Inktoberfest '17 Double Take (INK17DT)My challenge is for you to use mirror image stamping or reflection stamping on a card or tag or any finished piece.
A classic example of reflection stamping is using Stampin Up's "Lovely as a Tree" stamp set to create a reflection of the line of trees in a pond. There are many youtube videos showing this technique.
Here is one way using acetate.
In the following video a cello bag is used to get a mirror image of a goose. She also uses masking to get a whole line of geese, but that is up to you. You need at least one original image and one mirror (or reflected) image in your finished piece.
Mirror Image Wetlands Geese.
You don't need to create an entire scene.
Jennifer McGuire shows how to use a stamp positioner to create mirror image critters. I believe she also links to an earlier video done without a stamp positioner.
Earlier this week I came across a rather unique reflection card using a
reflected sentiment. That is allowed for this challenge as well. You can reflect a sentiment stamp rather than an image if you wish.
Some people use cello bags or plastic packaging to create the mirror image. There are solid rubber stamps made for making mirror images. Jennifer McGuire used a solid polymer stamp to get her mirror image, or she also suggests you can use the back side of a mostly solid polymer stamp. There are multiple ways to get it done! France Martin demonstrates how to use packing tape in
this video. She also makes the suggestion that you might want to use a lighter ink color in the case of a reflected image.
So use what you have. Post a picture of your finished project in the Inktoberfest 2017 Gallery album and leave a link to it here. Please tell us how it went! Which method did you use to get a mirrored or reflected image? Successes, failures, woulda coulda shoulda's! Use the Key Word
INK17DT when you post in the gallery to make your project easy to find in a search.
Have fun! You can mix this with another challenge if the other hosts allow. There will be a small RAK for a randomly drawn participant.