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Summary: Learn how to use mini beads with rubber stamps in making handmade greeting cards and get tips, tricks and more in this free arts and crafts video taught by an expert.
Fran Bricken has taught art to adults and children and has been stamping for over ten years. At lasting Legacy Fran teaches card making and stamping techniques.
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"Hi! I’m Fran and I’m going to show you how to stamp using micro mini beads. Micro mini beads come in little containers packages like this and it almost looks like glitter but if you look up close it’s a real tiny little bead, they do come in different kind of colors. What you want to do is stamp an object, go ahead and color that in anyway you want markers, color pencils or whatever, you want to get some sticky paper, peel off the orange part which is actually the sticky part, place it over your image and get some scissors and cut around that, little scissors work better cause it’s just easier to cut around little items. Okay and you see I’ve cut around my item and you peel off that sticky paper and that’s left at the top of the stamp with a sticky surface and you place it down in the mini beads, run it around a little bit, make sure the surface is covered and you’ll end up with a really neat looking affect where it’s covered the stamp like that you don’t have to emboss it, heat it or anything it just gets that covered and then it makes it great Christian Christmas ornaments but you can use it on any stamp and it makes a great looking addition to your card. If you have any questions about using micro beads or how to use the sticky tape please contact us on our website at Lasting Legacy. "