Ideas for Stamping

I wrote this list for myself a while back and thought it might be nice to share. Most scrapbookers have a fairly generous stash of stamps many (most) of which we don't use or use enough. It's a really cost effective way to add to your page without spending much of your hard earned dollars. It sometimes just takes a little time and extra effort and clean-up.

Stamp a;

• border or frame
• background
• title
• embellishment or decoration
• picture
• monogram
• tag
• pattern
• letter repeated to make a decorative shape.

Stamp with;

• foam stamps
• rubber stamps
• acrylic stamps
  
• potatoes
• bubble wrap
• corrugated card
• bottle caps and other found items
• leaves
• scrunched up paper
• a doily or through a doily
• hot glue on wood to make a pattern let dry and stamp.
• foam
• fabric and lace
• corks
• paint
• ink
  
• bleach
• condensed milk (then heat it with your heat gun)
• your fingers
• a fork
• a toy (think car wheels and all sorts)
• wire

Stamp on;

• a photo
• a button
• tags
• fabric
• transparency
• vellum
• card
• paper
• ribbons
  
• twill

Make a stamp rubbing

cut out and mount a stamped image

'Colour in' a stamp with chalk

Mask an area or areas and stamp over them.

Create your own postage stamps with ink stamps.

Heat emboss a stamped image. Take it a step further and emboss in clear and then blend ink over it for a resist look.

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