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Sunday, 4 January 2015

Stamped With Heart

Did you spot the Amy Tangerine Stitched Applique heart patterned paper in this month's Kit-to-Copy over at the Counterfeit Kit Challenge Blog? 

I knew I could forge a regular heart pattern ... but how to do it in a time-saving way? 

Stamping it out perhaps?  Yes, but hard to get a regular grid ...

What about punched holes for stencilling?
That would work reasonably well:

I marked out 1" lines across a strip of scrap cardstock (starting ½" in from the edge) and punched a heart out at each line, taking care to place the cardstock fully into the punch slot (and lining up the lines with a small pencil mark I'd made on the punch).


Then I used the strip as a stencil and inked out 11 hearts at once!  I was fairly lazy and spaced my lines of hearts quite far apart, but by varying the placement of punched shapes and the strip as a whole you can get a variety of effects.

There are more counterfeiting ideas from my fellow Master Forgers over at the CKCB today.
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21 comments:

  1. alexa4 January 2015 at 10:02

    Very neat, Jemma, and a lot quicker and more accurate than trying to do it with a heart stamp!

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  2. Amanda4 January 2015 at 10:29

    Excellent idea. Much easier than stamping them individually. I may have to copy.

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  3. kjjc4 January 2015 at 11:40

    Ver resourceful!

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  4. Susanne4 January 2015 at 12:12

    Adorable and efficiently done - I bow to your creative powers!

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  5. Angela Toucan4 January 2015 at 15:45

    perfect idea, and now you have a new stencil for your draw too.

    Have fun using your paper.

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  6. Laura4 January 2015 at 18:44

    Genius! Top forging.

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  7. humel4 January 2015 at 19:05

    Clever - and easily adaptable - I likey very much :)

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  8. Sandra4 January 2015 at 21:30

    Now that's clever! :)

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  9. Isbaha4 January 2015 at 21:47

    So clever!

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  10. Janine Rachau5 January 2015 at 11:37

    Thanks for sharing! I hadn't considered how you lined up everything so nicely until I read this post. Great work, Jemma!

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  11. K5 January 2015 at 14:02

    Great idea Jem!

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  12. Alison5 January 2015 at 15:50

    VERY clever! Xx

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  13. Michele5 January 2015 at 16:45

    What a clever idea - works perfectly!

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  14. My not so simple life5 January 2015 at 17:52

    brilliant idea!

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  15. Clair5 January 2015 at 19:04

    That's such a clever idea!

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  16. Lisa6 January 2015 at 16:44

    so very clever! I would never have come up with this but the effect is perfect

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  17. LCSmithSAVED7 January 2015 at 23:06

    No wonky hearts nodding & bowing to each other with this technique! And when I think of all those little punches with cute motifs languishing in my drawer. Genius!

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  18. Maggie8 January 2015 at 16:22

    Top Tip, Jemma one to file away for future reference. Happy New Year from Normandy.

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  19. Lesley G8 January 2015 at 22:28

    Clever you!!!
    Perfect forging :)

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  20. Sandie9 January 2015 at 23:53

    Clever idea Jemma. And a happy new year to you!

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  21. Missus Wookie5 February 2015 at 19:27

    Very clever idea - I've also taped strips together to be able to stagger punched holes. I like easy techniques that look complicated ;)

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