Great Rubber Stamping * Judy Ritchie, Jamie Kilmartin

Ideas, Tips and Techniques. A wonderfully visual, highly practical craft manual written by expert instructors to guide makers through the exact ink selection, stamping techniques, and multi-surface applications needed to master the art of custom rubber stamping.

The Story: Written by prominent crafting specialists Judy Ritchie and Jamie Kilmartin, this classic transforms a simple desk hobby into an exceptionally rich creative workspace. The authors completely shatter the idea that rubber stamping is limited to child's play or simple office tasks. Instead, they establish a technique-first guide that treats ink and rubber as high-yield tools for home styling and paper art, organizing layout mechanics down to their exact physical parameters.

The book guides craft enthusiasts step-by-step through a versatile landscape of creative tracking lines. Its core parameters focus heavily on practical artistic literacy, detailing how simple stamps can create beautiful custom wrapping papers, elegant stationery collections, textured fabrics, and unique home decor accents. An active multimedia toolkit, the guide maps out clear instructions for mastering advanced stamping mechanics.

Readers are instructed on a massive ledger of specialized skills, including multi-color ink blending, heat embossing with metallic powders, shadow stamping, mask techniques, and stamping on alternative surfaces like clay, wood, and canvas. This colorful Sterling Publishing handbook is a shield against muddy prints, uneven ink distributions, or uninspired layouts. It teaches makers visual balance, composition grouping, and care for physical stamps, helping artists turn their workbenches into a joyful personal sanctuary of handmade style.

Perfect For: Passionate papercrafters, card makers, and scrapbookers looking for classic, authentic late-1990s stamping inspiration; beginners seeking a foolproof visual guide to ink types and tools; and collectors archiving out-of-print Sterling lifestyle and craft manuals.

Published 2001 by Hugn Lauter Levine Associates.