Fantastic Rubber Stamps

Fantastic Stamps and What to do With Them

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I love fantastic rubber stamps. I don’t mean the everyday type stamps. I mean the ones that grab you; they call out to you “saying I’m the one!”

This weekend I had the opportunity to see all my friends’ fantastic stamps. We like to get together once a month to stamp. Now if you do this with your friends you know it means a lot of laughter, competiveness and fun. This month we decided to use the stamps that grab us.

I have 3 brands of stamps that are guaranteed to be fantastic. I love my House Mouse stamps. I can always find something among my TAC and Stampin’ Up stamps. I am always guaranteed an outstanding project with one of these stamps.

I’m not saying these are the best on the market, but that they grab me for various reasons. A fantastic rubber stamp must have great potential, have a clean design and be deeply grooved. You don’t want a stamp that has so many cuts that are close together but not deeply grooved. Otherwise, you will get smudges.

What good is a stamp that only works for certain things? Now, I do have exceptions to this. Most seasonal stamps are only good for that particular season, and there are a few stamps that only work for certain types of decorating. You would never use very small stamps as a main eye catcher on a wall. Like wise a stamps with many cuts wouldn’t do for wall stamping. You would use a larger stamp with few details to get the best design on a wall.

Yet for scrapbooking and card making you want a fantastic stamp with detail. I have made quick cards with very simple designs, but I love my time consuming work of arts. I do use large, few cut stamps for beautiful stain glass looks. They also are very useful when molding toilet paper.

This was the medium I chose for these months get together. I chose 6 of my most fantastic stamps, the cheapest toilet paper I could find, beautiful spring looking paper and other supplies, and off I went to amaze my friends. Be aware that TP takes a long time to dry. I use 3 sheets, get them fairly wet, press them over the stamp image making sure to get the whole image press into the TP. I do this first then organize everything and start preparing my cards for the TP image. When this is done, I make sure that the TP is dry. I use my heat embosser or a hair dryer to finish drying the toilet paper. I then tear around the image and glue or tape to the card. This medium is great for water colors, and does not require a lot of added decoration. I very seldom add more than a frame or chiffon bow.

I have used this method to make pictures, wall decoration and jewelry. I do the above steps then cover the piece with several coats of acrylic.

We had a wonderful time with our grab me fantastic rubber stamps. I came home with lots of new ideas, and another set of 12 cards to sale.

I sale my cards through my web site or e-bay. Just go to my gallery for sample pictures or you can order a specific design. Fantastic Rubber Stamps will make a sample for you to approve before completing your order. All my card sets have the price listed beside them. Special orders are priced based upon the request design. You can order from Fantastic Rubber Stamps by e-mail.