Techniques for Glossy Paper

[stamp2stamp2]

In a couple of weeks I need to give a demonstration of how to use glossy paper in stamping! What are your favorite techniques when it comes to glossy paper?

thks

rita w

[kerry]

I love using the resist technique with clear embossing powder and then applying chalk ink. After applying the chalk ink with a sponge or dtp, wipe the chalky part off the glossy paper then heat the ebmbossing powder to remove it with a paper towel. Looks like batik when you are done! BEEEAUUUUTEEEEFUL!

Kerry

[milmogando]

i really like 'rock n roll' because the colours seem to bleed together better on the glossy

[oBiteMeHere]

I really liked the way my glossy paper turned out when I ironed crinkled wax paper onto it and then inked it.

[loobylou]

I like to apply ink with a brayer to glossy paper. It makes beautiful sunsets

[Paula Carden]

Crayon Resist too.

[limeyscrapper]

My favourite background making tecghnique.
Put a few drops of alcohol ink on a craft mat, use a couple of different colours. Add a few drops of the clear blending solution, then drag your piece of glossy cardstock face down across the inks. You will get some lovely colour blending - all entirely different, no two the same!

[HeatherJ]

Bleeding tissue paper is pretty as well. The colour bleeds off the coloured tissue when you spritz it with water. Then you lift off the tissue and the colour remains on the glossy paper.

[IMBlessed5]

Rita, I have an "idea" sheet saved on my computer - it's not marked with an author's name but I probably found it on SCS. But here ya go:

Uses for Glossy cardstock
1. You can use it just like any other card stock for creating a card. Just be careful when stamping so it doesn't smear. I like using glossy for just plain stamping once in a while, no tricks, no gimmicks. Bold, bright colors look awesome when stamped on this card stock! The colors come out even brighter on glossy and it makes a card look a little more professionally done.

2. I also love layering a piece of glossy cardstock onto a piece of colored cardstock and then onto our standard US white. It really sets off the glossy cardstock and adds a look of elegance.

3. Want a professional looking card? Use your SU! Marvelous Markers to color in an image that you’ve stamped on the glossy card stock.

4. Glossy card stock is great for backgrounds and perfect paper for using your brayer! Use your brayer with a Spectrum pad and run it repeatedly over the glossy paper - you'll end up with a multicolored background. Repeated rolling really blends the colors, unlike with the standard UltraSmooth cardstock where you end up with definite color stripes.

5. Use this paper for the Versamark resist technique. Stamp image onto glossy cardstock using the Versamark pad. Then brayer over the image. (I prefer Spectrum pads but solid colors work just as well). The Versamark areas will resist the ink and show through. I find, though, that I have to wipe with a kleenex soon after I brayer or the brayer'd ink will bleed into my versamark'd images. Or you can use your heat gun to dry the Versamark area. When dry, then brayer over it. the Versamark image will stand out beautifully! Great way to make a "Little Shapes" moon background for a "Lovely as a Tree" foreground.

6. Use the VersaMark resist technique as listed above but this time instead of using your brayer to add color use the Pure Color Pencils and color right over the top of the image. I usually do this for a background instead of my main image.

7. Here's another fun technique that is off the beatin' path (sort of speak) . . . Try the Soot Stamping Technique using glossy. Then turn the flame of an oil lamp up and wave the card front over the top . . . Where the black smoke is. (Be sure to get the kind of oil that is NOT smokeless . . . You want the smoke for this technique.) Soot will begin to form on the glossy surface. You then take a clean rubber stamp and stamp into the soot. The stamp will remove the soot from the surface (negative soot stamping.) Or you may choose to apply ink over the top of the soot (positive soot stamping.) Or do a combination of both like my card here indicates. You will need to seal this when completed with either Krylon workable fixative, an acrylic spray or some aerosol hairsprays will work too. Be careful not to touch the soot until after you have sealed it or you'll end up leaving your fingerprints behind. Kick it up a notch and do the Rainbow Soot Technique by using the brayer to first create a background color. Then just follow the same directions as before except this time when you stamp your color will show through. Cool!!

8. Another great background is Smudging or the "Twist and Drag" technique. Choose a "solid" style stamp that is simplistic in design such as one that is a squiggle, or confetti, or thick dots. Ink your stamp of choice with a light color of ink. Then twist it (or drag it) onto your glossy cardstock. Repeat a few times to create a one-of-a-kind background. You can then clean your stamp and re-ink with a coordinating color (use your color wheel) and repeat the "twist and drag" or smudging method to create a two-tone pattern. You can also create your own stamp tool for this technique using scraps of rubber from your cut stamps. A really cool pattern is to cut nine long, skinny triangles and place them points together in a circle on your wood block (it will sort of resemble a pinwheel). The pattern this tool creates is awesome. Give it a try!

