Technique

Supplies:

Stamp Set:  Kind & Caring Thoughts

Cardstock:  Basic Black, Whisper White and Brilliant Blue

Ink:  Whisper White Craft Ink

Accessories:  Big Shot Die Cut Machine, Multi-Purpose Platform, Standard Cutting Pads, Textured Impressions Finial Press Embossing Folder, Watercolor Pencils

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Directions:

First you will start off with a piece of Basic Black cardstock.  I measured the wood block of the stamp that I used to stamp with and used that measurement to cut my cardstock. 

 

The next step is to ink up a bold image stamp with Whisper White Craft Ink and stamp it onto the Basic Black cardstock as shown above.  You can either set the piece aside to dry while working on other elements of the card or you can heat the white craft ink with your heat tool so it will dry before going on to the next step.

 

Select the colors of Stampin' Up! Watercolor Pencils that you would like to use on your image.  I chose to use blue for this card but a pink would also look very nice.  I prefer using bright colors on my image because they just pop off the black paper. 

 

After coloring in my flowers and stems, I chose to shadow my flowers with a darker blue pencil.

 

When the image is all colored and shadowed, you will have something like this.  Now it is time to add the "twist". 

 

Using a White Gel Pen, add highlighting to the stems and flowers.  I really like the added white to this technique.  It makes the image much more striking.

Layer your card and add some embellishments and your card can look something like this:

 

My next tutorial will be on Tuesday, August 4th when I share with you how to make the glass votive holder that I shared with you on the Royal Blog Tour.  This is a fabulous way to use your stamp sets and have fun with glass so don't forget to bookmark this site or subscribe to email updates so you don't miss a thing!

 

See you all back here tomorrow.  

Lynn Larson - www.learntostampandscrap.com


 

 

Blog Candy Winner!

I really appreciate all of you taking the time to visit my blog during the Royal Blog Tour and leaving your comments!  Everyone said such nice things about the samples.  Don't forget to check out my tutorial for the Black Magic with a Twist technique tomorrow!

Ok, now on to the winner.....drumroll please.....

Congratulations to Tenny Kusuma from Lincoln, NE!  Here is the sweet comment that she left during the blog tour:

Your Black Magic with a twist is awesome, but I like your 3D Project...votive candle glass. Just bookmarked your blog..I'm looking forward to see more :D
Tenny Kusuma
santoso10ny@gmail.com
Lincoln, NE

Be sure to bookmark this site or subscribe to email updates for my blog so you don't miss all the wonderful treats I have in store for you in the future!

More tomorrow...

Lynn Larson - www.learntostampandscrap.com

Embossing with Wedding Sweet Stamp Set

I was playing around with the stamp set Wedding Sweet this week and wanted to use it to demonstrate embossing at my workshops this month.

 

I wanted to make a card that was simple and elegant just like this stamp set is.  I used the following Stampin' Up! supplies to make this card:

Stamp Set:  Wedding Sweet

Cardstock:  Bashful Blue and Whisper White

Ink:  Whisper White Craft Ink and Bashful Blue Classic Ink (for the envelope)

Accessories:  White Embossing Powder, Heat Tool, Powder Pals Tray, Ticket Corner Punch and Dimensionals.

Thanks so much for stopping by!  Be sure to check out my tutorial for the technique "Black Magic with a Twist" tomorrow!

Lynn Larson - www.learntostampandscrap.com

Deal of the Week - Heart to Heart Punch!

Here is the final Stampin' Up! Deal of the Week.  This week Stampin' Up! is offering the Heart to Heart Punch at the discounted price of $10.99 (reg. $15.99). Special pricing expires Friday, July 31.

To order, contact me! 

Another Kind & Caring Thoughts Share

I have been having so very much fun playing around with this Level 3 Hostess stamp set!  I made up a bunch of projects when deciding what to showcase on the Royal Blog Tour.  These samples are actually the card and gift bag that I created for my daughter Stephanie's birthday last week to put the address book that I made her inside.

 

I used Rich Razzleberry and Crushed Curry.  I am also loving the polka dot ribbon in the six new In Colors!

 

I decided to quickly stamp up the envelope to go along with the card that I made for Stephanie.  I like the way that this set turned out.  I am really not much of a purple person (as you can probably tell by the lack of purple usage on my blog:)), but I really like this color.

 

The inside of the card also had to be finished off.  I used some of the polka dot ribbon and layered it onto a strip of Rich Razzleberry Cardstock.  Repeat stamping of Crushed Curry ink creates the focal point while the added touch of the words in Rich Razzleberry finishes off the inside of my card.

I hope you like today's Kind & Caring Thoughts share!  Be sure to stay tuned for the announcement of my Blog Candy winner from the Royal Blog Tour on Wednesday.  If you haven't entered to win, you can read about my blog candy offering in this post.  Be sure to follow the directions carefully in order to be eligible!

Thanks so much for stopping by and I'll see you tomorrow!

Lynn Larson - www.learntostampandscrap.com

Kind & Caring Thoughts Candle Holder with Candle

 

During the Royal Blog Tour, we had to limit our photos so you weren't stuck visiting one blog for long.  This was a second photo of the glass candle holder that I wanted to share with you that shows the candle inside.  It brings out the colors in the holder but didn't show as much detail as the photo on its own.

