Stamping sounds so easy, right? You buy a stamp, put some ink, and rap it on the paper, right? Wrong!
You may find your pictures stain, or look a little twist Blobby this method of stamping. This is usually not what one wants pestle. Well, I will tell you about the little secrets for making pictures stamped you have not previously seen. But let's start with a few steps before you start stamping. Let's look at the quality of the stamp and the type of ink you are purchase.
Before you buy your stamp, it is important to the rubber or acrylic and decide whether the image is well chiseled out. A good seal will be made of a firmer, High quality rubber or acrylic and the image will be fine and deeply incised. If you have a stamp, which is softer and less well defined, that is the type of image you get out, regardless of your technique.
Now consider the ink you want. There are really five basic types of inks and each gives a different effect. There are dye based, pigment-based, permanent, dust and relief inks. What will the outcome you want? Here some ideas about how to choose between them:
Dye inks are based on water, so they react to water or moisture through paint or other stains. What they do is stain the paper, so if you want your photos somehow a stamp, color choice not dye-based inks. If you are a fast-drying ink or sharp images that you want not the color or alter in any way, choose colors based inks. You also get a softer color with dye inks. You can usually clean this kind of ink your stamps with water, but be careful not to saturate and no warp stamps mounted on wooden blocks.
Pigment inks are also water based, but they are otherwise made to dye-based inks. They have little particles of color in them, so they are brighter than dye ink and probably fewer spots. They are best used on matte paper. When you use them on glossy cards, they will stain if touched. It also takes longer to dry, so you can put embossing powder and heat set them on that.
Permanent ink is just that - a quick setting waterproof ink. You can stamp on the many ways -- glossy cardboard, glass, acetate, wood or even paint. Once in dry place and the image is there to stay. This type of ink will stain your stamp unless you use the specially made Permanent ink cleaner solution which is available on the shelf in the shop next to the permanent ink.
Fabric ink is made for stamping on fabric and you'll probably have to 'set' by ironing over it once you have stamped your image. You can also tissue ink to other surfaces (such as chipboard). It is a semi-permanent So an ink stamp with the cleaner to prevent stains on your stamps.
Embossing inks are tougher and takes longer to dry, so they are perfect for catching and retaining embossing powders. Be careful not to touch a relief image until it is heat-set or it will stain. If you stamp on colored maps with clear embossing ink, image will be two shades darker than the color of the cards. You have a stamp cleaner for this type of ink, too.
OK. Once you ink've chosen, you're ready to start stamping. The three secrets for crisp, clear images are:
- Place your stamp on your face-ink pad, and tap on the path. Avoid push the stamp into the ink pad when you are excited, too much ink on the stamp and this in turn will read your images or imperfect. Now turn the stamp over and check or all areas of the image are evenly inked up. If not, turn the stamp face down again and tap on the pad until the ink is inked up well.
- Set Stamp your back and hold it firmly in your two hands at the edges. Lower it on your paper as straight as you can. Press the stamp in the middle with one finger, and press the edges of the image to ensure all the images have been in contact with the paper. Be careful n ot press so hard that you tilt the stamp or buckle.
- Next, carefully lift and smooth the stamp straight up the paper, avoiding tilt or rotate the stamp.
You must have a clean, fresh, complete image!
More stamping tips:
If you have a very large stamp, turn it face up. Tap the ink on the stamp, the check to be sure it is all well inked up. You will find you a better result if you place your paper on the stamp and carefully smooth it over with your hand to lift the paper straight up and out of the stamp. This will avoid a "missed" spots caused by surface imperfections of a large stamp.
Try cleaning your stamps before the ink dries on them. Using a stamp cleaner depends on the rubber and maintain the quality of the images.
Now you are three steps to perfect stamping.Perfection can be achieved if you practice these steps. It may take some practice before you always get a perfect result, but the time you can spend to do that is worthwhile!
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