Craft Rubber Stamping - Precautions
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Removing stickiness from scissors: You can use Go-Gone for removing that sticky gum from Your scissors after you have used them to trim rubber dies with adhesive on them like: Rubber mounted stamps that need to be aloof from the mount and trimmed before using or unassembled stamp sets.
There is frequently a difficulty with parts of the background from stamps printing unwanted stray marks, when the rubber is not trimmed close to the raised image. This can be overcome by using a very light hand when inking or by coloring with markers, or by removing the rubber from the thick foam mount, trim it and remount it either on the foam or on a conventional wood mount.
Eraser carving can be used for producing very intricate designs, although it may seem to mirror the old potato carving.
Paper is a fascinating media and can add wonderful effects and textures to your stamping projects
Check for these things while Stamping:
- Proper Inking
- Dry Ink Pads
- Test stamping
Save your paper scraps for making bookmarkers, layering with stamped images, or adding to a collage.
To clean rubber stamps you can use a paint pad with a container of water. They have a soft bristled surface that cleans the ink out of even the smallest of places. You only have to rub the stamp over it a couple of times. They can be brought from the hardware store.
Interesting Stamping Ideas
To make fall-related rubber stamps you can use leaf-rubbing method. Choose a flat leaf with a nice shape. Since the veins are more prominent on the back, lay it face down. Place a piece of letter weight paper over top and color over the leaf with the side of a colored pencil.
For preparing a Childs birthday card, you can decorate the outside of the card as usual and color. Inside, stamp a scene in black ink and leave for the child to color.
A piece of clear acrylic works great with a stamp positioner instead of tracing paper. It can be reused and doesn't slide under the positioner.
CD Cards: You can use free CD you have obtained on any purchasing or at any computer show decorate the CD and make an insert for the front of the case for a really different type of card.
Colorful packing material: fold a piece of colored paper, unfold and then run it through a paper shredder to make colorful packing material for gift bags or boxes.
The picture shown above, describes how you can make your own card using the rubber stamps.
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