Tips #2 & #3: How to mount UnMounted Rubber Stamps II & III

II. Mounting UnMounted rubber stamps with Low-Tack Tape

1. Take a piece of tape and wrap it around itself (sticky side out).

 2. Place it on the acrylic block.

 3. Place the stamp on tape.

 4. And you're ready to stamp!

P.S.: A bigger image might need more than one piece of tape.


III. Mounting UnMounted rubber stamps with Double-Sided Tape

1. Place double-sided tape on acrylic block.
2. Place a rubber stamp on the tape.
3. And you're ready to stamp!

True Love Inchies Card

Supplies:
1. Stamps:
Klimt Inspired Collection (Klimt Triangle, Klimt Swirls, Klimt Star, Klimt Heart)
From the Garden (Fancy Pants Designs)

2. Ink Pads:
VersaMark (Tsukineko)
Brilliance Meditteranean Blue
VersaMagic Dew-Drops

3. Patterned Papers:
BasicGrey
Fancy Pants Designs
7gypsies

4. Others:
Copper Embossing Powder (Tsukineko)
Brads (7gypsies)
Glitter
Green Metallic Brush Pen (Pentel)
Silver Leafing Pen (Krylon)
Cuttlebug Machine
Flowers Die

Here's the detail for the flower:

We embellished the heart and flower center with glitter. Just use a fine-tip liquid glue to outline where you want the glitter and sprinkle glitter on.

Project #1: Inchies

Inchies are miniature pieces of art!
Trim 1" x 1" squares from cardstock, patterned paper, fabric or any other material and start creating!
Use them in cards, scrapbook layouts or other projects.

For these inchies, we stamped a piece of cardstock with several images from the Klimt Inspired Collection. Then, we trimmed it into 1" x 1" squares. These can be used as is to embellish a card or as background for other images.



These were stamped on patterned papers. Then, embellished with embossing powders, metallic pens, punch-out flowers and/or glitter glues.



These stamps and/or stamp sets are perfect for inchies!
PO-A02 Small Black-Eyed Susan
The Daily Grind Stamp #1 (Fancy Pants Designs)
From the Garden (Fancy Pants Designs)

I love You Card

Supplies:
1. Stamps:
WS-A17 Heart
7gypsies Sentiments-Cards

2. Ink Pads:
Brilliance Pearlescent Orchid and Brilliance Pearlescent Lavender (Tsukineko)

3. Patterned Papers:
BasicGrey

4. Others:
Sparkle Embossing Powder (Tsukineko)
White Cardstock
Heat Embossing Gun
Deckle-Edge Scissors

Technique #2: Heat Embossing

You will need: stamp image of your choice; any Embossing Ink Pad, slow-drying Ink Pad (Pigment) or VersaMark (Tsukineko); Embossing Powder; an Embossing Heat Gun and cardstock or patterned paper.


1. Ink you image with Embossing ink or VersaMark (Tsukineko).


2. Stamp it on your cardstock or patterned paper.


3. On a piece of scrap paper or craft tray, pour powder on the stamped image. Make sure the image is completely covered.


4. Shake off excess powder and put it back into container. You can use a small paintbrush to brush off the powder from undesired areas.


5. Using an Embossing Heat Gun, heat the image until powder melts. Move the gun slowly over the image. You can actually see it melting during the heating process


6. Let the image cool down.

We used our Pear image (PO-B50 Pear) and Black Ultra Thick Embossing Enamel (UTEE by Ranger) here.

If you don't have an Embossing Heat Gun, try the iron. Stand it up and move the back of the stamped image next to the heat source.

Card of the Month: Perfect Pear Card

Supplies:
1. Stamps:
PO-B50 Pear
KI-A25 Klimt Border
Tiny Heart (The Daily Grind Stamp) #1

2. Ink Pads:
VersaMark (Tsukineko)
VersaMagic Dew Drop Red Magic

3. Patterned Papers:
BasicGrey
The Paper Studio

4. Others:
Black Embossing Powder
Eyelets
DMC Floss
Tag
Glitter Glue
Border Punch