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P.S. The lovely blush pink fabric that I used to style the images is naturally dyed with … avocado! If you are curious to see how, I have an article on my blog – How to make natural dyes for fabric. 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! 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. And here are the vintage key stamps in action, I first tried them on some vintage paper with a mini gold ink pad I had around. I was over the moon! 🙂

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You can free hand or use stencils to draw (using your embossing stylus ) more interesting designs on your cut images. Option 3 – Stamp with Acrylic Glaze: I love the sheerness of prints with glaze and the ability to layer and layer. It gives a sheen that I like as well. Glazing medium makes acrylic paint more transparent. Acrylic glazing medium or glazing liquid is mixed with acrylic paint at a ratio of four parts glaze to one part paint. Make sure you follow the manufacturer’s instructions. Below I stamped with glaze over a TGF script image. WOW!!! The stamp was created with lace. It is a fave texture for me! 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! Now gather all the other supplies and let’s get started! I. How to trace the images on tracing paper By creating a craft foam stamp, you can stamp with both sides. This means you can have a reverse image! There are many fun techniques you can do with mirror or reverse stamping, but I went for a subtle, layered look.

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Place your tracing paper on top of the foam, then carefully (try not to touch too much the images) measure and cut both the foam and the tracing paper on top in smaller pieces. It will be easier to work with smaller pieces on the next step – I divided the whole printable in three segments. So remember, you’ll need to use the X-acto knife to cut the outside shape of the image and the embossing stylus to draw all the other details from the inside of the image. For the last stamps – I drew the eyes and added a rounded line on the wings of my birds on the branch image; I enhanced the shape of the cupid stamp by drawing the silhouette a few times; I added details on the wings and on the body of the bee: for the heart I added the top design using a stencil, like I already showed you and drew two small branches with leaves. And for the cupid stamp, you can trace and cut it’s silhouette, like you did with the other images or you can cut a square shape and trace the image with your embossing stylus , like I did. Carefully lift the tracing paper after rubbing all the images, hopefully all your foam transfers will be looking good and sharp! 🙂

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On the first row – I drew a small dot to make an eye on my bird silhouette stamp; I drew fine lines to enhance the dragonfly’s wings; I defined each of the petals of the flower.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

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For my first card with this technique, I used green inks and added images from the oh-so-fun Hero Arts Hello Toucan Stamp Set ( SSS | HA). 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 cut the negative space around the image itself in other smaller parts, so I can easily remove them after cutting. Don’t expect to be able to cut everything perfect, because you won’t – except if you have X-acto super skills or own a Silhouette! 🙂 But you will see that you will get more and more confident after cutting a few images. Like these sweet little birds on the branch that I didn’t initially planned to cut and only wanted to trace, remember? I decided to try the cut after all and I was so happy with how they turned out! 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.Step 1 – Heat foam with Heat Tool: Place the foam flat on your table. Hold a heat tool about an inch from the surface and move it over the foam for about 15-20 seconds. TIP: Keep the heat gun moving the entire time. These are just a few of the many ways you can so use craft foam stamps. I hope you give it a try! HERO ARTS KIT Each image has a different size, so it’s important to always know it’s corresponding piece of wood. To make things easier, use a pencil and write on the wood the corresponding numbers that you find on the printed images. I asked Mr Dreamy to help me with this part and he used a top handle jig saw to cut the pieces to size. 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 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!