more stamping with paint!

I wish, sometimes, that I could just invite you all over for stamping at my house. Come on downstairs to my stamp corner and let me just show you how this technique works! Can you imagine that party? The good news is that with the internet (and this super cool blog) I can get you one step closer to my projects.

Since I have had the paint out in my stamping corner this week, I thought I would share how easy it is to stamp with acrylic paint on your acrylic stamps. In the reality of it all, you need to get to your stamp tables, get out the paint, get the paint on your stamps and play. That is the way that you are going to get to know how it works, how it feels, and decide how you like it.

The tools you need are fairly basic: acrylic paint, a dish/palette to put it in, a brush (I like these cheap little sponge brushes that you can get at your local craft stores), a stamp (a bold/simple design), and cardstock.

Load your sponge brush with paint and dab (not brush) it all over your stamp. I am using a stamp from the Polka Dot Basics set.

Stamp the image onto the cardstock. Acrylic paint is wet, messy, and slippery. Keep that in mind when you are stamping with it. It's not going to give you a beautifully detailed stamp image of perfection. It's going to be blotchy, smeary and give a rustic, weathered look. If it slides or smears a little, that's okay -that's the look we are going for when stamping with paint.

Once you get your images all stamped, it's time to clean the paint off the stamp. The sooner you do this the easier it is going to be. I have put this off longer and while you can still get the paint off the stamp, it just takes a little more work scrubbing off the paint.

All I do is run my stamp right under the water. Most of the paint rinses right off. I use my fingers to work the paint off some more subborn areas if I have to. You can use an old toothbrush to scrub your stamp, if you want. After my stamp is clean I blot the whole thing dry with a cloth or papertowel. I actually use this same method most of the time when I am cleaning off my acrylic stamps.

I mixed up a pink color with red and white acrylic paint for a ladybug body (from the Little Lady set.) Apply the paint just the same as for the polka dot stamp. The key is using the brush to apply a nice even coat of paint. If you have ever tried pressing your stamp into the paint to stamp with it, you know how messy that is and that the images don't really stamp well. Using the brush keeps the mess to a minimum and helps ensure a more sucessful image when you stamp.

You can speed up the process of drying the paint stamped images with a heat tool. Or just leave them for a bit. The acrylic paint dries pretty quickly.

After the paint was dry I stamped right over the top of the paint with black ink to finsh off the ladybug image.

Here's my finished card and I have more ladybugs and polka dot paper ready to put some more together!

Thanks for stopping by and have fun playing and stamping with paint!

Painted Polka Dot Ladybug Card

stamps: Little Lady, Polka Dot Basics, Mixed Messages (Papertrey Ink)

ink: Jet Black Archival (Ranger), Whisper White craft (Stampin' Up!)

cardstock: White, Spring Moss (Papertrey Ink), kraft (Stampin' Up!)

accessories: Sweet Blush twill (Papertrey Ink), buttons, linen thread (Stampin' Up!), white & red acrylic paint (Plaid), sponge brush, heat tool, dimensionals

Comments

[Katie]

What an adorable card! Thanks for the tutorial!

[Rene' Sharp]

I have just discovered your site and it is fantastic!! I will be popping in regularily to get some inspiration from you. Have a fantastic weekend.

[Heather McNally]

Pine - I love when you stamp with paint! And as usual, another fun card!

[RUTH ALLMART]

Heather your card is just gorgeous! Thank you so much for taking us through the process. I must give this a try. Have a great weekend :o)

[Etha]

Love it :) thanks for sharing and taking all the pictures.

[flossie]

I have to try this have a whole bunch of paint just calling out to me at the moment.

[flossie]

I have to try this have a whole bunch of paint just calling out to me at the moment. Love your card

[Elaine]

Cute card!

I've tried that pressing stamp into paint and it was hit or miss with how well the image appeared on the stamping surface so thanks for the tip about using a sponge brush.

[Jenna]

Wow! This is such a pretty ladybug card! I love the way your polka dot background came out.. I will have to try paint with my backrounders- I always like my backrounder to be a bit messier!

[Amy]

Hi there, Heather!

I'm just across the border in WI, and I'd love to come play! ;)

As always, your little lady card is adorable...

Happy Mother's Day Ü
Amy

[Stefanie Staniak]

Adorable - Absolutely Adorable !! :)

[Niki Estes]

I have never stamped with paint before. Thanks for the tips and that card is so cute!

[Geny]

Love these cute little cards and the tips on stamping with paint! I can't wait to try it out again - my last attempt wasn't very successful!

[Jennifer Love]

I had NEVER thought of stamping with my 293847293847293847 bottles of acrylic paints. (okay, maybe I exaggerated the number of bottles I have...but not by MUCH. LOL!)

Thanks for the tutorial! I gotta see what I have that would work for the paints!

Thanks so much!

[Verna]

Heather, I couldn't get acrylic paint (from a tube) to work like yours. But I had much better luck using Dr. Ph. Martin's Bleed Proof calligraphy ink! I put about a teaspoon of ink on a small make-up sponge and made a stamp pad that works better than either my SU! craft white or my StazOn Cotton White pad. The ink looks super stamped on Berry Sorbet ribbon! Plus I made a "marker" with a nib of Cut'n'Dry Brush Tip inserted into an old ball point pen shell ... THANK YOU for the inspiration!! New toys with stuff I already own - yippee!!

[MichelleY]

GET OUT!!! I ADORE how you used the polka dot background layer in two places on this card.....BRILLIANT! Pine.....you're my hero!

[sally]

Heather I really enjoy your cards on the blog - your style seems to appeal to me. Thanks so much for explaining this is detail. I'd love to stop by your house and stamp anytime!

[Sara in WI]

I have the paint and brushes and I have the stamps. I just never put them together before. Thanks for the encouragement and directions!

[Michelle]

WOW! I love the painting on the stamps idea! I have tons of paints to choose from... You inspire me.

[Brooke S]

I love to use paint with stamps also.. I love the look is gives.. great pictures.

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