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Yes, you MAY sell cards which you have hand stamped
using My Stamps
My Stamps is an ‘Angel Company’. We recognize
and appreciate the part artists and crafters play in the evolution of stamping
as an art craft. We appreciate that their work gives our stamps life. We
consider work created and sold using Cathy’s designs not to be an infringement
of copyright providing the images used were each individually hand stamped
by the selling artist. Any reproduction or copy of Cathy's designs by any
other means, eg graphic, photographic including photocopying, electronic,
mechanical or otherwise without the express written permission of the Author
remains in conflict with the law.
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by Cathy Daulman
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Hair Dryer
A hair dryer is a must on a stamping
desk to speed up the drying process of stamped items.
Hand Cream
Polymer clay artists
will cringe at this, but I had some very, very old crumbly polymer clay
that was the right colour for something I wanted to make. So.. I brought
it back to life by covering my hands generously with hand cream whilst working
the clay (1 needed it!).
Miscellaneous
Supplies
Bathroom Scale
Use a bathroom scale to weigh your stamps (not yourself!).
Shower curtain
shapes
Glycerine
To make your own embossing ink for calligraphy, mix one part ink with
one part glycerine. You may adjust these measures to suit your style.
Try making your ownTry making your ownembossing pensas well, using old. dried-out markers and glycerine. Remove the pen back seal to take out the pen's inner foam colour core. Stand this core in the small jar of 'embossing' liquid mix. When you are satisfied that the pen has 're-inked', replace all the fittings and lie the pen down flat for a while. I've found that this works well.
Make your own blender pen refill fluid. Mix the following together in a small bottle: one part glycerine to two parts distilled water, plus one teaspoon of Isocol (rubbing alcohol).
If your rubber stamps have got stick with age or heat damage, paint the rubber with some glycerine. Allow the stamp to stand for a few days and then clean it.
Soap
Have you
struggling to get watercolour or paint to stick to gloss card? I have
a bar of bath soap in a saucer on my desk, I dip my brush into water,
then paint, then wipe over the soap to create soapy paint, This will now
stick to gloss card. But be careful to not overdo the amount of soap that
you use.
Shaving Cream
Squirt some cheap shaving cream foam to a depth
of about 3cm to 4cm, into a container larger than the card or paper that
you want to marble.
Using two or three
complimentary colour inks drop spots here and there over the surface.
Swirl with a toothpick/skewer/Afro comb but do. not over mix, Carefully
place a piece of card on top of this foam. Push down gently. Pick up one
end of the card and remove it from the box with a sliding motion.
You can take
the excess foam off the card with an old credit card. Dab the rest of
the cream off with a paper towel or toilet paper but do not rub the wet
card. Allow to dry. One pan should do many sheets of paper or card.
Hair & Cosmetics Items
Afro
/Wide toothed Combs
These are very useful
when doing paste papers. They are also great for mono printing. Dab a
pigment pad or spread pigment refill ink over a piece of glass or clear
acrylic, about the size of the
card that you want to mono print. You can then create patterns in this
with an Afro comb.
You can also stamp into this inked sheet with an art stamp to 'remove' ink (or anti stamp). Very carefully lay a piece of card over this 'etched' ink sheet. Press to pick up the design. Sprinkle with clear or glittery clear embossing powder and heat. Ideal for marbling paper the proper way.
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Isocol Rubbing
Alcohol
Brayer gIoss card with
dye ink, then spritz or splatter droplets of alcohol onto the card. It creates
the most
amazing backgrounds because the alcohol 'pushes' the colour out of the circle.
Using this technique is fabulous for making water-themed cards.
Listerine/ Anti-bacterial
Mouthwash
When watering down white paint add a drop of listerine mouthwash. Most water
has bacteria and the listerine will help prevent mould growing in the paint.
With this in mind. whenever I put my air-drying paperclay away, I always
spritz it with a water and Listerine mix. If my paperclay has already hardened
more than I would have liked, I mix Listerine into the piece I am working
with as this seems to bind it better than water does.
In
the Bath or Shower
Shower Curtain
Trim 1 small piece of shower curtain from an inconspicuous place. Heat with
a heat gun, It will go soft and distorted. Stamp into it. This piece can
be painted with metallic paints or markers and used in collage. If you are
molding something thick like a molded face, place the softened shower curtain
onto a mouse pad before pressing. It holds its share well too.
Bath
Sponge
Ordinary bath sponge is great for sponging on card, paper or fabric. Cut a bath sponge into squares with a sharp craft knife, different textured bath sponge makes a fabulous textured shadow stamp.
I've
searched high and low in
the .kitchen and recommended many items just waiting to help you with
your stamping needs. In the previous two issues of The Rubber Gazette
I explored the kitchen and in this issue I've made some great discoveries
in the bathroom. .
In the Cabinet
Electric/Battery Toothbrush
I
use a cheap battery toothbrush to clean the ingrained fabric paint off
my stamps. It's well worth a place in my craft box.
I also find an electric or battery toothbrush fabulous to polish small
clay items.
Baby Wipes
These are terrific for cleaning stamps, especially if you are travelling
and do not want to cart around the water, sponge, towel etc, They come
in a leak- free box that is extremely useful when the wipes have run out.
Or - you can refill it with more baby wipes.
Ear
Buds/Cotton Wool
Inexpensive
and very useful sponging small delicate areas. Great for spreading chalk
or Pearlex over a 'versamarked' image.
Toilet
Paper
The great stamper's supply
- every craft desk should have a roll on it! Not only is it cheap and packaged
perfectly, it does not take up too much space. It is extremely absorbent
for all those messy spills.
The
roll is the right size to roll over a card front to blot off excess ink.
It can also be
used as casting paper.
Ink a stamps with a clear embossing pad and turn the stamp over (image up).
Place a few sheets of toilet paper on top of the image and saturate with
a water and starch mix. Use your fingers to mould the paper over the stamp.
Leave to dry. Trim and use this as you would a paper cast (either side up)
to decorate a card.
Empty toilet rolls should be saved to make Christmas crackers / bon-bons.
They can also be cut up to make festive serviette rings.
Old
Toothbrushes
Great for cleaning stamps. Create a splattered background by inking the
old toothbrush with 'real' ink or paint. Hold it in one hand with a comb
in the other hand. Hold it over your card. Rub the brush against the comb
and ink droplets will splatter over your card. Also try masking areas before
splattering.
