Hammering It Out

My friends Paula and Dee were interested in trying a washer stamping tutorial I saw on A Little Tipsy blog. We gave it a try yesterday.

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I put together kits for us with all the supplies needed, including a 40-piece 1/8" Letter/Number Stamping Set I bought at Harbor Freight for each of us as well as the printed instructions.

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The workshop echoed with our hammering as we imprinted various words meaningful to us on numerous washers. We worked on a huge slab of granite Paula’s husband Sam put on the workbench for us. The tutorial was easy to follow and we quickly conquered the process.

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Then we moved on to fancier treatments. Sam taught us how to use a drill press and various tools so we could make holes in some of the washers to add jump rings.

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Here I’m holding one of the washers with a clamp and using a drill to smooth the edges in the hole made by the drill press.

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Dee contributed Tim Holtz products and inks, so we tried those on the washers which made for some really great effects.

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Paula added bling using Swarovski crystals. We ended up with a pile of fun washers (not all are seen here) and lots of plans for their use.

Although we started with a great tutorial, I love how each of us extended it to include our own personalities and creative concepts. It was such a fun day we decided to try new projects together more often.