Advice please
Tess65
stamping party and absolutely loved it, however I am a little
overwhelmed. I just don't know where to start, there is so much, what
would be a good starter kit ? Being a stay home mom I am also on a
tight budget, are there any stores on the web , which may help with
this ?
If somebody could help me out, it would be greatly appreciated . I
need too get my order to my niece , her party closes this Thursday.
Thank You ,
Tess65
Connie Kendall
Embossing Ink, which takes longer to dry, but in which you can emboss with.
Black and clear embossing pads are a great start. A black DYE BASE INK PAD
is great for the other. Get the re-inkers at the same time. Pick out some
stamps that are very universal. Such as hearts, stars, balloons, Alphabets
sets. this is a great start. Next will be a heat gun and embossing
powders. The clear, gold, and silver powders are a great start for these.
When you stamp your image with black embossing ink, and then put silver or
gold powder on it, after you emboss it, it will turn silver or gold and you
will not see the black anymore. It is beautiful. Hope this helps you a bit.
My first buys were the embossing pens in every colored ink, so I could write
with them in any color I liked , plus the fact I could emboss with them too.
IF you write with a red ink embossing pen then put clear powder on it, you
get clear red color. this sort of turns out like a colored sucker or stained
glass look. Have fun. your journey has just begun. I started out with the
pens, 1 stamp of racing horses and some clear embossing powders. I now have
over 3,500 stamps and a whole room full of powders and papers. I love it.
Connie K.
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Kim Ramey
or use a blender pen and it won't smear. Then some white card stock, and a
pack of card stock in a variety of colors, a pack of envelopes, a set of
watercolor pencils and a blender pen, a glue stick or double sided tape, and
a nice set of stamps that go with each other like those parties sell,
whatever strikes your fancy. With this you will be all set to start making
cards. Other things you might like if the above doesn't seem like too much
is a fiskars personal paper trimmer to make straight cuts, and as someone
else said some embossing stuff. And you might want to get their catalog so
you can get ideas from the pics in it. Prepare to have fun!!!! Stamping
is such a nice way to pass the time. Hope this helps. Kim
Pat Kight
While all of these are great suggestions, it's worth pointing out that
all you *really* need to get started stamping are a single stamp and one
good ink pad. Chances are as a mom you've already got crayons or colored
pencils somewhere around the house; for "card stock' you can use just
about any blank paper you have lying around (and who says stamping has
to be limited to paper? One of the coolest things I ever stamped was a
shower curtain liner!). I've stamped on torn up pieces of brown paper
bag and had it turn out pretty nifty.
With just a stamp and some ink, you can practice all kinds of techniques
- repeating an image to make a border, masking, making backgrounds. You
can use household bleach or dishwasher liquid to stamp on dark paper for
a nifty, bleached batik sort of look. You can stamp on your arm and
pretend you got a tattoo!
The important thing is to have fun and stretch your creative muscles. No
need to spend a lot of money to do that.
--Pat Kight
kig...@peak.org
rosie
anitas rubber stamping are doing two stamping kits at the minute. both
got stamps,inks, cards and i know one got heating tool and emossing
powders in. you can get them from a hobbycraft shop, or a big w.one is
about £14.99 and other is about £24.99.i thought this were ideal
starter kits. bye for now . nina
DLHicks
to do the same thing. Then If your party offers hostess incentives, then
your group can budget.
Each person commits to spending so many dollars a quarter. Usually quarters
is what your demonstrators go by for their requirements to remain a
distributor.
Then at these parties each pick out different things to buy. You have your
meeting to make cards and socialize sharing everything. You can also rotate
the hostess so each has an opportunity to receive any hostess benefits.
This is a great way to make friends and share idea's. And pools all your
resources that otherwise may take a long time to get.
Eventually you will get all you want for yourself. You can simply spread
out the time it take to get it and work on a budget. You help each other
out, and help out a demonstrator in your area meet his/her goals in their
organization.
It is an easy concept that I have not been able myself to get organized in
my area as I am a demonstrator, but I am sure if you have a small social
group that would like to learn and share idea's it would work.
I do know that it is working for others. I just need to get out more. : )
Good luck and Happy stamping.
Deb
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Wendi Dunlap
"Kim Ramey" <chec...@sprynet.com> wrote:
> I would buy a black dye ink pad that is waterproof, so you can water color
> or use a blender pen and it won't smear. Then some white card stock, and a
> pack of card stock in a variety of colors, a pack of envelopes, a set of
> watercolor pencils and a blender pen, a glue stick or double sided tape, and
> a nice set of stamps that go with each other like those parties sell,
> whatever strikes your fancy. With this you will be all set to start making
> cards. Other things you might like if the above doesn't seem like too much
> is a fiskars personal paper trimmer to make straight cuts, and as someone
> else said some embossing stuff.
These are excellent suggestions for the most basic items you will need.
Once you have those, you can add these things:
* glitter
* decorative scissors
* ribbon
* colored or metallic ink pads
* hole punches
...etc.
But the basics are as Kim mentioned above.
The original poster also asked if there were stores online -- there are
tons of them, including mine. ;) A web search for any of these
particular items should turn up a bunch of stores.
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