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I enjoy die cutting as much as a do stamping. So anytime I can use my dies to make stamps, I am happy. I found that craft foam ( THIS is the one I used and like) die cuts beautifully, and stamps beautifully. Here are five techniques using DIY stamps… (1.) SHADOW LAYERING After the first stamp and ghost stamp, I mist a little water on the stamp. I found that I can get a few more prints this way. Some turn out like soaked watercolors. I encourage you to experiment with this process to see what you like best or what works for your artistic style. See my watery misted stamp prints below. I used some old carved wooden pieces for this stamp. I used an embossing stylus to draw all the other smaller details on the foam images. The embossing stylus will leave indents on the foam that will be visible when using the stamps afterwards.

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For my first card with this technique, I used green inks and added images from the oh-so-fun Hero Arts Hello Toucan Stamp Set ( SSS | HA). Step 1 – Heat foam with Heat Tool: Place the foam flat on your table. Hold a heat tool about an inch from the surface and move it over the foam for about 15-20 seconds. TIP: Keep the heat gun moving the entire time. As you can see I played a little bit with my embossing stylus and drew a few other lovely details here and there to add more interest to my stamps. And here are the vintage key stamps in action, I first tried them on some vintage paper with a mini gold ink pad I had around. I was over the moon! 🙂 I always started with the smaller parts of the silhouette that needed to be cut, like the antennas of the dragonfly, the legs and the thinner segmented part, then moved to the wings. I improvised with the antennas and the legs (the smaller elements) a lot and I found it easier to create my own cuts rather then follow the exact traced image. You will need to do this a lot for the smaller outside details, but try not to stress too much and just improvise as you go.

On the third row – I drew the veins on the leaves; I drew long vertical lines on two of the keys to add more interest and created a few simple rounded shapes on the third keys’ top part. On the second row – I drew the eyes, the beak and all the other details of the cute owl; I enhanced the design on the lovely butterfly, following the original image design; I added really fine lines in the middle of my flower and really fine dots at the end of the lines. Don’t expect to be able to cut everything perfect, because you won’t – except if you have X-acto super skills or own a Silhouette! 🙂 But you will see that you will get more and more confident after cutting a few images. Like these sweet little birds on the branch that I didn’t initially planned to cut and only wanted to trace, remember? I decided to try the cut after all and I was so happy with how they turned out! These are just a few of the many ways you can so use craft foam stamps. I hope you give it a try! HERO ARTS KIT

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Use a clear sealer or a stain to protect the wood before applying the foam images so you can enjoy the finished stamps for many years to come.

Option 1 – Stamp with Ink: I actually prefer to rub the ink pad over my foam stamp. The edges look really cool when inked. You can of course press the foam stamp into an ink pad if you like. Below left is my first stamp print. Below right is my ghost print. HINT: You can also use tiny dabbers to ink sections of your stamp. (e.g., If you want to make a flower pink and the stem green.) Be creative. I used a dried fern for this stamp. I love utilizing nature in my art!! It created a subtle print and ghost print! The images I decided to use for this project are somehow universal so you can create a basic set of DIY Vintage Foam Stamps to have around. As always, feel free to further experiment and create other more specific stamps to perfectly fit your needs, The Graphics Fairy could be your hidden treasure when it comes to making the stamps that you like! Each image has a different size, so it’s important to always know it’s corresponding piece of wood. To make things easier, use a pencil and write on the wood the corresponding numbers that you find on the printed images. I asked Mr Dreamy to help me with this part and he used a top handle jig saw to cut the pieces to size. Secure it on the side and on the top with some more paper tape and try not to move it anymore. Use your fingers from one hand to hold the tracing paper and the foam together and use your other hand and a paper towel to rub all over the first image. This will transfer the silhouette and all the other details from the tracing paper onto the foam. Rub one image at a time, trying not to move the tracing paper or the foam.

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I found that I like to use the dye ink and distress inks pads with my molded foam stamps. They wipe off the foam stamp easily. Some inks and paints will stain the foam. No worries… that is fine. They will still work and remold. I just like to keep my tools as clean as possible! WINK: You can see the stamp and ghost print created with the cross below. On the first row – I drew a small dot to make an eye on my bird silhouette stamp; I drew fine lines to enhance the dragonfly’s wings; I defined each of the petals of the flower. Now gather all the other supplies and let’s get started! I. How to trace the images on tracing paperP.S. The lovely blush pink fabric that I used to style the images is naturally dyed with … avocado! If you are curious to see how, I have an article on my blog – How to make natural dyes for fabric. I actually had a small incident with one of the branches that broke when removing the excess foam. But I was able to fix everything, I just adhered the larger piece of the image onto the wood first, then added the smaller broken piece afterwards. And for the cupid stamp, you can trace and cut it’s silhouette, like you did with the other images or you can cut a square shape and trace the image with your embossing stylus , like I did. Follow the same steps for all the other foam segments. Remove the tracing paper and using scissors, roughly cut each foam image. III. How to cut the foam images