DIY Carved Stamp
The last time I did a carved stamp, I did it guerilla style, with erasers and an X-Acto knife. And that way works pretty well. But I’ve learned that with this cool Speedball stamp carving tool, you be awesomely precise and intricate. So here we go.
Materials
- Speedball carving set
- stamp block
- scissors
- X-Acto knife
- pencil
Make Time: 30 minutes
Decide on your design. Practice drawing it a few times, because you’ll have to draw it backwards (you can also print it out and iron it onto the stamp block if you like, instructions here). Draw it onto the stamp block, backwards.
Using the carving tool, begin to carve away at the design. A gentle hand is key, because you can always shave off more of the stamp block but you can never replace what you’ve cut away. There’s no delete button here, y’all. I used the knife for cutting out the large arrow shape and the carving tool for the intricate words.
Refine your design until you’re happy with it! It may be necessary to stamp it once or twice and continue to refine it; it’s easier to see what might need fixing once it’s inked and stamped. If you like, affix the stamp to a wooden block with strong glue.
Stamp it everywhere! I made myself a little stamp to use on snail mail. What would you make? xoxo
Too cute! I am going to make one this weekend… thanks for the inspiration.
Always inspiring. Love this! I’ve never made a stamp before but this is a great place to start! 🙂
I would give anything to have cute handwriting and adorable doodles!
SO CUTE!
This is so cute! I love how you made it out of an eraser, too! I’ve never thought of doing that!
Cuuuuuute!! I remember doing this when I was in grade school AND LOVED IT!
This is so cute!! Thanks so much for sharing this!
This is wonderful! I will have to try something just like this! xx. McKenna Lou
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the final product looks so good! great diy!
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This is a great DIY, I remember doing this in school, I found it so hard to make a decent design.
Love your styling on this. And you just reminded me that I already have stamp making supplies just waiting to be turned into something fun!
adorbs!
SUPER cute! Where did you get the tape?
This is very cute 🙂 Now I just need to find myself a lino cutter… 🙂
Lovely stamps! My son and I recently made stamps together after buying the supplies online and had a lot of fun. It really gives you an appreciating though for those that do really great stamps with tiny details. It takes a lot of talent and craftsmanship! Here are ours if you’d like to peek: http://soapdelinews.com/2013/05/how-to-make-handmade-stamps.html
this is great! I love it!
OMG! You are my new fave DIYer- I love your site- make videos!!
You are really amazing – ps – I was gonna tweet it out for you but the link didnt work FYI
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