Making Gifts with Rubber Stamps

Making Gifts with Rubber Stamps
by Judy Claxton, Sandra McCall

Making Gifts with Rubber Stamps
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Author: Judy Claxton, Sandra McCall
Edition: Paperback
Audio: English (Unknown); English (Original Language); English (Published)
Published: 2000-11
ISBN: 1581800819
Number of pages: 128
Publisher: North Light Books

Book Reviews of Making Gifts with Rubber Stamps

Book Review: Finally, a way to share the riches of talent!
Summary: 5 Stars

I'll admit it. I'm prejudiced. I happen to think that Sandra McCall is one of the most creative people I've ever met and I've met quite a collection of wonderfully innovative minds since I started stamping.

"Making Gifts with Rubber Stamps" has pages and pages of detailed color photos of a variety of projects. The sequential photos, supplemented by clear descriptions, make the projects very easy to understand. There is even a set of drawings on making your own tassels. Helpful hints, such as how to remove acrylic paint from stamps and tips for cutting paper and chipboard, are scattered strategically throughout the book.

Sandra also includes several pages of tips at the beginning of the book, discussing the pros and cons of a variety of products. I know one of her favorite places to find art supplies is the hardware store; it leads to very interesting results! Patterns and basic diagrams with measurements are included, but Sandra is careful to explain that these measurements are guidelines, not edicts. A list of suppliers and an a reasonably complete index complete the book.

The list of projects includes fancy fan book, simple album, perfect presentation display box*, dowel-spined book, surprise jewelry box, small stationery folio, large portfolio, pocket portfolio, shadow box, pendant purse, burnished metal container, very velvet pouch, fabric pins, EnviroTex pins, clay works, PaperClay medallions, Poly dolly necklace, window to my art, "Light Up Your Life" lampshades, beautiful beads, shrink plastic basics, and shrink art push pins. Oh, and just to tantalize you, Sandra found the best use of H-O railroad scale people that I've ever seen!

(* I think that the perfect presentation box is either the same or very similar to something that won Sandra one of the top awards from the juried show at the second ArtFest in Seattle.)

I've had the privilege of taking several of Sandra's classes and this book is much like those classes ... you get much more than your money's worth!

Summary of Making Gifts with Rubber Stamps

Make unique, expressive gifts with rubber stamps in combination with mixed media such as polymer clay, shrink plastic, handmade paper and more. Each project demonstrates a specific technique, then goes on to include stunning examples of how each technique can be combined or refined to produce a sophisticated piece of art. Included are guidelines for crafting greeting cards, books, boxes, portfolios, jewelry and more, along with valuable advice on: embossing, masking and eraser carving; mono printing, ink blown back grounds, bleeding marker tissure, faux marbling, plastic wrap and rubbings; shadow boxes, scratch art, shrink art, beads, clay works, fabric scraps and wearable art; basic tools and composition tips; One of the most recognized, prolific and innovative rubber stamp artists. Sandra McCall is an author, artist, teacher and co-owner of Gains & McCall Rubber Art Stamps. She has taught workshops on decorative surface embellishments for paper and jewelry art, and has written several instructive articles for major rubber stamping magazines.

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