Tuesday, April 15, 2014

Try Me Tuesday ~ Ghost Stamping

Happy Tuesday!  It's Try Me Tuesday over at My Creative Time.
Today we are doing "Ghost Stamping" technique.  I've never done this before and researching all about it, I found a couple of different ways you can do it.  One way is to stamp your image with white ink and once dry, stamp same image over top with a color and offset just a tad so you have a white "ghost" of a shadow behind color.  Another way to do this technique is to stamp your image with white ink on white paper and once dry, rub a color over the stamped image.  This is the technique I tried as I just couldn't get a stamped image right doing the other technique.  The technique I did actually makes a dry embossed look to me but love how it gives a whole new way to use your stamps!!

Here is a close up showing how you can see the stamped images once colored with ink.  I just rubbed across the white stamped images with a sponge dauber to bring out the design.
Products Used:
Paper:  My Mind's Eye
My Creative Time:  Vintage Sentiments
Jellies:  Queen & Co.
Sewing Machine

Hope this inspired you to try this technique!!
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6 comments:

Joan Smith said...

Your card came out very pretty I've never heard of ghost stamping before it's quite a fun idea and yours came out really great.
Love how you used all of Miss Emma's goodies and the colors are so pretty. Great creative job!!

snappy scrappy said...

So pretty Candace...LOVE IT!

jessica said...

beautiful job Candace! Love the overall look of your card!
Fun technique too!

quilt4fun2 said...

I like the look this way gives too. Very subtle and soft. I like the burlap stamping and inking too...it really brings out the pretty flower. Great job on your card and technique.
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Cindy Beland said...

BEAUTIFUL card!!! :)

Kim H said...

Beautiful card Candace!! I LOVE how you did the ghost stamping and now I want to try this technique! GORGEOUS creation!