Thursday, November 13, 2014

Two Cards Using Mirror Stamping

Hi everyone! Thanks for coming by to Lawnscaping Challenge blog. It's me, Marina, here again to share with you not one but two cards :) I am a huge fan of stretch my stamps and I have shown you how you can turn your christmas stamp set to a non-christmas card, vice versa. Today, I'm going to show you how you can stretch the image in your stamp set.

I'm featuring the cutest cup in the Love You a Latte stamp set by Lawn Fawn. I will show you how to make a mirror image of out the cup so that it's facing each other.

First, you have, of course, choose the stamp image that you want to "mirror" then choose another stamp that is bigger than your choice of image. I used this flower image. I stuck my flower image to my block but the other way. Meaning, the flat side (the non-stamping) will be facing up. You can see it in the image below.


Next, I stamped my mug on to the flat side of the flower stamp. You have to take note that it will feel "slippery" so do not press too hard. 


And lastly, I stamp it on my paper and you will have a mirror image of your stamp. 


 As you can see below, it did not give me a perfect crisp stamped image but I can always go around it with a thin black marker/pen :)


These are two cards I've made using this technique.





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33 comments:

  1. I'll have to give this a try. I bought a block that is suppose to be a reverse stamping block but it does not seem to work for me.
    Melissa
    "Sunshine HoneyBee"

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  2. Both of your cards are adorable! Such a fun technique, TFS!

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  3. Thanks for sharing this brilliant idea!
    xxx Margreet

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  4. These are so cute!!! Thanks for sharing!

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  5. Great idea! Thanks for sharing this technique with us:)

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  6. These are so cute. Thank you for sharing this technique.

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  7. Really cute. I would love to see a video on this!!

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    1. Thanks! Stay tuned to lawnscaping or my blog and i might do a video on this when i can :)

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  8. Very cute. Thanks for sharing the pics.

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  9. Beautiful cards! I used to use that technique and it's so fun to see the image mirrow. Love it!

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  10. I wondered how people did this technique. Thanks so much for showing me how! Great card!

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  11. I really wanted to know how to do this. Thanks for sharing!

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  12. Cute cards!! TFS - i have been seeing this more often lately and wondered if you needed anything special--thanks for showing a cost-effective way to mirror my stamps!

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  13. Thank you for sharing!! I used to have a rubber stamp that was just for this technique. I have it away long ago but have regretted it ever since. Thank you for showing me how I can do this technique once again by improvising!! I cannot wait to try!!

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  14. Looks easy so I will try it- thanks!

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  15. Wow thanks so much for this trick!! Janelle x

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  16. Absolutely amazing technique! Thanks! Greetings from Poland!

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  17. How clever to think of that! I've been looking for a plain solid stamp to make mirror images and I've had something that would work right under my nose - Thanks for sharing.

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  18. Genial ! es una buena idea, tengo un sello de un pequeño pájaro y siempre quise que mirara al lado contrario. lo intentare ! ...gracias!

    Great ! Is a good idea, I have a stamp of a small bird and I always wanted him to look the other way. I'll try ! ...Thank you!

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  19. If you have a stamping positioner, you could use it for this technique too, and re-stamp as many times as necessary to get a good image. Thanks for sharing this technique!

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