Hello All. Renee here
with a quick post addressing something that has bugged me since the Julie
Nutting stamps first came out. As anyone
who follows me on Facebook or my blog knows, I currently have an addiction to
Julie Nutting stamps from Prima. The problem
is, I am not a mixed media artist and currently have no interest in becoming
one. In fact, truthfully, I came into
the card making world kicking and screaming when one of my design teams started
requiring it.
Right now, I am in love with all the Julie Nutting
stamps. I have aquired quite a collection
of them and have been slowly working my way through that collection. I like them because they are so easy to work
with in any number of ways. You can
color them, stamp clothing from scrap paper, and decorate them in many, many
ways. My only grip is the size. They are so big! I like to make cards that fit a standard
envelope, because while I now like making cards I do not like making envelopes!
As I sat down to work with one of my latest stamp additions,
I decided to peruse Pinterest to see how others were making these oversized
stamps fit onto a standard card size. While
browsing, I ran across many ideas for using these stamps. My favorite is to cut it down to fit on the
standard size card base that I am working on.
To start, I stamped and decorated my image as usual. For this doll, I stamped a base of script
onto Kraft cardstock, them stamped my doll over this base. Then I colored and decorated her as I would
normally do.
Once I finished working on my doll, I constructed the card
as I normally would for a digi stamp, omitting the placement of the stamped
image. I then applied foam tape to my
doll and attached to the space I created for the stamped image. Once she was in place, I carefully trimmed
off the parts that were too big.
Voila! A 6 x 6 card using the
doll stamps.
Supplies used:
Cardstock: Colorbok; Patterned paper: Echo Park For the Record; Stamp:
Olive by Julie Nutting for Prima; Washi tape: Studio Calico; Copics: C3/5/7/10;
Rhinestones: MAMBI; large script stamp: Stamping Up.
I hope this helps you use your doll stamps a little more.
Renee you are the reason I recently broke down and ordered some Julie Nutting doll stamps, the sad thing is that I haven't taken the time to play with them yet. I really need to get motivated, thank you for the inspiration!
ReplyDeleteGreat idea! Thank you!
ReplyDeletevery cute stamp and card!
ReplyDeleteyou did such a fabulous job. you're making me wants some of these stamps
ReplyDeleteI have two of the first set but I hardly use them because they are so big. She has now put out some that are card size. Maybe I will try those soon. I don't have one but I have heard a lot of ladies say that you can resize the image with the silhouette. Stamp it scan it and resize it to the size you want.
ReplyDeleteYou can also use the Brother Scan and Cut. Stamp your image, scan it, resize it and it will cut it out for you. Any image you find you can scan, resize, duplicate and cut. Love my Scan and Cut.
ReplyDeleteCool idea to stamp the script and then stamp the doll over it. You can also stamp, scan, resize and print-to-cut with your Silhouette software. That's what I did.
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