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Just curious...what does everyone do with the rubber scraps? I keep thinking it's a waste to throw them away, I figured some brilliant person on here must have come up with a great use for them.
Cheryl
Once upon a time I did adhere a bunch of very small bits and pieces onto a wood block. Don't use it often. It makes a background in a sort of "Picasso style."
Another time, I saved just the center from a large frame stamp. It works like a shadow stamp. I use a pastel color and then print over it a brighter image.
I use them in place of popups...they already have adhesive on one side. If I have long strips, I color them with my Sharpies and use them for birdhouse poles, tree trunks, etc. I've cut them into a circle and used my gold pen on them to make a sun. And also used there sorta terracotta color as flower pots. Whatever you do...don't throw them out. Just using them to pop stuff up saves a ton of money.
I saw on another site, where a lady used her scrap rubber to create a new stamp. She found a wood block (large like a background size). She drew her hand on the block and then filled the sketch in with the rubber.
She made a card embossing the hand in gold on navy cardstock. In the palm of the hand, she used the globe stamp from a retired set called Peace on Earth. It was the most stunning card I have seen in a long time. I will hunt up the link for you.
I recently made a stamp out of some that looks like a brick wall pattern and another with stripes; I also cut a small piece to use on top of a circle to make it look like an ornament! My DH cut some small wood blocks for me to mount them on.
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WOW, Arlene that card is stunning!!! I'll never throw away another scrap!Thanks so much for sharing the link; some other nice cards there & some very familiar names!!!
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I made my own Harlequin stamp. I just cut 3 diamond shapes and mounted them on the small block. They're not even and give it a bit of an artsy look.
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I save all my rubber for my cat...I know it sounds funny. But if I don't save him some rubber, He will get into my rubber stamps and they will never be found again.
Most of my stamps are unmounted...So when they come in I have to cut them and mount them on the rubber.
And for some reason he loves the smell of fresh rubber.
It's kinda like Catnip for him.
So I have a big bag of it. and when the smell goes away and he finished trashing it. I throw them away.
I usually try to cut small shapes out of the scraps and then mount them on scrapwood (from my dad) for my three year old. She LOVES having her own stamps.
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What kind of wood do you use to make your blocks from? Thanks!
Scrap pine or maple. Just depends on what my dad is into. The only thing is, if you use pine, you have to seal it or your child can get a rash. If you go to some of the lumber stores, they're give you really small blocks/scraps for free.
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It is the card on the top left made by Karen Hill. This shows the hand stamp I was referring to in my earlier post.
since it looks life-sized, the stamp itself looks kind of creepy but I agree the effect she got from it is quite nice. thanks for sharing!
I've mounted a few trimmings into a couple of stamps onto cd cases and small plastic boxes. just be careful the scraps you use have an equal amount of foam under the rubber. some of the different sets (SAB vs hostess vs regular sets, etc.) have different thicknesses which may cause problems when inking and stamping. how you trim them may also make it harder to use.
My kids make really cool creations with the extra rubber. I just give them a piece of cardstock and the make a "picture" using scraps. They love it and it keeps them busy for quite a while.
I save the biggest pieces and give them to my daughter to create new stamps with. We built a new house a year ago, so we lots of scrap wood in the garage now, and she sticks her new creations on that. She has done stripes, backgrounds, a flower, etc.
She has a good time creating while I mounting new stamps.
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