HOW TO – Make Wine Cork Stamps
Amy at Craft Chi was inspired by some of the Japanese craft book images I have on Flickr and tried her hand at making stamps from wine corks. A great way to recycle them! Link.
Stamps
New Stamps from The Small Object
Check out the cool new rubber stamps from The Small Object. I can’t say which ones I like the best but the Monster Pack and Mr. Marshmallow Man are pretty up there in terms of cuteness. [ via ] Link.
HOW TO – Emboss a CD Tin
Sarah Moore has a great tutorial on using stamps to emboss CD tins to make a mini-albumn. Check out her full step-by-step. Link.
Stamp Carving Tutorial
Mindful Craftiness has a tutorial on carving stamps using the tracing paper method. I love her basic tips for beginners to start with an image with thicker lines to make it easy to carve. Link.
Stamp and Stitch
Jen of Crafty Daises puts two great crafts together — stamps and embroidery. In this tutorial she creates a travel pillow for her son’s first birthday using rubber stamps as embroidery patterns. Link.
HOW TO – Print Your Own Fabric
Beth at Stitch, Rip, Repeat has a cool tutorial on how to print your own fabric with stamps and special ink dye. Link.
Carving stamps from erasers
Lil sent us this link with tons of tips for carving stamps from erasers. Pictured here is a eraser carved stamp by Litsa Spathi from Heidelberg , Germany. Link. Related: More on rubber stamp from erasers – Link.
