5 Ways Design Series - Textures: Splatters Stamp Set | Design Team: Lorilei Murphy
Hi guys, Layle here!I’m excited to share the 2nd installment in the 5 Ways Design Series! In this series, we showcase different stamp sets and sharing five creative ways to use them.
It’s designed to spark new ideas, help you get more value out of the supplies you already own - or are thinking of purchasing! - and show just how versatile each set can be... whether you’re feeling stuck, short on time, or just ready to try something new.
Creative team member Lorilei Murphy is back with us again today with 5 Ways to use the Textures | Ink Splatters stamp set - prepared to be wowed!
I was thrilled to see Layle release this Textures | Ink Splatters set! There is nothing better for adding interest and pops of colour than this little workhorse stamp set. I have five ways to show you how I used the stamp set and I hope you are inspired to get yours out and re-create an idea of play around and come up with your own!
A few tips - I almost always practice my stamping before stamping for my project. Some of the ideas come from just playing around with my stamps and trying different colour combos. Playing with your stamps without an end goal in mind is a great thing to try!
1. The Rainbow Tracker
The splatter stamps lend themselves perfectly to using a rainbow palette of inks! I made myself a tracker to fit in the Layle By Mail TN Standard Wide Insert. The tracker has 12 columns and 31 rows to track just about anything you like. I am using a highlighter to mark in every day that I spend in my craft room this year!
The front of the right page was made with the dotted stamp in the splatters stamp set, the Scallop Boxes and Poe Numbers stamp set!
I used Distress Oxide inks in these colours: Seedless Preserves, Lumberjack Plaid, Rusty Hinge, Spiced Marmalade, Fossilized Amber, Mustard Seed, Peeled Paint, Mowed Lawn, Lucky Clover, Salty Ocean, Uncharted Mariner, Prize Ribbon
I used both of the bigger splatter stamps multiple times to fill the colour in the top box. The colours spill over into the next box to make a nice blend! I stamped and fussy cut the month titles from the Month by Month stamp sets.
The right page flips open to reveal the entire 12 months at a glance.
How to Make Your Own Insert:
Download the free tracker here!
Print the two sheets of the tracker - full size. Trim around the outside (grey lines) of the trackers. Sheet 1 - after trimming, score and fold at 4.75 inches from the left side of the tracker. You might want to add your stamping before folding! This becomes the right side of your TN spread. I added a “cover” on the outside of the flip.
Sheet 2 - Trim and stamp then adhere to the left side of your TN spread.
2. Focal Points
The next project features the splatter stamps in focal points of colour and pattern. I used a rainbow of colour again, but you could use tones of blues and greens or warm ink colours. You could use just one focal point or a few! I picked a spot on each row of my memory planner to stamp a background of splatters. I used my Memento and Distress Inks for this spread to have more transparent stamping.
I then added a die cut heart using the Heart Die Set. Since this spread has a currently theme I added a coloured label with the currently word and a puffy heart from my stash. I finished off most of the focal point clusters with a phrase strip from the free printable in Layle’s shop.
In my title area I used the Out the Window Version 2 alpha for the currently word. I then stamped 7 little spots to the left of the title and applied the delight rub on from the Glimmer Rub Ons. I love how that turned out and the rub ons give the ink a beautiful sheen!
3. Concentrated Colour and Texture
A way to have fun with the splatter stamps and ink is to make embellishments, cards or pockets off the page. For this memory planner spread I made 3 pockets with windows to insert a photo with writing on the back. I did some measuring and folding for my pockets and punch a 2 inch circle from the centre of the fronts of the pockets. Before I adhered anything together I got my splatter stamps out and picked three harmonious colours and “messy” stamped the font of the pockets.
The great thing about working off the page is you can make multiples of your cards or embellishments until you are happy with your colour choices and stamping outcome!
I like to tie my pages together, I chose two of my colours to stamp splatters behind my embellishments on the right page.
4. Splatter Flowers
This was a fun project to make, I encourage you to give it a try! I made these florals a few different times with different colour combos each time. For this project I let the background paper from the free printable be the guide for my colour choices!
I stamped the bigger splatter stamps in a random pattern, breaking up the ink colours into different places. Once the ink was dry I added a black centre using a tiny flower stamp from the Bullet Stamps & More set. When the black ink was dry I added a tiny white centre with a white gel pen. I drew squiggly lines around my “flowers” with a Pigma Micron .01 marker and made stems with a ruler from each flower. I finished off the flowers with some black dot stamps from the splatter set.
5. Messy Stamping
Messy stamping is my favourite and the Splatter stamps are the best for this technique! I chose 3-4 different colours of ink for this project - Using one colour with lights and darks can help control some of the chaos of messy stamping! My colour choice was inspired by the clover and typewrite die cuts from the Winter/Spring 2026 Season Pass collection.
I started with a big title and used the large March stamp from the Month by Month - March stamp set. I added messy splatter stamps and also the little clover stamp from the March set in my messy stamp area. The stamped march definition is from the Winter/Spring Season Pass stamp set. The use of different shades and tones of green really help make this area pop!
I chose three focal points on this spread for areas of messy stamping to tie the pages together and add loads of interest. I messy stamped on the card behind the typewriter die cut and also in the bottom left corner behind my photo.
Test Driving Your Stamps - One More 'Way'!
As I said at the beginning, playing with your stamps can be great fun and a good way to see what you like for your project. I have added a couple extra ideas that came from playing around that I haven’t used in a project yet, maybe I never will but they are ready to go if I want them! On the left I added some low tack tape to make stripes on my paper, I stamped each open space with 2-3 tones of ink of rainbow colours. Once I removed the tape I had crisp pretty stripes!
The heart background was a tester for my stamped pockets (Concentrated Colour). I die cut 3 hearts using the Hearts Die from a piece of card stock and used pink ink to stamp around the hearts! This page would be cut with photos under the hearts or adding journaling inside them.
Thank you so much for joining me in this series! I hope you found some inspiration and ideas for your Textures | Ink Splatters stamps!