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Stamping Mad

January 22nd, 2008

Technique Tuesday - Rub Your Stamps

You have some deeply etched rubber stamps and no stamp pad? No problem. Just grab a crayon or a charcoal pencil, your stamps and some lightweight paper and make rubbings of them. Of course, the image won’t be reversed the way a stamped image is, so this doesn’t work for word stamps. Place your stamp […]

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May 29th, 2007

Technique Tuesday - Dragged Acrylic Background

This background is very simple and very easy to do. Dribble a few colors of paint on a sheet of cardstock and drag a piece of cardboard across the paper to spread the paint. This scan doesn’t show the shimmer or the translucent layers of the actual piece. I used metallic coller and silver and […]

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May 15th, 2007

Technique Tuesday - Faux Tie Dye Background

This is a fun way to use up some of those spray on dyes or color mist products you never got around to trying. You will need some old fashioned rick rack, a piece of cardstock or watercolor paper (glossy cardstock doesn’t work well-it smears too much) and some spray dye or color mist colors. […]

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March 27th, 2007

Technique Tuesday - Smooshed UMs

I was playing around with my ums and realized they were thin enough to go through the pasta machine. Would they emboss a design in paper? I had to find out. I took my frog rubber stamp and rolled it through with a sheet of paper. As you can see, the result is a slightly […]

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