July Stamping Technique: Coloring with DSP

The August Stamping Technique was "Coloring with DSP" - if you're not up on all the acronyms DSP means Designer Series Papers.  For this card we used the DSP to color the butterfly.

This is such a simple technique. You just stamp on the Designer paper and either punch or cut out the image to apply to your project. There are so many paper designs available, just pick a color and pattern that fits your stamp image.

This image was heat embossed, to make the butterfly image really "pop" off the Designer Paper.

Speaking of the butterfly, I LOVE that Stampin'UP! offers matching stamps and punches.  I could have used a scissors and "fussy cut" the butterfly - but my Elegant Butterfly punch makes this quick and easy. The butterfly is from a stamp set called Papillon Potpourri which was made to go with our butterfly punches.

Papillon Potpourri Stamp Set available in wood or clear

Elegant Butterfly Punch

Bitty Butterfly Punch

Do you ever get those annoying black speckles everywhere when you heat emboss in black?  Here's how I solved that problem - I never use black embossing powder anymore.  Now I just stamp in black ink and use clear embossing powder.  I used to use Black Craft Ink, but Stampin'UP!'s new foam ink pads are actually gooey enough to emboss with. So, cool bonus: now you can emboss in ANY color.  I always keep a few extra jars of clear embossing powder on my supply shelf.

Hope you found something useful here.
Happy Stamping
--Katie

Buy 3 - Get 1 FREE: Designer Series Papers

Stampin'UP!'s current promotion is on Designer Series Papers.  

Designer Printed Papers are wonderful! You can use them for so many things.

1. Designer printed papers make a really pretty background layer  like on this card and this on circle lay-out
2. Some printed papers are so pretty you want to use them as the focal piece, like on Dad's vest
3. You can use strips of designer prints as accents on a project
4. You can "color" your image by stamping on Designer Print Papers (like this snowman's hat and scarf) and today's card

 Do you like the prints on this card?  The leaves are a little more obvious because I didn't stamp on them. The flower is also a print paper and with the flower image stamped on the Designer Paper it really has a soft mottled look. 

So, grab your catalog or check out the on-line version here.  You'll find the Designer Papers on pages 151, 153 and 154.

• click here or on the image for a FLASH version of the catalog
• or click here to download a PDF version of the catalog). 

Buy any of the regular Designer paper Packs 

(not the stacks and not the specialty papers)

 and when you choose 3 you'll get a 4th one FREE!  

 Free is good!  You can have tons of fun playing with Stampin'UP! Designer Print Papers.

Thanks for stopping by
Happy Stamping
--Katie

Coloring with DSP!

Have you tried this impressive little coloring trick?  Color your images with DSP (Designer Series Paper). Its a great way to get both color AND a pattern onto your images.

Parts of this image were colored with markers: the boots, the band on his hat and the buttons and birds. The rest, his hat and scarf, were colored with DSP.

Coloring with DSP is a super easy technique!  

1. Stamp the image on your project

2. Stamp the image AGAIN on a piece of DSP

    hint: smaller patterns work better

3. Cut out the parts you plan to use from the DSP

    and attach to the project

VOILA!

The snowflake embellishment in the bottom corner was created with the new Snow Flurry Die from the Holiday Mini Catalog. I cut the smaller snowflake from Silver Glimmer paper and embellished the center with a self-stick pearl. 

 

The snowman is from a stamp set called: Snow Much Fun found in the main catalog. These 2 little guys are so cute and the variety of images in the set really lets you do a lot with them.

• The 2 snowmen are facing the right direction to show them interacting with each other (can you see a snowball fight?)
• The images can be inked with a marker (instead of an ink pad) so you can stamp just the bird, or just the snowball, or the snowman without the birds. Here is the tall snowman without one of the birds. 

 The possibilities are endless.  What kind of scenes would you create from these images?

Coloring with Designer Papers is a really fun technique. And Stampin'UP! has so many papers to choose from.  My hints for trying this are (1) to choose images that are easy to cut out (you'll notice I did not cut the fringe on his scarf) and (2) to choose a paper with a smaller print design.  Other than that its super easy and fun.

When coloring the traditional way - with ink pads and markers - its nice to have a large selection of colors to choose from.  If you're looking for a way to get lots of colors fast then consider buying the Starter Kit.  You still have 3 more days to get in on the INK-redible FREE INK PAD offer.

When you buy the starter kit you get to choose $125 worth of product - any product - and pay only $99.  And for the next 3 days you'll also get a free set of ink pads (either the brights, the subtles or the regals) along with everything else you order.  You can read more about the details here or email or phone me for more details (608)220-3450. But there are only 3 more days left to get in on this special deal. This offer ends Dec 16th.

Happy Stamping and Happy Coloring
--Katie

QUICK LINKS

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Shop for Stampin'UP! product HERE Check out the INK-credible Special (expires Dec 16th) Be sure to check the Clearance Rack you'll find some amazing deals All orders over $25 earn Customer Rewards And during December all orders earn DOUBLE POINTS!  View the Main Catalog On-Line View the Holiday Mini-Catalog On-Line Call me to get a paper version of the catalogs - 608-220-3450

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