<fab> Hi cak

<Jambalaya> ya?

<cak> hiya

<BC-afk> hi cak

<Jambalaya> well, better than real tattoos<g>

<pmstamper> hi cak

<Jambalaya> hiya cak

<fab> Yeah, these come off in the tub

<Wanda> my boys would think that was great

<Jambalaya> hi joy

<joy> hi all

<fab> Daughter only gives them washable kid ink

<fab> They are 2 and 3 years old

<BC-afk> hi joy

<pmstamper> hi joy

<fab> I can tell you that they sure cover themselves quickly

<fab> I think this comes from a community practice of stamping the backs of kids hands as a sort of reward

<Jambalaya> janet did a class a long time ago, named stamping with kids, i asked jeez they must be hard to clean the ink off of<g>

<BC-afk> hi andrea

<Jambalaya> hi AndreaFL

<Wanda> lol

<fab> Not the washables

<Jambalaya> no fab, read it again

<fab> lol

<Jambalaya> stamping with kids

<AndreaFL> hi everyone

<fab> so you ink em up and stamp em!

<cak> but their little hands are so cute

<fab> fMight make some great fabric this way

<Jambalaya> ok, let's get started for real now<g>

<fab> Think, shroud of Turin

<AndreaFL> I'm thinking inky tuckusses

<Jambalaya> WHAT'S THE CRAZIEST SURFACE YOU'VE STAMPED ON?

<fab> An old shirt of mine

<AndreaFL> metal mesh

<fab> I was going to toss it out so I used it to experiment on

<cak> I'm not very adventuresome--a wooden postcard

<joy> window screen

<BC-afk> my hubby's gangbox (big toolbox)

<fab> Joy, could you see the image?

<joy> not so well so I filled it in with diamond glaze, but it embosses really good

<AndreaFL> hi Verbie

<Jambalaya> hi verb

<fab> hi verb

<Stampverb> hiya

<Jambalaya> oooo that sounds cool joy

<BC-afk> hi verb

<Stampverb> did I miss Vyx or is she late?

<Jambalaya> haven't seen her verb

<Stampverb> (i.e. later than me--sorry)

<joy> she told me last night she was going to garden today

<Jambalaya> WHAT'S THE CRAZIEST SURFACE YOU'VE STAMPED ON?

<AndreaFL> VErb, I just got here myself

<Stampverb> ok, I encouraged her to be here to share her sneakers

<pmstamper> I'm having a hard time with this...

<fab> Those must be fun

<cak> I wonder if you could color the diamond glaze and make color the window screen image?

<pmstamper> it seems reasonable to stamp on everything, so nothing is crazy. lol.

<Jambalaya> glaze pens cak

<cak> lol

<cak> (and thanks Jamba--I didn't think of that at all)

<joy> embossing gold sparkle onto window screen is really pretty

<Jambalaya> true pat, but many folks never stamp on anything but paper

<Jambalaya> oh yum, joy

<fab> Stamp into UTEE on matboard

<joy> I agree with Pat, if it doesn't move to fast try stamping on it

<pmstamper> that does sound cool, joy.

<Jambalaya> thats one of my favorites, fab

<fab> Makes nice decorative pieces

<Stampverb> I stamped on a moving target, though.....

<joy> lol

<fab> What?

<Jambalaya> lol

<Stampverb> the whitewalls of a friend's tires

<Jambalaya> andy has stamped on charles<g>

<fab> What ink for that

<Stampverb> well this was 30 years ago--prolly used India ink

<fab> I have stamped t shirts for kids

<joy> I threatened to stamp keycats (waverunners) in Key West

<Kriztina> oh no i have a funny story about a weird stamp, not what was stamped on

<fab> tell

<Kriztina> well hubby bill used to do this haunted house thing where he worked

<Kriztina> so one year he decided to go as road kill, so he took some of my paints and painted the car tire tread and ran over the shirt

<fab> lol

<Kriztina> so it was real live tire marks on the shirt

<BC-afk> lol

<fab> very clever

<pmstamper> lol, gosh, I never thought my tires were the largest rubberstamps I own.

<Jambalaya> well, tires are rubber, so yep, that counts<g>

<joy> how clever

<Kriztina> shirt looked pretty good once you added in the fake blood splatters on it too

<fab> I did stamp on some clayboard at convention once

<pmstamper> what is clayboard, fab?

<fab> It is a hard composite board coated with a white surface

<fab> It can be painted or stamped and then carved or scratched back to white

<fab> You can do that to create texture or highlights

<fab> It is about as shick as the thinner dominoes

<fab> and comes in lots of sizes

<fab> shick=thick

<pmstamper> that sounds interesting--maybe to do a wall decoration with?

