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Suede Paper Stamping & Coloring

By Becky Lemire
Off-Road Inksters
Intermediate Scramping Team Designer

Supplies:

• Sensational Spring Tags Rubber Stamp Set (TAC)
• Painting Bunny Rubber Stamp (Ann-ticipations 2000)
• India Black Dye Ink Pad (Stewart Superior - TAC)
• Pink patterned background paper 12" x 12"
• Aqua Suede Paper cut to 2" x 12" and 4" x 7", plus scraps for tags (K & Co.)
• Light Tan Suede Paper (K & Co.)
• White Vellum cut to size 1" x 7" (TAC)
• Pink and White checked paper (torn corner as shown in photo - about 5" straight edges and a piece about 2" x 4" - tear the bottom edge)
• Dove Blender Pen (TAC)
• Decorator Chalks (Craf-T Products, Inc. - TAC)
• Glimmer Chalks (Craf-T Products, Inc. - TAC)
• Pink Grosgrain Ribbon (Offray)
• Acrylic Block - 2" x 2" (TAC)
• Staples (Office supply store)
• Black Alphabet Stickers (Colorbok)
• Teal Slick Writer Marker (American Crafts - QVC)
• ⅛" hole punch (Marvy)
• Mini Silver Brads (TAC)
• Double Stick Tape (Scotch 3M)
• One 3½" x 5" photo

Instructions:

1.                Cut out all papers as directed in the supplies. 

2.                Using India Black Dye Ink, stamp four tags from the Sensational Spring Tags rubber stamp set onto an extra piece of aqua suede paper.  Cut tags out slightly outside the lines of the stamped image. 

3.                Stamp two flowers on the left side of the 4" x 7" piece of aqua suede paper using the India Black ink.  This will be the photo mat. 

4.                Stamp a tag image on the right and left side of the 2" x 12" piece of aqua suede paper as shown in photo using India Black ink.  Stamp the tag onto a piece of scrap paper and cut out to use as a mask.  Place the mask over the left tag and stamp the double flower stamp over the tag.  When you remove the mask, the flowers will look like they are behind the tag.  Proceed to stamp the double flower in a wavy line across the suede paper to the tag on the right.  Place mask over the right tag and stamp over the mask. 

5.                Stamp bunny on a piece of light tan suede paper using India Black Ink.  When ink has dried, cut out bunny image.  Let all images dry thoroughly.  Heat set if desired using a heat gun. 

6.                Using a blender pen, pick up chalk colors with the pen and proceed to color in the tags, flowers and bunny.  As you are applying the chalk, the paper will just look wet and sometimes you won't be able to see the color you are applying.  Remember to keep picking up more chalk with the blender pen every couple of strokes.  As the blender solution dries, the chalk colors will come to life.  After all the images are colored as desired apply some glimmer chalks in the same manner to some of the flowers, some of the stripes in the tags, and the bucket in the bunny image to add a little glitz. 

7.                Punch holes using a 1/8" hole punch in all the tags that you have stamped (even the ones in the long strip).  Cut six 3" pieces of ribbon and thread through each of the six tag holes.  Using a stapler, staple the ribbon to the tag as shown in photo.   

8.                Using double stick tape, adhere one tag to the upper left corner of the 12" x 12" pink patterned paper.  Adhere the pink and white torn corner piece to the upper right corner of the page.  Adhere the 4" x 7" photo mat next to the top left tag.  Adhere the long strip of suede stamped paper about 2/3 of the way down on the page.  Attach the strip of pink and white paper with the torn bottom edge slightly to the left of center under the long suede strip you just attached.  Adhere the remaining three tags to the bottom right of the page. 

9.                Place your sticker title right below the left of the long strip as shown in photo.  Adhere bunny cutout near the title so that he looks like he is painting the "r" in Easter using double stick tape. 

10.           Adhere your photo onto the 4" x 7" photo mat.  Cut a piece of ribbon to about 4" in length.  Tie a knot in the center of the ribbon and trim edges of the ribbon at an angle.  Adhere to the left of your photo using small pieces of double stick tape. 

11.           Write journaling on the piece of 1" x 7" vellum using a teal Slick Writer.  Lay vellum piece directly under the photo mat.  Poke holes through vellum and background paper on the right and left side of the vellum using a needle tool.  Put brads through and bend open in the back to hold the vellum in place.

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