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How To Make a Stamp from a Potato

Making stamps out of potatoes is a fun activity for children - and a great way to introduce them to the craft of stamping.

How to Paint with Rubber Stamping Inks

Painting with rubber stamping inks is a great way to bring some color to your rubber stamping quickly and easily with the minimum of additional materials required. This is a useful technique to know and adapts well to a variety of projects.

How To Stamp, Cut and Stick

Stamp, cut and stick is a simple technique and a great way for beginner stampers to build up stamped images on a page without having to worry about mastering the rubber stamping technique of masking.

How To Create Your Own Designer Papers

Use your rubber stamps and a few simple techniques to create your own designer decorative papers.

How To Improvise with Bubble Wrap! Stamp Interesting All-Over Patterns Quickly.

Although there is a vast range of exciting rubber stamps available, sometimes improvising with other materials can be fun and a great way to produce unusual and interesting results. Bubble wrap is readily available and can be used to create interesting all over stamped designs. This is a simple stamping technique and one that will work well with a variety of rubber stamping projects. This is also a great cheap and 'green' project, as recycled bubble wrap scraps will work perfectly.

How To Create Rubber Stamp Collage and Decoupage

Use your rubber stamps to create interesting collage and decoupage effects.

How To Make a Rubber Stamped Doily Cone

Rubber stamping a cone made from a doily gives a lovely customized touch to the projects. Rubber stamped doily cones are ideal for weddings and a lovely way to hold confetti. Cones made from doilies are also ideal for favors. They are quick and easy to make, however are very simple with no requirements for a cone template.

How To Make a Gift Bag Using Basic Rubber Stamping Techniques

Use simple rubber stamping techniques to create a gift bag that is so cute it is almost a gift in its own right! This gift bag uses heat embossing as a resist to create an interesting all over design.

How To Create a Felt Heart Pin with Rubber Stamp Embroidery

This lovely heart pin is made by embroidering an image that has been rubber stamped onto felt. This project is quick to do and makes a great gift.

How To Make a CD Case Calendar with Rubber Stamping

CD case calendars make great rubber stamping projects. In a few simple steps an old CD case can be transformed into a desktop calendar!

How To Use Rubber Stamped Origami Ties to Decorate a Card For a Man

Use simple rubber stamped origami ties to decorate cards that are particularly suitable for men, whether for Father's Day or a birthday. Use complementary colored backing paper for a co-ordinated effect.

How To Make a Quick and Simple Rubber Stamped Tie Card For a Man

This quick rubber stamping project is a quick version of the origami rubber stamped tie card. The simple shapes have been cut out, decorated using simple rubber stamping techniques and applied onto interesting backing paper to create an effective, yet simple, handmade card that is suitable for the special man in your life.

How To Add Color To Rubber Stamped Images With Marker Pens

Marker pens bring vibrant colors to rubber stamping designs. These pens are easy to use and are ideal for a variety of projects.

How To Rubber Stamp and Chalk a Heart Valentine's Day Card

This is an idea for a lovely card for Valentine's Day using a clear embossing ink and chalks. The chalks give a gentle color to the hearts and this technique is easy to adapt to a variety of occasions.

How To Create Alcohol Ink Backgrounds

This simple rubber stamping technique is a quick way to make interesting and unusual backgrounds for stamping projects. The alcohol ink is used on glossy surfaced paper or cardstock to produce unique designs.

How To Make Rubber Stamp Decorated Clothes Pins or Clothes Pegs

Decorate clothes pins with rubber stamps to create unusual gifts. Lovely rubber stamped clothes pins can be used for a variety of uses - use the clothes pins to display handmade cards, attach a magnet to turn them into fridge magnets, or use some double sided tape to fix them to a notice board to hold notes.

How To Combine Stamps to Create Your Own Unique Designs

If the perfect rubber stamp for a project remains allusive, why not create your own unique designs by combining rubber stamps. Use this technique to create abstract scenes or to tell a story.

How To Rubber Stamp on Envelopes, a Quick Rubber Stamping Project

Rubber stamping envelopes is the perfect way to finish a handmade card project. Whether you're rubber stamping a handmade birthday card, wedding invitations or other greeting cards, rubber stamping an envelope to match will create a wonderful finishing touch.

How To Customize a Baby One Piece Using Rubber Stamps

Customize and decorate a baby one piece with rubber stamped images. A rubber stamped baby one piece makes a lovely and unique gift. This simple project is a ideal for stampers looking to try stamping on fabric for the first time.

How To Make Rubber Stamped Wrapping Paper

Customized rubber stamped wrapping paper is a great rubber stamping project. This is a wonderful way to make unique wrapping paper, perhaps in a style to match a special gift card or theme.

How To Rubber Stamp on Candles

Adding some rubber stamped decorations to candles can transform a plain candle into something really special. Using this simple technique, candles can be customized to match a room or table decor, personalized for a wedding or birthday, given a festive make-over or simply transformed into your own unique work of art.