<fab> Could be an emblishment, jewelry, or wall dec.

<pmstamper> cool

<fab> Depends on the size of the piece

<Stampverb> not too heavy to be a brooch?

<fab> No

<Stampverb> great

<fab> The smaller pieces would be fine

<fab> about 3/16 thick

<fab> You could drill it to hang beads and the like from it

<cak> so it's easy to drill?

<fab> I have not done it but I don't see why not

<Stampverb> seems the scratch-off part of the technique would lend itself to the close-up scrutiny that jewelry gets

<fab> A dremel tool maybe

<cak> can you use linoleum carvers so "make marks" on it?

<fab> fMaybe

<fab> The recommended tools are the scratch tools used with scratch board

<cak> I guess you really odn't want to score too deeply

<Stampverb> yeah, but those mfrs' sufggestions haven't stopped us yet!

<fab> I think you could use a hooby knife too

<fab> hooby = hobby

<fab> Maybe a safety pin too

<BC-afk> I gathered up the pieces to a broken gourd today to try making embellishments with

<joy> I bet that would make nice jelery pieces too

<cak> those are pretty light too aren't they?

<Jambalaya> hi scout

<BC-afk> hi scout

<Stampverb> lol, your typo reminded me of a long-ago pal who called her old junker car a "Hoob-tee" and claimed "everyone" knows that's what they're called....

<fab> Was it already decorated?

<BC-afk> yeah, they are light

<scout> hI, between watching a dog show and checking email, lost track of time.

<BC-afk> no, fab, just had them out on the porch

<BC-afk> been meaning to get to doing something with them for a while now, lol

<BC-afk> cats broke one of them and as I was picking up the pieces got to thinking they'd be good bellies

<scout> Any URL's I missed?

<joy> lol

<cak> how big are the pieces?

<fab> broken pieces of a decorated gourd might look like "artifacts"

<BC-afk> hi momcat

<joy> kittie bellies

<MomCat> Hi!

<BC-afk> yeah, that's what I was thinking

<Jambalaya> hi mom

<scout> hi

<pmstamper> hi momcat

<fab> If you stamp over the broken pieces they can still be artifact

<fab> Hi April

<scout> hi, April

<cak> I bet they'd hold up to heat embossing too

<fab> Scout, we did not have any URLs tonight

<April> hieveryone just got back from vacation

<Stampverb> hi April

<scout> ok

<April> glad to be home :)

<Jambalaya> hi April

<BC-afk> maybe stamp them with geometrics or p....

<cak> and even the smaller pieces would look great with parts of images on them

<BC-afk> pooh, can't think of the word....cave wall drawings?

<Jambalaya> we're discussing alternate stamping surfaces

<Stampverb> TOPIC tonight: what is the strangest thing y'all have stamped on?

<cak> petroglyphs?

<Stampverb> petroglyphs?

<AndreaFL> petroglyphs

<BC-afk> yeah, ty

<fab> Maybe some Egyptian type stuff

<BC-afk> oh, that would be good too

<cak> yeah, like some archeological dig products!

<Stampverb> like what Vyx did on her gourd

<fab> Then stain/antique the edges

<BC-afk> yes!

<AndreaFL> verb...maybe that word will be in Monday's game, better make a note

<BC-afk> oh, vyx did a great gourd

<fab> She stamped on tissue first

<fab> So it would go over the curves

<Stampverb> yeah, tough when ya got compound curves

<BC-afk> good idea

<BC-afk> hi vyx

<Vyx> hiya all

<Stampverb> speak of the devilette!

<fab> The outside curves are not so bad, the inside ones are killers

<BC-afk> are your ears burning? <G>

<BC-afk> we were just talking about the stamped gourd you were showing us recently

<Jambalaya> get the shoes vyx

<fab> We were talking about your gourd

<joy> hey vyx, I didn't mean to blip out last night, came back and you were gone-sorry

<Vyx> just got out of the shower, but I was told to be here so here I am. :)

<Jambalaya> and the gourd

<Stampverb> and we mentioned your sneakers

<AndreaFL> (((Vyx)))

<Vyx> The gourd is getting final coats of gloss.

<Stampverb> lol, Verbie the slavedriver

<Wanda> I altered a pair of shoes but they weren't to wear, just for art

<fab> Art is good too

<Vyx> Sneakers I might be able to help with, if you don't mind while I go hunt down the url.

<fab> We can't wear it all

<AndreaFL> we can't?

<Vyx> I wear mine!

