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I was reading Amy Rysavy's blog (love her blog...good work Amy!) and she was saying she has trouble with flourishes e.g. Baroque set;
I have trouble with sets where you usually have to cut things out to make them look their best; riveting, "spot" sets, baroque set for me cause everyone cuts out that little star shaped image and pops that up. I can't seem to figure out what to do with three dimensional crafting.
Spring Garden...not a type of set..just the set itself...I bought it and it bothered me...could never get something that made me happy. Even having it next to my other happy sets bothered. Sold it to a gal on my stamp night. It has a happy home and my bad stamp vibes are gone
For me it's a general thing with ANY solid type stamp. I can never get the ink coverage I want... it'll look faded or have lines from the pad on the image. I hate that. I steer clear of those when I can.
Also, I am so background challenged! I have so many nice backgrounds and can do NOTHING with them... not good at inking them or getting a nice even image.
How are you using your bg stamps? I have no troubles. I usually tap tap tap my ink pad, but sometimes I smear (I dont' like to do this cause I see bits of the pad start to unravel). Then I place my cardstock on the bg stamp which is turned up. I use a plain white sheet of paper and put it over the cardstock and smooth away. Works like a charm everytime. Nice and even and every corner covered.
How are you using your bg stamps? I have no troubles. I usually tap tap tap my ink pad, but sometimes I smear (I dont' like to do this cause I see bits of the pad start to unravel). Then I place my cardstock on the bg stamp which is turned up. I use a plain white sheet of paper and put it over the cardstock and smooth away. Works like a charm everytime. Nice and even and every corner covered.
How are you using your bg stamps? I have no troubles. I usually tap tap tap my ink pad, but sometimes I smear (I dont' like to do this cause I see bits of the pad start to unravel). Then I place my cardstock on the bg stamp which is turned up. I use a plain white sheet of paper and put it over the cardstock and smooth away. Works like a charm everytime. Nice and even and every corner covered.
Thanks for the tip! I haven't tried it like that. I've had pretty good success with my background stamps but have had a few "misses." I'll try this next time.
How are you using your bg stamps? I have no troubles. I usually tap tap tap my ink pad, but sometimes I smear (I dont' like to do this cause I see bits of the pad start to unravel). Then I place my cardstock on the bg stamp which is turned up. I use a plain white sheet of paper and put it over the cardstock and smooth away. Works like a charm everytime. Nice and even and every corner covered.
I also learned at a class to use the brayer after you put the plain sheet of paper over your cardstock. I've used both just smoothing with my hand and the brayer and have had good luck with both. The demo also had us kind of smear the ink and then tap it around so you didn't get lines. Hope all this helps.
Cathy
I was reading Amy Rysavy's blog (love her blog...good work Amy!) and she was saying she has trouble with flourishes e.g. Baroque set;
I have trouble with sets where you usually have to cut things out to make them look their best; riveting, "spot" sets, baroque set for me cause everyone cuts out that little star shaped image and pops that up. I can't seem to figure out what to do with three dimensional crafting.
LOL it's TRUE!! After posting that card everyone seems to think I have no problems with flourishes - I shoulda posted all the messed up pieces and whatnot that I had everywhere from TRYING to make flourishes work for me ;) I do like that card but I still wonder if I'll even be able to pull of another one.........
Oh and as for using BG stamps - depending on the BG itself I either tap the ink on (tap and twist really) or if it's a much more detailed image (like canvas or linen) where you don't want lines on it I ink up my brayer and use that to ink up the stamp.
I also always use my BG's upside down - the BG lays face up on my desk, I ink it up, then lay the CS on top of it and a sheet of scratch paper over THAT, then use either my hand or the brayer all over the paper to make sure ALL the CS is covered - works every time
The best way to use background stamps is unmounted and on a piece of sturdy plastic. I have done it that way with a couple of backgrounds and never have any problem getting an even coating of ink on the paper. You just have to make sure the plastic is flexible enough but not too flexible and that you cut it a little bigger than the stamp.
I have the same problem with solid types!! Drives me absolutely crazy. I do the upside down thing with the backgrounds and that works great.
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For me it's a general thing with ANY solid type stamp. I can never get the ink coverage I want... it'll look faded or have lines from the pad on the image. I hate that. I steer clear of those when I can.
Also, I am so background challenged! I have so many nice backgrounds and can do NOTHING with them... not good at inking them or getting a nice even image.
