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Nylons? How do you do that?

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The idea is that the nylons are kind of like vellum in that they are somewhat see-through. It looks like normal ink will work. The following examples are summarized from the Sept. '05 issue of Rubber Stamper magazine. I'll post more detail when I actually try the technique myself.

In the first example, three flowers were stamped and embossed onto a rectangular piece of card stock. Then a piece of nylon was stretched over the cardstock and fastened on the back. A background stamp and dye ink was used on the nylon. Then a hole was cut in the center to open it up around the flowers. The edges around the hole were stitched with thread then tacked down with glue to keep the opening open.

In the second example, a background stamp was stamped on cardstock, then nylon stretched over the stamped cardstock, then another stamp used to stamp the nylon with pigment ink. Then the nylon was randomly stretched to create little holes. Embellishments and such were added on top.

In the final example, a vase shape was cut out of cardstock. The vase was stamped then run through a Xyron machine to cover the front with clear glue. Nylon was stretched over the vase and tacked down on the reverse side. Then 3 different colors of embossing powder were sprinkled over the vase. The powder falls through the holes in the pantyhose and sticks to the glue so there's no need for embossing ink. Then the powder was embossed/heated. The vase was then attached to a cardfront and stamped flowers were cut out and glued to the top of the vase.

Hope that's clear! I'll post when I've tried it out and scan some pics (if the cards turn out decent!) to yahoo photos.

--Barbara

Wow! That sounds complicated but I've baked 3 batches of cookies with my 6 year old granddaughter plus made a batch of dog treats today so everything sounds complicated about now. LOL. I'll be waiting for the next addition.

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