Stamping with Style: Sensational Ways to Decorate Paper, Fabric, Polymer Clay & More

By Katherine Duncan Aimone

Book Overview

Put your stamp on everything from home accents to clothing! If you want to create your own stamps, you'll find out how to carve them, convert everyday objects into stamps, and use natural materials such as leaves to produce sophisticated designs. Or, use the many ready-made stamps available to enhance whatever you like. Transferring ink to a surface will always be popular, but you'll also learn alternative methods for achieving great effects, such as stamping fabric with bleach, heat stamping velvet, and imprinting polymer clay. Whether you transform a junk CD into a stylish clock, dress up plain wrapping paper, or emboss a hat with exquisite patterns, these 40 elegant projects are a superb introduction to a craft you'll fall in love with.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1579903800
• ISBN13: 9781579903800
• Release Date: October 2002
• Publisher: Lark Books (NC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 1.10 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 8.5" x 9.9"

Customer Reviews

More for the Artsy Stamper...

This is a wonderful resource, but frankly, for the more "artsy" stamper. I love the projects, techniques, and looks shown here, but if you're looking for clean and simple, this is not it. Not that the techniques are difficult -- they aren't -- it's just that the looks are very elegant. The book shows stamping on everything -- clothes, paper, clay, umbrellas, and more. You can transfer the techniques from these to other media if you know what you are doing and aren't afraid to try something new. Everything from funky to renaissance...Nice stuff, I like it, maybe you will, too.