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Excellent resource for stamping ideas and techniques. Each month there are a variety of projects as well as a free foam backed rubber stamp with every issue.

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Stampers of all abilities will find themselves turning to this book time and time again for how-to advice, design tips, projects and inspiration. Francoise Read takes you from the must-know basics of tools, materials and key rubber stamping techniques to her design and layout secrets. Then, she moves on to the techniques-led projects that introduce new and unusual methods that beginner and intermediate crafters will love, but ensures a creative level that will inspire and challenge even the most experienced stampers. It's an exciting blend of 20 innovative projects, boundless inspiration and sound how-to advice you won't want to miss!

* Author: by Francoise Reid

* Publishing House: David and Charles Publishers

* Publication Date: 5/1/2005

* ISBN: 0-7153-1851-9

* Bindery: Paperback

* Pages: 128 pages

* Other: 300 color photos

This DVD is jam-packed with over two hours of projects, tips, and ideas. Tim demonstrates step-by-step, just how easy it is to create timeless artwork using ink and rubber stamps. It's all here, from greeting cards to scrapbook pages. Let Tim show you how to change dominos, microscope slides, clay, silk and much more into amazing artwork. Grab your inks and get ready to play.

Projects

Enjoy a front row seat while Tim demonstrates: Brushless Watercolor, Distressing with Ink, Alcohol Ink Agates, Brayered Embossing, Faux Batik, Fragments from Clay, Faux Soldering, Domino Diary and Altered Scrapbooking

Interactive Gallery

The gallery is overflowing with more than 90 photographs of sample artwork. When you see something that inspires you jump directly to the technique used to create it.

Whether you have taken a class from me or not, here is your front row seat. I'll take you on another journey step by step showing you just how easy it is to create timeless artwork using inks, rubber stamps, and more. The Journey Continues is packed with over two hours of projects, tips, and ideas. There's even more here, from cards and scrapbook pages to mixed media art. Explore Tools of the Trades, Discovering Distress Inks and Powders, used for Alcohol Inks, Colour Wash and much more!

So what are you waiting for???? Pack your bags and let's continue the journey...

This valuable book contains terrific techniques and secrets to guide you on your creative journey. It features the Tim Holtz signature line of distressable papers and doo-dad embellishments. Designed especially for you, the paper crafter, who is looking for a little something different, this line includes fun things to use... from distressable papers to doo-dads, from cutable strips to mini folders, from slide mounts to metal accents. The Tim Holtz Collection has everything you need to create incredible paper craft projects. Techniques for... aging, distressing, layering, patinas, collage, soldering, transfers, folding, painting, scratching, glazing and more! Book Includes: 51 pages

Direct To Paper And Beyond - 35 minutes

Watch acclaimed artisans of Magenta apply ColorBox inks directly to paper and clearly demonstrate the masking, colouring, collage and composition techniques that make their work so outstanding. A comprehensive review of direct to paper and many related stamping techniques.

Complete Basic Art Stamping Techniques - 75 minutes

A good review and idea source for all stampers. Topics covered include inking and cleaning stamps, types of ink, embossing and resist techniques, glazed tile effects, masking, cuting and collage, direct to paper techniques, watercolouring and coloured pencils, Rollagraph roller stamps, party and table decorations, gift boxes, gift wrap and cards, frames and scrapbook pages.

Rollagraph Roller Stamp System - 35 minutes

Interchangeable Rollagraph components snap together tgo make decorating gift wrap, boxes, bags, frames,, and scrapbooks easy. Basic review of Rollagraph, plus techniques and project ideas, such as a phot frame box project with ancient page ink cartridges.

Focus On Frames - 30 minutes

Learn how to create wonderful frames for yourself, your friends d family. See how to blend ink with ColorBox Stylus and mold Stylus tips to decorate cut paper frames for pictures and Scrapbooks.

New Techniques For Permanent Inks - 30 minutes

Among the techniques shown are monoprinting, multi-layering colour blending, an unusual "blue-printing" technique, and combining inks for antiquing effects, Others include colour mixing, decoupage and collage.

Rubber Nature ArtStamps Special Technique - 52 minutes

Watch Sandi Obertin create unique compositions and beautiful hand painted looks with pigment and dye inks, and faux paste papers which make great journal covers, background papers and frames.

Special Techniques For Crafter's and PolyShrink - 32 minutes

Complete instructions and my tips for working with shrink plastic, stamping afer shrinking, intaglio and four techniques for colouring stamped images also clearly shown, along with fun project ideas, such as bracelets, earrings and other jewelry, and picture frames.

More Special Techniques For Crafter's and PolyShrink - 35 minutes

Expand your skills with this exciting follow up. Step by step projects will help you create jewelry, frames, keepsakes and more.

Unique Techniques With The ColorBox Family of Products - 56 minutes

Discover new embossing techniques, such as the paper batiking project with ColorBox and Vivid, marbled glass technique with Ancient Page and Top Boss and embossing with two-tone MetaleXtra inks.

Magic Mosaics - 55 minutes

Learn how to illuminate and blend with Vivid dye ink colours, using ColorBox Stylus and to create MagicStamp images from clay molds for centerpiece and background stamping. Learn how to emboss with sticker paper. Transform any stamped card into a Magical Mosaic.

Working with Style Stones - 40 minutes

Style Stones are cultured stone embellishments that can be inked with a variety of ColorBox inks - fluid chalk, micamagic, ancient page and crafters. They are available in a wide variety of designs and shapess with both engraved and smooth surfaces.

Join accomplished artisans from Magenta as they explain the various kinds of ink and demonstrate many inking techniques.

Watch as they create beautiful Style Stones cards, frames and bookcovers and fashion bracelets, pendants and earrigns, even an oriental table setting.

Includes French narration.

43 mintues.

Join our young stamp artists in this video to learn techniques for making various fashion accessories that are easy, fun and affordable.

Meredith uses Style Stones and a variety of ColorBox inks to create bracelets, necklaces and matching earring sets with beads and jewelry closures. Learn how to make fashion belts with Style Stones bulk packs and colorbox inks. Decorated Style Stones embellishments liven up a woven handbag.

Incldues French narration.

This visual presentation will take you step-by-step from the simple through the advanced processes of embossing, stenciling, color theory, using opaque and translucent embossing paste, and faux ceramic tile techniques. Having the right tools and methods will make you confident about using miniature brass stencils.

This fantastic DVD is definitely a Stamping Mad favourite!

Regardless of whether you are a novice or experienced stencil artist, Artful Cards will help advance your skills to a new level. Readers of all skill levels will appreciate the clear, concise instructions and step-by-step photos to guide them through a variety of exciting projects working with vellum, shrink plastic, background stencils and various types of stenciling color. Includes an inspiring gallery of card samples.

This book will open up a world of new and easy techniques for the beginner or accomplished card artist. In this sequel to her popular Artful Cards, Lynell goes beyond stenciling and dry embossing to show how to create cards with amazing color and dimension using her innovative Embossing Pastes. Stampers, stencilers and scrapbookers will learn how to stencil on top of or under Embossing Pastes, create shadow effects, layer designs, use masking techniques and background stencils and create sculpted cards. Clear descriptions, step-by-step photos and an extensive gallery of card designs, make this book an essential addition to any card designer's bookshelf.

60 minutes of paper craft projects