Hand carved rubber stamps

I think I’ve found a new addiction! I’ve been having a blast carving my own rubber stamps this past week, and I wanted to share a couple of my favorites with you. This herringbone stamp was the first one that I quickly carved, and I’ve used it a bunch already. It’s cute on it’s own,...

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If you love the rustic look of woodcut prints, you’ll love using botanical rubber stamps you design and make yourself. An envelope made of repurposed brown bag paper– then stamped with …

Back in December, I share the results of my first foray into stamp carving . I used Geninne Zlatkis's book Making an Impression: Designing...

Add a touch of modern style to your handmade projects with these unique geometric stamps. Choose from a variety of designs, including dotted trees, hand-carved patterns, and-#Couture #Hand_Carved_Stamps_Pattern #Fabric_Stamping_Diy #Print_Making_Designs

I was so happy with the results of my face stamp, I wanted to keep experimenting with more elaborate designs. I figured out two things that have radically improved the way I stamp. First I discovered I could do a gel transfer of my image directly onto the surface of the carving block. (I use Speedball Speedy-Carve - it comes in a 4x6 inch block and it's really smooth and easy to carve.) I had printed a bunch of copyright free clip art images. (I was always told you must use toner-based…

My favorite thing about stamping is the way virtually any found object can be used to create a stamp and add interesting textures. Household items like wine corks and yarn are classics…

I was happily carving away on my speedy cut stamps making all manner of pods and seeds for printing on tea bags and handmade paper with th...

From time to time I grab some of the garbage rubber -- i.e. rubber cut away during the carving process -- and create "garbage stamps." It doesn't mean that the stamps *are* garbage, rather they have been created *from* garbage! Here's my most recent batch: The process is pretty much the same for each of the stamps: I take a scrap piece of rubber and trim it down to a shape or size I want to work with and then I attack it with my carving tools! All in all, this entire collection of itty bitty…