Papertrey Ink | Simple Linear Stamped Patterns for Everyday Cards. Video

Hello friends! Welcome back for another episode from my monthly video tutorial for Papertrey Ink from the “In The Studio with Yana” video series. I am sharing video tutorials for Papertrey Ink on the 24th of each month on their blog and later repost them here, on my blog; you can catch previous episodes here.

I am all about creating unique backgrounds for my projects and I love to use small individual stamps for this. You can definitely use background stamps for stamping backgrounds and I like doing that as well, but I also love to play with smaller stamps and see what unique and one of a kind backgrounds I can make.

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VIDEO TUTORIAL

Today I am using a fun stamp set called Medallion Trio from Papertrey Ink for my stamping. The reason I picked this set over other sets from my stash is because of the uniquely shaped solid filler images that are used to add color to the parts of the medallion. These looked like fun shapes to me and I wanted to try using them to create simple linear patterns for my cards. Watch video tutorial below or on my Youtube channel.

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CARD DETAILS

Before we get started I wanted to mention a few things that make stamping backgrounds like these a much easier task. Clear block with printed or etched grid lines is a good tool to have as well as a surface with printed grid lines (cutting mat or paper pad) is a must.

If you are stamping a random background (like this one I shared some time ago) and don’t have a specific placement in mind you don’t need to have these things, but for the backgrounds we are making today is it useful to have tools that let you space the images out evenly.

If you don’t have either of those you can use a pencil and a ruler and add a faint grid to your paper – simply measure the size of your image, figure out the spacing and add the grid directly onto the paper. Once you are done stamping and the ink has had a bit of time to dry you can erase the lines with a pencil eraser.

Every time when I plan to stamp something like this I like to practice on a piece of scrap paper – I use printer paper and not my good white cardstock and I just stamp the idea out. If it works – I than transfer it onto my specialty cardstock.

I used just the images labeled “A” from my stamp set and worked mostly with the largest elements.

The larger the element you use the less times you need to stamp it onto your paper to fill the entire background.

I used Lovely Lady and Raspberry Fizz ink colors for the first background. I placed my paper on my cutting mat making sure to center it according to the grid lines on the mat to help me align my stamping. I also centered the images I was using on my clear blocks.

I assigned each shape its own color of ink and started stamping from the center of my panel out alternating the images and therefore the colors of ink. Once my first column was finished I started working on the 2nd and 3rd one and I offset them to add movement and interest to this background.

If you are finding it difficult to come up with pattern ideas it is helpful to look at various patterns in everyday life. A planner cover, a cup, a blanket, carpet, shower curtain – all these things and more can have a printed pattern on them; take a closer look at that pattern, see how and in what way the elements are repeating themselves and than take that observation to your craft room and see if you can recreate that pattern with your stamps and inks. I often look at various patterns in my home and also online and I save the ones I like the most for inspiration.

Once you have your background pattern stamped there are many ways it can be used on a card. I did some very simple stamping and heat embossing to create sentiments.

I went with Fruit Salad and Blooming Cute stamp sets to create sentiments for these. I also embellished these cards using clear droplets and I wanted to show you two different embellishing options  – for my pink card I followed the rule of a triangle and placed droplets around the sentiment forming that visual triangle. But for the green card I followed my stamped pattern and added a droplet onto every stamped element accentuating my stamping.

Have fun stamping!  

SUPPLIES

I’m listing the products I used below. Click on the link to go directly to the product. Where available I use compensated affiliate links which means if you make a purchase I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you so much for your support!

PTI Medallion Trio Stamp Set Shop at: PTI	PTI Fruit Salad Sentiments Stamp Set Shop at: PTI	PTI Bloomin’ Cute Stamp Set Shop at: PTI	PTI Perfect Match Lovely Lady – Inkpad Shop at: PTI
PTI Perfect Match Raspberry Fizz – Inkpad Shop at: PTI	PTI Perfect Match Ripe Avocado – Inkpad Shop at: PTI	PTI Perfect Match Olive Twist – Inkpad Shop at: PTI	Papertrey Ink Stamper’s Select White Cardstock (40 Sheets) Shop at: PTI
Spellbinders Magnetic Handy Mat Shop at: SSS | SC | SPEL | AZ	Simon Says Stamp Large Grid Pad Shop at: SSS	Altenew Acrylic Block Set Shop at: AN	Hero Arts Heat Embossing Gun PW200 Shop at: SSS | SC | HA | AZ
ScraPerfect Crafting Pouch Shop at: SSS | AZ	Tsukineko VersaFine Onyx Black Ink Shop at: SSS | AZ	Hero Arts Clear Embossing Powder PW104 Shop at: SSS | SC | HA | AZ	Crystal Ninja Crystal Katana Mixed Media Pick Up Tool Shop at: SSS | AZ
Pretty Pink Posh 4MM Clear Droplets (small) Shop at: SSS	Pretty Pink Posh 6MM Clear Droplets (medium) Shop at: SSS	Tonic Deluxe Adhesive Nuvo Glue Shop at: SSS | SC	Scor-tape 2 1/2 Inch Crafting Tape Shop at: SSS
White Fun Foam 12 Pack 9 x 12 Shop at: SSS | AZ

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