stamped leather cuffs

As most of you know, I love finding all kinds of ways to use my stamps. After stamping on wood, clay, leaves and metal I thought it would be fun to create simple stamped leather cuffs!

All you need is-

• Permanent stamping ink- I like StazOn. Permanent ink enables you to stamp on just about any surface without rubbing off

• Your favorite stamps. I used my own line of rubber stamps- I designed all my stamp sets with the intention of creating layers of pattern on a surface.

• Leather cuffs (I got mine here)

The rest is as simple as covering the surface of the leather cuff with stamps!

LOOKING FOR MORE STAMPING INSPIRATION?

Check out how I mount my stamps and the different ways that I use them HERE

More ways that I use my rubber stamps HERE

You can see a few different ways that I create and use handmade stamps HERE

How to use stamps with clay HERE

Use rubber stamps to make rubbings HERE

new stamps and GIVEAWAY!

I am so excited to have four new rubber stamp sets in the shop! It's exciting to be able to offer a variety of my own drawings and designs as rubber stamps to use in your mixed media projects. And today I am giving away 10 sets of stamps (scroll all the way down for details).

FLOWER GIRLS STAMP SET

I teamed up with my UBER talented husband Andy to create this lovely set of FLOWER GIRLS STAMPS. He drew the faces and I drew the flowers! There are all kinds of ways to use this set- draw or doodle around the faces, stamp flowers around the faces, use the flowers to create patterned paper, use the faces in mixed media projects- the ideas are endless!

GEOMETRIC STAMP SET
I am obsessed with geometric patterns so I created a GEOMETRIC STAMP SET  that I would use in my own projects. This set is perfect for creating all kinds of patterned paper- I'll be using it to make my own wrapping paper and tags this Christmas!

ARROW STAMP SET

I love using arrow images in my own work so I thought it would be fun to create a simple SET  OF ARROWS that can be used in all kinds of projects- repeat to make patterned paper, create unique greeting cards and tags, use in scrapbook pages or art journals.

WREATH STAMP SET

During the holidays I am always doodling wreaths- on wrapping paper, cards and tags so I thought it would be handy to create a SET OF WREATH STAMPS that can be used for holiday crafting.

LOOKING FOR MORE STAMPING INSPIRATION?

Check out how I mount my stamps and the different ways that I use them HERE

More ways that I use my rubber stamps HERE

You can see a few different ways that I create and use handmade stamps HERE

How to use stamps with clay HERE

Use rubber stamps to make rubbings HERE


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And today I am giving away all four new sets of stamps to 10 readers!

Enter to win by leaving me a comment- tell me 1 thing you are grateful for today.

I will randomly select 10 winners later this weekend and will update this post with the winners.

WINNERS:

stampin' FUN!

I receive all kinds of inquiries about how to mount and use rubber stamps and since I have a new batch of stamps in the shop, I thought it would be fun to dedicate a post to some of my favorite tips and techniques for using rubber stamps (any kind of rubber stamps).

Please note- I am not a traditional stamper- instead I am always looking to use my stamps in new and creative ways in my art and crafting projects!

Since I use stamps for a variety of different projects I like to keep the mounting process simple and economic! In my opinion, you can pretty much mount a stamp to just about anything but I prefer acrylic blocks (you can see what you are doing better) and craft foam. These are the two materials that I use in my own stamping.

I simply spray the back of the rubber stamp with spray mount. It gets the back side of the stamp nice and tacky and you are able to stick it to anything! Its also easy to peel off and switch out different designs. 

If I am working with clay I keep my stamps unmounted.

I am obsessed with pattern and all of my stamp designs were created with pattern in mind! I like to fill a surface (my favorite is brown craft paper) by repeating and overlapping the different designs. This concept is perfect for creating wrapping paper, decorative paper or fabric.

When you think of stamping you don't usually think of watercolors but you can get some really beautiful effects!

I paint my color directly onto the stamp and then start stamping! Stamping into a wet surface will cause the design to bleed and it's beautiful! Stamping into a dry surface will get you a more clean print.

There are all kinds of really cool inks out there for stamping and my favorite is permanent ink made for all surfaces. I love using this ink to create unique stamped accessories from a variety of materials (wood, plastic, metal).

I love finding simple and unique surfaces to stamp on! Stamping on masking tape is such a great way to create your own decorative tape (but on a budget!).

My parents are potters which means I have a special place in my heart for clay. Unmounted stamps can be used to create texture, pattern or an imprint in all kinds of clay projects.

I think my favorite way to use stamps it to cut the designs out and turn then into something new. From tags to wreaths to garlands there are SO many different ways to craft with cut out stamps!

To view all of my unmounted rubber stamps and my hand carved stamps you can visit my shop HERE!