Add a hand-stamped touch to your paper crafts! Whether you're new to stamping or you've already had a little practice, Hot Off The Press' clear acrylic stamps make it so easy. Simply combine your favorite stamp set with a clear acrylic block and any ink pad and you're good to go. Look for trendy swirls, versatile expressions, lovely Christmas themes and more!

Happy Birthday card

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Supplies:

• Expressions Acrylic Stamps
• 2"x6" Acrylic Block
• Cardmaker's Citrus Creative Pack
• Citrus Embellish-abilities™
• Jet Black StazOn ink pad
• small Zots™
• glue stick
• 5"x6 1/2" blank white card

Instructions:
For the Card Front:

1. Place the card with the fold at the top and cover the card front with black glimmer paper. Ink the edges of a 6 1/4"x4 3/4" piece of purple words paper. Add a series of three mini brads down the top left and bottom sides corners of the purple paper, then glue it centered on the card front.
2. Ink the edges of a 1 3/4"-wide strip of teal striped paper (stripes running horizontally). Glue the strip to the left side of the card front and trim any excess even with the card edges. Stamp “best wishes” continuously across lime ribbon. Glue the ribbon centered on the teal striped strip, trimming the ends even with the card edges. Zot™ a bow of lavender ribbon to the top of the stamped ribbon.
3. Fold 1" of lime ribbon in half and secure the loose ends behind the top of the purple “birthday” tag. Stamp “happy” on a lime big brad. Use the brad to attach a purple silk flower over the tag, then glue the tag over the right side of the card front.

For the Card Inside:

1. Ink the edges of a 1/2"-wide strip of teal striped paper (stripes running vertically). Mat on purple words paper, trimming the mat to 3/8". Glue the against the bottom of the card inside, trimming any excess even with the card edges. Add a lime heart brad to the right end of the strips. Stamp “happy birthday” above the left end of the strips.

Demara Men

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Supplies:

• Stamped Stitches Acrylic Stamps
• Swirls Acrylic Stamps
• 2"x6" Acrylic Block
• Paper Pizzaz® Flea Market Fabrics sarapapers™
• Bright Monograms
• Earth's Palette Creative Kit
• white cardstock
• light blue cardstock
• brown ink pad
• fine-grade sandpaper or emery board
• foam tape
• glue stick

Instructions:

1. Use light blue textured paper as the background. Ink the edges of a 7 3/4"x2 3/4" strip of rust striped paper (stripes running vertically) and glue it across the top right side of the page. Ink the edges of a 7 1/2"x3" strip of rust/blue woven paper and glue it overlapping the bottom of the striped strip, positioned slightly to the right. Ink the edges of a 7 1/4"x1 3/4" strip of rust/blue woven paper and glue it across the bottom right side of the page. Tear down the left edge of a 7 1/2"x2 3/4" strip of rust floral paper and ink the edges. Glue it overlapping the top of the lower woven strip, positioned slightly to the left.
2. Stamp continuous zigzag and straight stitches across the top and bottom of each of the strips, alternating between the two stitching patterns.
3. Double-mat a 5"x7" photo on white, then light blue cardstock, trimming the white mat to 1/16" and the blue mat to 1/8" and inking the edges of each. Glue the photo centered over the paper strips.
4. Heavily sand a blue monogram. Place the monogram on a piece of scrap paper and stamp a repeating swirl pattern, allowing the swirls to run off the edges of the monogram. Accent the monogram with three brown brads and foam tape it to the left of the paper strips.
5. Computer journal onto the tag cut-out, accent with a brown flower brad and foam tape it below the monogram. Add a small blue silk flower, attached with a brown flower brad, plus two brown mini brads in a row below the tag. Stamp a curly bracket both above and below the collage.