Use your fingers from one hand to hold the tracing paper and the foam together and use your other hand and a paper towel to rub all over the first image.

How to Make Foam Stamps : 7 Steps (with Pictures) - Instructables

I have one question to ask before tying this, does the glue pen you use leave any residue on the misti? Carefully lift the tracing paper after rubbing all the images, hopefully all your foam transfers will be looking good and sharp! By the way, I used the fun Hero Arts Jungle Background Stamp ( SSS | HA) to stamp the flap of my matching envelope.This fun technique is great for your Junk Journals, Mixed Media Collage, Handmade Cards, and so much more! Also, Hero Arts will donate 10% of the net profits from this kit to jungle habitat preservation through the World Wildlife Fund! I used a ruler to draw a rectangle around the images (smaller than the one from the printable underneath). Boy…do I have something special to share with you today – a wondrous Mixed Media tool and technique tutorial: How to Use Simon Hurley Stamping Foam! The images I decided to use for this project are somehow universal so you can create a basic set of DIY Vintage Foam Stamps to have around.

How to Use Simon Hurley Stamping Foam! - The Graphics Fairy

They help us to identify popular products and understand your browsing habits so we can display relevant adverts to you. So remember, you’ll need to use the X-acto knife to cut the outside shape of the image and the embossing stylus to draw all the other details from the inside of the image.It will be easier to work with smaller pieces on the next step – I divided the whole printable in three segments.

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There are many fun techniques you can do with mirror or reverse stamping, but I went for a subtle, layered look. As you can see I played a little bit with my embossing stylus and drew a few other lovely details here and there to add more interest to my stamps.The embossing stylus will leave indents on the foam that will be visible when using the stamps afterwards. We can definitely say that ‘it’s all about the small details’, they really make such a huge difference here! But first, let’s just take a second here and acknowledge that you’ve just created some pretty amazing DIY Vintage Foam Stamps! Option 3 – Stamp with Acrylic Glaze: I love the sheerness of prints with glaze and the ability to layer and layer.