| All you need to make your own personalized greeting | | | | invitation for a cocktail party. Rubber Stampede has |
| card or scrapbook page is a rubber stamp and a few | | | | fun stamps. I also was on a "kick" of all oriental themed |
| rubber stamping supplies. Sure you can personalize | | | | stamps, and Rubber Stampede really had some great |
| with your computer but is that really personal? Not for | | | | looking stamps that I used a lot. I can go on and on |
| me. I love to make everything hand-made. It is the | | | | about how great Magenta and Rubber Stampede |
| personal touch that I really like. | | | | stamps are and for that matter each manufacturer of |
| Some basic rubber stamping supplies that you will | | | | rubber stamps. Maybe I will one day but not today. |
| need are of course a rubber stamp, ink pad and some | | | | I also keep some of my rubber stamping supplies in a |
| paper. But with all the really cool rubber stamping | | | | spice rack. That's right a spice rack, I think of it as |
| supplies on the market today, who can just use those | | | | spicing up my crafts. This is a great place for brads, |
| three things? Not me. | | | | eyelets, buttons, rhinestones and anything else that will |
| Your possibilities are endless when it comes to rubber | | | | fit in these small jars. |
| stamping supplies. They can be anything from an | | | | Rubber stamping supplies can also be housed in |
| embellishment that you add to your card or scrapbook | | | | recycled containers. Since I use a lot of embossing |
| page, to the place where your embellishments are | | | | powder one great container that I use is a plastic |
| stored and organized. I keep all of my rubber stamping | | | | grated cheese container. It has the holes on one side |
| supplies in labeled containers. Since I am not that good | | | | to shake out slowly and the other side is one big |
| in remembering which manufacturer of stamps make | | | | opening that I use to put back the un-used powder |
| my favorite stamps like the Magenta stamp, Rubber | | | | back into the container with my funnel dish. |
| Stampede, Hero Arts, Outline Rubber Stamp, | | | | If you have some decorative metal tins, that is also a |
| Stampendous and the list can go on an on, (because | | | | great place for rubber stamping supplies. I have this |
| they are all my favorites), I organize them by theme or | | | | really cure tin that stores my mini spot ink pads. |
| by holiday. | | | | I remember shopping in a kitchen gadget store. They |
| When I just listed some of the stamp manufacturers, I | | | | had silver tins for recipes and I guess cooking supplies. |
| just remembered that I bought the cutest self cling | | | | Well of course I bought them and now they are the |
| Magenta stamp of two cats when I was at the stamp | | | | new home for all of my brads that I have accumulated |
| convention. It reminded me of my two cats when they | | | | over the years along with some of metal picture |
| sit in our window looking like book ends. Another | | | | corners that I have from Making Memories to pewter |
| Magenta stamp that I have is a wood block stamp | | | | charms and Metallic embellishments from Magenta. |
| with the image of a kitten in a field of flowers. Wow, I | | | | Another great place to store your rubber stamping |
| almost forgot about that stamp. I want to make some | | | | supplies is photo boxes. They are inexpensive and a |
| note cards with that one. | | | | great size to hold small paper packs, envelopes, |
| Besides a Magenta stamp, Magenta also makes really | | | | packages of dimensional adhesives and even for |
| cute Metallic, self adhesive embellishments that are | | | | cards that you have made for safe keeping. |
| really great for scrapbook pages, cards and even | | | | For some of those big bulky foam stamps that you |
| picture frames. My favorite is a package that they | | | | might have, a great place to store those and other odd |
| have with four of my favorite words. Create, Imagine, | | | | shaped rubber stamping supplies are in a plastic clear |
| Believe and Dream. I also have a really good video | | | | shoe box. |
| from Magenta "The Art of Stamping Magenta Style" | | | | The most important thing that I can say is LABEL all |
| that shows you how to use your Magenta stamp to | | | | your rubber stamping supplies. There is nothing worse |
| its fullest. | | | | than being in the middle of a project and wanting |
| Another great summer time stamp is from Rubber | | | | something to add to your piece of art and not knowing |
| Stampede. It is a fun border stamp of cocktails. You | | | | where to find it. |
| can use this stamp for a border or you can make an | | | | |