Hi, Lisa here with my Light Bulb Moment.
Today, I am taking a stamp and giving it a “sketched” look.
I learned this technique from KellyJean Gettelfinger when she was hosting the Try A New Technique Challenge on Splitcoaststampers in April of this year.
I marked the center and bottom line lightly with a pencil as my guide, then stamped the go cup from Caffeine Addict one piece at a time using a light ink. I realized that if I did not get my images to line up exact, I could make up for it in the next step.
For this part, I found I had to practice on scrap paper a few times first. The more I did, I felt more comfortable and more fluid in my pen strokes. I used an ultra fine Sharpie and went over my light stamp outline by going back and forth with small strokes of my pen to achieve the sketch look. I even found if I didn’t like it I could just go over my marks more until I was satisfied and it worked fine.
I added a little sense of humor with my punny sentiment from Pizza My Heart. This sentiment seemed to match as it has a little bit of a sketchy look to it. At this point you could keep it as it is or add color like I did in my top photo. I colored in my cup using Copics in grays again keeping with the sketch look.
Lid = C1, C3, C5
Cup = C00, C0, C1
Sleeve = C0, C1, C3
I would love to see what you come up using this technique and SugarPea Designs stamps. Come on let us see them by linking up to the SugarPea Designs Fan Page on Facebook.
Patti J.
June 3, 2016 at 6:33 amWow, Lisa! This is incredible! Great idea, and your card turned out so well. What fun! Love your Light Bulb Moments!
Lisa Lara
June 3, 2016 at 11:15 pmThank you sweet Patti.
Wendy
June 3, 2016 at 7:45 amAmazing new technique to try , fab tutorial Lisa love your card.
Lisa Lara
June 3, 2016 at 11:16 pmYou gotta try it Wendy and thank you so much girl.
Tracey McNeely
June 3, 2016 at 11:53 amBrilliant Lisa!
Lisa Lara
June 3, 2016 at 11:16 pmThank you Tracey, I can see you using this technique on your magical CAS creations.
Jo
June 3, 2016 at 11:59 amReally clever! a fun way to make stamps go further. 🙂
Lisa Lara
June 3, 2016 at 11:17 pmThank you Jo, and it really is a great way to make your stamps go further.
Jessica Lin
June 3, 2016 at 4:54 pmI love this! Really like the sketched look but can never draw it free hand!
Lisa Lara
June 3, 2016 at 11:18 pmWell there you go Jessica. It is really fun, I think. Just be sure to practice first.
Taunya Butler
June 3, 2016 at 4:55 pmLiked this idea a lot – might give it a try!!! Great job!!
Lisa Lara
June 3, 2016 at 11:19 pmThank you Taunya! You gotta try it and let us see.
Rosemary D
June 3, 2016 at 5:09 pmwhat a cool idea, lisa!! you are soo clever!!
Lisa Lara
June 3, 2016 at 11:19 pmAw thank you Rosemary girly!
Annette Allen
June 3, 2016 at 11:29 pmLisa so totally fun.. Always enjoy your cards.
Lisa Lara
June 6, 2016 at 8:22 amThank you sweet Annette and likewise.
Jenny Peterson
June 5, 2016 at 11:33 amthis is SO COOL Lisa!!! You always amaze me with your out of the box ideas!! xo
Lisa Lara
June 6, 2016 at 8:22 amAw thank you so much Jenny girl.
Kelly S
June 6, 2016 at 2:20 amSensational CAS card with a super fun technique! got to try this!!
Lisa Lara
June 6, 2016 at 8:25 amThank you Kelly. I’d love to see what you make.
Amy Rohl
June 6, 2016 at 2:14 pmCan I just say that this is so. freaking. awesome. Yep, I said it – you blow my mind, girl!
Lisa Lara
June 11, 2016 at 10:28 pmhee hee hee, thank you Fabulous Amy!
CherylQuilts
June 7, 2016 at 4:56 pmOh, Lisa, you are amazing and so creative — your head must be filled with ideas all the time! I LOVE how you’ve used this simple image and really jazzed it up — or shall I say added caffeine to it! Hehe! Beautifully done, and it really is fabulous! Hugs!
Lisa Lara
June 11, 2016 at 10:29 pmAw thank you so much Cheryl. You have to try this technique. Way fun.,
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donna mikasa
June 10, 2016 at 5:08 amGosh, that is SO cool, Lisa! I’d like to give this a try–maybe I’d better practice my pen strokes first!
Thanks for sharing your tutorial!
Lisa Lara
June 11, 2016 at 10:31 pmThank you Donna. You have to try it. It takes just a little bit practice in one sitting. This particular image is perfect to start with because it has all straight lines.
Helen Gullett
June 11, 2016 at 8:42 amI love this technique! I need to practice more of this technique. It is unique and fun way for turning stamped images into sketched-look images 🙂
Thank you for sharing your tips!
Lisa Lara
June 11, 2016 at 10:31 pmIt does not take much practice at all Helen and this image is perfect to start with.
Ardyth
July 1, 2017 at 4:23 pmOMG, I thought there was a retired set called ‘Sketched Go Cup’. WHAT a fantastic, fun technique!