Rubber Stamp Art

Currently emerging as an art form, rubber stamping has been practiced and enjoyed by thousands of people anywhere in the world. If you are one of them and you find yourself addicted to collecting or gathering different designs of stamps, you may probably think of building a new room for your stamp collections. Well, that’s a good plan. However, building a rubber stamping room can’t be done in just a matter of hours or days. You can’t also build it if you have no idea of how the room will look like. This is basically where the need of finding pictures of rubber stamping ... Read Full Story

by: Nicky Whatmore Many of you may have used rubber stamps before either while crafting or in the office. Rubber stamps are pieces of rubber that can be carved and molded into an image or pattern. The rubber can be mounted onto a stable block and then the ink is coated onto the design and then pressed onto some sort of fabric or paper so the colored image is transferred. There are three basic types of stamps. These are listed below; 1) Regular Rubber Stamps These are the basic kind that are used with a separate ink pad. They are easy to get hold ... Read Full Story

The double ribbon and layering on this card by Teresa Otto is lovely. Teresa states that her card was inspired by a card made by Beate Johns. The name of the stamp set used on this card is Polka Dots and Paisley, by Stampin' Up! and the images were stamped in ink that matches the cardstock colors for a subtle effect. Teresa used the Stampin' Up! large oval punch for the tag. This stamp set is in Read Full Story

I think I need a stamp that says "The world is a better place with shimmer in it!" because I love shimmer! Stamper and blogger Kristin Soboloski shows me what she can do with products that create shimmer on the card she mailed me. Check out the shimmery layer of "WOW" Diamond Dust paper on this card! Beads too! and some Pearl-ex mixed with Lumiere (I think) and gold embossing! and silver cord! Read Full Story

Julee is one of the Splitcoastblogger website volunteers and a talented card maker. Here is a Blogger RAK from Julee that features an adorable Japanese kitty! Inside Julee writes: Hi Michelle - Just wanted to say hi and thank you for all you do to keep splitcoastbloggers up and running. I'm so glad I can be part of the team. Happy Stamping! Julee Tilman Julee blogs over at Poetic Artistry! Read Full Story