9. A favorite of mine is the Joseph's coat technique. Brayer with a spectrum pad, covering the entire area of your card. Let set for a couple minutes to be sure it is dry. Use your embossing buddy over this rainbow cardstock and then emboss your stamped image using the VersaMark pad and clear embossing powder. (Tip: Use bolder stamps to really get the full effects of this technique.) Then ink your brayer with Black or Navy (the darker the better) and cover the entire card again with this new color. Let the overcoat of ink dry, then buff the card with a paper towel to remove excess ink. What happens is that your K-pad color will shine through. Just think of a great landscape card with stars in the sky and trees) WOW!! A rainbow image . . . named after "Joseph's Coat of Many Colors".

10. Want a spirited way to use glossy card stock? Try the Batik Technique. Simply stamp your image using Versamark and emboss with clear embossing powder. Let cool. Then gently wad paper into a ball or you could fold it into a small square for a different look. Unfold it and smooth it out. It will have crease marks where the EP has cracked. Place cardstock on a towel and mist with water so the paper is very damp. Next ink your brayer with a Spectrum, pad roll across the paper. The image will stay white while the ink will seep into cracks and the rest of the paper will have a batik look. Like far out man!

11. Polished stone background with assorted reinkers, alcohol, and Gold/Silver Krylon or Zig Leafing Pens. I prefer to use a wood block that has felt on it instead of a cotton ball. I like the veining this provides. Spray alcohol on the felt (use a sample size hairspray bottle). Moisten the pad with at least 6 sprays, but don't soak it. Then dot your felt with 3 to 4 drops re-inker on one side of the damp felt. Then dot 3 to 4 drops of another color on the other side. Keep the different colors separate, but not too far apart. Shake your leafing pen and press the tip down on your glossy cardstock letting the ink puddle out. Make 3 to 4 little globs per quarter sheet. QUICKLY "slam" your felt block on top of the blobs of pen. Strike the paper over and over, making the leafing ink "float" in the alcohol dye. If the leafing ink doesn't "float" but dries as spots, you didn't use enough alcohol. Try again. You want the colors to overlap and blend. If you "work" the ink too much, it can start to look muddy, but you want to cover the surface of the paper. After "whacking" you can gently twist your felt pad of a more blended look. Let the piece dry before touching. You can move it by gripping the edge of the paper. I like to wait at least 24 hours before stamping on it.

12. The Heated Pearls technique also use glossy card stock and is fun and easy to do. You just need to turn the glossy card stock to black glossy card stock by using your black pad and a brayer. (Or instead of black select another dark color.) Then you'll need Pearl Ex, white glue (such as Elmers or Aileen Tacky Glue), a stipple brush, and your heat gun. Cut the cardstock into quarters. Put a blob of glue in the middle of a piece. Spread it all over the piece with the stipple brush. Be sure to cover it completely. Sprinkle some Pearl Ex (you can use two complimentary colors of PE) on top of the stippled glue, working the PE into the glue with the stipple brush. When done, put the brush into water, so the glue won't dry up on the brush. Next take your heat gun and start running it over the glue/PE mixture. Watch it bubble up! Now use this as a background for your favorite set. I have tried this with Red Glossy (made with White Glossy and my red Staz On pad) and it works well also. This produces very elegant backgrounds.

13. Crayon Resist is a great way to use Glossy paper to add white highlights to whimsical stamps or those with detailed images. Stamp your design onto glossy card stock. Allow image to dry (if you don’t want to wait just use the Staz On pads.) Then use a crayon or one of the SU! Metallic Pencils to mark areas where you want to highlight (the white card stock will show through.) Be sure to apply heavy lines so they will show up well on the finished piece. Then just use your selected inks to apply ink with sponge or brayer. Allow ink to dry. Using a piece of tissue or paper towel, gently rub in small circles over the areas where you applied the crayon. This will remove the ink and create the resist look.

14. Glossy card stock is perfect for Dry Embossing. Cut cardstock into a small square and then dry emboss an image (try the Snowflake classy brass template). Then use your brayer and a LIGHT TOUCH to apply color to your image. I have found it adds depth to apply several colors. For instance, with the snowflake template I use Bliss Blue and Almost Amethyst. When you color your dry embossed image this way you will still have an edge of white card stock that will show through.

