Paperbag Studios Laugh Rubber Stamp Sheet

I've been playing with the Laugh Paperbag Studios sheet today. First ATC is 'My Best Friend' - where I have used bubble wrap to create the distressed circle background stamp. I stuck a small rectangle of bubble wrap onto a block using a bit of cheap glue stick ( so that it can be washed off my block when I had finished). Then stamped onto white card using embossing ink and clear embossed. The background is then coloured using distress ink pads in a few colours. Apart from the postmark stamp all the other stamps used are also from the Laugh sheet. The second picture shows the texture the bubble wrap gives to the background (not bad for free LOL!).










I really like the extra texture that embossing gives to a background (something Tina inspired me to do as she add loads of gorgeous texture to all her backgrounds). This next ATC (titled Remember) uses a Hero Arts swirl stamp that I have had in my stamp collection for ages - This time I coloured the card lightly in purple distress ink first, stamped and clear embossed the swirl stamp then coloured the card deeper in the shaded of purple and green (so that the swirl pattern is a distressed pale lilacy colour and stands out).
The script stamp and the diamond stamp are my favourite all rounders from the Dreamer sheet. The wings are the standard gold german scrap that has had the gold removed with nail varnish remover and then coloured using purple and brown stazon. Finally a bit more texture and colour is added by random daubing on the edges with versamark (or clear embossing ink) and some gold embossing powder.



On this 'Success is not a Destination' ATC the man from the Laugh sheet has been stamped onto a satin gloss ATC card (and again on plain card so that I could colour him in, cut out and triple emboss.) The background is coloured with Marmalade spice, Mustard seed and Fired Brick distress pads and to give it depth I stamped the no. 15 stamp (from the laugh sheet) and bubble wrap over the top in blazing red stazon. The close up shows this better.
To finish everything was giving a couple of coats of clear embossing.

Yet more embossing with 'Laugh and Live More!' - the diamond stamp has been stamped with Opalite glacier blue ink pad and embossed in clear. I love the two tone shimmery effect the Opalite pads give - we will be stocking these at Scrapz very soon.

And finally this little chappy - coloured with decorating chalks and triple embossed (mainly because I seem to be in an emboss everything in sight mood at the moment which is all Tina's fault as I love all the embossing she does on her gorgeous ATC's.) Some of the other stamps used on this one are from the Dream Notions half sheet.

Paperbag Studios Dreamer Rubber Stamp Sheet

Ok now I absolutely love the Paperbag Studios Stamps - and at £17.99 for a full (almost A4) sheet containing loads of images they are really really good value. All these ATC's below are made with images from the one sheet - Dreamer. All the sheets are selling out fast but I hope to be getting a new delivery in from the US in about 2 weeks.

This first ATC is by Tina - the image of this little girl has to be my absolute favourite. Tina has created a gorgeous soft collage effect witht the girl image and lots of birds, postmarks and script stamps. The bird and postmark stamps are Tina's own but I hope Scrapz will be stocking more bird stamps very soon (so keep your eye open if you love birds). I love the way Tina layers images and textures - the green spots are embossed on giving a lovely extra dimension. Tina uses sequin waste to do this.

This next ATC is also by Tina - this time the image has been stamped very lightly so that it fades into the background (and a gorgeous background it is too - I love the purple and pinky shades - plus there is some blue and gold in there too).

OK this one is by me. Another lovely little girl image from the Dreamer sheet - I coloured her in with decorating chalks and then triple embossed over the top. The background is made using Adirondack Spray colour washes (I love this stuff but it is rather messy - so you need to make sure everything in sight is covered or is OK to get inky. ) I then used script and the binder edge stamp (which are both on the Dreamer sheet) and a postmark which is on the Paperartsy Dolls Plate 1. And finally - because the ATC is entitled 'Dear Diary - when I grow up I want to be....' - I have finished her off with a princess crown charm (I bet I wasn't the only one who wanted to be a princess when I grew up was I?)

This one is also by me - using the ABC boy stamp from the dreamer sheet, the wording from another of the Paperbag studios sheets (dream notions half sheet), more postmarks (this time embossed in gold) and the check effect is made by making off areas using strips of masking tape then colouring with ink pads. The background is made using china blue and fire brick red distress ink pads (rubbed on using cut n dry foam) - then the whole thing sprayed with a light mist of water so that the ink blends (I often put a small amount of mica powder in my water sprays to give a shimmering effect.) Oh and half a german scrap wing (not that I am stingy or anything LOL!)

Create A Dream is another by me - not a very good picture but there is a light spotted effect on the top edge - this was done by stamping the spots onto the plain white card using versmark ink - the background was then sprayed using the colour washes so it resisted the versamark a bit. The little girl has been coloured and triple embossed. The gold edging is done by running a gold marker pen down the edge.

This effect is done by stamping the same image (again from the Dreamer sheet) onto both clear vellum and shrink plastic. Both are layered onto a white background that has been collage stamped with loads of different images then a really light coating of white gesso was brushed over the top to give a softer effect. I stuck both the vellum and the shrink plastic down using glossy accents. This does cause the vellum to bubble and ripple but I liked this effect as it added to the distressed look.

My fave image again - this time used as both a background shadow and coloured and embossed for the foreground. The background was an orange and white check pattern (which I made by using thin strips of masking tape and the pumpkin orange stazon pad.). I then clear embossed a swirl patter over the top before colouring with spray washes and distress inks (plus again a bit of mica and water spray).

This is a cute vintage look image from the dreamer sheet, coloured and embossed and layered on top of a background made using the spray washes again (I did say I loved those didn't I?). The wording stamps are a Making Memories magnetic set (unfortunately we don't sell these at Scrapz yet) - they are so useful for ATC's.

Lastly I have included this one also by me as it uses the diamond stamp from the dreamer set on the background. The diamond stamp looks great embossed over a colour washed background (here is it embossed in gold but would also look good in clear to give texture rather than colour). We don't sell the stamp at Scrapz but I saw her on ebay last week and couldn't resist - its a Viva Las Vegastamp. The picture is awful quality - sorry about that - I scanned it in quickly before swapping so can't take another picture. It isn't blurry in real life honest LOL!