FUN BIRTHDAY STAMPS WITH A GRAPHIC, RETRO VIBE

I am ALWAYS needing birthday cards, and much as I personally adore balloons and cake, sometimes I just need a little something different from that. I gravitate towards typography and hand-lettering because I love WORDS and it is so fun to have a set that features those elements specifically!

This is a sentiment I’ve always loved—I think it’s great even when it’s NOT for a birthday! I’m super-stoked that I have the option to use the FILLS or the outlines (altho I will say I’m partial to fills/solids personally speaking!) or combine them. Multi-colored letters make me grin big time, too!

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I loved the end result of this ombré style stamping effect of the Ampersand—I spaced each color/impression 1/2” apart to get this effect, starting on the far left with the Tattered Rose, then Bellini, Stardust, Green Tea and finally Spruce and then repeated in reverse order as I moved to the right. It is such a cool, graphic look! And, it would have been literally impossible to pull off with this kind of precision, without using the MISTI.

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Here, I just cut two 4 bar panels from white and pale rose on the diagonal, then mounted them onto a piece of typing paper for the two-tone effect. Then I did all my stamping over the top. Stamped the solid Ampersand twice with Bellini to get a deeper hue, then blended Mandarin Spice along the bottom (directly on the stamp) to re-stamp again 2 more times, creating this smooth blended ombré. Absolutely LOVE this. And, once again, this is a look that is hard to achieve manually; if you don’t have one yet, a MISTI will revolutionize working with clear stamps.

If you’re going to heat emboss anything over the top of this solid stamping, make sure the ink has thoroughly dried, and prep the surface with an anti-static powder to eliminate random bits of embossing powder sticking where you don’t want it. Yes, it makes a difference.

Thanks for stopping by today and I hope these samples inspire you when working with the “AND MANY MORE” set!