Joseph coat technique

stamps used:  Hot Potatoes, DeNami Design, Sunday International

(unfortunately these companies are no longer in business and I don't know if any have been taken over by other companies.)

Joseph's Coat technique is an old technique that is coming back.  Basically this is a resist technique with a fancy name.

Basic instructions:

1.  color sheet of cardstock by stippling, sponging or blending on different colors.

2.  Cut the colored cardstock into four pieces 4" x 5 1/4"

3.  stamp bold images with clear ink and clear embossing powder.  The colors will show thru the clear embossing.

4.  color the embossed piece with a dark ink.  I used a purple ink pad which I just dragged over the piece to cover it.

5.  buff the card to remove any ink from the embossed images and you are done with this technique, now you can create your cards.

What do you think?

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Twisted triple time stamping with video

stamps - MFP stamps

inks - Ranger and SU

I thought it would be fun to bring back the technique Triple time stamping with a twist.  The twist is just that ... the cards are placed in a twisted fashion on the card.  I think it is a fun change on this technique that has been around for a few years.  what do you think?  

please watch video at the bottom of this post or at Sue Wisniewski - YouTube

measurements:

cream cardstock layers - 2 x 3 1/4, 3 x 4 1/4, 4 x 5 1/4

goldenrod layer - 2 1/4 x 3 1/2

purple layer - 3 1/4 x 4 1/2

base card (before folding) - 8 1/2 x 5 1/2

Half circles

I'm going to mix it up a bit today showing you two cards with the same technique but different themes.
The technique is partial die cut ... this is the name I'm giving this technique ... I'm sure there is some cute name out there in cyber land and if there is please leave me a comment and I'll change it.
On to this technique ... die cut a circle or any shape will work for this technique.  take the negative part of the die or the cut out section and place it on the side of your card with part of it hanging off the card.  This is also called a reverse mask.  add the color using whatever tool you have available ... this can be blending tool, sponges or stipple brushes.  for the next step you can leave the mask on and stamp some images as I did with the Egret (if this is not an Egret please leave a comment) card or you can remove the mask and stamp as on the holiday card.  the difference is that on the Egret card the Egret is hanging outside the colored area with the cattails are only inside the colored circle.  on the holiday card all images were stamped with the mask removed.
stamps - Just For Fun
ribbons - SU