<AndreaFL> shucks

<fab> We could try

<Vyx> http://members.cox.net/vyxxan/shoes.html

<BC-afk> those shoes are great, vyx

<joy> wooohooo

<Vyx> They've worn well, too... aside from the paint coming off the rubber outter sole.

<stampcat2> Love the colors

<Vyx> The shoes are holding up better than the laces.. the laces look dusty now.

<BC-afk> you'd be able to replace the laces tho

<fab> I was wondering about the Lumiere on the rubber

<Vyx> Yep!

<Vyx> Wears off after a while, Fab.

<Stampverb> gotta stop rototilling in them, Vyx <g>

<fab> Those are a wow

<BC-afk> lol verb

<Vyx> LOL, I have a pair of old canvas shoes I've been wearing to rototill in.

<fab> Do you think that Lumiere would adhere to mica flakes

<pmstamper> wow, vyx, very very cool.

<joy> alcohol inks will adhere to mica flakes

<Vyx> Fab, yes, but not anyway gonna be permanent.. If you rubbed it, it'd prolly peel off.

<fab> OK, I just need temporary

<Vyx> Lumiere is acrylic, will rub off.

<fab> Don't have alcohol inks yet.

<Vyx> Well, it'd stay if it was something that never got washed or worked at.

<Stampverb> fab, just don't click yer heels together

<fab> Plan to buy on next trip to Los Angeles

<fab> Can do

<pmstamper> are those actual laces in all those different colors?

<Vyx> YES! I bought em to use for cards and such, lol.

<Vyx> But they are all shoe laces with aglets on ends.

<fab> I must have seen laces like that a kiosk on a shopping mall

<joy> where did you find all the laces?

<pmstamper> I must be looking in the wrong stores.

<pmstamper> those are too cool.

<Stampverb> me too pat

<Vyx> I found all those for 5 for a dollar at a bargain store.

<Vyx> Like a close-out place.

<joy> they look better then some of the fibers ya buy

<Stampverb> and then, shockingly, used em for their intended purpose!

<pmstamper> rotfl

<Vyx> Yeah... except for one pink lace... I did use part of one pink lace on a card for ribbon. LOL!

<fab> They almost look like ribbon

* Stampverb thwaps Vyx

<Vyx> I'm sorry now that I didn't buy more, but I was gonna run out of money.

<fab> We are all in danger of that

<Vyx> It helps that I have small feet... most of those laces were meant for like 5 year old girl shoes.

* pmstamper hides my size 10s

<Vyx> 28 inch laces don't fit mostly for adult shoes.

<fab> Well then your idea of sewing two together would be great

<joy> I can see eyeletting a card and lacing it

<Vyx> Anyhow, y'all want me to find the purses, stamped purses?

<fab> Yeah

<AndreaFL> oh, I forgot that I'd done that, ....yeah Vyx's purses are great

<Stampverb> question--can you stamp on cheapo vinyl?

<Stampverb> what ink?

<fab> I bet you could with Stazon

<AndreaFL> Stazon

<Vyx> http://members.cox.net/vyxxan/purses/purses.html

<Stampverb> I saw nice inexpensive billfolds at dollar store and thought....

<BC-afk> show your gourd too vyx

<AndreaFL> Tote that barge, Vyx.

<Vyx> I'd use stazon for vinyl...

<Stampverb> yeah, Vyx, show it ALL! lol

<Vyx> lift that bale? I'm really tired tonight... got my garden almost done, tho.

<cak> uh, now for a basic question--do you have to heat set Staz-on?

<Stampverb> ok, Stazon will get the trial run then

<pmstamper> Andy did a thing where she stamped on clear vinyl and used it as a pocket to put candy in on a card, couple of years ago.

<Vyx> Gourd I'm not sure... oh, on other website, that's why.

<AndreaFL> cak, I always heat set Stazon when I use it

<Vyx> Chalk inks would prolly be good on vinyl, too. Those are some of the best inks I've ever used.

<Stampverb> which brand of chalks do folks like best?

<Vyx> I think Janet stamps on vinyl with something... for clingies.

<Vyx> Colorbox Fluid Chalks, Verbie.

<cak> I think she heat sets--very carefully

<Stampverb> k

<AndreaFL> the only kind I have is ummmm.....brain stopped...starts with F

<AndreaFL> Fresco

<Stampverb> Fabrico?

<fab> Fresco?

<Stampverb> ok fresco

<Vyx> http://www.dm.net/~vyxxan/stampnight/stampclub.html

<Vyx> Down at bottom of that page should have gourd.

