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the solid stamps.......such as in the All I Have Seen set or the Occasionally set? These are the ones where the background is what gets stamped and the image is cut out (hope this makes sense). I have tried several different things (markers, spots, etc.) and they just do not look any where near like the wonderful examples that I see posted on here. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I really like these sets and others like them but can't figure out how to use them properly.
Thanks for the link but I'm curious how others color in the stamps---markers, pastels, spots, ink pads. Also, how do you get the different colors for the background and the image.....such as the petals on the flower and the leaves on the flower and not have those match the solid background color. Are markers the best way or does anyone have a suggestion?
Try rubbing them on a towel before using them. They seem to be coated with some sort of shiny stuff that the ink won't stick to. I saw this tip in the SU catalog somewhere. Also, I slide mine on my ink pad several times and then tap it (for lack of a better description) until it's totally coated.
After coloring your stamp with markers, make sure you huff (breath hard) on the stamp to re-moisten the ink and then stamp and the colors should transfer fine. Hope that was what you needed!
For solid stamps and background stamps I use my rubber brayer. It seems to give them an all over deep coat. Hope you have a brayer so you can try it! It's a few more steps than just using your stamp pad, but brayer cleanup isn't that bad!
To get the multiple colors on the solid part I stamp with Versamark and then rub the pastels (however many colors you want) over the Versamark with a cotton ball. This way I can blend them as much or as little as I want.
A couple suggestions... Some people have had trouble with the more "solid" stamps like you're talking about. Maybe rub them on your jeans (while you're wearing them) to rough up the surface just a bit so it holds the ink better.
But I've had great results using the Colorbox Petal Point Chalk inks (boy, that's a mouthful! <G>). They're more opaque, and I tend to get better coverage with those when using my more solid stamps.
Ha ha ha, Half your tips are how to get a good image.
I know what you mean. If you stamp the thing on a blue ink pad then on white CS, it's boring.
One thing you can do is stamp it on a Spectrum pad.
Another is to do "Joseph's Coat" - I'm hoping the "resources" link above can tell you how to do that.
The advice to apply pastels on Versamark is also good. I like to use daubers, cos I get a cleaner image but that's just cos I tend to be Klutzy.
I always have trouble visualizing what to do with these kinds of stamps. I see wonderful samples, and it's still hard. I buy them and LOOK at them. It's frustrating!!!!!
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