I've got Goosebumps

I've had a bottle of Goosebumps Texture Spray on my desk for over a month and finally sat down this week and played with it and I love it! It is so cool. For anyone who knows me, they know that I love anything resist. There are so many different techniques for doing resist and with the Goosebumps Spray, there is one more.

I ordered a bunch of stencils from Prima a couple of weeks ago and when they came in, they were so gorgeous. I went to get one when I was playing the other day, but I must have sold out at PMS (Pretty Mean Stampers) last week. Oh well, that's a good thing, right?? I'll just have to order more. I ended up pulling out a pretty stencil from Crafter's Workshop instead. It's of a cherry blossom and a little bird. It's so simple, but I really like it.

I found some information on the Internet about Goosebumps and then just started playing. I cut some white matte cardstock and placed the stencil overtop and just spritzed a bit. You really don't need a lot. And you'll want to wash the stencil off right away because when it dries, it's very difficult to get off the stencil. But, not to waste any, I put a piece of cardstock on top of the stencil before I washed it so I could pull off the negative. Then I washed it.

You can either heat set the spray or let it air dry. I then added Distress Ink with my Blending Tool. You can stamp some background stamps with Distress as well. Wherever there is Goosebumps, it will resist. When you're happy with it, then spritz some water on a paper towel and wipe the ink off the resisted areas. You can then stamp with Versafine or Chalk Ink which will cover the resist areas if desired.

Again, I used the Cherry Blossom template and Aged Mahogany Distress Ink. I stamped French Script (Hero Arts) as a background in Aged Mahogany and added the saying (Inkadinkado) in Versafine. It's a very simple card, but I love how it turned out!

I love how you can get a resist by using a stencil instead of a stamp. This opens up a whole new realm of possibilities for me. Needless to say, I have just added a whole bunch of template stencils to my next order.

It's a Stamp Day

I am excited about the response I've received to my two blog posts about new product. Yeah! Thanks and sorry that I haven't gotten back to everyone. I was gone all day yesterday and it's month/quarter/year end for various companies around here and so unfortunately, that has held my focus for most of today. I will respond to you tonight though!

For day 3 of my new product list, I've decided to post about a couple stamp sets that just arrived. I don't tend to order a lot of stamps since they're so personal, but once in awhile I really like a set and I'll bring it in. Generally I keep one and just try to sell off the other one. I have two sets to showcase today.

First of all is a Hot off The Press set called "Far East Beauty." It is $18.

Second Set is an Inkadinkado set called "Meadow." Cost for that one is $10

I also have one Scor-Buddy in Stock. It's made by Scor-Pal which makes the 12x12 version, but this one is much smaller and is meant more for cards. It's very portable and comes with its own little travel bag pouch. Cost is $20 and I only have one in stock.


Again, just let me know if you would like any of these and I'll put them away for you!