In my post this morning (4 More Cards from the Love From Lizi April Kit) I showed a card I had made where I had created my own turnabout stamp look. I thought that the technique might be one that other people would be interested in, so I have made a video showing three different versions of DIY turnabout stamping.
For each card I made myself a 6×6 square of white paper and drew a cross to divide it into quarters. I then arranged all the stamps I wanted to use into one quarter, then stamped it in each quarter to make sure there wouldn’t be any overlapping.
Once I was happy with the positioning I removed all the stamps then used the square as a template to rearrange them across the entire square. Doing so allows the stamp to be spread out rather than all in the one quarter.
Then it is simply a case of stamping and turning as with a regular turnabout stamp! After completing the stamping I like to store the template in the back of the stamp pocket so that I can use it again in future.
Card 1 – I Am
This card was one of the cards in my Love From Lizi bonus cards video and blog post. Full details on it can be found here.
Card 2 – By The Numbers
My second version of turnabout stamping uses numbers from the Love From Lizi Birthday Balloons stamp set. I used Simon Says Stamp’s Fresh Fruit ink cube set to stamp them out. I trimmed the panel down and edged it with the Your Next Stamp Stitched Line Die. I then cut two balloons from the panel using STAMPlorations’ Shaker Balloons #3.
I adhered the panel to a yellow card base, attached the balloon strings with my glue pen, then used foam tape to pop up the balloons. I coloured some white card with the red ink and die cut it with a birthday sentiment. I also die cut a black sentiment which I layered behind the red one slightly offset, then added the sentiment to the card.
Challenge:
HLS Anything Goes With Dies – Use Dies
Mod Squad – Use A Balloon
Seize The Birthday – Vibrant Colours
The Paper Shelter – Birthday
Card 3 – Flowered Thanks
The floral stamps on my final card are from Hero Arts Stamp and Cuts Flowers. I stamped with Lavender Fields, Caribbean Sky, Lagoon and Ocean Waves inks from Altenew. I applied Deep Iris ink to a woodgrain embossing folder, and created a strip of Dusk to act as a separation between the stamped panel and the embossed card base. I used Pink & Main Thanks dies with vellum and a piece of Lagoon coloured card to create my sentiment, completing my card.
Challenge:
Lil Patch of Crafty Friends – Anything Goes
Paru’s Card Making Challenges – Flowers
Stamping Sensations – One For The Girls
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I had a lot of fun working out how to use small stamps to create the look of a turnabout stamp. I really enjoyed it and I expect I will use the technique in future. Hopefully it inspired you – if it did and if you give it a try, please do let me know how it went!
Love,
Lady Joyful
Gorgeous card love the design and your colour choice. Thanks for joining us at TPS, good luck with the challenge. hugs Shirleyxxxxx
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Thank you 😊
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A lovely set of cards and lovely choice of colours, many thanks for joining in with our ‘For the Girls’ theme at Stamping Sensations challenge.
B x
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Thanks 😊
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Lovely card. Thanks for joining us at The Paper Shelter this week.
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Thank you!
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I will definitely have to try this technique! You make it seem easier than I suspect I will find it, but I’m willing to try. 😉 And for card #2, thank you for linking it up at Seize the Birthday!
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Thanks Lindsey! I hope you do try it, and I’d love to see what you make 😊
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Very cute, thank you for playing along with my Birthday Card Challenge using Balloons! LeeAnn @ Modsquadchallenge.com
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Thanks 😊
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Lovely cards. Thank you for joining in the Anything Goes Challenge at Lil Patch Of Crafty Friends.
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Thank you 🙂
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Wow.. Beautiful cards..Love each one of them..Thank you so much for joining us at Happy Little Stampers – Anything goes with dies challenge. Hugs xx Deepti
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Thanks Deepti 😊
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