Making your own hand carved stamp

Making your own hand carved stamp

I have been looking for some yarn stamps. 

I found one but it was smaller then I wanted. 

I just ordered one and really wanted 

it to be personalized. So I thought

I could put the words I wanted around it. 

So I went to youtube to see if I could find a video.

Here is the first one I found. 

Hand Craved Stamp Tutorial 

Making your own hand carved stamp

Materials: 

- Rubber (Speedball Speedy is what I used)

- Carving tool (I used Speedball Linoleum Cutter) 

- #2 pencil

- Tracing paper (optional)

- Xacto or retractable blade knife

- Stamp pad

+Paper

1) I first found a design I liked and then just traced over it with my pencil. 

2) Once I traced over it all. I then placed it on my speedball speedy rubber and taped it down to hold it in place. With the back of my speedball linoleum cutter I used the back and pressed down a bit to get the pattern onto the stamp. 

3) Then I started to cut out. Which was a lot of fun. It did take time but I turned on some music and went to work. 

 4) Once I got it to how I felt was good enough. I did a stamp to see how it looked. 

 I was very happy. I had a few spots that needed touching up. I really thought there would be a bit more since it was my

first time. 

Once cleaned up. I did one more stamp test. 

 I can't wait to make more. 

If you try one let me know how it goes and what you think. 

Happy Crafting!!!