Free weekly card making tutorials using Stampin' Up! products.
This week we are looking at two tone stamping, this technique allows you to add more texture and depth to your stamping. You ink up your stamp as normal with the paler colour then add accents with a darker colour using a sponge dauber to add the ink where you want it. In this case I have used it on the flower and the leaves
I love the way the Polished Pink and Merry Merlot blend together on the flower.
Technique
Have a few practices on scrap paper to get the effect you like, the effect on the leaves is very subtle.
Ink the flower with Polished Pink then use a sponge dauber to add Merry Merlot to the lower part of the flower, breath on the stamp to remoisten and stamp
Ink the leaves with Old Olive then use another sponge dauber to add Mossy Meadow to the lower half of the leaves, breathe on it them stamp
Once you have got the hang of it stamp them on Basic White card, roughly 12cm by 7cm then die cut them out.
When you have finished wash your sponge daubers with a mild detergent and leave them to dry.
Top Tip
You do not need a sponge dauber for every colour, for example I use the same one for all our shades of green, I just clean it in between uses.
