‘eaten Sig, Multi Stamping 101 with 3 Step Hearts & Roses by Maria Colosimo + acrylic stamping blocks + inks Cs OY pe ee & i ‘tate, 2 Thor yer QO ge po bei my efits . ain ea Pe re Please note, the set in this tutorial has had a lot of use and has been stained over time by some inks. The staining does not effect the quality of the stamps. + Carefully peel stamp off its colored ID sheet. + Place the stamp (image side up) onto an acrylic block. NOTE: With multi-step stamping, start with the lightest color of ink Tor stamp step #1. With each step, pick a slightly darker ink. The last step will use the darkest color ink. For this tutorial, all inks are from Stampin’ Up!Step One: Start with the lightest color ink, stamp with Step #1. Here Pink Pirouette was used. TIP: Stamping off 1x, using an ink that is planned for Step #2 also can work well for Step #1. Stamp off 1x for Step #1 Example of Stamping off 1x using Pretty in Pink NOTE: With clear stamps, itis easy to see when the inked stamp has made full contact with the paper, leaving a Solid impression. When using @ solid stamp as with Step #1, air bubbles can be trapped between the stamp and paper, preventing the ink from leaving a full impression. To avoid this from happening, placing the stamp at one edge and rock the stamp down to the opposite edge until the stamp is completely flat. The rocking of the stamp helps push the air between stamp and paper preventing it from being trapped. This technique is very helpful when stamping on glossy paper or shrink film. Step #4 with air Step #1 with i bubbles trapped | No air bubbles between stamp trapped between and paper stamp and paper. (outlined for I better view). ‘Step #1 after being stamped with air trapped in fig. 1 and no air in ig. 2 after rocking stamp.Step Two: Use a slightly darker color ink than step #1 Here Pretty in Pink was used. Double stamping, stamping Step #2 with the same color ink that was used for Step #1, for a subtle effective. Step #2 completed Example of Double Stamping using Pretty in Pink TIP: To get an idea of placement before stamping, the ID Film can be a useful too! by placing image #2 on the ID film over the stamped image #1 Guide lines are indicated on the ID film as a suggestion for a point of reference to aide fining up the consecutive stamp steps, Find a comer, indent or curve to fine up each step that works best for you. Experimenting works best. | fig. #4 (with air bubble) fig. #2 NOTE: Even though Step #1's impression was not solid as in fig.7, Step #2 will hide the flaw.