When I first saw Ashley Cannon-Newell's Make It Monday video, Generational Stamping. I was inspired because it looked relatively easy and gave beautiful results. All during that week though I attemped a card 4 times, each time frustrated that my card wasn't coming out the way I had expected because my 'second' impressions were pretty light, almost invisible. OK, obviously my fault because I picked pretty light colors like Summer Sunrise and Aqua Mist. So then I tried darker colors like blueberry sky and smokey shadow and got very light impressions too because I had pressed down so hard on my first impression that there was no ink left. I blame this on my choice of stamps - Mehndi Medallion - which doesn't not yield a complete impression for me unless I press down on it really firmly. I also tried Ashley's technique of reinking and stamping off and that worked a bit better. I also consulted the lovely stamping friends on the PTI forum and learned to give the stamp a puff of breath before stamping the second impression. Voila! Those two tricks yielded a better card that you see here. Not perfect but much better than the foiled attempts. Lessons learned - keep trying and that the forum is a wealth of information! I love this technique and will keep practicing it so be prepared to see this again on other cards. Thanks PTI and Ashley for continuing to inspire me.
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