It's a Creative World: Digital Stamps

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Digital Stamps

I LOVE getting inky and gluey, in fact crafting for me is an excuse to get grubby and covered in glitter. So the thought of a grub like ME going digital might seem strange but Digital stamps give you the best of BOTH worlds!

I discovered Mo Manning's digital stamps through a friend's blog. Maurie J Manning is an illustrator of children's books and her style is just GORGEOUS- apologies for gushing! Her drawings of children capture so perfectly the joy, beauty and innocence of childhood!

So a digital stamp- what's that then?!

Well once you've chosen the stamp you want to purchase (I have a VERY long wish list!) all you do is pay through Paypal on the website.

Soon you receive an email with details of how to download your stamp- so that's it- no waiting for the postie to bring your goodies!!

Digital stamps are like any jpeg they can be resized in a photo editing program, which means you can choose a size to suit the card you have in mind! You can print out as many copies as you like too!

Print out the digital stamp ( I like to use fairly heavy weight, quality cardstock such as Crafter's Companion box weight cardstock) and then colour away!

I was worried that the inkjet ink might run with my Copic Pens but I've had no such problems- the cardstock you print on is probably the most important factor! I've not had any problems with water colour pencils either!

The colouring in is my favourite part! Here is Bella and her dog Bronte all coloured in (with Copics) waiting to be made into a card.