PRINTABLE STAMP TIPS & INFO.

SPECIAL NOTE EFFECTIVED WITH EVERY PURCHASE AFTER JANUARY 2013

INSTANT DOWNLOADS

All new releases starting January 2013 will now be available for instant download. After payment is made you will get another email with your files to download from fastwagon. Download your files and then save to your computer. The download will only be available for 2 days.

JPEG FORMAT and MTC (MAKE THE CUT) FORMAT

All newly released printables starting January 2013 will now also come in JPEG format.

All newly released cutting files starting January 2013 will also come in MTC format. I will be over time adding MTC to all of the older files as well.

Printable Stamps are just that...Images that I have designed that are sent to you through email in the form of a PDF ...Once you have received the download images through email, you would print out the images using your home printer..Then you would just color in the images just like a regular rubber or clear stamp image using your watercolor pens/pencils, copics etc.....They are affordable and you receive them almost instant after purchase....(emailed to you within 24 hours after payment, but I normally get them out within the hour)...no more waiting on the Mailman.. They are also PERFECT for storage....you don't have to find a space in your craft area to store them....because since they are downloads, you can just store them in a folder in your computer and one really great thing is that YOU ALWAYS GET THE PERFECT PRINTED IMAGE.....no smudges with a ink pad...

PLEASE NOTE: To be able to open the PDF files, you will need to have ADOBE READER installed on your computer............here is the link to the latest ADOBE READER...the program is free to download:

http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html

A few tips on working with the PRINTABLE STAMPS.

  Making rub-ons out of the Printable Stamps:

Got an image that you want to put somewhere on a project, you can do that by making a rub-on.

You will need some INK JET TRANSPARENCY FILM to make your own rub-on's...

 1. After bringing up your PDF Printable Stamp image click on top left print button.

2. Go into YOUR printer setup and click on the MIRROR image. (see image below)

The Mirror Image was found under my FINISHING in my HP Printer setup...The Last Option under Orientation has Mirror Image...Select this option.

NOTE: IF THE IMAGE DOESN'T NEED TO BE MIRROR, YOU CAN SKIP NUMBER 2 ....(Mainly Just words will need to be Mirrored)

 Put some Transparency paper into your printer with the SHINY side up....or down depending on how your printer prints out...

YOU WANT THE IMAGE TO PRINT ON THE SHINY SIDE.

Being careful not to touch the image or let it rub up against anything....use something like a Popsicle stick and rub the image onto your project.

  

Printing just ONE image:

You can just have one image print on a page instead of all of the images...follow the instructions below:

1. Open up the PDF file that contains the image.
2. Click on TOOLS
3. Then click on SELECT & ZOOM
4. Then click on SNAPSHOT TOOL (has like a camera next to it).
5. The cursor turns into like a dotted box....draw an imaginary box around the image that you want to print and click on the printer.
..........THE IMAGE WILL PRINT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE PAGE.............

Don't worry about wasting paper with the image printing in the middle of the page, you can always use a plain sheet of scrap paper and have the image print out first on this paper to see where it will print and then tape a smaller piece of paper onto this spot and print again....take off the tape and remove image from scrap paper.

CHANGING THE COLOR OF THE IMAGE LINES and RESIZING THE IMAGES:

To be able to change the line colors, you will need some type of Graphics program like Printmaster, Printshop, Photo Shop. You can even use Microsoft Word or a program called INKSCAPE....  www.inkscape.org

1. Open up the PDF file that contains the image.
Click on TOOLS
Then click on SELECT & ZOOM
 Then click on SNAPSHOT TOOL (has like a camera next to it).
 The cursor turns into like a dotted box....draw an imaginary box around the image that you want to change the line colors of or resize.
2.  After you have selected the image....enlarge the image to about 200 ...for the Pillow box that is shown here, I used the EASTER BACKGROUND stamp and enlarged it to view at 200 percent.

3. Then right click on the image and select copy graphic...then open up your graphic program...(like one of those listed above) and paste it into the program....

Now you have the image into your graphics program and follow the programs instructions in resizing, line coloring and more.

Please note, it is best to enlarge the image in the PDF BEFORE copying and pasting it into your other grapic program...it will help keep the resoulution the same as if you were printing it in the pdf itself...now if you were to open up your PDF WITHOUT enlarging the image first and then tried to enlarge it, in your graphic program, it might lose some resolution....

Also depending on if you are trying to make the images really big, you will end up losing some resolution....