Revlie's Tip/technique

i'm not much of a stamper. or a painter. and i think that's because i feel like i can 'mess it up' easily. so i thought of a plan. to get more stamping & painting going on my work (cause i love looking at yours!). with the clear stamps, it's easy. just place & see where it lands... but with the mounted stamps... so i figured i wanted to feel 'save'. and maybe you are already doing it, or not, but i thought "what if i had the stamp as a layover/ transparency and i could simply look at it BEFORE i stamped it on my precious work?". now that sounded as a fabulous idea. so here's how i work:

when i buy a new stamp, i first stamp it on a blank transparency. i bought a box of these a million years ago (actually i stole it from my work, but it's my own company, so my own money :D. we used it 'back in the old days' for Power Point presentations):

it was kinda useless so i thought it would be perfect for scrapbooking :D (now don't go steel on your bosses, i didn't set you up to it!)

 

when i'm creating a layout and feel the need of a stamp... i simply get to my stamped transparency and hold it over where i would love to have it. then i can place and replace it just as long as i want and when i feel happy with it, i get the REAL stuff and stamp.

of course i use it a lot for journaling stamps, cause that's the stamp i use most regular, but also for quotes, symbols, trees, swirls whatever stamp you have you can use this tip for! and if you are like me (hmmm where shall i put this??) it's a perfect 'saver'.

and what if.... you DO make that mistake... on my next layout (published in Scrapbook Magazine in 2008) i dropped my journaling stamp after i had already stamped on the layout. aarggh. do you feel the panic? ha. i simply dropped it again. twice. and just wrote my journaling on it. i loved the effect. problem solved.

and if you are planning on buying a box of those blank transparencies, of course you can use them for numerous things. i also use it as a 'color card' for my acrylic paints. this way i can view the color better. hold it over my project and decide what color of green is best.

and what about creating your own transparencies? you can find lots of cool free patterns you can use to print on the transparency. or maybe you can even create some coolness and print it?! if you do so, please share!

life is good

rev

Comments

[Julie]

What a COOL IDEA!!! LOVE it! :):):):):):):)

[Naomi Chokr]

This is awesome!! Great Idea!! I love transparencies. I love the idea about the paints. I will have to do that. I use mine to store my unmounted stamps. For my SU stamps too because I dont like mounting them on the wood to save some space. Then I house them in heavy duty clear presentation sheets.

[Peggy]

So many fantastic ideas!! Thanks!

[Victoria S.]

Love how you "saved" the mistake by making it look planned - will have to remember that one. Love the color chart for paint - excellent idea!

[Jan]

Great ideas! And I always say - every "mistake" is an opportunity to be creative! :)

[Romy]

Sounds like a very good idea! Thanks for the tip.

[DaniseTX]

What great tips!!! Thanks!

[Wendy]

Thanks for the tips. I especially like the idea of making a color card of all your paints!

[Irma]

thanks for sharing this...Sometimes I have difficulty pulling off the "intentionally messy" look, this tip will definitely give me confidence ;)

[kerry lynn]

love the paint/transparency sheet color guide idea!!
xo

[cynthia]

oh this is awesome idea. I have a few of those transparency around:) thank you.

[Lori]

What great ideas you have come up with. Thank you for sharing them. Most helpful.

[Antonia]

What an awesome idea! I have a whole box of those myself. Thanks for the tip :)

[Jackie]

what a cool idea!