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This tutorial was written in February 2002. Then in April of that Year,
Lynette of Designs Ink'd asked me to write one for her, the one on her site was
a bit more detailed but sadly it is no longer available. (Might put it on here
when I get a moment!)
Addendum: November 2003
AS SEEN IN STAMPING AND PAPERCRAFT:
Template like the one used by Sally Garrett in Stamping and Papercraft
(available from this page). I am only
making this template available for the time being, if you're interested in
making your own faux postage template, including the one I designed with
two small stamps on one side and a longer one on the other side, please see
Stamping and Papercraft Vol 8. No. 9 where you will find my "Generating
your own Faux Postage tutorial.
Here we go
First download either the pdf file or the word document file to your
computer and print a copy. The Templates are available
here. If you want to customise your
templates, use the DOC ones. The Word templates were developed for the
Designs Ink'd tutorial.
To save files to your computer, from your browser, simply click on one of
the link above using your RIGHT MOUSE BUTTON. Then select "Save Target As"
and save the file to your hard drive.
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You will have this when you
print out the image.
I am basing these instructions on the 2x2 template, do the same thing if
you use the 3x2 or if you customise the Word document yourself.
How to make a template to stamp!
This is the fun, and tricky part!
Take a piece of acetate larger than the image of the stamps (illustrated
here by the dark blue outline).
Place the acetate on top of your printout to mark the areas you will have
to cut out.
Mark the acetate according the the shaded (reddish) areas. A permanent
marker/texter works best for this.
Using your cutting mat and a craft knife cut out the shaded areas.
If you do not have any acetate, you can use large Post-It notes to cut
through, just mark them as you would mark the acetate but by placing the
paper and the Post-It on a window to see through, and see what you are
doing.
You can also use post its to mask the areas around the shaded areas and
just stamp directly on the paper using Post-It notes rather than an acetate
template.
When your acetate is finished, place your printed paper on the work surface
(I like to use invisible sticky tape to secure the paper to the work
surface, then the template on top of it. Though I don't always bother.
Stamp the images as you would like, with or without backgrounds, you can
sponge, brayer, stipple, mask and stamp, use any technique you want!
When your stamps are finished, remove the acetate.
If you want, you can now stamp cancellation stamps over your stamps.
The final cut
Cut on the dotted lines to give the effect of a cut out stamp if you want
to mount them individually, or you can cut similarly to the red line in the
image below to give your stamps the effect of a "Special Edition" Issue.
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Other people's samples below, and
here; more
of mine can be seen
here.
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Sharon used individual stamps and mounted them like pieces of art.
Sharon has more faux postage on display at
Webshots
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Bron Hogan carried the theme of the stamps to the card as well.
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Bron Hogan proves Faux Postage can be fun, and is not limited to "Arty"
stamps.
This card was made with a store bought perforated template by Collections.
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Here I used a customised template for a special occasion.
More of my Faux Postage can be seen
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Other Faux Postage links:
Galleries
Instructions on Faux Postage
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Stamping and Papercraft in Vol.8
no.8 I wrote an article on how to create your own Faux Postage grids
on the computer, using Word.
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StampHappy Online Faux Postage Class (LINK
CURRENTLY NOT AVAILABLE)
class given by my Faux Postage Guru, Bron Hogan, from Tassie! (See two of
Bron's cards above!).
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Designs
Ink'd Tutorial written by me. (SEEMS TO BE OFF LINE AT THE
MOMENT)
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My Faux Postage Templates
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Detailed
instructions to make Faux Postage using the computer. I found this
after I made my templates. The last step of these instructions very clearly
explains how to make an acetate template (if I wasn't clear!)
Fun Site
Create
your own Fun Stamps.
Here you can upload
an image and get a sheet of postage stamps, with or without monetary
value.
Commercial
The Olathe
Poste will perforate your artistamps and postoids:
Julie VanOosten's Perforated sheets are available from her or from
BumbleBee Crafts who do mail order.
Note Jan 2003: The website service Julie was using is no longer
available, you can reach Julie here:
Collections Rubber Stamps, PO Box 3063, Malaga DC, WA, 6945
or via email at eureka@icenet.com.au
Studio Astarte has a few
mini plates for decorating and making your faux postage.
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