Tips & Techniques Tuesday - Itty Bitty Rubber Stamps
Welcome to our first official Tips and Techniques Tuesday! These itty bitty rubber stamps are so much fun when you’re looking for a unique touch. You’ve probably used a pencil eraser for rubber stamping dots before, but with just a few little passes of your craft knife you can have a little hand-carved stamp to add character and personality to your handcrafted projects.
Very simple shapes are obvously best, because you’re working with a tiny little space here. For simple shapes like a square or prim heart, cut away at the shape free-hand, using the straight edge of the blade to carve the eraser material away until you’re left with the shape you want. For other shapes you can use ink to draw the shape on the eraser and then cut carefully around it leaving only the inked areas. With a little practice you’ll have a collection of favorite little one-of-a-kind shapes - and if something doesn’t work out, you can always start over with a new ”blank” and recycle the mistakes as . . . pencil erasers!
*Leave a comment and you’ll be entered into a drawing for a little box of stamping blanks! Okay, it’s a box of pencils. . . but think of the amazing things you could make with them.
WINNER ANNOUNCED! The winner of the drawing is Jennifer S. of Bugs’n'Bees!
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Barbara Anne Williams
Bits of Ivory
Bramble & Vine @Etsy and @1000Markets
