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7 October 2025✦ Toni DarrochStamping TechniquesStretch Your Supplies
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Choose your painted mount and vellum. 

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Trim the painted mount to 4 1/2 x 7".  Splatter black paint over the artwork and stamp your chosen sentiment with the Midnight ink. 

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Score at 1/2", down the left side of the vellum to create a "spine". 

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Tuck the "spine" behind the painted mount and secure in place with double-sided tape. You now have a vellum overlay, the same size as your painted mount. 

Step 5 of 13

Fold-back the top right corner of the vellum and use a tape runner to secure it in place. 

Step 6 of 13

From a patterned paper, cut a square topper to the size you require (see my final card for an idea of size). 

Step 7 of 13

Ink around the edges with the Midnight ink pad. 

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Use foam pads to secure in place over the corner of the fold-back. 

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Mat onto black card 4 3/4 x 7 1/4" and then onto your white card black. Pop to one side. 

Step 10 of 13

Using the dies as a guide, cut ONE drop from the Typewriter washi roll. Lift up the backing sheet along one end of the tape and adhere across the top of an A4 sheet of white card. Slowly peel away the backing, as you use your hand to smooth the washi tape down on to the card. Once the backing has been fully removed, you can burnish the washi to ensure there are no air bubbles or creases.

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Line up the second die, secure in place and run through your machine. 

Step 12 of 13

Once all elements are die cut, pop out the sentiments, pick out the one you are using for this project and keep the rest in a tub for future projects.

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To finish, secure your chosen sentiment tab in place. 

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