Subject:
Stamping on cork..
From - April Diane,
I just found your tips and techniques page, although I visit
your home page the first of every month!! I was happy to see
the ideas for stamping on cork because I just tried this medium
myself. I wanted to share that I colored my cork with old eyeshades
(I actually saved some of those outrageous colors from the 80's)
and my chalk palette. I stamped a scene with a lake, trout and
some cat tails. All were colored with the chalk/eye shadow. The
trout came out very nice because the chalk was easy to blend.
I have some silver eye shadow (don't ask) which made a nice touch
to the trout on the gills and fins. You do have to be careful
and reapply if you need darker colors. I sealed it with Klearkote
after I
was done. I layered on wallpaper and cardstock. I am so happy
with the results that I can't wait to do it again! Thanks for
letting me share!!
Keep up the great work with you website! From:
Sue
I've stamped on cork with crafter's
ink, heat set to make permanent then colored it in with gel pens
which are brilliant on the cork. I also agree that if you use
marvy markers to color on cork you need to give time to dry or
heat set.
From: Cecilia (Cevo)
Was talking with Connie Wade of Stamp Street Station in Sarasota,
FL, and she was telling me about using cork with a gingerbread
man stamp. And stamping it in white on the cork!
Looks just like icing, she sez. Whoa! Thought I would pass that
idea along to you. I liked it! Connie uses these as a Garland
for decoration... punches a hole in the top, strings gold thread
through... walla! Gingerbread Garland. I like that, too! From:
Cyndi T
I use permanent ink or I emboss on it. The permanent ink does
take some time to dry (or you can heat it dry), but it's worth
the wait. I've stamped on the craft cork and the automotive gasket
cork. I must say that I prefer the automotive stuff because it's
thin and the cork pieces seem to be tighter - I've used agenta
stamps on automotive cork and it looks great! I've never noticed
an oil smell coming from it when heated - but I'm not sure what's
all in it. If you emboss, I recommend sticking to the basics
like black, white and gold only because the texture of the cork
can take away from some of those really fancy eps - experiment
From: Jody M. I just started messing with
cork myself. So far I've used colorbox black and that worked
well. I've also embossed using a regular, not fine, black ep
and that worked well also. It looks really different from just
stamping, though, so you have to decide which look you like best
for different stamps. I've not tried coloring yet, but did glue
several pieces. I used double sided tape on one piece and that
was fine. Also used Aileens Tacky glue and that also worked.
From: Lisa H.
I have tried a few things on cork. I like to use a Perm. pad
such as Fabrico fabric pad to stamp with. I thought I would leave
it plain like the Magenta sample, but decided that mine needed
more color. (I had stamped a pussywillow ) So I experimented
and found that my regular leplumes worked just fine to color
with, especially if you shade it just a bit. It really looks
good. I glued onto a piece of corregated paper with my hot glue
gun. Seemed to hold it well. And rubber cemented to my card.
I haven't found the best way to cut it yet. I just use regular
scissors or my paper cutter, but it seems to leave the edges
a bit rough. Not really noticable though. Haven't tried to emboss
on it yet, but a friend of mine said that I should try and cover
it with Liquid Laminate and turn it into a coaster. :) From: Sharon
I have some ideas to share with you about #3-stamping on Cork.
May I make a statement before I begin, I don't say any of this
is origional with me, just things I picked up here and there,
things I started to do when I started to stamp on cork. I don't
think I have stolen anyones ideas, because I started stamping
on cork about 2 months ago, after I signed up to do the cork
swap. I started by buying gasket paper. I got a roll at Runnings
that is about 12" x 4 feet. I saw cork at JoAnn Fab. that
was $2 for a piece about 12" x 24". My first tries
at stamping on cork were not great because my ink pad was too
dry. I compensated by coloring over the inked image with Prismacolor,
black, or whatever color the ink would be. The inked
area did seem to pick up the colored pencil, but it didn't color
on the cork. It was something different. I took care of the problem
by buying a new ink pad. It looks real good stamped and colored
in, whatever color you want the image. I layered cork on wallpaper,
and layered that on a plain piece of paper, then layered that
on cardstock. When I read about someone burning the edges of
the cork, I colored the edges of the cork, and each layer of
paper with black marker. I haven't burnt the edges of the cork
yet, but do want to. I layered cork on corrugated paper, too.
