Rubber Stamp Celebrations: Dazzling Projects From Personal Stamp Exchange [Paperback]

Personal Stamp Exchange (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: December 31, 1999

With rubber stamping and basic decorative methods such as découpage and watercolor, anyone can make greeting cards, invitations, wrapping paper, decorative boxes, scarves, journals, picture frames, and more. Vibrant color photographs illustrate the effects stamping creates on papers, fabric, wood, candles, clay, glass, and ceramics. Hundreds of creative ideas to copy and adapt.

Editorial Reviews

Amazon.com Review

A refined sense of style and a superb introductory section set Rubber Stamp Celebrations apart from many others on the subject. The authors carefully walk us through all the tools and supplies, provide a good overview on understanding color and design, and explain a wide variety of techniques, with each step illustrated in full color. A number of these techniques are not often covered in other books: water embossing, paper layering, collaging, masking, stamping on modeling compounds to create a dimensional image, and embellishing with trinkets, ribbons, and other findings. Excellent step-by-step directions accompany a vast array of projects organized by theme: the subject of weddings, for example, brings us gold-embossed gift boxes, a photo album, toasting glasses, an embossed velvet handbag, and a unity candle. Christmas offers cards and ornaments galore, plus a charming plate and tumbler for Santa's milk and cookies. For birthdays there are cards, wrappings, party hats, and gifts, such as a journal or a silk scarf. Each holiday is given its due, as are housewarmings, garden parties, baby showers, and everyday occasions that require just the right hand-crafted card. With lovely subdued colors and many touches of gold, the items have a sophisticated Victorian feel. Some projects are more advanced, but novices can probably handle many of them. And just browsing through the beautiful pages offers plenty of inspiration. --Amy Handy

Product Details

• Paperback: 128 pages
• Publisher: Sterling (December 31, 1999)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0806962917
• ISBN-13: 978-0806962917
• Product Dimensions: 10 x 8.5 x 0.4 inches
• Shipping Weight: 13.8 ounces
• Average Customer Review: 3.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,241,623 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Good news and bad news about this book, July 2, 2009

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E. A. Lovitt "starmoth" (Gladwin, MI USA) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Rubber Stamp Celebrations: Dazzling Projects From Personal Stamp Exchange (Paperback)

First, the bad news about these projects from the Personal Stamp Exchange (PSX): this company has gone out of business, and all of the projects in this book involve PSX rubber stamps, many of them quite ornate. (Check out www.littlebit.com/rs/gone.htm for a list of other rubber stamp companies that no longer exist.)

The good news is that some PSX stamps are available on internet auction sites such as eBay, although you'll have to pay a premium for the rarer issues. I was able to outbid the competition for `G1533 Baby Moon' but the elaborate botanical stamps are usually out of my reach.

This book contains lovely color photos of the stamping projects, plus a chapter on `Basic Supplies & Tools.' It did make me a bit nervous to see a photograph of a toaster oven, light bulb, and electric stovetop burner under `Embossing Heat Sources.' I can't quite imagine how a crafter could keep the embossing powder on a paper surface, while heating it over a stovetop burner. Also, how does one keep the paper from catching fire?

The stamping projects are divided into twelve categories by month: January - Everyday; February - Valentine's Day; March - Birthday; April - Easter; May - Mother's Day; June - Father's Day; July - Housewarming; August - Garden Party; September - Baby; October - Halloween; November - Thanksgiving; and December - Christmas and Hanukkah. For instance, the `Wedding' stamping projects include directions for making boxes and tags, a découpage wedding plate, `wedding bells' toasting glasses, `wedding bells' beverage napkins, a hand-carved rose frame, a `fleur-de-lis' wedding album, a `gold amor' mirror, a large rose keepsake box, a white velvet bridal handbag, `champagne' invitations, place cards, favor boxes, and party gifts, candles, plus various wedding and anniversary cards.

There is also a chapter on various stamping techniques that are used throughout this book, such as coloring and painting on the stamp itself, embossing, masking, stamping on wood and fabric, and stamping on velvet (this technique is used to make the white velvet bridal handbag).

If you are searching for a book of rubber stamping projects and techniques, I would recommend Françoise Read's The Rubber Stamper's Bible over this book, but for PSX stamp collectors, "Rubber Stamp Celebrations" is a `must-have.'

14 of 21 people found the following review helpful:

2.0 out of 5 stars Great book-- sad angel policy, October 20, 1999

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Alouette (Alaska!) - See all my reviews

This review is from: Rubber Stamp Celebrations: Dazzling Projects From Personal Stamp Exchange (Paperback)

I am an avid stamper, and PSX used to be the grand dame until I read their demonic angel policy. They are pretty tight with their stamps and what you can do with them and go beyond the, "Just-make-sure-you-hand-stamp-as-opposed-to- reproducing-our-images" policy of other firms. It is hard to sell your work and you can't really donate it to an auction without prior approval. If you enjoy stamping, look into other firms like Magneta or Mirkwood for their stamps and READ THE ANGEL POLICY (limited angel policy is a warning to run!) but definitely buy this book.