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Direct To Paper
MATERIALS
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Pigment Ink Stamp Pad |
Colorbox Stylus Tools |
| Shadow Stamps or Bold stamps |
Plain light coloured card |
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PROCEDURE
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Apply colours directly to your paper with a
stamp pad (the small ones work best), Colourbox Stylus tools or
a shadow stamp to create an interesting background.
Using Shadow Stamps
Ink up the stamp as normal (can use either dye ink or pigment ink) and
stamp image onto plain card. For differing tones you can repeat
stamp without re-inking - giving a lighter coloured impression. I
like to use colours from the same family (eg all mauves and purples) or
go wild and use lots of colours - but of the same intensity (eg - not
deep red and pastel green, but rich blue, rich burgundy etc - as in the
tag card). Continue stamping direct to the paper until you achieve
the result you are after then let dry or emboss, and then stamp away.
The purple and tag cards are examples of Shadow D.T.P.
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Using the Stylus tools
Choose either the white or black tip (careful, the white ones are
prone to tearing, but blend beautifully) and ink up. Apply ink
to paper with stylus tool, you can do this in many ways - sweeping,
smudging, blobbing etc. I like to apply rectangle like areas of
colour randomly to the paper one colour at a time, layering each
colour next to another, gently blending along the edges as I go.
When the paper is almost full of these little blobs I then swipe my
final colour over the remaining white areas and a little over the top
of the other colours to bring the whole thing together. This
version of DTP gives a beautiful richness to the colours and as you
can see from the red/yellow toned card, creates a beautiful effect. |
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Using a Stamp Pad
This
should be done by gently rubbing or pressing the stamp pad onto your
paper. For this technique you can press the pad flat (using the
whole surface) or press a corner or edge onto the paper. The way
that you press and the way you move your hand and the stamp pad will
determine the way your image looks, this can be used to create
different textures. Try not to press too hard or you can damage
pad. If using different colours of inks stamp the lighter colours first, so
as not to contaminate the stamp pad with a darker colour
ink. This is my least favourite method for this as it's easy to
damage a pad and you get very imprecise blending of colours - it is quick
and easy though. |
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Stamping onto a
Direct to Paper background can be done in one of 2 ways.
1. Once the background
is completely dry, wipe it off with an anti-static cloth to make sure
your Embossing powder stays only where you want it. Using a
contrasting/complimentary etc. colour (on a dark background
silver/white/gold/pastels and on a light background any interesting
darker colour) stamp and if you like, emboss.
2. If you don't like
the look of this then try cutting around another image (carefully) and
sticking this onto your background. For this sometimes the image
looks better slightly raised off the background, double sided tape or
pop dots work well for this. |
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HINTS & TIPS
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You can use a variety of stamping accessories to
apply ink, I've used sponges, stiff paint brushes, sponge
daubers, scrunched up glad wrap ... the list is endless. |
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Make sure that you choose the right ink for the type of card
you are using. If you are using glossy card then you can
use either dye ink (will dry on glossy card) or the
wetter/stickier pigment ink which you will need to emboss for it
to be dry on gloss. If using matte card then you can use
either type of ink and emboss or not. When your design
looks complete you can either let it air dry or emboss with
clear or sparkle powder - depending on the look you are after -
experiment a little, see what you like. |
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