Creative Card Making: How to Print and Color Digital Stamps for Mixed Media Art

In this tutorial, you'll learn how to print black and white images from online, color them beautifully, and transform them into stunning mixed-media art for card making.

You may have heard of these black-and-white images called digital stamps or digi-stamps. Many online shops sell designs, or you can find free ones like the ones I did for my project.

You'll need an app to resize the image to what you need and a printer. You'll also need something to color them in.

Download some free printable celestial digital stamps at the bottom of this post.

I did a Google image search to find a skateboard image for the artist trading card I made.

Pinterest is another good way to find images.

And many Etsy sellers sell digital stamp printables as well.

Once you find an image you like, you'll have to save it or copy it to put it in a program where you can resize it.

I used the app Goodnotes to resize my images, though Microsoft Word will work as well.

Once you've got the images to the right size, you will print them out and color them.

I colored my skateboard with watercolor pencils. Another good option is alcohol markers.

Depending on what you used to color in your image, it can be a good idea to go over the black lines with a pen.

I used a black gel pen for this step.

Once you finish adding color, cut them out and attach them to your project.

I used one of my mixed-media backgrounds that I had made previously.

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Have fun coloring them in!