Finally! You can say whatever comes to mind in a card or handmade book without having to search for a stamp that says it all - or trying to construct it one letter at a time with ordinary alphabet stamps. New “Red Letter Type Setters” from Cre8it! allow you to set and stamp whole words, phrases, or even short sentences all at one time because there are multiples of every letter and number.
And the best part is that you can proof your words to be sure you don’t ruin a card or page that you have worked hard on. Click here for details on these sets and a “How To”.
are an interesting example of creativity on a shoe string. Red Letters were released about five days before the Great SouthWest Rubber Stamp Event in Albuquerque. We really wanted to have them in the booth - with samples. As usual, I was running around like a wild woman trying to get everything ready for the show and had no time to do samples. So I called my friend, Sue Denniston, (of Stone Books fame), and asked for help. Sue would be demoing the stamps at the show and we figured it would be good if she tried using them before then too. It was the day before the show - eek!
“But, I'm house-sitting,“ she said, “and I have hardly any art supplies with me!” Upon learning that she did have a “travel box” with some paper scraps, glue, and three stamp pads, I threw out the challenge: “You’re always saying you can make art out of anything, so here’s a chance to show your stuff.” (hehehe)
It worked. I ran some Red Letters over to her, and Sue set off to see how many cards she could make in an evening. Most of the results are shown here - with a brief description of how they were made. All but one uses the Serif Classic Red Letter Set. “Quiet Please” is Vintage Victorian.
The “Water” card shown above was made by tearing pieces of handmade paper and gluing them so each overlapped the one above it - giving the feeling of waves and illustrating an underwater scene complete with seaweed. The fish are cut from holographic paper so they change color when you tilt the card. This is a great example of collage technique used to create a “painting”.
Foil from the “house-sitting” kitchen came into play on this card - layered with torn papers in black and white. Sue picked up the punch with the little Southwestern symbol “somewhere” she doesn’t remember (perhaps from her alien friends?) If any reader knows where this punch can be found - please write and let us know. I really covet that thing and would hate to have to pilfer it from Sue (ssshhh!).
Red Letters allow you to line up a word vertically and check that the spacing is just right before stamping it.
Sue makes a lot of paper and silkscreens some of it, so her stash of scraps has some very unsual pieces from leftover prints. The multi-colored piece is one of those - on which the Goddess was stamped twice in indelible black.
The d’s in the word Goddess are actually upside down p’s, because the straight slab serifs make a sort of visual support for the graphic. That’s what Sue says, anyway. Perhaps she was just getting tired? The wonderful thing about art is that there are never any mistakes!
