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Rubber Stamping with Markers
by Kathy Williams
Chances are your craft room or child's play area has a handful of
colorful markers. Since markers are available in so many different
colors and often come packaged in coordinating shades, markers are the
perfect mediums to stretch your color options without breaking the bank.
Using markers with rubber stamps is a perfect way to make classy paper
craft projects and bright vibrant scrapbooking pages. Here are five
great tips for getting the most from your markers and rubber stamps and
making marker magic.
1. Mark up those ink jet transparencies! Using any ink jet transparency,
ink the rubber stamp for your project with the desired marker color and
stamp the print side of the transparency. The glue on the ink jet
transparency will bond the marker ink to the transparency film and will
dry in a short period of time. You can then cut around the stamped image
and mount on your project!
2. Color Metal! Using any silver brads, paper clips, or any other silver
metal embellishments, color the metal with the marker of choice. If you
are using water-based markers, bond the ink to the metal with a light
mist of hair spray or acrylic spray-on glue and allow to dry. This
technique will allow you to make many different custom colored metal
embellishments coordinated with your current project.
3. Cellophane Crackle Color! Take a piece of clear cellophane and lay it
on a flat surface. Tape the edges to hold the cellophane in one place.
Using a watermark stamp pad, stamp the surface of the cellophane the
desired size according to the stamp you will be using. Using your
markers, color the stamped cellophane, blending the colors with q-tips,
brushes, or light mists of water. Taking your rubber stamp, cover the
surface by gently tapping the stamp to the cellophane. Proceed to stamp
your project with this watercolor-crackled look!
4. Embossing Powder Power! Gently dust a piece of vellum with corn
starch. Using embossing ink, stamp the vellum and cover with your choice
of embossing powder. Using a heat tool, melt the embossing powder. Take
a handful of similar colored markers and draw various sized triangles in
a random pattern on the reverse side of the stamped vellum. Color in the
triangles with the markers in a random color pattern. Gently spray the
surface with a light water mist and allow to dry. Using spray-on
adhesive, lightly set the ink on the reverse side and cut out around the
embossed image. Attach to your next project for an amazing stained glass
raised vellum embellishment!
5. Shade These Threads! Markers are the perfect mediums for coloring in
the non inked areas of a stamped fabric image. Simply start by stamping
the fabric with the desired color dye-based ink pad. Allow to dry. Using
markers, color in all remaining areas accordingly. To soften the marker
lines, gently spray the fabric with water. You can dry the fabric with a
hair dryer or allow to dry in the air. Cut out your fabric and place on
the desired project!
Using these simple marker techniques is a fantastic way to gather a
large variety of colors and inexpensively fill in the color wheel areas
for which you have no stamp pads. Markers are a wonderful solution for
vibrant colors on a wide variety of surfaces. Go ahead, try those
markers and stamps out today!
About the author
Kathy Williams loves
rubber stamps and scrapbooking. When she is not working on her online
rubber stamping store,
Rubber
Stamping Fun, she enjoys writing stamping and scrapbooking articles
and working with all of her rubber stamp projects!
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