Carve Your Own Stamps

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  Step 1

  First print out or draw a template for your stamp.
  Take care it's not too filegree.

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  Step 2

  You need some carving tools.
  I got mine for about 2€.
  Most important are a v- carving tool and one or two half-round shaped ones.

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  Even better are linocut tools.
  Those are pretty sharp and you get to carve more detailled.

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  Step 3

  Cut out the template.

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  Step 4

  Place the template on the eraser, fix it and draw around it.

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  Step 5

  Now you see what you have to carve out.
  (We're gonna make a positive stamp here, so we carve the black part. If you want a negative stamp just place the template on the eraser centred and then carve out the white part.)

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  Step 6

  Cut the eraser into the right size.

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  Step 7

  Start carving carefully with the v- carving tool on the outlines of the template.

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  Step 8

  Go on carving, still be careful...

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  Step 9

  When you are done with the outlines carve out the rest.

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  Step 10

  Let's test the stamp to see if it needs more accurate carving.

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  Step 11

  Well, yes, it still needs more attention.

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  Step 12

  Test and go on carving until it's like you want to have it.
  Take care there's nothing under the paper where you test the stamp, otherwise it looks as busted as my #2.

  The End :)

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EstherC · Seattle, Washington, US · 10 projects 4th October 2011

We used to do this in grade school
*totally not paying attention*
Thanks for the Reminder <3
I'll be sure to link this in the
stamping project I'm posting here soon

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Penny F. · North Bay, Ontario, CA · 19 projects 18th September 2011

I have been looking for a tutorial like this for a long time. I just will need to get the tools to make my own. I love stamping! I just think that I would love some other kinds of stamps that I have ideas for in my mind... but never find anything similar! Thanks for posting!

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Tinker-Tinka · Berlin, Berlin, DE · 5 projects 23rd September 2010

I found those at a hardware store.
I bet you can also get them in craftstores.
Linocut tools are even better.
Probably try your luck on ebay to get a hand on those at a good price.

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Naomi D. · Tremelo, Flanders, BE · 1 project 23rd September 2010

Where did you find your carving tools? =)
I'd like to make some stamps too ^^

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faith! · 1 project 24th July 2010

dude! i totally made a linocut yoda in art class. just thought i'd share.

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babe-cake · U.S. Air Force Academy, Colorado, US · 2 projects 30th April 2010

wow thats intense

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Wyldshadow · Gold Coast, Queensland, AU 12th October 2009

Love it! As an alternative scrapbooker its hard to find good stamps and now I can make my own easily. Thanks muchly!

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Tinker-Tinka · Berlin, Berlin, DE · 5 projects 9th June 2009

Thanks for your comments. I wasn't able to read them until sunday so I couldn't answer.

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molly g. 7th June 2009

coolness
I'm trying it
When I can find some time, at least.

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Namsab · 13 projects 2nd June 2009

Very cool. I didn't think about carving utensils.. gotta get my hands on some of those!

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