Incorporating Stamps into your layouts

When you think of stamping.. you generally think of creating cards like the card I made here. Stamping is a fun and easy way to add embellishment to any project, including altered projects or layouts.

I wanted to share with you today how I incorporated this amazing acrylic stamp set from Pink Paislee AMber Road collection into the layout shown here

First, I usually create the layout... and then add my stamping afterwards on the top most layer. Since these acrylic stamps are clear... you can pull them off, stick them onto a clear mount and be able to see exactly where you are stamping!! It makes it nice and easy to add to a page that needs just a little something extra!!

I chose a chocolate brown ink by colorbox (you can get many other assorted colors at Right at HOme) to create a more subtle embellishing...

Here are some close ups of the finished stamped images
  stamp right onto a photo.. just be careful not to rock the stamp as photos tend to be more glossy and wet and you don't want to smear the ink

this tag looked just a bit lonely so I added the word Fall to the bottom of it... the F stamped too dark.. but that is the charm of hand stamping... don't fret if the image isn't crystal clear..

for most of us  stampers, the imperfection is part of the charm In this example, I stamped along the bottom of the journaling tag with a fun border from the stamp set... pulls it together nicely!Pink Paislee also makes the stamp sets for their upcoming holiday lines and Halloween as well as the stamp set I used from Amber Road...RIght at Home also has many other fun stamps to add to your projects, cards and layouts!!

Happy Stamping!