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Tips and Techinque Index Tips for Beginners BTW, while we are talking about "dumping" EP, one tip I have been passing around for the past three years (because it is such a good one, lol), is to make sure you buy the round coffee filters! Flatten them out and use them to catch your EP when heat embossing. The EP will not stick to them and you can re-use the same filter over and over again. I am all for saving and this is one great way to save. It is easy to 'dump' the EP back into its original container as well, because it is so easy to 'funnel' the coffee filter to pour it out of. If you aren't already doing this, you should try it. I love using the el cheapo coffee filters for this task. I use them for so many things. Gayle Page-Robak [[email protected]] Stamping Recipes Homemade Rubber Stamp Ink Powdered Clothes Dye (any color) 1/4 Teaspoon Alcohol 5 Tablespoons Glycerin
Mix dye with alcohol to the consistency of thin cream. Add glycerin. Stir until well blended. This makes enough to replenish a stamp pad several times. Pour ink over stamp pad or a foam-rubber pad that is fine grained. To make the stamp pad you will need foam rubber and a small plastic box with lid (such as a travel soap box). Cut the foam rubber to fit inside the plastic box. Spread the ink evenly with a brush or a tongue depressor. Bubble Paint 1/2 cup Dawn Dish Detergent 5 cups Water 4-5 Tbs. Glycerin Food Coloring, Acrylic Paints, or Watercolors (whichever you have on hand) Mix together the first three ingrediants. Divide into separate bowls for each color (approx. 6 bowls) Color each bowl, so that the color is vivid and bright. Place a straw into each bowl. Blow a mound of bubbles so that the bubbles build above the rim of each bowl. Dip paper into the bubbles lightly, until desired coverage is obtained. Picking up color with each piece of paper. Be careful not to touch the paper to the edge of the bowls. Blot the paper lightly with paper towel or a clean sheet of newsprint. You may repeat the process in other colors, until desired look is achieved. Place the paper between two pieces of paper towel or newsprint and with a warm iron, iron the paper dry & flat. Or, lie the paper out to air dry and then press under a heavy item.
Carving Your Own Stamps from Barbi Boop CARVING YOUR OWN STAMPS: CARVING STAMPS I like Nascos "safety cut" rubber to make my stamps. Staedtler Mars Grand erasers are great to but limiting in size. (nasco FREE CRAFT CATALOG 1800-558-9595) Use an Xacto knife to cut with and a linoleum cutter blade #1 to cut the detail out of the stamps. I put the blade into a plastic calligraphy handle. Use tracing paper and a pencil to trace or draw pictures on. Turn the pencil side down on your rubber and rub the image on it with your finger. Cut around the outside lines only of the image with your xacto knife. Trim the excess off away from the image. This will give you a bold image. If you wish to make a "line stamp" or "detailed stamp" just use your xacto knife to cut out the bigger areas and your linoleum cutter blade to cut out the smaller areas. ALWAYS cut at a / or 45* angle away from the image. When cutting out inside of images. Do the same. Cut at a 45* angle and remove the excess rubber. Hand carved stamps need to be "seasoned". Meaning…. Stamp the image a few times on some scrap paper. The first few times you stamp an image it may look "beady" and unevenly stamped. Light and dark areas. Look everywhere for images to carve! Coloring books, phone books, store sales flyers, junk mail, kids drawn pictures, pc program images, catalogs. Use the copy machine to enlarge or shrink the size of the image to the size you want it to be. Trace the image and rub it on your rubber to carve! Stamping on Velvet
Here is the first step for
doing the Velvet Stamping:
1) Heat your Iron on the highest number. Adjust it later after you have practiced. 2) Heat your Glue gun to make a seam if making a Table runner or table cloth. 3) Measure your table or any other surface you want to use the velvet on. 4) After you have cut the length you will use, set aside. 5) Cut a scrap of velvet to practice. see lesson #2
** After you have everything ready....
**Practice on the scrap piece of velvet first 1) Take your stamp. 2) Put it RUBBER SIDE UP on your work area. 3) Take your scrap piece of Velvet. Lay fabric right side down against the rubber image. 4) Lightly mist the back of the fabric. 5) Press the iron to the fabric. AVOID USING THE PART OF THE IRON WITH THE HOLES!!!! **Use the lower part of the iron... 6) DO NOT move the iron (Image will smear)hold it in one place. Count to 15-20 and lift the iron carefully. If you are not sure, count 5 more. *** Bigger images might require re-position of the iron, but you must not move the fabric! 7) Lift your iron and there you have it!!! A beautiful image!! see lesson #3
After you have stamped all
the designs you want on the fabric, and let it
cool... 1) Fold the edges to form a triangle on each side TO MAKE A TABLE RUNNER.. Pin them in place. Trim if desired. Use your glue gun to glue them in place. 2) Before closing it all the way, insert your tassel. Secure with a bead of glue, and hide the excess cord with the other flap. Glue everything in place. 3) To embellish. Put a bead of glue, and Carefully sprinkle the itty bitty beads over the glue. Push beads down in the glue. Carefully!! (Hot glue, remember!) discard excess. Notes: *** You can use fabric glue for the beads. 4) Use Glitter, or Dimensional paint to add to your project. Make swirls or dots..
** Bold images are mostly
used for this project.
** Open line ones can be used (like the large poinsettia). Just make sure it is a simple NOT TOO DETAILED image. **Very small images tend to get lost. **Choose stamps that are very well trimmed (excess rubber might show). You can trim them closer with an exacto knife if you want. Try: Lightly Ink your stamp with gold pigment ink. Proceed to stamp with the iron. Practice first to make sure this is the look you want. Try: Use Gold dimensional Fabric Paint to add some accents to the project. Glitter Dimensional Paint looks very elegant too!
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