OK, I'll admit it: I have a particular fondness for Twelve Days, and most especially the "calling bird". He's so dorky he cracks me!
The other reason I love Twelve Days, is that so many of the images can be used for so many different card occasions--not just Christmas! Pair it with a great alphabet set, like Milo's ABC's, and sweet Mother of Pearl, you're gonna get a TON o' mileage! Limited only by your imagination and sense of humor, by golly. ;)
In today's video, I'm using the calling bird to demonstrate how to reverse image a stamp, a.k.a. "mirror stamping". Because every once in a blue moon, you really need something to face the other direction. I guarantee it. I haven't done mirror stamping in forever, but this design necessitated it. It's an easy technique, but does take a wee bit of practice.
As you watch the video, you'll see that I used some "solid" style clear photopolymer stamps I had handy, but down below in the supplies list, I've listed some stamp sets that would also serve well for this technique because they are either large solid images themselves, or they have enough detail lines that the BACK side of the clear stamp has plenty of support to give you a nice, solid surface (no give, or "dips" when mounted backwards to an acrylic block).
Make sure when you are creating the mirror image that you press the stamp straight down [onto whatever solid stamp you're using] and come straight up; you want to avoid slipping/sliding around so that you get as clean a transfer as possible.
You could also use large solid RUBBER images for this technique, but the disadvantage to this is that you cannot see through the rubber/wood block for positioning.
If any of the aforementioned is unclear here, it should be easier to understand when I talk about this in the video. :)
Another thing to keep in mind is that mirror stamping is fantastic for "one-offs", but if you are mass-producing a card with this technique, you will have to thoroughly clean and dry your "mirror stamp" and then re-transfer the original image each time.
By the way, this lovey-dovey Valentine was inspired by teenage dorks in love... Hey, what can I say? Those same two dorks have been married 30 years now. Not too shabby, eh?! ;)
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Happy Mundane!
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