Tuesday, December 30, 2008

Tips for Coloring Very Detailed Stamps

In this card, I used a Thomas Kinkade stamp from Heritage Farms (yeah, I know it's contraband). One of the ways I used it and liked it was to stamp it with Basic Brown permanent ink. In this sample, I stamped it with brown Stazon on vellum cardstock. I colored the back of the vellum with markers. This way the coloring is subtle, but the details are not lost. The trees were embossed. A bit of glitter was sprinkled on before heating.