Stamping

Many rubber-stamp creating techniques require you to carve "negative" spaces out on your eraser's surface using a carver. This process can be very difficult and time consuming- especially when you have to carve out all the details! Luckily, I came across an idea on how to make much faster stamps.

Ingrediants

• Craft knife
• 1 Standard Pink Pearl Eraser
• Eraser Carver (Optional)
• Hot Glue
• Markers

1. Slice the eraser into 4 equal slabs across the side.
2. Separate the parts with the pre-made smooth surface and the ones cut from the middle of the eraser.
3. The middle parts will be used as a base for the stamps. (You can make 2.) The outside slabs will be what you will use to make the stamp images from. Separately, you can now cut the main shape of the entire desired stamp image. (Ex: if you want to create a grape image, just cut the outline of it.)
4. Using the eraser carver, you can now go ahead and carve in the details. You can also use the knife for this step, too, of course.
5. Hot glue the finished image onto an inside eraser slab- be sure to press the image on top of the glue firmly before it dries. I used hot glue because, it creates a strong bond, but you can use other types of liquid adhesives, too,
6. Fill the image with marker inks, and stamp!

Tips-

*Draw an image in graphite on a thin paper. Then rub it on top of the eraser part you need to cut to help you see where you'll need to cut. You shouldn't draw the image directly on the eraser b/c it'll come out in reverse when you stamp with it!

*Having a very sharp blade helps with smooth cutting.

*I like using markers instead of traditional stamping inks because, its cheaper and it being a marker and all, I can easily direct specific colors to specific parts of a stamp!