Sugar Skull Stamps

A guide to stamp making

Posted by copernicus

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Making stamps is cheap,quick, easy and fun!

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You Will Need (5 things)

  • 1 Rubber Carving Material
  • 1 Exacto Knife
  • 1 Speedball Carving Tools
  • 1 Pencil(s) /Pen
  • 1 Transfers Medium

Steps (7 steps, 30 minutes)

  1. 1

    You will need transfer paper, an exacto knife, a speedball carving tool, a rubber carving block (or an eraser. Staedtler makes awesome blocks for carving. It cuts like butter!),a pencil and your creativity!

  2. 2

    On a piece of transfer paper copy or free hand any image that you wish. I made this one free handly. Make sure not to make your design too intricate, otherwise it will be very difficult to carve out the details

  3. 3

    Rub the image onto the carving block using your finger nails.

  4. 4

    Using your exacto knife, outline the image. Also carefully carve out the details that need to be deep.

  5. 5

    using the speedball carving tool, carve out the shallow details.

  6. 6

    Once you are finish, select a fun ink and enjoy your stamp.

  7. 7

    Here are other stamps I've made. You can also buy fabric paint and use these stamps to make awesome prints.