Our friend Corinne Leigh just launched her new DIY show on About.com, Re:create. In each episode, Corinne will answer a viewer’s question with the help of some of her favorite crafty pals. This week’s episode features our own Meg Allan Cole and fabric printing for a colorful home decor.
If you use a brayer to apply the paint or ink to the rubber stamp it works a lot better.
How about pressing the leaf onto a juicy stamp pad, or alternatively, about brushing paint on it, and then pressing it down onto the rubber. Less work than tracing those many ferny fingers.
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