For this cardmaking tip, discover how to create a colorful stamp sentiment with a cool black mat that has a torn paper effect!
Line by line, just go down the stamp block and saturate it with the ink as you cover the other parts with paper.
After successfully inking the rest of the stamp block, carefully press it down into a card stock of appropriate size.
As you can see, it looks really vibrant and full!
Once trimmed down, ink up the sides with the same distress oxide colors to bring it all together.
Next, to have some tiny bits of embellishments - I colored in some card stocks with the same distress oxides and hole punched some small hearts from it.
After that, let's jump into making the mat or border of our sentiment more interesting. I have this black card stock that I trimmed down earlier.
What we'll do is attach the colorful sentiment piece into the black card stock using some glue tape.
It's time to create the torn paper effect! To achieve that, grab a ruler and position it on the edge of the black card stock, leaving about half a centimeter exposed as seen below.
Carefully grab and tear the exposed part of the card stock away from the piece. The ruler will help you keep the tear uniform and appear straighter.
Do it across all edges and you'll end up with this cool scruffy look!
Isn't that just adorable?
It's such a simple technique that you can do under five minutes but it creates such an awesome effect!
Happy cardmaking!
