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hi and welcome to christinescrafts.com
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today i'm going to show you how to use
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cliff stamps and use an acrylic block
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so today this is what we're going to be
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how to use those clear stamps that
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using an acrylic block so i'm going to
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show you making a couple of cards
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so you're going to need some ink pads
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doesn't matter on the size of them
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you clear stamps that you can pick up
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just about anywhere and they're so
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much cheaper than the big stamping
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blocks those ones that i'm pointing to
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cheap for me they were a pound these are
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a little more expensive
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about six or seven pounds and you're
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going to need some acrylic blocks
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these are from samantha k crafts in the
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uk but you can get them anywhere so have
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different sizes really useful because
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different size ones use with different
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stamps it can just make things a whole
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so i'm just going to move some of these
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out of the way and then i'm going to
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doing a card now i have spread the film
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so don't worry you'll take a little bit
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longer but i didn't want you to sit
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so the first thing to do is to get a
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block similar in size to your stamp
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it needs to fit completely on the block
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and then you just press it down
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add your ink just keep adding it until
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you're happy you've got a full coverage
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and then you're going to line your
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stamper up with your card
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now the block because it's clear makes
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so easy to line up and there you go
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now these clear stamps obviously you
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want to keep them clean
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so you'll see i'm here using a baby wipe
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and that's what i generally use on mine
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if they get really dirty you can wash
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them and i believe there are special
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but i don't do enough of this to bother
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so i just use a baby wipe
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take it off your block put it back on
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the sheet that it came on to keep it
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safe and clean now you'll see i've moved
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to a smaller block because i've got a
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ink in it and then i'm going to position
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now the real advantage of these clear
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blocks comes into play here
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i can see through to the other bits that
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so i can make sure it's lined up exactly
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again i'm going to clean it up put it
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and then i've just got a little
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butterfly i'd like to add to this design
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which i've already put on the block
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ink it up going back to the red and
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be really easy to position it because
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you can see through the block
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and that's it my card finished i'm happy
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so clean up my stamp put the stamper
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and there is my card and then all i'm
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is show you another card that i've made
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is using a slightly bigger stamp so you
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can see i've got a different shaped card
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and i've got a great big stamp which has
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got the flowers in it
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so i've positioned that on my block and
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i'm now going to cover that with
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the ink now you'll see from this that
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you could use two different inks or
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inks on one of these large stamps i
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haven't done but you could do
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and then i'm going to turn it over and
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position it carefully
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press it firmly and remove it
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i'm happy with that so as ever good
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practice straight away
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clean up the stamp there's a lot of red
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ink on this so i think it's going to be
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get it all cleaned up and then you're
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on the sheet that it belongs on to keep
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it safe keep protected
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and keep it as clean as possible so that
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it will keep sticking
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to your acrylic blocks
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you can see i'm having a bit of trouble
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back on the sheet and now i'm going to
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for some writing to go underneath now
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i'm trying to line that up with the
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bottom of the block so that it'll be
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easier to line up on the card
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going for the green this time
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and then i'm going to line it up on the
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as you can see i can see the plants the
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so i can get them lined up how i want
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and there you go all finished
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so key things here clear stamper blocks
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allow you to see the design underneath
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remember to keep everything clean
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and they'll last you for years so happy
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