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Home / Craft Projects / Paper Crafts / Acrylic Block Stamped Backgrounds

Acrylic Block Stamped Backgrounds

September 19, 2014

The other day my new friend Linda posted some GORGEOUS cards- and they knocked my socks off! I got so smitten with the technique, I had to try it myself.
Acrylic Block Stamped Backgrounds

And while I was on a roll, I had to make a video, too!

 

 

Here are some of Linda’s cards…beautiful, right?

http://dabblesbylinda.blogspot.com/2014/08/watercolor-technique-using-inks.html?spref=fb

http://dabblesbylinda.blogspot.com/2014/08/watercolor-technique-using-inks.html?spref=fb

I’m completely hooked! I challenge YOU to make a card and post it in the linky below. Let’s share the inspiration! And I’ll pick 3 folks at random to get a goodie pack with some paper and stamps. 🙂

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Posted in Paper Crafts | 10 Comments

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  1. Michelle says

    September 19, 2014 at 06:30

    Great tutorial! I had forgotten all about that technique!

  2. Mary Lee Chivetta says

    September 19, 2014 at 07:48

    LOVE the technique. Now all I have to do is remember it when I sit down and brainstorm.

  3. Linda Gorman says

    September 19, 2014 at 09:09

    Jenny, thanks so much for showcasing my cards! We need to have a card making get together!

  4. Regina says

    September 19, 2014 at 09:45

    I loved these because of their simple elegance. I am so very sick of the over-embellished look. Thanks!

  5. Debbie Sorensen says

    September 19, 2014 at 10:20

    Loved it Jenny!

    This reminded me of a technique that I haven’t done in ages with the dye based inks. Using watercolor paper also, you make a small puddle of ink on the paper (if you mist the paper with water first you get different results which are also great). Then you blow the puddle through a straw to move the ink around. Repeat with as many colors/puddles as you like. I would do this on full sheets of paper and then let them dry and cut them into smaller pieces or use the sheets with a die cutter for really pretty shapes. Hope this inspired you too!

  6. crafty.grandma says

    September 19, 2014 at 16:33

    lol!!! and I thought I had made a brilliant discovery!!! I accidently stamped my acrylic block thinking I had put an acrylic stamp on it….not knowing what to do with it I dragged it across some scrap paper; then tried it with another and voila! my discovery was made!! no idea is really original …oh well!! thanks for video love the technic

  7. Kim P. says

    September 19, 2014 at 20:46

    I have this technique before but haven’t done it yet. Love how you added stamps to the card.

    Thanks Jenny for all your videos and demos.

  8. Diane says

    September 20, 2014 at 17:06

    I can’t wait to go try this technique! (I have to get some water color paper.)
    Your results are beautiful! Thank you for sharing!

  9. Annie says

    September 20, 2014 at 20:52

    I just watched this video. What a super technique! So easy and so effective.
    Annie

  10. Mary G. says

    September 21, 2014 at 11:42

    Love the dye stamp/stain on WC paper idea (new to me). Now, I just need to find my acrylic blocks!

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