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Spotlighting – Portals to Color            Project 1   Project 2   Project 3

Cheryl Hurttgam
Rubber Roadsters
Advanced Stamping Team Designer 

This month I will show you 3 different spotlighting techniques using a circle, square and a domino.  I’ve used the same stamp in all three samples to show how each design looks and changes the appearance.  This fun way of adding color allows you to dress up a card without coloring the entire image.

Project 1 - Circles

Supplies

•  Picking Berries stamp(Creative Images)
•  Saying – A Little Something (TAC)
•  Vine Leaves stamp (PSX)
•  Noir Black Palette Hybrid Ink Pad (Stewart Superior ~ TAC)
•  VersaMark™ Ink Pad (TSUKINEKO ~ TAC)
•  Colored Pencils (Prismacolor ~ TAC)
•  Permanent Black Marker (Sharpie)
•  7” x 10” Navy/White two-sided cardstock
•  6 ½” x 4 ½” Baby Blue cardstock
•  4 ½” x 3 ¼” Black cardstock
•  2 - 4 ¼” x 3” White cardstock
•  1 ½” circle punch (Marvy)
•  Mono Adhesive (Tombow)
•  Papier™ Glass Finish Paper Glaze (Plaid®)

Instructions:

1.    Stamp the mouse image onto both the 4 ¼” x 3” cardstock with the hybrid black ink. 

2.    Attach one of the stamped images to the black card stock with Mono Adhesive.

3.    Stamp the vine images on the edge of the baby blue card stock with Versamark. 

4.    Fold the navy card stock in half to create an A7 size card. 

5.    Attach the baby blue to the navy using Mono Adhesive. 

6.    Attach the black-bordered image to the baby blue off center to the left side of the card.

7.    Stamp the saying onto the baby blue card stock centering it over the image card.

8.    Center the portion of the second stamped image you wish to spotlight in the underside opening of the circle punch and punch out your image.  Color the punched image with the pencil colors you have selected.

9.    Using a large chisel tipped black marker, outline the edge of the punched out circle. Put a couple of strips of monoadhesive on the back of the circle; line up the images perfectly and press to adhere.

10.    Place your card on a flat surface that can remain undisturbed for a day or so. Fill the circle image with the paper glaze until it has a bubble like surface.  Don’t over do it as it will run off. If bubbles form inside your glaze, use a straight pin to pop them or lift them out.  They will not disappear during the drying process. Set aside for 24 hours to dry completely.

TIP:    A faster (cheater’s) way to achieve the circle image is to trace a punched circle onto the original stamped image and just color it in.  No trying to line up your images.

Project 2 - Squares

Supplies

•  Picking Berries (Creative Images)
•  Saying – Thinking of You (Stampa Rosa)
•  Noir Black Palette Hybrid Ink Pad (Stewart Superior ~ TAC)
•  Watercolor Markers (Tombow ~ TAC)
•  5 ½” x 11 Lilac cardstock
•  5” x 5” Pink cardstock
•  4 ½” x 4 ½” Black cardstock
•  2 - 4 ¼” x 4 ¼” White cardstock
•  1 ½” x 1 ½” Black cardstock
•  1 ½” square punch (Creative Memories-actual size when punched 1 9/16” x 1 9/16”)
•  Mono Adhesive (Tombow)
•  Papier™ Glass Finish Paper Glaze (Plaid®) 

Instructions:
 

1. Stamp the mouse image onto both the 4 ¼” x 4 ¼” cardstock with the hybrid black ink. Attach one of the stamped images to the black card stock with Mono Adhesive.
    

2. Fold the lilac card stock in half to create a 5 ½” square card.
    

3. Attach the pink to the lilac using Mono Adhesive.
    

4. Attach the black-bordered image to the center of the pink card stock.
    

5. Stamp the saying onto the bottom of the white paper centering it under the image card.
    

6. Center the portion of the second stamped image you wish to spotlight in the underside opening of the square punch and punch out your image. 
    

7. Color the punched image with the marker colors you have selected. Adhere the punched square to the small black square. Put a couple of strips of Mono Adhesive on the back of the square. Line up the images perfectly and press to adhere.
    

8. Place your card on a flat surface that can remain undisturbed for a day or so. Fill the colored image with the paper glaze until it has a bubble like surface.  Don’t over do it, as it will run off. If bubbles form inside your glaze, use a straight pin to pop them or lift them out.  They will not disappear during the drying process. Set aside for 24 hours to dry completely.

Project 3 - Dominos

Supplies

•  Picking Berries stamp  (Creative Images)
•  Leaf  stamp (Whispers/SugarLoaf)
•  Noir Black Palette Hybrid Ink Pad (Stewart Superior)
•  Black Permanent StazOn Ink (Tsukineko)
•  VersaMark™ Ink Pad (Tsukineko)
•  Pastel Chalks (TAC)
•  Gold Leafing Pen (Krylon)
•  8 ½” x 5 ½” Mint Green cardstock
•  4 ¼” x 3 ¼” Black cardstock
•  3 ¾” x 2 ¾” White cardstock
•  Domino Game Piece (any toy store near you)
•  Mono Adhesive (Tombow)
•  Red Tacky Tape (Gary Berlin)
•  Cotton Swabs (Q-Tip)
•  Papier™ Glass Finish Paper Glaze (Plaid®) 

Instructions:
 

1. Stamp the mouse image onto the 3 ¾” x 2 ¾” white cardstock with the Hybrid black ink. Attach to the black card stock with Mono Adhesive.
    

2. Fold the mint card stock in half to create an A2 size card.
    

3. Stamp the leaf images on all four edges of the mint green card stock with Versamark.
    

4. Attach the black-bordered image to the mint card using Mono Adhesive.
    

5. Stamp a selection of your image onto the domino using the permanent ink. Let air dry for a few minutes.
    

6. Using the gold leafing pen, go around the outside edge of the domino.  Let dry.
    

7. Color the domino image with pastel chalk colors you desire by rubbing them on with the cotton swaps.  The colors will be soft and subtle.
    

8. Place a couple of strips of red tacky tape to the back of the domino. Line up the images perfectly on your card and on your domino and press to adhere.
    

9. Place your card on a flat surface that can remain undisturbed for a day or so. Cover the top of the domino with paper glaze until it has a bubble like surface.  Don’t over do it, as it will run off. If bubbles form inside your glaze, use a straight pin to pop them or lift them out.  They will not disappear during the drying process. Set aside for 24 hours to dry completely.

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