Cindy
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I never had much success with wheels so I sold my collection for over $400 and "re-invested" ;-) the money in more stamps! Now my daughter (9) loves wheels and has convinced me to buy her a handle, ink cartridge and one wheel LOL.
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I am not good with wheels, standard or jumbo, I am not good with doodles and I am also not good with stamps with wide open spaces that I have to color...why am I doing this hobby???
Wheels. :( Can never make them look good and now I can't even be bothered to try.
Me too, me too! I could never get the ink cartridges to get ink evenly distributed on the wheel. So now I just roll my wheels several times over an ink pad to ink the entire image. I like it much better now.
I have trouble with cutesy, cartoony stuff. I love it, but can't use it well. I have trouble with flourishes and anything that requires spatial manipulation to really stand out. I also have a great deal of trouble with Papertrey images, though I love them dearly. I could kick myself, but you know, I'm pretty good with photo images and eclectic, artsy stuff, and I can pull off some pretty mean techniques. I also plan to keep trying with the stamps I have trouble with. Eventually I'll get something useful from them, or at the very least, I'll use up some supplies and have room for new ones!
Me too, me too! I could never get the ink cartridges to get ink evenly distributed on the wheel. So now I just roll my wheels several times over an ink pad to ink the entire image. I like it much better now.
Linda
I unmounted my wheels and bought a looong acrylic block for them--LUV it!
I am "wheel challenged" as well - my fellow stampers are always showing me how to do it, but I never works for me. however one of these ladies tells me she is "stamp-a-ma-jig challenged", whereas I love my stamp-a-ma-jig.
Small, Amuse type images are the hardest for me.......I guess I just can't do simple and small no matter how hard I try. I can't seem to place the images in the right spots. I love them and I have a bunch, I keep buying them because I like them , then they sit there mocking me.LOL
Sets like Carte Postale & flourshes give me trouble. I cannot get inspired for designing a card with them! I LOVE the look of this style, but I seem to be challenged here...
Flourishes are so hard for me, I ruined a scrapbook page last night trying to stamp flourishes on it....AAARRRGGGHHHH! It is so frustrating. I also have trouble with the wheels, no matter how hard or what technique I use to keep them straight, it never works for me. I have stopped buying wheels.
I used to have trouble with the wheels until I bought the wheel guide from SU. It really does make a difference--not only are your lines straight, but it seems to help me hold the wheel correctly so one side of the image isn't globbed with ink while the other side doesn't stamp at all. I ruined more cardstock with wheels until I got it.
karen
I had a drawer full of wheels, and was going to sell them til I UM them. I also bought the wheel guide (which I say is dusty!) and it did not work! I UM them and they are wonderful!
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I have trouble working with stamps that work together, such as arranging flowers in flower pots or watering cans. For example, I love Papertrey's Green Thumb, but I have yet to make a card I like with it, that's my own design. Maybe I'm too lazy of a stamper? I think masking is too much work, if the things are little flowers, as in Green Thumb.
Solid stamps. Love 'em when i WANT that weathered look, hate 'em when i don't! I'll have to try the tap tap twist twist tap tap technique next time i use one...thanks for the tip!
jen
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I am not good with wheels, standard or jumbo, I am not good with doodles and I am also not good with stamps with wide open spaces that I have to color...why am I doing this hobby???
I love to color but others like solid stamps. There is no right or wrong but it's the individual taste that makes the card what it is. Don't bonk yourself in the head for not liking what others do. You are unique and your cards are an expression of who you are and what you like. For years I tried to imitate my stamping mentor. I've found out thru years of frustration that I am not her and never will be. She's been doing stamping since the '70s and has years on me.
I cannot stand scrapbooking - it drives me nuts! I have another friend who has made at least half a dozen and they are just adorable. I can't compete. I won't compete. I am not a competitor. And stamping is not a competition in who can make the best card, scrapbook page, etc.
Stamping is a means of expressing oneself. Find what you like, but please don't give up.
TAQ
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I have the same problem with solid types!! Drives me absolutely crazy. I do the upside down thing with the backgrounds and that works great.
My stamping mentor told me about this: when having a problem with a solid stamp taking on ink, take an eraser and erase over the entire image. Clean the stamp and then re-apply ink.
This technique has worked for me on numerous occasions.
TAQ
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what kind of stamps give you trouble?
