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Ink it! Stamp it! Ghosting Technique


Welcome to the Ink it! Stamp it! Blog Hop. This month we will be sharing projects using some of our favourite Techniques. The full line up below will guide you through all the projects and we'd love to hear from you on what your favourite technique is? 

 Today I am showcasing the "Ghosting Technique", what's that you say? In a nut shell you create the illusion  of a  lighter shadow behind  a main colour focal point by stamping with white craft ink first and then with colour over the top, slightly offset. I LOVE the effect this technique creates!


I started by using Crumb Cake card stock and stamping my design with white craft ink - make sure your ink pad is nice and juicy so you get extra good coverage with your white ink stamping, here's what my card front looked like:


Wait for the ink to completely dry, it does take longer than the other inks, but don't rush it - I took the opportunity to stamp some extra cards, you can never have too many Christmas cards!

 Photopolymer stamps are great for this technique, but you can easily do the process with wood and clear mount with the aid of the Stamp-a-ma-jig.  To create the shadow effect all you do is a stamp with colour slightly off set form the white stamping.

I also stamped my snowflakes and sentiment using the Snowflake Sentiments stamp set with a combinations of colours, Lemon Lime Twist with Emerald Envy, below features Flirty Flamingo, Sweet Sugarplum and Berry Burst.


And this is Pool Party with Marina Mist


Thank you so much for joining us today. I hope you enjoyed seeing the "Ghosting Technique". We hope that you'll join us again next month to see our Christmas projects. Be sure to hop around the entire list below:


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  1. Carolina Evans20 October 2017 at 17:39

    Ohhh I have been waiting to give this technique a go - great CAS projects!!

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  2. Kim Oliver20 October 2017 at 17:58

    This looks really cool Sue. I espicailly like the way you have graduated the colour too. Stunning cards x

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  3. Stephanie Fischer, the Crafty Thinker20 October 2017 at 19:15

    Your cards are stunning - really love the shade variations!

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  4. Sherlie20 October 2017 at 21:47

    A neat technique, love the cards!

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  5. Kirsten Aitchison21 October 2017 at 10:00

    OMG! I love this effect Sue. Beautiful cards. I will definitely be giving this a try. Thanks for sharing :)

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  6. Christine's Creative Cards and More21 October 2017 at 20:25

    Hey, Sue, I love your cards. I have heard the name ghosting but I had no idea what and how to do it. Thanks for writing it so clearly for me to understand. I would love to give this a go now thanks so much.

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  7. Vicki Hunter24 October 2017 at 16:59

    These look lovely Sue....has me all inspired for Christmas Cards now.

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  8. Michelle3 November 2017 at 12:23

    Love how these turned out!!

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