I'll show you all kinds of fun things you can do with it, and so will the review team, but what I wanted to tell you about is the FEELING that it gave me.
The feeling was identical to the feeling I had when I grabbed the little plastic egg with Silly Putty in it (I can recall the smell right now with Proust vividness) and made little prints of the colored comics.
Remember how you could stretch and distort the images you picked up after that, and how magical it was? So much fun. Then just squish it all up to erase and start again. Magic.
That's how I felt with the Magic Stamp. Like Silly Putty, you use it to make reverse impressions. You heat the foam and press it onto something with texture, and it then becomes a custom stamp. Simple, and extremely fun. When you're done stamping, just heat it again to erase that impression and create a new one.
I started with things in my craft room - first up was this stunning rose background stamp, which is a delicate line art image. With Magic Stamp, the open areas become solid, and the lines become the negative space. I layered the magic stamp image stamped in Paradise Ink on top of the background stamped panel to show the difference. Then I cut the word hugs out of that panel with this die, and cut two more out of thin fun foam to piece back into the space. I added my favorite sequins. Really fun to see the reversed image of a favorite stamp.
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I did the same thing in black and white, and added green glimmer paper and the SMILE die cut. I reversed the shadow on the I because of a strange compulsion I have to make the center element of anything with an odd number different from what's on either side. You probably wouldn't have even noticed, but I also had a compulsion to tell you about it. The porous texture of the magic stamp almost makes the panel look like it was done with charcoal, which is cool.
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Last - I had just gotten this fun sequin assortment from Hero Arts that has little plastic shells in it. So I dumped a pile of them on my desk, and smooshed the warm Magic Stamp into it, inked it in this grey ink, and stamped it - it almost looks like a photograph! So much fun! Then I added those same sequins on top of it for a little pop of color and found the perfect sentiment here. I especially love the way the shells printed.
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So I have a quick video of the process for you - you will see how easy and fun it is to use.
Next - go see what the rest of the team has done with it - I'll be joining you!
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cool. and very clever use of that product
ReplyDeleteSuper cool!
ReplyDeleteSuch fun!!! I set a strict no buying rule for myself, and you’re going to make me betray myself already. I love what you did with the Magic Stamp... especially the sequin trick... brilliant! And yes, the horse needs to go to Southeby’s.
ReplyDeleteYa know, I really should stop reading your blog because you convince me of stuff I need. But then I'm never sorry you convinced me. So I'll keep reading. :-)
ReplyDeleteI remember doing that exact same thing with Silly Putty! Can't remember the smell, but I do remember the magic of it. Thanks for sharing your results! :) ~ Andrea
ReplyDeleteThat's looks so fun! How long does the impression last if you don't heat it? If you left it for a few hours does it disappear?
ReplyDeleteHI Christine! It stays forever until you heat it again!
DeleteSuch a fun and interesting new product...thanks so much for the video.
ReplyDeleteyou rock mf.
xx Karen
Sigh my wish list just got longer. Looks like s lot of fun.
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