How to… make beautiful Ink Stamp Cards & Things (Guest Post)
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Materials:
Ink stamp pads, ideally in a few colours.
(These are available from most stationery and craft shops. Mine are either from WHSmith – or came with the ink stamps.)
Ink stamps, ideally some with pictures and some with letters.
(I have a selection from Yellow Owl Workshop, Skull and Cross Buns, Muji and Tiger – or you can make your own by carving erasers, or even potatoes!)
Things to stamp on.
(This is where you can get quite creative, I’ve used everything from blank greetings cards and postcards to luggage tags, napkins and polystyrene party cups.)
Instructions:
1. Decide what you want to make. Let’s start with a simple greetings card.
2. Select your stamps and think about the design you’re going to create with them. (You might want to practice on a piece of paper first.)
3. Ink them up – and get stamping.
4. How about a slightly more complex greetings card, this time using a blank card, and also a luggage tag? Start by sticking the luggage tag string down the inside of the card, using some clear tape.
5. Ink up your stamps in your chosen design – I’m putting my message on the luggage tag and pictures on the card itself.
6. Et voila!
7. Then off you go….
8. Don’t worry if the prints aren’t quite perfect – little imperfections are all part of the handmade look.
9. And don’t forget to put your name on the back, so the recipient knows you made it yourself.
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