stamping on fun foam

[Auntielauri]

Has anybody ever done it?? What kind of ink would one use??

Thanks,
Lauri

[bb&kk]

I stamped on fun foam which I gently heated with the heat gun and then stamped just a non inked stamp on it. Came out cute. Saw the idea on this site so do a search and see what you come up with.

[Pendant23]

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Originally Posted by bb&kk

I stamped on fun foam which I gently heated with the heat gun and then stamped just a non inked stamp on it. Came out cute. Saw the idea on this site so do a search and see what you come up with.

I have never tried it with ink. I did find that heating the foam and then stamping into it worked well. I also put my stamp and warm foam under my Sizzix and mushed it well. That worked great!

[cbet]

Did this at an all-day stampathon, we didn't use any ink but then highlighted them with metallic rub-ons afterward.

When I tried it on my own a while back, I wasn't impressed; but once I had someone show me the right way, it looks totally cool. Here's what she showed me:

This works best with bold stamps - not outlines. And you need to heat the foam more than what I was. The demo had me heat one side of the fun foam until it looked like it was kind of puffing up, then flip it over and heat the other side until it was kind of puffing up, then flip it back to the first side and zap it with the heat gun for a little bit, then stamp. Press hard and hold the stamp down for a while. Once it cools down, you can do the rub-ons to highlight it.

These look really cool when they're done - kind of like tooled leather.

[armadillo]

A year or so ago I did a make and take at my rubber stamp store using fun foam. From what I vaguely remember we stamped on a pigment, metalic ink pad, heated the foam real good, then quickly stamped on the fun foam pressing real hard and holding the stamp on the foam a bit.

[karendg]

See this thread Forums at Splitcoaststampers Stamping on fun foam was Monday's technique challenge...lots of great ideas here.

HTH, Karen