I will be doing a tutorial to show you how to make this cute little project over the next week.  Please be sure to either bookmark this site or subscribe to email updates of my blog posts so you don't miss out!

See you all tomorrow,

Lynn Larson - www.learntostampandscrap.com

Royal Blog Tour - Kind & Caring Thoughts by Lynn Larson

Today I am sharing three samples with you that I made using the Hostess Level 3 stamp set called Kind & Caring Thoughts.  The minute I saw this stamp set, I fell in love with it.

Because this is a bold image stamp set, it is wonderful to use for a technqiue called Black Magic.  I give this technique a little "twist" and have named what I do "Black Magic with a Twist". 

 

I embossed the card front with my Big Shot and the Textured Impressions Finial Press Embossing Folder to make it pop just that much more.  The white accents on the side were done with my Scallop Eyelet Border Punch.

The inside of the card has white insert that has been cut long enough to punch the border and then layer the trim of black and blue onto the card.  I created a little interest and dimension to the inside by also embossing the strip of Brilliant Blue with the Textured Impressions Finial Press embossing folder.  The words "Thanks so Much" are included in the Kind & Caring Thoughts stamp set.

 

If you are interested in learning how to do my "Black Magic with a Twist" technique, be sure to stop back here after the tour is over on Thursday, July 30th. 

NOTE:  Be sure to bookmark this website and/or subscribe to my" email mailing list" for updates on my blog so you don't miss out on the tutorial on July 30th to learn this fun and striking technique! 

I will be showing you pictures of the technique along with step-by-step instructions on how to create a card like this using any bold image stamp set you have. 

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The second project that I created using the Kind & Caring Thoughts stamp set is a 3-D item.  I wanted to create a little clear glass tealight or votive holder.  I found these cute little glass pots that I liked and wanted to alter. 

I won't explain how to create this project in this blog post since you are supposed to be riding the tour and enjoying many samples today.  I will, however, be posting a tutorial on Tuesday, August 4th that will give you a list of supplies used, step-by-step instructions with photos on how to make a glass item like this on your own!

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My third and final project for this blog tour is this quick and easy card in Soft Suede and Crushed Curry.  I really love this color combination!

 

The image is simply done by repeat stamping the flower without reinking it.  I stamped the words in Soft Suede and added some Crushed Curry Polka Dot Ribbon with a mustard button from the Playground button assortment.

 

To finish off my card, I created this insert for the inside.  Too stinkin' cute, huh?!

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REMINDER:  Be sure to bookmark this website and/or subscribe to my" email mailing list" for updates on my blog so you don't miss out on the July 30th tutorial for Black Magic with a Twist or the August 4th tutorial for working with glass!

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ARE YOU READY FOR SOME BLOG CANDY?  I am offering Blog Candy to everyone who is riding the Blog Tour today.  I will be offering a sample of my Black Magic with a Twist Card to the lucky winner.  How do you enter you ask?  Well, just leave a comment on my blog during the blog tour that includes your name, your favorite sample that I shared for this tour, the city and state (or country) in which you live and your email address.  It is just as simple as that.  Please note, however, that you must include ALL the information that I listed above in your comment in order to qualify for the drawing.  I will announce the winner on my blog on WEDNESDAY, JULY 29th so be sure to come back and check out who the lucky winner is!

Thanks so much for riding the Royal Blog Tour today and stopping by Learn to Stamp and Scrap to visit!  I'd love for you to stop by again to see what other new projects I have to share.

Address Book

My daughter mentioned recently that she needed an address book.  For her birthday this week, I decided to make her an address book especially from "Mom":))

 

I think that it turned out pretty cute.  Stephanie likes the color pink so I wanted to do Regal Rose and Rose Red flowers and Rose Red tabs on the book. 

Stephanie was just thrilled with it!  I added the birthdays of lots of our family members inside the cover and also the addresses and phone numbers of many important people for her to reference.

More tomorrow so stay tuned!

Lynn Larson - www.learntostampandscrap.com

Scrapbooking - Tulips on Marginal Way

 

So we are finally at the end of Marginal Way...  You can see Darryl walking toward the inn right at the very end of the trail.  The white fences all around are part of the grounds of the inn and they had beautiful gardens surrounding it with many tulips and other spring flowers in bloom. 

As an accent to the left side of my page, I used the retired set "Terrific Tulips" to add color and larger flowers to that side.  I love that stamp set and just can't part with it.  I still use it for many craft projects.

The buttons on the right side of my page were created using my Big Shot and Buttons Sizzlits Die.  I layered two color together to match the tulips and the rest of my page.

I hope you enjoyed today's scrapbook pages.  On to something different tomorrow so I hope to see you right back here!

Thanks for stopping by,

Lynn Larson - www.learntostampandscrap.com

Mark Your Calendars for the Royal Blog Tour - July 26, 27 and 28

Are you ready for a seriously fabulous Blog Tour?  I am so stinkin' excited about this tour I cannot even begin to tell you!  I have my three samples all done and saved right here on my blog to share with you beginning July 26th. 

You will not want to miss this tour, so mark your calendars for July 26, 27 and 28 and be sure to stop back here to see my samples using the new Hostess Level 3 stamp set Kind & Caring Thoughts.

Oh, and did I mention BLOG CANDY?  I am also offering blog candy during the tour so be sure to read the instructions on how to leave your post so you can be eligible to win!

Lynn Larson - www.learntostampandscrap.com