Make & Tell Tuesday – Batik Stamping

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Good afternoon! It’s still Tuesday, right? Are you up for a Make & Tell Tuesday?

I’m a little late with this today…to be honest, I was working on this yesterday and got so carried away playing with variations of this technique and different color combinations, that I didn’t get my video done! And then today was one technical issue after another. But I didn’t think you’d mind if I shared it a little later in the day. It’s happy hour – grab a little something to sip and take a break…

I’ve been doing a lot of coloring videos lately, so for this week’s video I was in the mood for a good old-fashioned stamping technique. Emboss-resist techniques have always captured my imagination, and today’s technique is a take on that, and is inspired by Batik fabrics.

Batik fabrics are created by dying, then over-dying fabric over a pattern created using wax. The wax is then removed to reveal the design. Today I’m exploring something similar using ink blending and stamping paired with clear embossing powder.

The technique is fun and interesting when using tone-on-tone colors, but you can step it up a notch and get some really unique looks by using a variation of the technique along with contrasting ink colors. I’ll show you two different ways to do this technique in today’s video. I’ll be using the pretty leaf cluster from Signed & Sealed With a Kiss for each.

Here is the video…

This was the first background pattern I created when I started playing around with this idea. This was done the same way as the first technique shown in the video. I started by sponging ink onto a panel of watercolor paper, then used the technique shown in the video to create an all-over pattern. When I was finished, I spritzed it with water for more texture, and added some ink and gold splatters. I didn’t want to cover too much of that pretty panel, so I simply diecut it with the Crimped Frame die, and added the Let’s Have a Word: Beautiful sentiment.

These next two cards use the variation I show later in the video – of stamping in one color and essentially trapping that image under clear embossing powder so you can sponge contrasting color over the top. I finished off the “sending prayers” card with a sentiment from the Caring Cross set, and a BotaniCuts Lily. The hello card was finished off with a Written in Ribbons sentiment for a pretty yet simple card.

And of course I had to turn the panel I created in the video into a card as well, so I added the Let’s Have a Word: Happy die, and a “birthday” sentiment from Sentiment Suite: Birthday, stamped onto the little banner from the Easter Jubilee kit.

I hope you enjoyed this Make & Tell Tuesday, and if you give this technique a try, we’d love to see it! Link us up in the comments or tag us on Instagram or Facebook!