Stamp Art For Letters?

Question

I recently became a member of a charitable orginazation that, monthly, sends out many postal letters. I want to jazz them up, with stamp art in a classy, formal, and have them still be readable!

Any suggestions, books, websites, welcome!

Both text and paper on a very limited budget. Stamping the paper with designs and possibly some of the text/signatures is what i'm leaning on. A letter that is usually done on computer paper that will view as artistic/ beautifull, fun and business proffesional!

Answer 1

Are you wanting to jazz up the text, or the paper itself, or what?

If you want to stick with stamping, you can use embossing powder on stamped or drawn outlines (with something sticky like the special embossing ink pads and pens, or just glycerin or ball-point pen ink) ... then you'd add embossing powder, pour off excess, and heat the powder till it melts and becomes a continuous puddle. When it cools, it will be a raised image of whatever color embossing powder you used (gold, red, etc.). For example, I like to put a small embossed image (usually created with a rubberstamp) in the top corner of some of my "special" cards, gift tags, announcements, etc.... or all along the top; I often use Gold embossing powder.

But there are ALL kinds of other things that "rubberstampers" have dreamed up and experimented with that are way too numerous to mention... for those, maybe start with some of these links:
http://www.google.com/search?sourceid=navclient&aq=t&ie=UTF-8&rls=GGLC,GGLC:1969-53,GGLC:en&q=rubber+stamping+ideas

http://netnet.net/~cloud9/newbie/new_center.html

Another idea would be to photocopy a fancy "frame" (or anything you want really) around the border of the sheets of paper you're mailing ...even if the frame itself is only black (from a regular photocopier or printer) to save money, they can look great on colored paper, or with some "background" art created with stamping, sponging, etc. (just be aware that the ink from inkjet printers is not-permanent and so could run if exposed to water or other solvents). Oh, and you'll need to put the frame image onto a transparency sheet to allow it to be photocopied onto paper if you already have your writing/art already on the paper (photocopying it --from a Dover book on "frames" or your own drawing-- would be one way).

HTH,


Diane B.