Rubber Stamping Projects

Tip: When stamping on textured paper, such as watercolor paper, place some craft foam underneath, then stamp.  Craft foam is inexpensive and any thickness is fine.  I used the 1/16" thick foam that comes in a large multi-color pack, but the foam can be purchased by the sheet at a hobby store.  Stamping onto watercolor paper gives you more options for coloring in the designs, especially watercolors or watercolor pencils. The featured stamps are the City Girls from several different sets: (from left to right) hands on hips girl is from City Girls Street Chic , next girl in green gown is from City Girls Formal Affair , girl in yellow is from City Girls Summer Vacation  and the long ruffled gown girl is from City Girls Formal Affair .

  I found this vintage art print, "A La Ville De Saint Denis" and printed it with an inkjet onto a 4" x 6" photo paper.  I then stamped along the edges with one of our Vector Flourishes Rubber Stamps in Memento's 'Pear Tart' dye ink.  Also, Sephia ink was daubed along the edges, too.  At the top of the page, I created the cameo with 2 stamps from our Create a Cameo Rubber Stamp set.  Glossy Accents added over the surface gives it a cabochon, domed look.  A moss green 1/8" velvet ribbon is placed above the cameo. Our Ville De Saint Denis Rubber Stamp goes with the theme perfectly, here it is stamped (above photo) in a chalk (Versa Magic) ink onto black paper. Along the side of the 4 1/2" wide, green center piece, I stamped our Anemone Print Background Rubber Stamp onto white tissue paper.  The entire 12 x 12 page is a bone colored textured paper. What I love about this project: A scrapbook page provides a large canv...