Stamping on a layout:more random questions

I don't usually stamp directly on a layout. I do like to use stamps as embellishments, mostly cutting or punching around the image. The Brother Scan N Cut is great for that. It scans the stamped image and then cuts it out perfectly- no need to fussy cut it yourself. Occasionally I have stamped a whole background as a repeating pattern. I'd like to use my stamps more often. Thanks for starting this thread to remind me! I used to use foam stamps with acrylic paint, but I haven't done that in years, although I still have the stamps.

I stamp on layouts sometimes, but more often than not, I make embellishments by stamping on paper, using a paper punch to cut it out perfectly, then using a pop dot on the back to give it some dimension. I also use Stickles and sometimes Nuvo drops to make it more mine.

gosh - I haven't stamped on layouts in years...I did for a little while back when embossing powder was a big thing but I never really got into it. I use my stamps for cards only at this point - I'm not a big stamper though.

I've gotten more stamps from kit clubs than I would have bought on my own. My favorite thing to do is to make my own patterned paper with stamps and cardstock--keeps me from shopping too much!

I almost never stamp images on my layouts...text on the other hand happens on 90% of them. I find it so much easier to add a little word or phrase here and there then to try and incorporate an image of some kind.

I was a stamper before I was a scrapbooker. My very first layout was stamped (background), right on the Creative Memories page.

I don't stamp on every layout, but I do use stamps when I feel it will add to my page. I typically use rubber stamps or clear. I have a few foam stamps, but I don't use them on layouts.

One of my favorite things to do is to stamp my own background. For example, I had photos taken in the mountains near a cabin. I had some paper that had a cabin, but it was too cutesy and not the look I was going for. I had some beautiful, detailed stamps that were larger and very suitable, that could be stamped in one color, then additional color added with copic markers. I stamped a couple of other elements on the page, too. It's a simple, old-school layout in many ways, but it turned out to be one of my favorites.

I will try to link to that page:  Rustic stamped layout