What is your favorite stamp? That is a hard question to be sure. I have many stamps that I use over and over. As you can see from this photo I don't take very good care of them! I know I should, but when I am making something I stamp almost without thinking and then forget to go back and clean the stamp. I primarily use Staz On ink and it dries fast.
Sometimes I use whole stamp image, but sometimes I use only a part of the stamp. I strive to use them not as focal images, but as a support for my own words, images and collages.
For example below I used only the edge of the flowers of this stamp (Blooming Contessa', by Sandra Evertson)
I like to edge my pages with partial stamps (Word stamp from Collage Cube by Christine Adolph):
The majority of my stamps come from Stampington & Co., some of which I used when I made the projects and images for my book, 'The Artistic Mother'. If you get a copy you will see the following ones:
On the cover:
1) 'Elegant butterfly' from Garden Melange collection by Christine Adolph
2) 'Recommendation' by Carin Andersson
3) 'Word heart' - on the Romance heart cube from Romance Collection by Christine Adolph
4) '3 Flowers' from Clearly Impressed - Fresh Flower Elements by Christine Adolph
5) 'Swirl' from Clearly Impressed - Swirls by Michelle Ward
Inside:
6) 'Wrought Scroll' by Christine Adolph
7) 'Blooming Bold' from the Clearly Impressed Fresh Flowers by Christine Adolph
8) 'Honeycomb' on the collage cube from Fresh Flowers by Christine Adolph
9) 'Butterfly' from Clearly Impressed Rock and Roll by Michelle Ward
10) 'Blooming Contessa' by Sandra Evertsen
11) 'Twig or branch' from the Clearly Impressed 'Bird Sactuary' by Michelle Ward
12) 'Romance Heart Cube' by Christine Adolph
13) 'Holiday cube' by Christine Adolph
14) 'Balloon' from Clearly Impressed 'Out of the Hurly Burly' by Sandra Evertson
15) 'Elegant Poppies' by Sandra Evertson
I have bought non Stampington & Co. Stamps too! Here are some of my favorites:
1) 'Harlequins' by Stampiliabities'
2) 'Star' by Stampin' Up
3) 'Branch' by Stampers' Anonymous (their online catalog p130)
***Note - Clearly Impressed stamps from Stampington are unmounted and clear. You need acrylic blocks to mount them on when you want to stamp (although I have been known to mount them on the back of other wood mounted stamps!). When you are done you put them back on the clear plastic sheet they come in. I like these because they don't take up too much storage room.***
Do you have a favorite stamp, can you leave me a link to the stamp or the artwork?
I love seeing the stamps you use and how you use them. This will be helpful when trying to figure out what type of stamps to purchase as well as how to apply them to the page.
ReplyDeletei love your stamps! i used mine over the weekend and loved how they turned out (posting about it later today). might even go pick up some new ones today!
ReplyDeleteOOoo I covet your collection. I am new to stamping, most of mine are in storage but I have a couple clear acrylic and rubber I have been practicing with. There is definite technique to stamping and I have not yet mastered it. Sometimes I think it is my ink, sometimes me.
ReplyDeleteI would love to buy some of those giant wooden/rubber stamps at Michael's though, they look perfect for creating your own patterned fabric!
your stamps look like mine..I never clean mine either but I dont like clean stamps as that means they are never used!! My fav stamp at the moment is a bird cage lady by scrollswork featured on my steampunk style box that I made today http://loveofcollage.blogspot.com/2010/03/my-take-on-steampunkfamm-embellishment.html
ReplyDeleteShona, I am a Texas blogger with a list of same and would love to add your name to the list and have you come and visit and become my follower.
ReplyDeleteLook forward to reading more of yur blog at a later time.
Barbara
i'd love to play in the sandbox with you, shona! these stamps are a party!! i don't have stamps, except i'm now sending you an imaginary one of a shining star to reflect YOU. xox
ReplyDeleteI actually like carving my own stamps ... a little more "rustic" look to them :) but I can make what I need. I use them scattered throughout my artwork, but don't seem to have a single blogpost on just them!
ReplyDeletehere is an image of some of the very first ones I made: http://www.flickr.com/photos/7724232@N03/3623291835/in/set-72157619622618155
I had my daughter do a drawing and her name and then I used tracing paper to transfer it to the block and so now she has her own personal stamp!
I have a frog stamp I made that is in this journal page: http://dandelionseedsanddreams.blogspot.com/2010/03/dance-between-discipline-and-play.html
i also love the inexpensive foam kids stamps for larger pieces ...
I am loving working through your book with the Artistic Mother group! I left you a comment on Shuttersisters as well ♥
wonderful stamps! i love stampington's selection, too. and stampin' up. i absolutely love almost anything by teesha moore, lost coast designs and invoke arts.
ReplyDeletehttp://www.teeshaslandofodd.com/1/temp.html
http://www.lost-coast-designs.com
http://invokearts.com
I love rubber stamps (and the clear ones, too!). I have been collecting rubber stamps for 21 years now, and have literally thousands. However, I have my faves, and keep them displayed over my craft table. They never get old to me. Thank you for sharing your faves with us!
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