My New Rubber Stamps

Last weekend when I was at "A Work Of Heart" studio in San Jose I picked up these face stamps from Invoke Arts (http://invokearts.com/). Lisa Guerin had recommended this set for the images. I also love the faces on them and I created these pieces tonight.

The stamps came unmounted and I thought I'd quickly show you the process for mounting them on cling foam.

When you purchase rubber stamps that are only a rubber sheet, such as these (no wooden block or foam attached)...

You need to purchase cling foam (you can purchase on-line from sites such as: http://store.scrapbook.com/gb-suscmf811.html).

Place the rubber stamp on the super sticky side. You need to have special rubber cutting scissors, such as Kai scissors (http://store.scrapbook.com/gb-k6260.html?utm_source=google-shopping-feed&utm_medium=cpc&utm_campaign=google-free-shopping-feed&utm_content=gb-k6260&kw=gb-k6260&cmp=GSHOP&gclid=CKXWxfb-rrECFQhahwodY3AAjA). With the Kai scissors you can easily cut out your stamp shapes (other scissors won't work as well). If the stamp shapes are large or don't have straight edges, a heated exacto knife also works great (http://www.amazon.com/Xacto-X73780-Precision-Soldering-Knife/dp/B000BRBZUG).

Now you can use your rubber stamps with your acrylic blocks.

I stamped each image on a manila folder for future use. I cut three of them out and created these tags (embellished with black and gold dresden, printed numbers and black and white stripped paper)...

 

Don't be intimidated to buy rubber stamps unmounted, they're very easy to mount on cling foam and will cost much less.

Hope you all had a great weekend!