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Create Card Backgrounds with Stamping Blocks

February 28, 2022 by Heather Holbrook

Create Card Backgrounds with Stamping Blocks

Your clear acrylic stamping blocks of course hold your stamps for stamping but did you know you can also use them alone for techniques too? They make great non-porous palates for mixing inks and paints and they can also create fun backgrounds also. Daniel used a round block, added different ink colors, spritzed it with water and stamped it for the background of this sweet card.

Visit the Ellen Hutson blog for more details.

-Heather

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