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mounting suggestions
I'm planning to make my own stamps out of scraps of rubber left over
from trimming my Stampin Up sets. My idea is to make a collage/mosaic/crazy quilt type stamp to use for backgrounds. My question is, what can I mount it on? I'm looking for something cheap (free) that I might have around the house. Unfortunately, I don't have wood pieces or a saw - too bad I can't use Legos! All ideas appreciated. Meg |
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Meg Street wrote:
I'm planning to make my own stamps out of scraps of rubber left over from trimming my Stampin Up sets. My idea is to make a collage/mosaic/crazy quilt type stamp to use for backgrounds. My question is, what can I mount it on? Just about anything firm and flat, actually, with enough depth for you to get a grip on the stamp. Another option - use repositionable glue sticks or some similar temporary adhesive to adhere the stamps, face up, on a table top or an old cutting board - any good, flat, even surface that can be cleaned. Ink the stamps, lay the paper face down and use a rubber brayer to press the paper onto the stamps. That's how printmakers do it ... It may take a few tries on scrap paper to get the technique down, but it's not difficult - it's how I often use large stamps that are too big for me to comfortably grasp. I'm looking for something cheap (free) that I might have around the house. Unfortunately, I don't have wood pieces or a saw - too bad I can't use Legos! Hm. You know, you probably *could*. The only problem would be the unevennes of the little protrusions. -- Pat Kight |
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Hi,
I've never done this but what about using stiff styrofoam . Might have to watch the type of stamp cleaner you use on it though. I once put turpentine in a plastic dixie cup and it melted the cup. Or maybe you could tape up a paperback book you no longer like and mount your stamp to that. Cathy "King's Crown" wrote in message link.net... I was just at a rubber stamp convention waiting in line to get in and the gal in front of me had a couple ants crawling on her so I HAD to speak up and she and I got to talking. Not about ants she brushed those off, but about her unmounted stamps. I have heard about it, but don't do it. Anyhow what she said she used we're acrylic blocks from a type of store that sells that kind of thing. She says she usually gets them free from a bin in the back of scraps the establishment doesn't want. She digs through and takes the sizes she wants for free. So, there's an idea for you. Regards, Lynne "Meg Street" wrote in message ... I'm planning to make my own stamps out of scraps of rubber left over from trimming my Stampin Up sets. My idea is to make a collage/mosaic/crazy quilt type stamp to use for backgrounds. My question is, what can I mount it on? I'm looking for something cheap (free) that I might have around the house. Unfortunately, I don't have wood pieces or a saw - too bad I can't use Legos! All ideas appreciated. Meg |
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I am sure that you could mount small stamps on the sides of Lego pieces
without any problems! Jenni "Pat Kight" wrote in message ... Meg Street wrote: I'm planning to make my own stamps out of scraps of rubber left over from trimming my Stampin Up sets. My idea is to make a collage/mosaic/crazy quilt type stamp to use for backgrounds. My question is, what can I mount it on? Just about anything firm and flat, actually, with enough depth for you to get a grip on the stamp. Another option - use repositionable glue sticks or some similar temporary adhesive to adhere the stamps, face up, on a table top or an old cutting board - any good, flat, even surface that can be cleaned. Ink the stamps, lay the paper face down and use a rubber brayer to press the paper onto the stamps. That's how printmakers do it ... It may take a few tries on scrap paper to get the technique down, but it's not difficult - it's how I often use large stamps that are too big for me to comfortably grasp. I'm looking for something cheap (free) that I might have around the house. Unfortunately, I don't have wood pieces or a saw - too bad I can't use Legos! Hm. You know, you probably *could*. The only problem would be the unevennes of the little protrusions. -- Pat Kight |
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Hi! You might also try using CD jewel cases (here, I get them at our local
Dollar Tree in packs of 8 for $1.00). I just take them apart and I have two new acrylic mounts! Hope this hint is helpful! Karen "Meg Street" wrote in message ... I'm planning to make my own stamps out of scraps of rubber left over from trimming my Stampin Up sets. My idea is to make a collage/mosaic/crazy quilt type stamp to use for backgrounds. My question is, what can I mount it on? I'm looking for something cheap (free) that I might have around the house. Unfortunately, I don't have wood pieces or a saw - too bad I can't use Legos! All ideas appreciated. Meg |
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