- Charms and Embellishment - Putting an embellishment on a card or piece of artwork is fun and easy to do. Along with 12 pieces of sample artwork, stampers share tips on glues and other ways to attach these trinkets. This article first appeared in the March/April 2006 issue of RubberStampMadness.
- Magic Markers - You can achieve beautiful results using brush markers to color directly on stamps. Put a dab of red in one spot, a bit of yellow in another, or mix the two colors directly on your stamp.
- Photo Stamp Tips - Judy Cantrell tells how to make a good impression with photostamps. Extra care is needed because of the fine detail in the rubber. She also shares tips on how to color photostamps.
- Stamping on Clay- You can make an impression in clay with a rubber stamp. Why not! The impressions can be made in polymer clay, Fifo, Culpey, Paperclay® and even Crayola Model Magic. You'll find a resource section, as well as colorful examples of a box, bookmark, card embellishments and coaster.
- Stamping on Magazines - This is a quick and great technique for beginners, as well as a challenge for veteran stampers. Stamp images on magazine pages, considering how the artwork or color on the page will work with your stamp design. Examples include a lighthouse on a sunset paper; a pot and leaf on a muffin ad; a door frame on paper from a calendar. Easy and fun to do! Endless possibilities.
- Unmounted Stamps - Veteran stamper Diana Sample describes how she changed her wooden-mounted stamps into unmounteds. She also shares her catalog system for the 8,000 images in her collection. And she wrote the story a while ago. No telling how many stamps she has now.
- Chalks - Stamp company owner Yvonne Albritton takes you through steps for adding color with chalk to your stamp art. She describes simple tools needed for this technique and how to achieve beautiful results.
Stamping on Candles
You can easily place stamped, seasonal decorations on candles. Pamela Clark, former owner of Firecracker Designs, describes how it's done. All that's needed is white tissue paper, waxed paper, a heat tool or craft iron, dye ink pads and something to color in your image. Oh yes, a candle!
Rainbow Ink Pads
An easy way to have multi-color stamping is by using rainbow pads. Ideas for how to use these pads for simple backgrounds, soft textures and water color effects are shown. The author, Viveca Eliscu, also shares tips for accenting your artwork. Two beautiful examples by the author are included.
