Stamping technique

We are now going to go over another creative way to decorate a scrapbook page. This technique goes with any theme you may be working on now. Many of you may be already using this method for variety in your scrapbook look. This technique is called "stamping." It is simply a matter of using either store bought rubber stamps with interesting designs on them or home made stamps. Either way, you would either use a stamp pad or colored markers to transfer ink on them and strategically stamp the scrapbook page with them.

This brings me back to when I was a child and made stamps made of uncooked potato spuds. Some of you may remember that! For those of you that do not know about how potato stamps were made, you would take a raw potato and slice it in half. You would take one of the slices and carve an image or pattern in the face of the potato, the starchy side, and then dip it into a stamp pad or tempura paint tray and then press it on a colored piece of construction paper. We would repeat this process until we totally covered the page. It was a beautiful sight!

Nowdays, you can find many different stamp patterns at craft stores, import stores, book stores, even in office supply stores.