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Texturizing a Solid Stamp

By Sue Lorang
Rubber Roadsters
Advanced Stamping Team Designer 

Supplies

•Solid Egg Stamp (JudiKins 3099F)
•Texture Stamp 1 (Rubbernecker)
•Texture Stamp 2 (US ArtQuest Print Makers)
•Texture Stamp 3 (Stampendous F037 Cross Hatch)
•Silver pigment ink pad (Color Box)
•Silver Embossing Powder (unknown)
•Heat Tool (Marvy)
•Markers in Yellow, Orange, Pink, Lavender, Blue, Aqua, Green (Marvy)
•White Cardstock, cut to size 4¼” X 5½”
•Blue Cardstock, cut to size5½” X 8½ “
•Aqua Cardstock, cut to size 4” X 5¼” 
•Stardream cardstock in Lavendar, cut to size 3¾” X 5”
•Fusible Fibers (Stampendous)
•Natural Woven Fiber on a roll (unknown)
•Blue Ribbon ¼” (Offray)
•Household Iron
•Tissue Paper (Traditions from Costco)
•Double stick tape (O'So by PennyWise Arts)
•Paper Trimmer (Fiskars)

Instructions:

1.  Texture the solid shadow stamp by inking up one of the three design stamps. Place the solid egg stamp down onto the inked design stamp, lift up, and stamp the solid egg onto the white cardstock. Sprinkle with silver embossing powder and heat to emboss. Continue with the other two design stamps onto the solid egg stamp till you have all three designed eggs on the white cardstock. 

2. Color the eggs in as desired with the markers and then wipe the marker off the embossed design. Cut out all three eggs and set aside. 

3. Take some of the Fusible Fibers and lay them out between layers of tissue paper and heat as directed on the package. Remove the fibers from the tissue paper, layer the eggs on the fibers and fold the bottom ¼” up around the eggs. 

4.   Cut a 3¼“ piece from the roll of natural woven fiber.  Fold in thirds to make the basket and tape it together.  Tie a bow in the blue ribbon and cut the tails.  Set these aside. 

5. Fold and score the blue cardstock for a 4¼” X 5½” card. Center the aqua cardstock over the front of the blue card and tape it down. Do this again with the lavender cardstock onto the aqua. 

6. Tape the eggs to the fiber on the lavender cardstock.  Tape down the folded woven fiber basket while slightly overlapping the eggs and fusible fibers.  Tape the bow to the top of the basket as shown.

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