Plaid Silhouettes Tutorial

Hello everyone!!! I am hosting the Technique Lover's Challenge again on Splitcoaststampers and I have a super fun technique for you today!!! It's something that I developed a while ago for silhouette stamps...ya know those solid stamps that are so hard to get ink to cover evenly!! I decided to try and make a plaid look by tapping the edge of the ink pad in a spaced pattern first going from left to right and then to flip the stamp and go from right to left.

For the leaf stamp I first stamped a base color of Mustard Seed over the whole stamp.

Then, at an angle starting at the top of the leaf, I used the edge of the Crushed Olive ink pad to hit the stamp every 1/4 to 1/2 inch all the way down.

Then I started at the top again only angled the other direction and again, hit the stamp with the edge of the Pealed Paint ink every 1/4 to 1/2 inch all the way down the stamp.

Stamp onto white or vanilla cardstock...

Tada...it's plaid!!!!

I entered this in the Really Reasonable Ribbon Challenge #5 to use black and white and a splash of color.

Recipe:

Stamps: Rubbernecker Fall Trilogy and Rubbernecker Floral Silhouettes set #467

Paper: White, Black, Basic Grey's Origins dp

Ink: Mustard Seed, Crushed Olive, Peeled Paint, Memento Tuxedo Black

Accessories: Nestabilities, Silk Ribbon, Pearls, Foam Tape

This is another stamp I used for the plaid technique....this time instead of hitting the edge of the ink pad on the stamp I lowered the ink pad slightly and used a little more of the ink pad to create a wider plaid look.

Tap the ink pad first from left to right.....

and then flip the stamp and tap the ink pad on the stamp from the right to left. You can use as many colors as you want or use only one color...you can still achieve the plaid look.

I did not use a base color on this one because I lowered the ink pad a little more and color hit the stamp each time I hit the stamp. I used Spiced Marmalade, Warn Lipstick, and Pealed Paint.

Recipe:

Stamps: Rubbernecker Floral Silhouettes #467

Paper: White, Black, Old Olive, Basic Grey Stella Ruby dp

Ink: Warn Lipstick, Spiced Marmalade, Pealed Paint

Accessories: Lace, Ribbon, Black Rhinestone Flourish, Candy Dots, EK Success Scallop Border Punch

Can ya tell I am having fun with this technique?? I just had to make one more....

The base color is Pretty in Pink....then for the plaid lines I used Tempting Turquoise and Certainly Celery. I made the lines with the very edge of the ink pad because it is a real small cake image.

The second cake uses Pretty in Pink as the base and Regal Rose for the plaid lines.

Recipe:

Stamps: Rubbernecker's Party Time #442

Paper: White, Basic Grey Lime Ricky dp, Stampin Up! dp

Ink: Tempting Turquoise, Cetainly Celery, Pretty in Pink

Accessories: Ribbon, Nestabilities, Button, Twine

Thanks for visiting and now get out those solid stamps and make a little plaid!!!!