3D Stamping

Create a 3D look by overstamping your solid image with a slightly darker ink.

Supplies

Step-by-Step

1. Step 1

   Stamp your image using white pigment ink onto colored cardstock.
   

   

2. Step 2

   Let the craft ink dry, or heat set.

   

3. Step 3

   Line your positioning sheet up with the corner of your Stamp-a-ma-jig (SAMJ).
   
   Ink the image you just used with dye ink.
   
   Line it up with your SAMJ and stamp image on your positioning sheet.

   

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5. Step 4

   Place the positioning sheet over the white stamped image, slightly off-center from the white image.
   

   

6. Place the SAMJ along the imaging sheet.

   

7. Step 5

   Remove positioning sheet.
   
   Line stamp up with the SAMJ and stamp image over the white image with dye ink.

   

8. Step 6

   Your stamped image should give the illusion of being embossed.

   

9. Step 7

   Finish your project.

   

Video!

Your Turn

You've seen the tutorial, now you try it! We've got a section of the gallery set aside for 3D Stamping. Try this technique, then upload your artwork to the gallery. Show us your creations!

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