An Excerpt from Rubber Stamp Madness

By the Rubber Stamp Maddness staffers

RubberStampMadness—The Magazine for Rubber Stamp Arts & Crafts—comes out every three months. Each issue includes how-to stories and plenty of examples of stamp art.

The Spring 2023 issue includes an article about 3D artwork that includes making wreaths with the help of stamps and punches. The article also describes how to add depth to stamp art with the help of a special perforating die cut.

Here’s an excerpt from that article, along with graphics of a stamped wreath and a forest scene.

“I wanted to create something yellow and blue, so a bouquet was a natural subject,” explains Linda Accuosti, the stamper who created the wreath. “My inventory held plenty of flower punches and dies, but not many of them had ‘matching’ stamps. That gave me the idea to see what could be created by using a few flower stamps with a wide variety of punches. The resulting assortment was amazing.”

The wreath was created with only one stamp and a variety of punches.

Tips For Making Wreaths

• Stamp floral images on a variety of papers with different color inks.

• Large stamps work well with small punches because only a portion of the image will show up. “The impression you get is very different from the original design,” Linda explains.

• Don’t limit punches to one size or shape.

• Die-cut flowers can make a wreath or bouquet for a vase, although Linda finds punches allow for better coordination with stamped images.

Step Into The Forest

Another crafty stamper, Connie Mercer, took a stamped forest scene and added perforated lines that gave her artwork the look of vintage postage stamps.

Connie has been creating original artwork for about 14 years. She and her family live on a ranch in Texas and her art reflects her environment. Connie loves nature, animals, birds, sunsets, and riding around on the ranch. Inspiration is all around. “I love to create outside the box and come up with a unique take on a stamp set or supplies,” she says.

Connie started stamping after becoming a guest designer for Darkroom Door, a company from Australia. “I was hooked right off,” she says. “Practice makes perfect, my mom used to say, so I practiced. I still practice and I still love stamping.”

Connie and Linda are examples of how stamping works for so many projects, including cards, art journal pages, scrapbook pages, and more.

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