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Examples > Direct Stamping

Instructions for Direct Stamping

  1. Prepare the lens by the "release assist" technique and place the lens over the stamped image.

  2. Rotate the lens to get lines or a linear look on the AZ stamped background.

  3. Slowly rotate the lens so that the lines become wider and wider.

  4. Keep moving the lens slowly until the lines disappear. (If you rotate too far the lines will reappear. Reverse the rotation and try again, it gets easier with practice).

  5. Hold the lens firmly in place with one hand and remove the release assist film from the top with the other hand.

  6. Press down at top to contact the adhesive and continue as outlined in the release assist technique.
A variety of stamps can be stamped directly over AZ stamped backgrounds to obtain card designs. The AZ stamp may be inked with sponges, mini-ink pads or any other inking method. Align the lens to create colored lines that move rather the than come and go. Vary the line width with lens alignment.


The 'Thanks' example illustrates a direct stamping technique used to make background colors come and go.

direct stamping example

  1. A large AZ stamp is brayered with a Rainbow (Kaleidacolor - Creolespice) dye pad and stamped onto Glossy White paper to make a background of fine lines.

  2. 'Thanks' word stamp (Verses Rubber Stamps) is inked (black Ancient Page) and stamped directly onto the background.

  3. The flower (Hero Arts) is inked with the Kaleidacolor Creolespice pad and randomly stamped directly on the background.

  4. An AL 45 lens is then applied using the release assist technique (and the release film saved from the previous Active Image paper examples. Lens alignment is critical to achieve the "come and go effect". If alignment is not exact, a 'shimmer' look or color bands appear that move when the card is flexed.



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