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Reported By Sarah Moore

Don't forget to head on over to the Lizzie Anne Designs forum over at Splitcoaststampers to enter a contest to win some FREE stamps! (See this post for all the contest details.) You have until Saturday at Midnight (EST) to enter.

You can officially add me to the list of stampers who LOVE Lizzie Anne Designs! In full disclosure, I am on their Design Team... but I wouldn't be there unless I liked the stamps right?!

Obviously the Craft Critique reporters are nuts for these stamps! So what is all the fuss about? Well for starters, Lizzie Anne Designs has a terrific set of images! Lots of basic shapes, backgrounds, lines, flourishes, dots, flowers, and the like... and then a collection of various other images, sentiments and alphabets that correspond nicely. Meredith and Tricia are always brainstorming about new designs, and it constantly amazes me how quickly they are able to pump out such well conceptualized images.

The most unique thing about these stamps however is the mounting system. These are "cling stamps". Traditional deep-etched red rubber stamps backed with a static cling film that makes them repositionable and ready to use with a clear mounting block. Cling stamps give you the benefit of rubber; quality, durability, and crisp images... combined with the benefit of the clear block for easier image placement. It's the best of both worlds!

Here is a close up of the cling foam... and a little tip... if you find that the stamps aren't stickling well to the block; just give your block a little "huff" and wipe it on a soft cloth... sometimes the blocks pick up oils from inks and your hands that impede sticking.

Unmounted stamps like these are easy to store (they come in a CD case) and because they can be repositioned anywhere on your acrylic block you have a lot of versatility... Check out how I used these stamps from the set Designer Dots to create an easy background.

Look how easy it is to see where the dots fit into place to make a random background...

The finished product... a quick simple card!


One thing I love about the Lizzie Anne Design images is that they are ideal for quick cards! Many of the images are small and match up well with my favorite punches. The following projects use the sophisticated stamp set Glad Tidings.

On the left, the very sharp "MC" image was a perfect match for the 1 1/4" circle punch by Stampin' Up!. On the right, I used markers direct to rubber to tint the image for this one layer card.

In the card on the left I found that the scroll image fit perfectly inside the Designer Label Punch (by SU!). In the center and on the right these quick cards are one layer... with a clear mounting block, image placement was easy!


I love this image in Glad Tidings for making super fast tags!

If you have never used an acrylic block, Lizzie Anne Designs make it easy and affordable to finally take the leap! Their collection offers stamps in many different styles, so you are sure to find images you like, and you will find them so easy to use; just like the wood mounted stamps you are already comfortable with.