Tips & Tricks: Make a Postage Stamp

Weekly Tips from our Creative Team

Moderator: ACOT Employee

Post Reply
User avatar
Smiley-Scrap8
Cherry Cola
Posts: 6191
Gallery: 889
Location: Georgia

Tips & Tricks: Make a Postage Stamp

Post by Smiley-Scrap8 »

This tip is for both the paper and digi scrapper. I want to show you have easy it is to make your own postage stamp embellishment.
I used this product from Kollage by Kay in our digi shop:

Image
I'll make a paper stamp first.

First thing you want to do is open your sheet of 1 inch images and print out the whole sheet.

Image

Now cut out the images you want to use and edge them with stamp edger scissors. (I didn't have scissors the right size so I went old school and used an eyelet punch, hammer and all.)

Image

Now just adhere your stamps to your project.

Image
Now for the digital stamp.

Open the image sheet and use your rectangular marquee tool to copy and paste the image you want to a new canvas.

Image

You may want to make your background black so that you can see your stamped edge easier.

Now go to WINDOW>BRUSHES and you should see a new window open. Click on your eraser tool and choose a round brush set at about 19.

Click on BRUSH TIP SHAPE and you should see a slide bar that says SPACING. Check the box and slide the bar to 160%.

You should see the dots of the brush spread apart.

Image

Now using your guide lines simply erase down each side of the image.

Image

When you are done it should look like this and you can drag and drop it to your canvas.

Image

This is exactly what I did to make the stamps on this page:

Image


See, whether you are paper or digi you can make you own stamp just like that!
Ronny
User avatar
MOM2SNOX
A Cherry on Top
Posts: 38661
Gallery: 139
Location: Pacific NorthWET!

Re: Tips & Tricks: Make a Postage Stamp

Post by MOM2SNOX »

Sweeeet! And excellent tutorial!!! Thanks for sharing!
Trish ~ It's all fun and games until somebody loses an EYELET!
User avatar
dshepard
Cherry Bing
Posts: 2553
Gallery: 520
Location: Northeast OK

Re: Tips & Tricks: Make a Postage Stamp

Post by dshepard »

Oh, that's cool...I didn't know about the brush spacing. It's always great to learn something new. Thanks for doing it for paper and digi! :-D
Danna :)

Image
Proudly creating for Image Image
User avatar
emarie803
Cherry Jubilee
Posts: 14782
Gallery: 691
Location: The Mile High City

Re: Tips & Tricks: Make a Postage Stamp

Post by emarie803 »

That's cool Ronny!! Thanks!
User avatar
SarahA
Chocolate Covered Cherry
Posts: 9445
Gallery: 358

Re: Tips & Tricks: Make a Postage Stamp

Post by SarahA »

Awesome tutorial, Ronny! The stamps are so cute!
User avatar
LyndaKay
Cherry Jubilee
Posts: 14970
Gallery: 40

Re: Tips & Tricks: Make a Postage Stamp

Post by LyndaKay »

Great explanation!!!


Lynda
User avatar
immom2anc
Sweet Cherry Pie
Posts: 1646
Gallery: 264

Re: Tips & Tricks: Make a Postage Stamp

Post by immom2anc »

Thanks for the tips!! I forgot about digi "stamps"! Another trick to the edges is to click at the edge, hold the shift key then click on the opposite edge. You'll get accurate spacing and a horizontal line. I always turn on the gridlines too. :)
**Kristen**
My photography: http://www.kristencarterphotography.com
Image Image ImageImage Image
User avatar
Shadywolfe
Cherry Blossom
Posts: 397
Gallery: 66

Re: Tips & Tricks: Make a Postage Stamp

Post by Shadywolfe »

I'm gonna try this! ty
Image
User avatar
Chan138
Cherry Blossom
Posts: 182

Re: Tips & Tricks: Make a Postage Stamp

Post by Chan138 »

Need to try this! Thanks!
User avatar
Ayla
Cherry Addict
Posts: 27675
Gallery: 1078
Location: Murfreesboro, Tennessee

Re: Tips & Tricks: Make a Postage Stamp

Post by Ayla »

That's very cool! What a neat custom embellishment.
 Image Image
You don't quit playing because you grow old....you grow old because you quit playing.
 
User avatar
Renee
Chocolate Covered Cherry
Posts: 8833
Gallery: 353

Re: Tips & Tricks: Make a Postage Stamp

Post by Renee »

That's a really awesome trick :) I can't wait to try it!! Thanks for sharing.
Image
User avatar
scraptag
Cherry Cola
Posts: 7080
Gallery: 567
Location: Next to Disneyland

Re: Tips & Tricks: Make a Postage Stamp

Post by scraptag »

sweet! I love it.
Post Reply

Return to “Scrapbooking Tips”