<joy> bet those new Hyrbrid ones would work too

<AndreaFL> Verb...have had major headaches trying to reink the Freso inks..maybe that's why they stopped making them?

<Vyx> Next to last picture, I forgot Rita is there with her BunBun toy, lol.

<Stampverb> dunno Andrea--only had one pad

<Vyx> I had one Fresco pad and I hated it. Ugh!

<April> my bunnbun is all better now

<Vyx> Oh, that's good to hear, April! Are you home now, btw?

<April> he was running around the house being crazy while i was gone i guess,lol

<AndreaFL> I like mine...but then, I don't ask much of them

<April> my gf said he was too funny

<fab> That is why it is best to only sample new inks

<April> Yes.. got home about 6

<Vyx> Rabid Rabbit?

<fab> You can buy more colors if you loved it

<April> rapid

<April> lol

<Stampverb> did she chew all the electrical cords?

<Vyx> Yeah, until you try something it's best not to just go buy all of em.

<April> he is sooo funny i missed him

<April> nope

<April> just his apple tree branches,lol

<fab> That is why I own 32 colors of Marvy

<Vyx> good for Snowy, yay!

<April> i have all electrical cords covered nowlol

<cak> Vyx--on the gourd, how did you get such a great image on the curved surface?

<Stampverb> which of our vendors sells the multi-color assortments of chalk pads?

<Vyx> Cak, I cheated. I stamped on tissue paper.

<April> good idea

<cak> Oh! clever~ thanks

<Vyx> That would be Stubby I'd think, Verb.

<Stampverb> yay, SS

<fab> What did you glue it on with?

<Vyx> I had to rip some to make them lay flat... and didn't rip enough... I still have tiny folds sticking out.

<Vyx> I used FFF to glue the tissue down.

<fab> ah, that stuff

<Vyx> What I'm doing now to that gourd is multiple coats of Envirotex spray.

<BC-afk> that still working well?

<cak> envirotex has a spray?

<Vyx> I put a final coat of Lumiere and tried to hide the tissue... and then started spraying. The spray is hiding the tissue better.

<joy> why not just more FFF?

<AndreaFL> how long do you have to wait for it to dry between coats, Vyx? I've only used the Envirotex Light

<Vyx> Well, I want a high gloss with out a gazillion coats.

<Vyx> Andrea, only about 15 or 20 min between coats so far.

<AndreaFL> wow!

<fab> Night all, time to go........

<Vyx> And once it builds up, it's a really really nice gloss coat.

<AndreaFL> nite fab

<joy> nite fab

<Vyx> g'night Fab take care

<Stampverb> niters fab

<cak> Night fab

<AndreaFL> the spray must work so much better on a curved surface

<Vyx> Oh yeah... I've got the mix and pour stuff, and it would never be good on the gourd.

<Vyx> I don't see that this is really that much like the mix and pour Envirotex stuff tho... It's just another spray acrylic.

<AndreaFL> but with the Envirotex name, I'll bet it attracks a lot of people

<AndreaFL> attracts

<Jambalaya> it's not any thicker than like krylon???

<Vyx> Nope.

<Vyx> About the same far as I can tell. Needs multiple coats.

<Vyx> Prolly wasn't worth it for me to go all the way to Virginia to buy it, lol.

<Vyx> Only AC Moore carries it as far as I know.

<AndreaFL> oh FINE

* AndreaFL pouts

<Jambalaya> i'm so devastated, i thought it would be better

<Stampverb> look online too

<Vyx> I'd have to test with Krylon, and the only Krylon I have is matte.

<cak> but it's a nice glossy finish?

<cak> (the envirotex not the krylon)

<AndreaFL> Vyx, I have a Krylon that is a thick gloss, and I don't like it at all

<Vyx> Wonderful glossy finish eventually CAK

<Vyx> So maybe I did good buying the Envirotex then?

<cak> cool, thanks (although I don't feel comfortable using sprays very much)

<AndreaFL> This has been a great discussion, but I have promises to keep.....

<AndreaFL> so have a great rest of the weekend, everyone

<Vyx> G'night Andrea, take care!

<BC-afk> nite andrea

<cak> Night Andrea

<pmstamper> nite andrea

<joy> nite andrea

<BC-afk> I need to get going too

<BC-afk> see y'all later

<joy> nite BC

<Stampverb> nite BC

<pmstamper> nite bc

<Stampverb> and Andrea

<BC-afk> nite all

<Vyx> G'night Monica, take care

<Stampverb> oops

<MomCat> nite

<BC-afk> sweet dreams

<MomCat> Gorgeous Gourd, Vyx

<Vyx> thank you Mom!

<scout> nite all

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