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Stamping on Walls

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By Lisa Goodell

This is the place to come to learn how to stamp on your walls. Scroll down the page or click on one of the following:

Below are two different rooms I stamped using the Roses in Winter stamp set (but used different color schemes to match the different comforters in each room). See detail photos below in tutorial.

First, Lindsey's room:

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Stamping was done on lightly textured walls. I did not paint the nooks and crannies. I chose acrylic paint colors based on her comforter and window treatment. See the picture frame behind Lindsey in the photo above. I stamped on that with Craft ink, and clear embossed over it to get it to dry. Here is a close up of that (I used retired "Hand-Painted Petites" set):

More photos of Lindsey's room:

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Scroll down the page 

for a tutorial using 

this room as an 

example of how 

to stamp on your walls.

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Garden Room Photos:

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Here is the garden room at my parent's beach mobile home. Stamping was done on wood paneling that had been painted over. so the surface was much smoother than the textured walls.  I did fill in some of the spots that didn't get stamped in the paneling grooves.

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Acrylic paint colors were chosen based on the comforter colors.

Here is a close up of the little stand 

and lamp shade in the corner.  I stamped

them with the Spring Garden stamp set and

craft ink pads.

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Tutorial (using photos from Lindsey's room):

Here are the essential materials needed: 

Roses in Winter stamp set 

Stampin' Scrub ® - a must have for getting the paint out of the nooks and crannies of the rubber

Acrylic paints: I used two shades of green, two shades of pink, and tan.

Extender for acrylic paints (buy wherever acrylic paints are sold)

Paper bowls - one for each color

Foam brushes

bucket of water

Paper towels

Ladder or step stool

1. Plan out how the design is going to go on your wall. Make small pencil marks if necessary. What I like about my design is that it doesn't have to be exact, so I don't have to measure out where every image is going to be. Practice by stamping on a piece of cardboard or butcher paper before going at your walls.  When you start on your walls, start right around the doorway you usually enter through (so if that part doesn't turn out as well as something you do later, then that part won't show as much).

2. Pour acrylic paint in paper bowl. Squeeze a drop or so of extender on top, mix with foam brush (Follow directions on extender bottle. The extender allows the paint to take a little longer to dry). Also a tip on acrylic paints, DON'T mix paint to get the shade you want.  It will hard to get the same shade again later. There are enough acrylic paints out on the market that you should find shades that will work for you!

3. Paint the stamp with the foam brush (I have found that this method is the fastest for me, and used up less paint).  Stamp on the wall, see photos below:

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Above: First two colors: pink and tan

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Above: Now I've added a brighter pink to the center of all flowers.

4. Be sure to "stamp off" so you get different shades of the same color. Below, you can see how some leaves look darker than others. 

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Above: Now I've added the rose leaf stamp all over. I used an acrylic paint that was similar to old olive.

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Above: Now I have added the last leaf stamp, remember to keep stamping before putting more paint on so you get various shades.  The acrylic paint color was a little bit like sage shadow.

5. Frequently clean your stamps.  The paint will fill up the nooks and crannies and it needs to be periodically cleaned before it dries.  Wet paper towels are good. When you switch stamps, even for only a few minutes, put the stamp you just used and are going to use again in "just a minute" on some wet paper towels, or go ahead and clean it with the Stampin' Scrub®.

TIPS: I found to begin with I kept wanting to switch colors and stamps to achieve the look I wanted.. to be sure it was the way I wanted it.  After you are happy with it, then you can stamp longer areas with one color and stamp, then go back and do next color/stamp just like you would if you were mass producing cards or doing double time.  

Stamping on wall paper

This is the kitchen in the beach mobile home. The cherry border above the cabinets was stamped on blank wall paper, then adhered to wall.  You could not have stamped straight to the wall in this case because the stamp would have hit the ceiling and molding.

Tips: Lay out wall paper on table and stamp. It is much easier to stamp this way then with the stamp over your head up by the ceiling. It is must easier to measure everything and get it correct the first time.

My mom and I used Craft pads for this project, and we were sure to let it dry thoroughly before adhering it to the wall. The directions said to dunk the wall paper in water before putting on wall, but we used a sponge to wet the wall paper in case the ink would smear (but it didn't!).  The border hasn't fallen off in the three years since we completed the project. (In retrospect, I think acrylic paints would have been better, because the color would have been brighter).

Photos from Convention Displays

Below are photos I took at past Conventions of the Definitely Decorative® displays (using stamps and acrylic paints on walls). 

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