Back to Basics• Rubber Stamping Techniques and Tips

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Handmade Gift WrapsPail Topper stamps come in Cling Rubber™, wood mounted, and Perfectly Clear™ stamps. They’re perfectly sized for the top of the one quart clear pails.

Rubber stamps of any design can be used to make darling wrapping paper.

Clear pails are ideal for gift wrapping and very fun to decorate. They can be covered with stamped toppers or wraps, decorated with stickers, or filled with stamped liners to decorate.

Class A’Peel™ Stickers can be used to create super quick and easy gift wraps and cards.

All of these product for gift wrapping can be purchased at www.stampendous.com

All of these product for gift wrapping can be purchased at www.stampendous.com

A Halloween Pail

A spooky gallon pail decorated with Class A’Peel™ Stickers and adorable ribbons can make a fun Trick or Treat container for candy or a darling hostess gift for a Halloween Party.

A Halloween PailSupplies used to make this project:

From StampendousGALLON PAIL – One gallon clear pailAC1005MRK Silly Spiders Mirror Black Class A’Peel™ StickersAC1004VK Jumbo Bats Velvet Black Class A’Peel™ StickersAC722MRK Spooky Fence Mirror Black Class A’Peel™ StickersAC970HSO Pumpkin Treats Orange Holograph Class A’Peel™ Stickers

Ribbon from Creative Impressions80233 ¼” Black and Orange Gingham80248 3/8” Black and Orange Gingham70276 Black Grid Ribbon70900 Orange with Black Stitch

A Halloween Pail

Some stickers will be easier to position with both hands. Many Stampendous stickers have been created to be perfect along the edge of a project or card.

A Halloween Pail

Smaller stickers are easiest to handle with a craft knife. You can stab or scoop a sticker and use the knife to position the sticker without handling the sticky surface. Stickers are pressure sensitive, press them into place to fully activate the adhesive.

A Halloween Pail

Tie color coordinated, festive ribbons on the handle of your pail. I used two 5” pieces each of 4 different ribbons for a full, fluffy look. Be sure to trim all the ends.

Creative Impressions has THE BEST selection of ribbons in Halloween colors.

A Halloween Pail

Fill your Halloween Pail with Treats or Hostess Gifts. Or send your little ones around the neighborhood to collect their treats in style.

Handmade Gift Wrap

Stamping plain gift wrapping can produce a unique and personal wrapped present.

Handmade Gift Wrap

Supplies used to make this card:

From StampendousN226 Merry MixH270 Joy MixH268 Short SantaH267 Short Moose

From TsukinekoVersaFine™Onyx Black Pigment Ink Encore™ Ultimate Metallic Ink Gold

Ribbon from Creative Impressions80251 3/8” Red Gingham Ribbon

OtherRoll of Brown (kraft) wrapping paperColored Pencils

Handmade Gift Wrap

Cut brown wrapping paper to size needed for your gift before beginning your project.Stamp images on paper. Use Encore gold pigment ink for the Joy word, use Onyx Black VersaFine for the other images. Pigment ink is opaque, so it works well on darker card stocks and colored papers.As you stamp each image, rotate the stamp slightly to different angles, and go off the edges of the paper, creating a random look for your gift wrap.

Handmade Gift WrapUse spots of color to give your images quick interest. You don’t need to completely color in all the images, that would take too much time. Here I used just red and white colored pencils to add a ton of interest and color very quickly.

Inexpensive brown paper has a lot of “tooth” or rough texture to it. Prismacolor™ Colored Pencils work best on papers like this, their color is rich but not waxy.

Notice that I’m not coloring super neatly. I just want the interest of color to define the images, but keep in mind that it’s wrapping paper… it goes in the trash!

Handmade Gift Wrap

Wrap your gift and use a festive ribbon to tie around your package. Be sure to use a color that ties in with your stamping and coloring.

Here, you can’t see the gold words very clearly, but they look beautiful in real life. You can see, however, that it’s important to stamp your images closer together as your gift gets smaller to avoid huge blank areas.

Challenge Prize PackageOne lucky stamper will win all the products used on these two projects, plus products for a small pail, in our Challenge Prize Package! Thanks to:Stampendous, Tsukineko, Creative Impressions, and Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L for these generous prizes. A $95 retail value.