How to Use a Stamp Wheel

Video Transcript

"Another one of my favorite techniques is using wheels. Most wheels come in 2 different sizes, a small or standard and what we call a jumbo. How do we use these wheels? Well, they're a lot of fun. They come with these preink cartridges and all you do is snap in the color of your choice. Put your wheel on top with both fingers, both thumbs, snap it in. Push your wheel, the ink part of it, up and it'll start the ink to the stamp. Then what you're going to do is just go ahead and kind of prime it. You want to roll it a little bit until you have ink coming the whole way. That's all you need to get started. If you don't have a steady hand, you can use a ruler as a guide. Just set your ruler on your card stock. When you're using wheels, you always want to start off the paper and then roll off the paper. That way your card stock is completely covered. The other thing you need to do to remember, especially with this larger wheel, you want to hold it so your index finger is positioned so it's stabilizing that wheel. You don't want to roll crooked. You just want to have nice easy pressure as you go across your card stock. The other size, you just assemble it the same way. Your ink cartridge goes in, your wheel snaps on, push it up, and you are good to go. These are a lot of fun. These are great for doing your scrap booking pages. Adding a nice dimension on your background and they're fun on your cards too. I hope you'll give wheels a spin."