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Smiley-Scrap8

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Tips & Tricks: Make a Postage Stamp
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:

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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.

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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.)

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Now just adhere your stamps to your project.

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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.

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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.

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

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

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

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See, whether you are paper or digi you can make you own stamp just like that!
Ronny
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MOM2SNOX

A Cherry on Top

Re: Tips & Tricks: Make a Postage Stamp
Sweeeet! And excellent tutorial!!! Thanks for sharing!
Trish ~ It's all fun and games until somebody loses an EYELET!
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dshepard

Cherry Bing

Re: Tips & Tricks: Make a Postage Stamp
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 :)

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emarie803

Cherry Jubilee

Re: Tips & Tricks: Make a Postage Stamp
That's cool Ronny!! Thanks!
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SarahA

Chocolate Covered Cherry

Re: Tips & Tricks: Make a Postage Stamp
Awesome tutorial, Ronny! The stamps are so cute!
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LyndaKay

Cherry Jubilee

Re: Tips & Tricks: Make a Postage Stamp
Great explanation!!!


Lynda
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immom2anc

Sweet Cherry Pie

Re: Tips & Tricks: Make a Postage Stamp
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
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Shadywolfe

Cherry Blossom

Re: Tips & Tricks: Make a Postage Stamp
I'm gonna try this! ty
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Chan138

Cherry Blossom

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Need to try this! Thanks!
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Ayla

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That's very cool! What a neat custom embellishment.
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Renee

Chocolate Covered Cherry

Re: Tips & Tricks: Make a Postage Stamp
That's a really awesome trick :) I can't wait to try it!! Thanks for sharing.
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scraptag

Cherry Cola

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sweet! I love it.
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