Stamping Tips 2
These are tips I have compiled or found throughout all the years I have been stamping. I learned to stamp in August of 1997. Might have to scroll down to find each one until I figure out this FREE site.
What you can find on this page (Question Marks mean they are not uploaded yet)
20- How I goofed and Fixed it
21- How to give images a Glased Look
22- Ink Pads
23- Iris Folding for the Beginner ?????
24- Making Paper ?????
25- Let's Talk UM's (Unmounted Stamps)????
26- Liquid Applicate ???
27-Marbles and backgrounds???
28-Masking. ???
29-More about Background paper.???
30-Mulberry Paper Tips ???
31-Other Hobbies that Keep you Busy.???
32-Paper Clay???
33-Picking our Stamps to make a Card! ???
34-Punches.???
35-Radiant Pearls.???
36-Scrap booking also called Memory Pages????
37- Shaker Cards. ???
38-- Scrap Paper ?????
39- Serendipity ?????
39-- Shrink Plastic ?????
40-- Soot Cards. ?????
What you can find on this page (Question Marks mean they are not uploaded yet)
20- How I goofed and Fixed it
21- How to give images a Glased Look
22- Ink Pads
23- Iris Folding for the Beginner ?????
24- Making Paper ?????
25- Let's Talk UM's (Unmounted Stamps)????
26- Liquid Applicate ???
27-Marbles and backgrounds???
28-Masking. ???
29-More about Background paper.???
30-Mulberry Paper Tips ???
31-Other Hobbies that Keep you Busy.???
32-Paper Clay???
33-Picking our Stamps to make a Card! ???
34-Punches.???
35-Radiant Pearls.???
36-Scrap booking also called Memory Pages????
37- Shaker Cards. ???
38-- Scrap Paper ?????
39- Serendipity ?????
39-- Shrink Plastic ?????
40-- Soot Cards. ?????
How I goofed and Fixed It
DOD HOW I GOOFED
From: Dee --- I've done this so many times it's not even funny. Get a card almost finished and some how manage to swipe my pinky finger on something and then get it on the background where I didn't want it. Then I try to cover that up and it just gets worse and worse. FIXED IT: Finally I usually end up cutting out the image and layering it, but that isn't the look I wanted. Oh well.
From: Mickey Jo ---Maybe your work area is too cluttered. SPREAD out, have a clear area to stamp in. Then when you stamp you're less likely to goof. I at least make my biggest mistakes when something is in my way. Even though I thought I had the area cleared. Then all of a sudden I didn't move the stamp pad too far away and got the corner of the card in it. And usually it is when I am getting ready to send it off and put my trademark on the back. So here I have a beautiful card that is ruined.
FIXED IT: What do I do? I send it. Sometimes I place another image over my goof up, or I might even use a sticker to cover the smudge. grin. Then no one knows I goofed
From: Dee --- I've done this so many times it's not even funny. Get a card almost finished and some how manage to swipe my pinky finger on something and then get it on the background where I didn't want it. Then I try to cover that up and it just gets worse and worse. FIXED IT: Finally I usually end up cutting out the image and layering it, but that isn't the look I wanted. Oh well.
From: Mickey Jo ---Maybe your work area is too cluttered. SPREAD out, have a clear area to stamp in. Then when you stamp you're less likely to goof. I at least make my biggest mistakes when something is in my way. Even though I thought I had the area cleared. Then all of a sudden I didn't move the stamp pad too far away and got the corner of the card in it. And usually it is when I am getting ready to send it off and put my trademark on the back. So here I have a beautiful card that is ruined.
FIXED IT: What do I do? I send it. Sometimes I place another image over my goof up, or I might even use a sticker to cover the smudge. grin. Then no one knows I goofed
How to give Images a Glazed Look
From: Mickey Jo --- I use nail polish. Yep. All those new funky colors that our little girls just have to have. Well now mom has to have them too. That sparkly clearish yellow is awesome for bumble bees and butterfly wings. The clear silvery glitter is great for bubbles, and wings on insects. Not the big chuck glitter. And if some of you ever received those pretty Sunflower cards I made about 8 months ago that were mounted on Forest Green Card stock. The pretty gold line off to the side (cut the front short so the back showed on the right edge) well the glittery pretty stuff was nail polish. AVON sold 12 months of nail polish. Meaning the Birthday Months. One color for each month. Like May, my month, was this beautiful sparkly emerald color. They pretty much matched the stone color for the month. They are great on cards. Of course now that I fell in love with them, they don't sell them any more.
From: Kelly --- Hello! Usually I just use clear EP or I use Pearl Brites which I emboss with clear EP. IttyBitty Beads and/or Fairie Glass works wonders too!
From: Ginny ---What a great idea, never thought of using nail polish, well walgreens here I come!!! I do use diamond glaze which I like better then crystal lacquer. I have crystal lacquer in all colors.