Loved the way it turned out, and was looking for something a
little different than just layering regular paper. I also colored
in a bald eagle on cork. Colored with Prismacolor: a dark, dark,
brown for the body, and white for the head. I loved the way this
turned out. The idea Nancy from VSN asked me about was tearing
the edges of the cork. Instead of cutting straight lines I tried
tearing the image out, just to get a different look. I have been
using cork on lots of
cards, and don't want things to start looking the same. I tore
the image out, then colored the edge with a black marker. Burning
would also look nice, I just haven't tried it yet. I have stamped
animals from Stampin Up's Wildlife set. These go well with cork,
and make a nice, masculine card for all the men in my
life .For my Fathers Day cards I stamped, and embossed on cork,
a first for me. Layered on paper, and in the corner of the card,
put a bow made withsome of that twisted ribbon, cut the length
I wanted, then I ripped the width of the ribbon to get the width
I needed. Embossing on the cork seemed to toughen it up some.
Possibly the cork melted together a little. I just embossed black
powder on black ink, but a colored powder, or ink with clear
powder, would probably look nice. Depends on the image you stamp. From: Holly R
When I stamp on cork I use fabrico ink. I have to heat set the
image because it takes forever to dry. I have colored in my images.
I just use marvy's. Again I have to heat set the colors to. I
hope this is helpful!!!
From: Bonnie H.
what I have found out it is that you have to choose your image
carefully, some stamps just don't show up well. What I am doing
is a fish using a dark pigment ink and then embossing it with
the ultra fine black ep. It looks like a dark sillouette(SP)
quite effective. I am then putting a very light green wash on
it, and will seal it all with a satin varnish. I am also going
to have to back it with cardboard to make it more durable. From: Kym -
A couple of weeks ago I bought some of those heat proof cork
mats. They were square ones, came in a set of three different
sizes and (best of all) they were cheap and PLAIN. I used the
smallest one to experiment. I tried marvies, Fabrico ink, black
ink, embossing markers, fine line black ep, clear ep.....
The best results came from a simple stamp with lots of open area
(I used the PSX chili stamp), black Fabrico ink embossed with
fine line black ep (the clear worked well too) and coloured in
with marvies. I
topped it off with a few coats of sealer. It looks wonderful! From Linda
I have stamped on cork gasket (rubberized) material that I bought
at an auto shop, and it was very heavy and thick. I stamped with
Black ink and put black EP on it, but when I heated it, although
the image came out really nicely, the smell from the heated gasket
material was terrible. I have since purchased Magenta's cork
sheets and they are thin like paper (and they do pull apart easily
if you're not careful) However, I again stamped in black ink
and embossed with black EP. The cork curled up when heated, but
when I glued it down on a card it layed back flat again. It is
wonderful using wild animal stamps.
From: Alleycat
I use permanent ink or I emboss on it. The permanent ink does
take some time to dry (oryou can heat it dry), but it's worth
the wait. I've stamped on the craft cork and the automotive gasket
cork. I must say
that I prefer the automotive stuff because it's thin and the
cork pieces seem to be tighter - I've used Magenta stamps on
automotive cork and it looks great! I've never noticed an oil
smell coming from it when heated - but I'm not sure what's all
in it. If you emboss, I recommend sticking to the basics like
black, white and gold only because the texture of the cork can
take away from some of those really fancy eps - experiment! From: Robin
I embossed on cork with burgundy ep. It turned out pretty good.
If you just used regular ink I think the watercolor ink pads
would work the best since they don't smear.
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