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I just purchased my first two Thomas Kinkaid stamps, Good Life and Cottage Bridge or something like that......can't remember the name right now LOL!! I just realized upon inspecting them I really don't know how to proceed with them at all :confused:
What ink type and color do you use to initially stamp the image?
Do you add the colors to the stamp or watercolor or some other method after the image is commited to paper?
What is the overall best method you have found to color?
I'm looking forward to hearing your pointers!! PLEASE HELP, I'm totally lost! :confused:
I highly recommend going to cornish heritage farms forum. They have a ton of info, galleries, suggestions, techniques. You can find the forum by going to the www.cornishheritagefarms.com website. Just look around!
I brayer ink directly onto the stamp and use them in a monochromatic fashion. I cannot color them in successfully (yet)!.
I highly recommend going to cornish heritage farms forum. They have a ton of info, galleries, suggestions, techniques. You can find the forum by going to the www.cornishheritagefarms.com website. Just look around!
I brayer ink directly onto the stamp and use them in a monochromatic fashion. I cannot color them in successfully (yet)!.
I have a few of the TK stamps from CHF. Ordered them the day they came out. I have been totally frustrated with them. Others have gotten beautiful results from them, but I just cannot get them to work for me. I will keep the ones I have- maybe someday I'll be "good enough" to get a decent result with them, but for now they just sit in my basket.
I have tried stamping with Versafine ink on PT paper with no success either. :( I needed to make some Christmas cards last year but gave up using these stamps. The images come out blotchy and was missing some parts. There are some *really* talented ladies out there who make gorgeous cards/creations with these stamps.
I'm sorry some of you are finding the Thomas Kinkade stamps difficult to use. They really don't have to be! My favorite thing is just to ink them up and use them monochromatically. Stamping in brown or black and then coloring with chalks is also a quick and easy way to color them for a soft look. If you're interested in watercoloring...there is a great tutorial on it for the TK stamps here... TK Watercoloring Tutorial
Craft Critique has a review of different coloring mediums and options Here
CHF also has a forum on inks and techniques that work well with the TK stamps. You can check that out HERE.
Also...the Splitcoast and CHF galleries are fabulous sources of information. Take a look at the designs you love check out the product lists. Most designers will also have a description on how they created their design.
Good luck with it and feel free to ask more specific questions.
If you are looking for a super clean crisp image, the paper and ink you use and HOW you ink the stamp are all important.
I demonstrated these stamps at The Craft and Hobby Association trade show for hours and got perfect results with every impression.
1. Versafine ink will give you the most detailed and crisp image. Having said that, if you have a fairly new Versafine pad, it is possible that it's too "juicy". Most inkpads actually come over inked. If you feel you pad is too juicy and giving you a "muddy" image, try pressing it gently into a paper towel. I had to do this at the show with a brand new pad.
I hold the stamp in my hand, rubber side up and do the following - swirl and then tap. First I rub the ink all over the stamp in a circular motion ensuring that there is full coverage. THEN, I gently tap the entire stamp with the pad again which distrubutes the ink evenly and takes away any lines on the rubber created by my swirling.
2. Paper - the smoother the paper, the crisper the impression. I have never use PTI's paper, but try to use something close to SU's Ultra Smooth. Having said that, I have used numerous papers and gotten wonderful results with most of them. It's all about the ink combo and the paper, the weight of the stampers hand, how the stamp has been inked, etc.
If you wanted to post you results here for us to see, I bet I could give some more specific advice.
Thank you to everyone for your posts. I'm determined to figure out how to stamp these images successfully and to color them successfully too!! I would love to post it here and get pointers that would be wonderful. I don't have the versa-fine black but will buy that at Michael's tonight and give it a try. Stay tuned for my stabs at it and I'll look forward to any input!
I check out your image, it's beautiful!! Okay here is a stupid question, I'm pretty new to all the different coloring mediums and I've worked with chalk but have applied it with my blender pen. Is that what you did? You would almost have to have to use something for the chalk to remain on the image, right? Thank you for sharing this, can't wait to try some of the things I'm reading here.
I actually used the little pom poms that that you can buy and that also comes with the Pebbles chalks. I just sprayed a chalk fixative over the image when i was done so the chalk will stay there forever now.
I actually used the little pom poms that that you can buy and that also comes with the Pebbles chalks. I just sprayed a chalk fixative over the image when i was done so the chalk will stay there forever now.
I've had a practice with my TK stamp and found that the drier the inkpad, the better the resulting image. Also a very light covering of ink was all I needed. The other tool I used that made all the difference was a brayer. I brayered the ink onto the stamp but had to make sure the brayer wasn't holding too much ink.
The cardstock I used was Very Vanilla with Archival Sepia ink.
The card I made is in my blog if anyone would like to look.
Acually I'm so happy with the way I worked out how to use these stamps I've since ordered two more. lol
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Yes I used Staz On to stamp the image. I actually ink the image and lay the stamp face up on the table and then put my cardstock on top and gently rub it to get the ink onto the paper without missing any areas. Sometimes I use my brayer for this also, but paper can move using the brayer for me making the image blurred.
Suzy_H - you put so much in to your explaining and I feel like maybe I can do it too!!
Thank you so much I hope it helps
You do not have to color in every detail like I did - it looks just as lovely with only ink, or with just a key area touched with a glitter pen. I use them every which way....
I saw this somewhere (can't remember where)... stamp in permanent ink & let dry. Overstamp with Versamark & then color in with chalk. I don't have any of these kind of stamps myself, but it seemed to make sense.
Also, if you're not getting a good image from a new stamp, you might want to take a look at this article on conditioning them. http://patstamps.blogspot.com/2008/0...ay-whimsy.html
Not something I worry about for line images, but possibly worth it for big solid images like the TK's.
Pointers needed on Thomas Kinkaid stamps