From: Karen Rolleston ---- I use UTEE (which is short for Ultra Thick Embossing Enamel). If you emboss the stamped image once with it, it goes bubbly glazed look. Twice goes smooth like glass. You can keep embossing as many layers as you like to make it really thick. Sometimes I stamp the image and colour it, then later I will just stamp the clear Pigment ink stamp pad upside down onto it, then sprinkle with the clear UTEE. First - bubbly like old fashioned glass, second layer like clear smooth glass, then you can sprinkle Judikins beads sparsely over it and stamp another layer on and the beads appear as though in glass. Another method is to stamp several layers of the UTEE and heat each one, then when you have done as many as you want, you can stamp the image into the last one while still warm and soft (tap the stamp with clear ink so it won't stick or coloured depending whether you want the image to show as an impression only or as a coloured image). This makes it look really effective. UTEE is really fun to play with and the limit is your imagination. You could even put confetti between the layers
From: Kelly --- Hello! Usually I just use clear EP or I use Pearl Brites which I emboss with clear EP. IttyBitty Beads and/or Fairie Glass works wonders too!
From: Ginny ---What a great idea, never thought of using nail polish, well walgreens here I come!!! I do use diamond glaze which I like better then crystal lacquer. I have crystal lacquer in all colors.
From: Karen Rolleston ---- I use UTEE (which is short for Ultra Thick Embossing Enamel). If you emboss the stamped image once with it, it goes bubbly glazed look. Twice goes smooth like glass. You can keep embossing as many layers as you like to make it really thick. Sometimes I stamp the image and colour it, then later I will just stamp the clear Pigment ink stamp pad upside down onto it, then sprinkle with the clear UTEE. First - bubbly like old fashioned glass, second layer like clear smooth glass, then you can sprinkle Judikins beads sparsely over it and stamp another layer on and the beads appear as though in glass. Another method is to stamp several layers of the UTEE and heat each one, then when you have done as many as you want, you can stamp the image into the last one while still warm and soft (tap the stamp with clear ink so it won't stick or coloured depending whether you want the image to show as an impression only or as a coloured image). This makes it look really effective. UTEE is really fun to play with and the limit is your imagination. You could even put confetti between the layers
Ink Pads
Ink Pads (compiled)
Dye , Pigment ,Textile and Archival ink
(1 post as of Jan. 29, 2000) by Mickey Jo
From: Mickey Jo ---
Dye ink.......They are usually water based and non-toxic. These inks dry fast and are usually brilliant in color. Best used for open line stamps. Examples of these are: The Ink Cube, Kaleidacolor, Vivid, Stamp It, Stampin' Up 48 pads, and Marvey matchables.
Pigment ink............Very slow to dry. Best used with embossing powder. They can be used on a porous paper without embossing powder. If used on glossy cardstock it will never dry. Examples of these are: Colorbox, Cats Eyes, Encore, Sentiments Stamp Pad, and the Fun Cube. Oh also the new Dauber duos.
Pigment inks are much more stable than dye-based inks, and can last more than 200 years on some paper types, under ideal (museum-quality lighting and framing) conditions.
Textile ink...........These are the inks you want to use on fabric. The most popular are the Fabrico pads. They require a heat set to make them
ColorBox® Chalk Ink
The dense, matte luster of chalk pastels in a fast-drying, archival ink.
- Gorgeous palette of over 50 muted, chalk-like, blendable colors that may be buffed for a shiny finish
- Fast drying on most surfaces including paper, foil and clay
- Ideal for scrapbooking and other craft projects
- Waterproof if heat set
Archival ink is.......an ink which is designed to resist fading and weathering so that it will endure for future enjoyment. As a general rule, an archival ink works best with specially designed-archival paper, so that the paper will endure as well. Many art supply companies sell archival ink or ink pens, and some companies also make archival ink cartridges for printers. Many digital photographers use these cartridges to produce their professional-grade prints.
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Posted 3 April 2006
What is your favorite brand of dye ink pads and tell us the pros and cons of other ink pads you have used ?
Deanne S.....My answers are kind of limited because I own mostly Stampin Up products. I do however like the Close to my Heart products as far as marks go.
Laura C....I like Palette - hybrid ink which is permanent and will stamp on any surface, porous or non-porous and for water coloring and photo stamps - India Ink Black, also Distress Inks are good for photo stamps and coloring photo stamped images, and finally for my Prisma pencils and Gamsol I use Archival Ink - usually jet black.
Becky P....I love the Palette inks! I mostly use black, but love the other colors as well.
Shirley T....I have always used Memories (or StazOn) but I am presently using Versa Fine.
Alto Versa Fine is a pigment ink, it is great for fine detail and you can watercolor or use markers and it will not bleed. (TSUKINEKO states that no inkers are needed and the inkpads last 3-5 times longer than regular inks.)
Maria P....Memories
Teresa H....I like Staz-on and Memories and I prefer a permanent ink. I've had other ink smear when I didn't remember it wasn't permanent.
Christina W....I like the Close To My Heart new dye ink pads - they are a little creamy - kind of like the Cat Eye Chalk pads. I also like to use the Distress Pads from Tim Holtz.
Linda S....Stampin Up because I have all the colors, but they are sometimes difficult to use because of the design of the case, but if I had it to do over I might look at TAC brand
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