15. Try doing the Alcohol Spray Technique on Glossy Paper. Place regular rubbing alcohol in a little spray bottle. Select a bolder image stamp and ink it up (you may even want to do this using the markers and create a sort of rainbow look on the image or select color variances from the same color family such as green galore, glorious green, forest foliage or baroque burgundy, real red, rose red. Just be sure the whole surface is covered. Then spray the stamp with the alcohol mister and stamp it on the glossy card stock! When you spray the alcohol it must be a very fine mist and hold the stamp further away from the sprayer. With this technique each time you reink, spritz and stamp down will turn out a little different than the time before which provides a very unique look.

16. Shaving Cream Technique also uses glossy paper (to provide the best results). This technique for making unique backgrounds for your special cards is a little messy so I recommend wearing thin rubber gloves and working in the kitchen on newspaper. Spread the bottom of a shallow 9 X 12 pan with a layer of shaving cream (the cheap .99 cent stuff). Spread it out with a spatula to about 3/4� thick in the bottom of the pan. Take a couple of coordinating colors (such as Mellow Moss and Pale Plum) of re-inkers and put a couple drops in a random pattern all over the shaving cream. Just a couple drops to start with. You can always add a few more drops. Take something such as a marker, pencil or toothpick or a pop sickle stick to swirl the shaving cream around until you get the look you want. Depending on what you choose to use you will get different size swirls. This will give a marbling effect on finished product. Now press a piece of white cardstock (1/4 sheet is easier to work with) face down into the shaving cream from the center out. Press it to be sure the whole surface is touching. Gently peel the card stock up and scrape off the extra shaving cream with a spatula or wipe off with a paper towel. Dry off the extra bits with a dark colored towel or a clean paper towel. The shaving cream will come off the card stock, but the ink pattern will remain. Don’t be afraid of smearing the ink. It will stay where it originally touched the paper. You now have an awesome background, each one a little different from the next. You can repeat until you don’t like the design you get. When it is dry, the surface is soft, almost velvety to the touch (and it smells nice too.)

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17. To create fun backgrounds (or foregrounds) for your summer projects try using the Glossy paper for the Bubble Background Technique. Place 3-4 Tablespoons of dish washing soap and a cup of tap water in a large bowl. Add 10-15 drops of desired color of Stampin Up! refill ink. Use a wisk to create froth and pour this mixture onto a tray. Using a drinking straw, blow lightly while stirring the mixture so that you form slightly larger bubbles. You do NOT want huge bubbles as you won't be able to fit them on a standard size card front. After bubbles are formed, spritz the top of them with reinker that has been diluted with water and put into a travel-sized pump spray bottle. (This will help make the bubbles more defined.) Then lightly place a sheet of Glossy Cardstock onto the bubbles without actually dropping it into the solution. Remove paper and place right side up on paper towels and allow to dry. To speed the process you can use another paper towel to blot dry but DO NOT rub or you will disturb the bubble pattern. For more versatility select other colors besides blue or send the card stock back through a second time but this time select a different color from the first.

18. Salt Backgrounds are perfect for Glossy card stock. Brayer color onto the glossy card stock using any dye ink pad and then mist with water spritzer. Sprinkle on salt. You can use any kind . . .sea salt, table, kosher, Epsom . . . and all will provide a little different look to your finished project. My personal favorite is sea salt. I think it provides the best results. If necessary, spray more water on after you apply the salt. Play around with this to see what look you like best. You must allow this to dry. Speeding up the process with the heat gun will sort of work but air drying gives the best effects. When dry, brush the salt off. The salt will "remove" or lighten the dye ink and you'll have a beautiful one-of-a-kind background for your stamped artwork.
NOTE: You can save the salt you scrapped off for shaker cards. It will be "dyed" the color of your ink.

19. Kooshball Background on Glossy card stock is just a downright fun technique! It makes a nice speckled background. You just dab the Koosh Ball into the ink pad, then "stamp" it on the glossy card stock however you want. You can keep adding color until you get it the way you like it. Then, just rinse under running water, pat dry with a towel and it's ready for your next color. SIMPLE!

20. Marble Technique. Try using plain ol' marbles to make wonderful backgrounds on glossy card stock. The marble technique is so easy that most children do it as toddlers. (Though they usually use little dabs of paint in place of ink.) So, if children can do it at 2, maybe we can do it as adults, right? Put your cardstock in a small box and ink up the marbles, and put them in the box too. Then tip the box from side to side, causing the marbles to roll randomly on the card stock.

