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Tips: Using Background Stamps

March 10, 2013 by Heather Holbrook

Tips: Using Background Stamps

Jenn with Penny Black stamps shares a video tutorial showing how to use large background stamps. She’ll show you what inks work well and how to get a good impression. Then she turned her backgrounds into lovely ATC’s (artist trading cards).

-Heather

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Comments

  1. Jean Bullock says

    March 10, 2013 at 11:42 am

    I was interested in seeing how to use the large background stamps, but the link leads to a video showing how to use watercolor pencils to color in a bunny. Can you check and see if that is the right link?

  2. Heather says

    March 11, 2013 at 8:39 am

    Sorry Jean, looks like they have the wrong video linked on their blog.

    -Heather

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