Spotlight Card Technique: Is This Happy Technique As Easy As It Looks?

This happy Spotlight Card Technique is easy and fun. It’s a quick way to make a greeting card’s focal point really pop with color. And, it’s much quicker to color a little part of the image, rather than this big stamped image.

Spotlighting part of your image gives your card a different look and it’s a fun card making technique to use with these big stamps.

To use this pretty spotlight card technique I decided to feature the NEW ‘Blessings of Home’ stamp set. There are SO many wonderful new paper crafting supplies in the January-July mini catalog that just came out. I can’t wait to show some of it off to you today!

Spotlight Card Technique Video Tutorial

Got a large stamp and don’t want to color the entire image? The Spotlight Card Technique is a creative solution that is fun. Yes, it IS as easy as it looks to accomplish!

What do you think of this spotlight card technique? It works great with any larger outline stamps that give you room to color inside them. Take a look at the stamps you have and let me know which one you’ll try this technique with!

Featured Spotlight Card

Along with showing you the spotlighting technique, I also have a HUGE TIP for coloring with Stampin’ Blends. It was one of those “ah-ha moments” for me!

Measurements:

• Thick Basic White Card Base: 8 1/2″ x 5 1/2″
• Cinnamon Cider: 3 7/8″ x 5 1/8″
• Basic White: 3 3/4″ x 5″
• Heart & Home Designer Series Paper: 1/2″ x 5″ and 1 1/2″ x 5″

Look at the difference in these 2 flowers. The one of the left was stamped the second time after coloring with the Stampin’ Blends.

Spotlight Card Technique Tip: Double Stamp Image

These flowers are colored with the Stampin’ Blends. When you color the image, the black ink tends to “fade” a bit.

Want your image to be that crisp dark black on your spotlight card? You first stamp, then color, and then re-stamp! To achieve this result, you need to use the Stamparatus to ensure the second stamping is exactly in the correct place.

The video includes all you need to know!

See the difference in the 2 images? Re-stamping makes our spotlight image really ‘pop’.

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Important Stuff….

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You also get my special VIP tutorial when you place an order from me this month (and you don’t want to miss it!)

If you have any questions, I’d love to answer them. Leave me a comment or send me an email. If you don’t already have a Stampin’ Up! Demonstrator, I’d love to be yours and help you with all your stamping needs!

Thanks for stopping by today!