21. Wax Paper Resist Backgrounds (for a Tye-Dye look). This technique is great for a quick and colorful background. You need glossy card stock, wax paper (just bigger than the paper), and an iron. Crumble up the wax paper and then set between the glossy sides of the glossy paper. Take an iron at medium heat and iron over the paper for between 10 and 30 seconds. When you're done, take one of the glossy sheets and cover with ink. Then use a brayer on a rainbow pad. You can also use a sponge or the ink pad itself, or any other way you can think to put the ink on the paper. The ink brings out some wonderful designs. The different ways that you fold the wax paper bring out wonderful designs. You don't always have to crumble the paper either. Just play with the wax paper and see what beautiful images arise.

22. Bleeding Tissue Paper. This is a fun and easy technique for making quick backgrounds for your cards, collages, etc. It involves wetting tissue paper that bleeds its color onto white glossy paper for beautiful backgrounds. My favorite kind of tissue paper to use for this can be found at Michael's and says "Spectra" on it. (Don't get the metallic Spectra tissue, it does not bleed; get the regular colors which have yellow, blue, purple, orange, pink, and other colors in the package.) Lay your white glossy cardstock face up and spray with water. Randomly tear your tissue in the colors you want and place on wet cardstock. Place another sheet of white glossy cardstock face down on top of the tissue (this way you can make two sheets of background paper at one time). Lay a book or other heavy object on top of these sheets and let sit so the wet paper won't curl. When dry, peel off the tissue and reveal your beautiful background that you can use to stamp on, emboss on, use for layering or whatever you'd like. If you can’t find the “Spectra� tissue paper don’t worry. . . Make your own. Just brayer any of the SU! dye ink colors (including any of the Spectrum pads) over white tissue paper. Crumble up the tissue paper and then smooth out. Place the smoothed out tissue paper on top of a piece of glossy cards stock. Then spritz with water and place a second piece of glossy paper, shiny side down on top of that. Sort of making a sandwich with the white tissue inside. Press firmly to transfer color. Unsandwich and allow to dry.

23. Stampin' Spots backgrounds. Select three or four colors of Stampin' Spots: one light color, two medium-value colors, and one dark accent color. Color combinations can give fascinating results that may turn out differently than you imagine. Arrange the Stampin' Spots near you lined up from lightest to darkest color. This is the order or sequence that you will be using them. Place the card stock glossy side face up, on a piece of scrap paper. Have a paper towel, folded to several thicknesses and ready to use. Open the light color pad and hold it upside down by its tray. As you begin to work keep in mind that stamping full on the pad produces squares while stamping the corners will produce triangles, stamping with the sides produces bars, etc. You'll be doing a direct-to-paper application. Press the pad face down onto the glossy paper five to seven times. (I work in odd numbers and sort of in a triangle shape around the card stock.) This will produce blocks of color. Immediately smudge the color using paper towel. Repeat process using the next color. You may "stamp" the pad over some of the light color. Again use paper towel to blend and smudge ink. Don't be concerned with white spaces. "Stamp" the pad of the next medium color over the card. Repeat process this time with the dark color pad. Work to fill a balance in the card space. Without delay, wipe the colors from the card again. The card is now finished. The colors will mellow a bit as the ink fully dries. To take this one step further spritz the entire card front with a water bottle and use the paper towel to blot. Some color will be removed, some color will blend and others might even darken. It's fun to see what will happen. If you still aren't done playing try sprinkling on some salt as listed above. Oh, just color me beautiful with backgrounds.

24. Emboss Resist on Glossy. This is a great way to combine those bolder stamps and glossy paper to yield awesome results. Use your Embossing Buddy on the glossy card stock before you begin. With the VersaMark pad stamp your image on glossy card stock. Sprinkle clear embossing powder over the clear inked stamped image and heat it. You now have a subtle stamped image. Next use your sponges to apply as much (or as little) color as you would like. This will make the stamped image seem to pop right off the card.

25. Spin Art Backgrounds. Use quarter sheet of glossy cardstock in a spin art machine. Use double stick tape to hold card down onto mechanism. While paper is spinning, add drops of re-inker onto paper. Let spin for a few minutes and then shut off. Now you have an awesome background to stamp on (and it made you feel like you were 10 again!)

26. Make your own postcards. Place the card stock in a printer and type your note to a friend. Print it off on the NON-GLOSSY side, lined up in columns so that you can cut the cardstock in fourths and have four postcards. Then stamp on the glossy side.

27. Make a stationary holder. Here's a cute idea. Versamark a background design on the glossy - full sheet. (Do the Versamark Resist technique in #5.) Then fold about 2 inches up along a long side (11" side) towards the non-glossy side. Now fold this in half like a book. Open the "book" back up and cut out a little "V" in the center fold where you made the 2" pocket - to make it look professional. Now you have a stationary holder that will hold stamped paper on one side and envelopes on the other. Close with a ribbon (you can punch holes to keep the ribbon secure.)

