Stamping on Stampbord

Have you ever tried using Stampbord? It is a soft clay mounted on a very stiff board. You stamp your image, I use Marvy inks, add coloring and then with a special tool, scrape off the color leaving vivid white areas. It is a lot of fun to play with and with some awesome results. I thought I would share some of the cards I have made using Stampbord.

As you can see from my cards, it comes in a variety of shapes and sizes although they have now discontinued the round and oval shapes. Check the Stampscapes website to see if Kevin has any left for sale. You will also find lots of wonderful examples in the Stampbord gallery. All the images in the first 2 cards are from Stampscapes.

The snow leopard is from Coronado Island Rubber stamps. The birdhouse is from Impression Obsession rubber stamps and was inspired by a Ken Pesho creation.

Stampbord Lakeside Cabin

Ampersand makes a wonderful product called Stampbord. It is a hunk of board with clay adhered to it. You stamp on it, then scrape off bits of clay revealing the white underneath as accents. This card uses a 3.5 x 5 inch oval stampbord. I stamped with Marvy Matchables Black ink, masking the tree to add the cabin and rocks. I also masked the rocks when I was adding the branches as well as the ink for the water. Using Adirondack Lights Aqua and Earthtones Stream with a Colorbox Stylus I colored in the water. The sky is Adirondack Lights Cool Peri and Earthtones Denim with some Stream added in as well. The Adirondack Lights are very pale and create a base color for your other colors to blend on to. The cabin and the rocks in the foreground were colored with Tombow marker 912 Pale Cherry. I added some 098 Avocado to the rocks for shading. The tree trunk was colored using 977 Saddle Brown. And lastly I added 992 Sand to the rocks and shrubs on the island. The next step is to scratch the ink back off creating highlights. Since I do not have a moon in the sky, I hoped to give the impression that it is to the right side of the scene by highlighting everything on the right side. As the final step, I used a glossy clear acrylic spray to seal the stampbord The peel off stickers helped to fill up the extra space on the 5 x 7 card.