Invitation Stamps - Faded?

[bride2b10]

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

 

Thanks!

[Raykel]

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.

[bride2b10]

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

[Raykel]

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.

[bride2b10]

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

[JessicaM]

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

[Raykel]

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Originally Posted by bride2b10 Oh that's actually very helpful, thank you! Is there a particular site you'd recommend?

I have spent a couple days playing when I was on here and cannot find them again! Sorry!

Have you tried scanning one you have already in your book or someone else's and then trying to lighten it?

[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!

[Reinita]

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!

 

[Lindy S]

You are quite welcome! I loved them too!