28. Glossy card stock is also great for making all our cut little baskets, boxes and pouches.

29. Rubber Cement Resist Technique.
Standard Resist: Start with glossy cardstock. Pick out 3 colors of dye ink. Drizzle rubber cement directly on the cardstock (do this in a well-ventilated area). Let dry. Using your brayer, apply your first ink color (start with lightest color). Let dry. Drizzle more rubber cement on your cardstock. Let dry. Use your brayer and apply your second ink color. Let dry. Drizzle one more layer of rubber cement. Let dry. Apply last ink color. Let dry. When completely dried, peel off the rubber cement. This gives the resist look.
Spot Resist: Here’s a little different take on the above technique. Brush rubber cement in a scribbling motion onto the center area of a card and allow it to dry. Ink a rubber brayer with a multicolored stamp pad or markers, then roll the brayer over the card several times. Once the ink has dried, remove the rubber cement with a rubber cement pick-up eraser or your fingers. Now you will have a wonderfully colored border with a white brushstroke center . . . a perfect place for a greeting or to place a previously stamped image that has been cut and colored. Doing the technqiue in this manner can also provide you with spots for leopords or stripes for zebras. Cool! And here's yet another twist . . . sort of a spin off of the Joseph's Coat technique. First apply color to the glossy card stock with a multicolored (Spectrum pad inked) brayer. Then apply rubber cement as before. Allow to dry and then apply a layer of black ink or another darker color with the brayer. Let the card dry. Remove the rubber cement, and this time the area under the rubber cement will be multicolored with the remainder of the card a solid color. Add a cut-out rubber-stamped image over top. Experiment with your own look!

30. Faux Leather Backgrounds. Mix color of re-inker with Liquid Applique to get your desired color. Then ink up your brayer using this mixture and brayer onto to glossy cardstock. Spread evenly, however a somewhat mottled look is desirable for a more real suede appearance. Rinse brayer immediately! Allow the Liquid Applique to dry for 10 minutes or more (this drying time is very important). Heat evenly with a heat tool. Allow to cool and then repeat this process. Note: I like to use a mixture of lighter and darkers shades of the same color when mixing Liquid Applique. These variances provide a more realistic suede appearance.
Variations: Take several colors of liquid applique and squirt on card and then brayer all over the place. Then heat with heat tool and then stamp various stamps on top using black ink. Apply white liquid applique and heat. Then after stamping image use your chalks to add color as desired.

31. Marbled Chalk Background: Put about an inch of water into a pan slightly bigger than your card. With a knife, scrape chalk dust off a few colors onto the surface of the water. Lower the glossy card stock flat onto the surface of the water to pick up the color, immediately lifting the cardstock basurface of the water. Lower the glossy card stock flat onto the surface of the water to pick up the color, immediately lifting the cardstock back out of the water. Allow the cardstock dry flat. You can even press the paper between heavy books to flatten it out.

32. Here’s another quick and easy background that uses wax paper or saran wrap to create textured backgrounds on glossy card stock. Crumble up a piece of wax paper or saran wrap. Dip lightly into Luminere paint and then dab or tap on white glossy cardstock. This makes a very subtle yet elegant background that is perfect for any special occasion such as an Anniversary or a Wedding. To ‘kick this up a notch’ you can also mix a little Pearl Ex to the Lumiere before applying. Gorgeous!

33. Scribble Backgrounds combine the best of two worlds . . . Glossy card stock and SU! Metallic Pencils. Using three or four coordinating pencils, make random scribbles on a ¼ sheet of glossy card stock. Now ink up your rubber brayer with dye ink or a Spectrum pad and roll across the card stock, blending as you go. The pencil marks are waxy and will resist the ink. You can stamp on top with a permanent dye ink like our Basic Black. A similar resist technique gives you a slightly different look. Scribble on glossy with the metallic pencils, but apply three or four dye inks with a sponge, blending and rubbing as you go. The sponge will remove the pencil from the surface, but leave behind a tinted image. Try hand writing a greeting, brayering or sponging over it, and rubbing off the pencil.

34. Printer Embossing. Run glossy cardstock through printer and then emboss using SU! embossing powder. You can choose gold, silver, or any of the color embossing powders or select a color using your printer and then simply use a clear embossing powder. This is fun to do for greetings for cards but also for printed journaling for your scrapbook pages. The raised look of the words is so classy, professional, and elegant . . . it’s perfect for any project!