Cut Out + Keep

Sugar Skull Stamps

A guide to stamp making

https://www.cutoutandkeep.net/projects/sugar-skull-stamps • Posted by copernicus

Making stamps is cheap,quick, easy and fun!

You will need

Project Budget
Cheap

Time

0 h 30

Difficulty

Pretty Easy
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Description

Making stamps is cheap,quick, easy and fun!

Instructions

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    You will need transfer paper, an exacto knife, a speedball carving tool, a rubber carving block (or an eraser. Staedtler makes awesome blocks for carving. It cuts like butter!),a pencil and your creativity!

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    On a piece of transfer paper copy or free hand any image that you wish. I made this one free handly. Make sure not to make your design too intricate, otherwise it will be very difficult to carve out the details

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    Rub the image onto the carving block using your finger nails.

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    Using your exacto knife, outline the image. Also carefully carve out the details that need to be deep.

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    using the speedball carving tool, carve out the shallow details.

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    Once you are finish, select a fun ink and enjoy your stamp.

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    Here are other stamps I've made. You can also buy fabric paint and use these stamps to make awesome prints.