Happy Thursday! It's Carly and I'm here for another #throwbackthursdays, where we find inspiration in The CLASSroom archives! This week in addition to learning from past posts by our fabulous team, we are celebrating one of our favorite tools, the MISTI! I can't believe how much this wonderful tool has changed and improved my stamping! No more throwing away cards with partially un-inked sentiments or images because when using the MISTI, just stamp again! And the MISTI has helped me master a technique I've been trying to get the hang of for years, mirror stamping!
Today I've created a little Valentine for my husband by mirroring the adorable car from the Essentials by Ellen Light Parade set:
To create this card, I started by stamping the mirror image of the car on a 4-1/4 x 5-1/2 piece of solar white. Here's how:
- Remove the black foam mat from the MISTI and place a piece of acetate holding the stamp you want to mirror on the magnetic base.
- Place the "mirror" stamp over the image. The "mirror" stamp needs to be a solid shape or the back of a fairly solid stamp. I used a scalloped rectangle from the Paper Smooches Mirror Block set.
- Close the lid of the MISTI to transfer the mirror stamp to the lid.
- Ink the image you are mirroring, in this case the car.
- Close the MISTI lid again to transfer the ink from the image stamp (the car) to the block.
- Quickly remove the image stamp and acetate from the MISTI. Replace the black foam and add a cardstock panel.
- Close the MISTI to transfer the ink on the mirror block to the cardstock.
- And the best thing about using the MISTI for this process, if the transferred mirror image isn't as dark as you would like, just repeat the process.
After perfecting the mirror image, stamp the car again, headlight to headlight to create "kissing" cars.
Next add some color to the cars. I did not use waterproof ink or watercolor cardstock so I added just a little messy watercoloring with Distress Ink Cracked Pistachio. Too much water will make the paper "pill".
Add a sentiment. I used little words from the Concord & 9th Best Banners set and stamped in Tide Pool ink again.
Then stamp a pink heart. I inked my heart and then misted it with water for a faux watercolor look. (P.S. I decided at the very end my heart was too messy so I layered a die cut over it.)
Finally add a few metallic details to the car tires & door handles with a Stardust gel pen.
Want to see more about mirror stamping? Check out these posts from The CLASSroom archives:
Mirror It - Reversing your Stamp Images
Have a great day!
xo, Carly
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