5 Cards & 10 Fun Techniques with 1 Stamp Set!

Hi friends! Have you ever bought a stamp set and made one card with it and then never inked it again? Maybe I am the only one guilty of this but I know I feel better when I find many ways to use one supply. The other benefit is that you end up with a whole bunch of cards from one crafty play session so if one technique fails you still can feel good about what you made. I find that trying new things, even if they fail, spark new ideas!

We will do the following techniques (in no particular order)

1. Resist: Heat emboss resist
2. Resist: Versamark on Glossy paper
3. Rainbow Brayer technique
4. Leftover ink brayer technique
5. Coloring: White gouache on kraft paper plus colored pencil
6. Coloring: Alcohol marker on cardstock
7. Background Technique: Stamping with clear in and chalking
8. Selective Glitter technique
9. Background Technique: Using pigment powders
10. DIY Domed paper dots

Here is the technique packed video!

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Supplies:

• Stamp set: Scrapcosy #4 by PaperArtsy 
• Watercolor paper
• White neenah cardstock for markers
• kraft cardstock 
• Glossy white cardstock
• Cardbases or cardstock
• Versamark ink 
• Versafine black ink
• Ranger Archival ink Sepia
• Memento ink in Rich Cocoa
• Quickie glue pen
• Fine clear glitter
• Rainbow inkpad
• Soft brayer
• Ball end stylus
• Colored pencils 
• Brush pens (Waterbased)
• Alcohol markers
• Pigment powder such as PaperArtsy Fusion, Ken Oliver Color Burst, or Brusho 
• Clear embossing powder
• Glitter embossing powder
• White gouache

Here is a closer look at the cards:

I hope you try some of these techniques the next time you are crafting. If you don’t have the exact supplies I used try the technique with the most similar product you have before buying new. There are so many products that can do double duty in our stash and trying them out is half the fun! Thanks for stopping by and til next time happy crafting!