| Welcome to Kimberly Crick's tips & tricks page for using a variety of materials with rubber stamping. While stamp art is most often done onto paper, there are limitless possibilities past that. Including plastics, acrylic pieces, glass, dominoes, poured resin or UTEE tiles, ceramic tiles, acetate / film transparency, Stampbord, Wood, the shiny side of CDs/dvds, shrink plastic, polymer clay........ That misc. flat piece of something you ran into at the hardware store/kitchen etc. Nothing is truly safe from an inspired crafter! Here are a few things I've tested out: |
| This page is currently under construction. --- Was this page helpful? Still need more info? Ask Kimberly to add more to this page or show me the awesome stuff you made using my instructions to my email: EnchantedGallery@gmail.com If you'd like to use my instructions or pictures on your website, please link back to this web page. Thank you :) Store Index: pg.1: Rubber Stamps, pg.2: Mold Making Compound, pg.3 Face & Button Molds, pg.4: Nature Spirit Molds, pg.5: Goddess & Mythology Molds, pg.6: Fairy, Angel & Mermaid Molds Gallery & Information Index: pg.1: Customer Art Gallery, Mold Info & Instructions, pg.2: Kimberly Crick's Art Gallery, pg.3: Artist Biography & F.A.Q., pg.4: Shipping & Store Policy Rubber Stamping Tutorials: pg.1: Rubber Stamped Domino Jewelry, Pg.2: Paper Art Dolls with a Template, Pg.3: Finding Stuff to Stamp On, Pg.4: Using a die cutting machine for your rubber stamped images (Cuttlebug & Nestabilities.) Pg.6: Media for Coloring Your Stamp Art. I am an "Angel Company." What's that? / rules. You may sell handmade artwork using my flexible push molds or rubber stamps. You may not use my products to make new molds from the cast / impression or create machine reproduced images. Comments or Product Questions? Check Q&A before you Email: EnchantedGallery@gmail.com - New info added to this page: 09/22/08 |
| At Michaels or JoAnn craft stores there are usually a wide variety of wood shapes. These tend to be a good size (both width and thickness) for stamp art. One of my favorite tools is called a "Crop-A-Dile" and it's basically a hole puncher and eyelet setter in one. It's super strong, will punch through most things under 1/8" thick such as thin craft wood, stampbord, chipboard, tin buckets, fabric, felt and of course all your paper too. Takes the hammering out of setting metal eyelets into your holes as well, it's as easy as a squeeze! |
| The mermaid was stamped on acetate (aka projector transparency film or clear plastic sheets) with black Stazon ink on the front side. I flipped the clear sheet over, sponged purple Stazon around the edges and colored the image with Stickles glitter glue. Allow glitter glue to dry over night, then flip back over to enjoy the protected glitter shining through the plastic sheet. Any thick clear drying glue can be used to secure it to paper, or use a hole punch to secure with eyelets. You can test how your art looks over a variety of colored/pattern papers that show through the transparency. (Finished mermaid card on pg. Sire-114) Note: There is a learning curve. Stamping on plastic takes practice and a firm hand. Care must be taken to avoid smearing ink on such a slippery surface. <--- In addition to acetate/film projector transparency sheets (which can usually only be found at office supply stores and occasionally stamp/scrap stores in smaller quantities) You can also use other clear plastics like these cuttable plastic sheets found at Michaels craft store in the glass decorating area. They are higher quality and thicker than most acetate sheets and are $3.99 per 6 sheets of 8"x10". I also recommend taking an extra look at your packaging materials for things to use in your crafts. For instance, there is a hard clear plastic covering over my packages of mold and pour compound (not the jar, but the actual hang tag packaging) which is perfect for cutting little shapes out of. You may find that something you just bought has a material similar to this cuttable plastic in its packaging! (Like those annoying things in a clear plastic shell you have to get scissors out to open?!) |
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| Stamping on clear plastics, acetate, film transparency, acrylic, etc.: |
| Soon I will be posting a rubber stamped shrink plastic charms, buttons and pendants tutorial. For now, check out PlanetJune for this cool shrink plastic rings tutorial! |