Artistry With Rubber Stamps by Ellen Eadie (1996, Paperback)

I thought rubber stamping was boring, my only experience was way back in grade school getting smudgy stars stamped on homework. Wow has it changed.

Lots of info in the book. In most cases the 'stamping' is only the beginning.
The book has lots of photos and step-by-step drawings, with 8 pages of color photos.


quoting the back cover: “Make your mark ... with easy-to-learn, creative rubber stamping, the fastest growing craft in Australia!

The use of art stamps to decorate personalised stationery, clothing and household items is a versatile hobby which can be combined with papermaking, paper tole, calligraphy, sewing, drawing and other crafts.

Artistry with Rubber Stamps offers lots of exciting new ideas for complete beginners and advanced stampers alike. Step-by-step instructions teach you the basics, including embossing, the use of different inks and how to work confidently with art brush pens to colour in a stamped image or background. Then progress to more advanced techniques such as masking, spongeing, reversing images and using a stamp positioning tool, learning to avoid the common mistakes at the same time! You will learn how to stamp on fabric, wood, ceramic, terracotta and metal as well as on paper and card.

Projects include:
co-ordinated stationery in a folder
paper tole cards
pop-up cards
gift bags
Christmas decorations
window cards
wooden stools
cushions
T-shirts, hats and sneakers
three-dimensional carousel cards
wooden clothes hangers
novelty cards which pull open to reveal a magical scene"