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Embossing your scrapbook pages and stamping are scrapbook techniques that are hot right now. They're part of many scrapbooking and stamping tips from professional scrapbookers! And if you've been scrapbooking for a while, you probably have discovered the fun of using scrapbook stamps.
You really need to add stamps to your scrapbooking supplies! With all the different types of stamps available, are some a better choice than others? Here are the five top scrapbooking stamps that scrappers believe are a must have for any collection!
Creative fun symmetrical designs with the use of a clear paddle and cogs and wheels.
To create stunning pieces of artwork that involve little artistic ability, cling stamps are the ultimate scrapbook stamps. Why? With the easy-to-use tools, you're able to evenly space designs which can be so frustrating to do with rubber stamps.
To use a cling stamp, you mount a specially designed stamp onto a stampin' gear clear paddle. Most stamps are designed to snap in horizontally, vertically, and sometimes even diagonally. Using a circle or oval cogs and wheels, you simply stamp around the circle or oval.
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The design possibilities are endless! You can use one color and stamp using every other groove and then use a different color for the other grooves. If you enjoy a multi stamp look, then wipe the top half of the stamp on one color ink pad and the bottom half on a different color ink pad, or use a multi-color ink pad.
For sharp clear stamping, gel clear stamps are a nice addition to your collection. These stamps are easy to use and can be used anywhere on your scrapbooking project. Clear stamps come as a package. You peel back the cover to the package and gently pop out the stamp that you want to use. The stamp is clear, but an imprint of the stamp is on the backside of the packaging. You then mount the stamp to a clear scrapbooking stamps, acrylic mounting block that is a little bigger in size. The stamp will cling to the block, so there's no need to use adhesive.
Now that the stamp is ready, you simply stamp it onto an ink pad, or if you prefer, stamp the ink pad onto your stamp. Press the stamp onto your paper and you'll have a beautiful stamp scrapbook prints! When you're through using the stamp, clean it off and place it back onto the sheet.
I highly recommend that you purchase a few border stamps and a set of "inches". Inches are 1″x1″ stamps that look great on greeting cards or in the corners of a scrapbooking page.
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As I have been experimenting with different types of scrapbook stamping, I have slowly been replacing my wooden rubber stamps with the clear stamps. However, I still prefer the rubber stamps when it comes to letters, numbers and phrases.
Invest in an alphabet set and the numbers 0 through 9. You will use these stamps time and time again. I use the letters for people's names, the tile of pages and as initials on greeting cards.
If I'm creating a scrapbook page and what to emphasize someone's age, or a special wedding anniversary year, then the numbers come in handy. You might also want to invest in a set of stamps that have words, such as holiday words or positive words like "hope", "believe" and "dream".
If you're scrapbooking with kids or want to create an abstract look, then foam stamps are a good choice. Instead of ink pads, acrylic paint works well for foam stamps. Place a small amount of paint onto a plastic plate or lid and dip the stamp into the paint. As you stamp your paper (card stock or construction paper works best), you may discover that the paint doesn't apply evenly. That's okay. This gives your work an interesting appeal.
