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Friday, 30 May 2025

How to do block stamping with acrylic stamping blocks

handmade card showing the block stamping technique

Happy Friday all, even though it is almost over for many. You probably wouldn't think of using the blocks you pop your stamps onto as stamps themselves, but you'll learn below that they too can be used to create fun, inked colour to your card making and possibly scrapbook pages.

You can learn different ways to use your acrylic blocks by touring our blog hop where several international demonstrators are sharing their take on this quick and easy technique.

You will love the individuality of each custom made piece using this technique and by varying colours, spritzing and just stamping style you can make lots of original backgrounds and projects.

I find this a very quick technique, apart from possibly a little drying time and whether you use a little, a lot or no water. You will also want to revisit my previous post about creating water colour washes using markers and blocks and perhaps you'll combine these two techniques. It is certainly a bunch of products that allow you to experiment and adapt to suit your own needs without needing to be a rocket scientist!

Have fun with it and enjoy my short video to show you how.

The best thing about this is you can use any colours you want to and can create male, female, kids cards using all sorts of stamp images to suit the occasion. What will you choose?

block stamping handmade card using ink stamps and stamping acrylic blocks

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Keep stamping

Zoe x

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acrylic blocks

Happy Hibiscus Hybrid Embossing Folder

Stylish Shapes dies

Eyelet 3D embossing folder

Ink pads

Summer Splash

printed laser cut sentiments for scrapbooking and cardmaking

Greetings for All - Mix and Match Ephemera sentiment pack

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Friday, 25 March 2022

Totally Techniques Blog Hop - Stamping with acrylic blocks

handmade thank you card ideas using acrylic blocks for stamping and dies all from stampin up zoe tant uk

Hi everyone,

Have you enjoyed the sunshine this past week? It's been so nice to see the spring here for a while and we snuck in a few days away to see Charlie at Uni and also house hunt for Liv as she starts a new job down south very soon. A lovely break if only short.

My share tonight is this month's Totally Techniques International Demonstrator Blog Hop and we've got some fab ideas for you using acrylic blocks to stamp with and create a design.

For my card I used this technique very simply by using different size stamping blocks and shades of blue to create an abstract pattern on my die cut tag and then just added a touch of gold by embossing some flowers and colouring them in with white pigment ink. The gently watered down ink sunk into the blues underneath allowing the stamped shapes to softly still show. I also added some ink splattering using the same ink and a water brush.

An embossed background layer adds texture and I added another tag for more detail along with gathered ribbon and a die cut sentiment. I love the gold top lettering on the navy background layer for the thanks created using the Amazing Thanks dies.

how to do it

To stamp with the blocks just tap tap tap the block on your ink pad and use a spritzer to lightly spray over the inked block with water before using it like any other stamp. Create using a large block to add a background for a stamped image on top or use smaller blocks like me to create your own pattern and then add sentiment and possibly stamped images. You can also stamp without spritzing for a slightly different finish. The possibilities are endless as you will see on the hop.