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Carefully lift the tracing paper after rubbing all the images, hopefully all your foam transfers will be looking good and sharp! 🙂 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! I especially loved the vintage keys, they turned out so beautiful! We can definitely say that ‘it’s all about the small details’, they really make such a huge difference here!

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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.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. 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 It is as good as advertised. The possibilities are only limited by imagination. The service from AFTH was speedy and very good. I'll look to shop there again. I absolutely love my new DIY Vintage Foam Stamps and the gold ink pad is definitely my favorite when it comes to how subtle and elegant the final images look. The foam stamps can be easily washed after using and can be used over and over again. And even if it was a time consuming process cutting all those small details, I would say the final results definitely make everything worthwhile. So I would do it again in a heart beat!

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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!

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. The Phill Martin Stamping Mat from Creative Expressions is easy to use and ideal for stamping. Use with clear and cling stamps.

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To set your paint, let it dry to the touch and then iron it wrong side up using a dry iron for thirty seconds or so - no steam! For the birds on the branch and the cupid image I decided to try something different and make a stamp with more negative space and only a traced (not cut) silhouette in the middle. I used a ruler to draw a rectangle around the images (smaller than the one from the printable underneath).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 You'll get the best print by using a thin layer of paint and a good amount of pressure. You can see the results I got trying to dip the cat head stamp into the blue paint - dipping the stamps resulting in too much paint and lots of swirly raised lines. I cut the negative space around the image itself in other smaller parts, so I can easily remove them after cutting. Move on to the other images and try to trace their silhouette (their outside shape) but all the other details from the inside as well. You can try to capture everything as accurate as you can, but also try to keep in mind that the smaller the outside details, the harder it will be to cut them afterwards. So you can round some of the parts that are too narrow or adjust and connect some parts differently, following a more easier shape. Trace each image moving gradually from on side to the other and then downwards and try not to rest your hand on the images that you have already traced. If you are feeling adventurous, you can even add your personal touches to the images by completely changing some elements – for demonstrating purposes, I added a small heart inside of one of the keys and completely changed its appearance.