Hola! I am amazed at the beautiful cards that can be made with rubber stamps, I'm new to this and definitly hooked.
It is fantastic that the instructions you give are easy to follow. THANKS
ELY CRUZ <AQULUCUCU@AOL.COM>
HOLLYWOOD, FL USA - Monday, February 21, 2000 at 12:21:02 (PST)

KN: Jeannie has some good point here and I thought this would be a good place to answer some of these questions. They're questions that tend to come up at workshops and demos. When the outside edge of the T.A. shows, it's when the stamp is applied in too sparse a fashion. If the color that is being applied is too much darker than the previous color these impressions will really stand out. To remedy this go back and apply more tone in the lighter shades of whatever color scheme you're working in or work more of your present color. Too see this illustration you can visit the Tonal Applicator Concept Lesson. On tapping off the card: With your first colors, if they're light enough you can start further into your card and thus saving your ink. When you move into your darker colors, just color about one half inch on the side of your T.A. since you don't go stamp into your scene as far as you did with your previously lighter colors. On muddying up your light colors with darker colors: When using the T.A. pick out a color scheme and physically lay it out from light to dark (so you can see the transition of blending from light to dark). When going from light to dark one won't have to worry about a light color muddying up a darker one. Plus, if you've used/tapped as much color off, in the process the T.A., it should be almost dry from the applications. Where muddying happens is when one uses the T.A. from dark into light. When going from dark to light, ink can hide in the between the dots so all you need to do is to have a wet paper towel to blot it on.