Invitation Stamps - Faded?

For anybody who made their own stamps for passport invitations - how do you get them to look slightly faded?

Thanks!

bride2b10.....

I am not sure how you made the stamps for the invitations. There are a couple of options....if you are stamping them yourself, do not use the first image. Ink the stamp then stamp it on a scrap piece of paper. Then turn the stamp towards you and breath on it (I know this sounds dumb) - it will bring out the ink - then stamp it again on scrap paper. You can do this a few times till you get a faded look you like. Then remember which impression you liked and just repeat this step each time. There is a fancy word for it, but I am drawing a blank. Depending on the colour of ink you are using (and this works best on a regular ink, not a pigment ink) you should be able to get at least 3-4 images before you have to re-ink your stamp.

Maybe I should consider using real stamps I was actually using powerpoint. But thanks for the idea, I will definitely try that!

LOL....sorry the scrapbooker in me assumed that was what you were using! I am not sure which image you are using, but I do know under free dingbats on the internet you can get passport stamps and they come in various degrees of distressed and faded looks. We used them on another project, but I do not remember where the exact address is. The only other suggestion I have would be to try putting them in a word doc and then changing the gray scale.....sorry I can't help more.

Oh that's actually very helpful, thank you! Is there a particular site you'd recommend?

What you will do is select the image you are trying to lighten and you can adjust the opacity of it. So if it is at 100% then reduce to 50% or whatever level to lighten it up. Hope that helps

I know this is quite an old post, but I thought I would add to it for others looking for stamp ideas. There are many different "stamp" fonts on dafont.com

http://www.dafont.com/old-rubber-stamp.font

http://www.dafont.com/stamp-act.font

Here are a few that I have used. Just download them, install them, and you will find them in word & ppt. Hope this can help some of you ladies out!

Thanks for sharing these stamp fonts. Love them!
 

Originally Posted by Lindy S 

I know this is quite an old post, but I thought I would add to it for others looking for stamp ideas. There are many different "stamp" fonts on dafont.com

 

http://www.dafont.com/old-rubber-stamp.font

 

http://www.dafont.com/stamp-act.font

 

Here are a few that I have used. Just download them, install them, and you will find them in word & ppt. Hope this can help some of you ladies out!

You are quite welcome! I loved them too!