Tuesday, April 27, 2010

how to make a fake stamp image

Its been a while since i last posted anything or even visited any blogs. The truth is i was pretty much frustated with the whole card posting stuff and the techniques i ahd been employing due to lack of any scrapbooking or cardmaking stuff available in my country . It used to drive me nuts when i would see all that lovely prima , tattered angels ,timholtz and so on stuff being used on the other blogs and i always felt that my cards were never gonna be upto the mark.No stamps are available here and i could keep whininga bout the huge list of stuff that isnt here but Thankfully my brother went to the states and now I am waiting for his arrival (InshAllah ) on the second week of may Since hes bringing loads of card makingstuff ,....whoopieee!!! cant wait!!!!
But whats more important is that i can share a few dirty tricks for all those who dont have a stamps available in their countries :D...
Things that you need are a printer and a carbon paper.Now after you have google searched your desired stamp image for example i love the kraftin kimmie stamps which are not available here so you can go on their site, copy the image.Using microsoft word paste your stamp image picture in the desired dimensions and print it. Then simply using white card stock placing the black carbon paper ( which are readily available everywhere) beneath the white paper, trace the outline and voila!!!There you ahve it your own stamp image without the Stamp ..kheekheehkeheh. Ill post some pics tomorrow on how i do it and since there are no copics available here i use water color paints of Winsor and Newton (a Uk based company) Dont use poster paints since they give a cakey effect. After your done coloring with paints or copics you can use a black fine tip to retrace the stamp image outline to give a neater effect. This is all definetly time consuming but its the only trick i self invented due to lack of stamp availabilty here. Hope this all amkes sense!! Ill try to post pics soon! :)

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