no-carve stamps
July 5, 2011 § 13 Comments
Hope you had a wonderful Canada Day and 4th of July holiday weekend! I spent mine in Michigan at my parents’ with newfound relatives and without a moment to craft. And I couldn’t wait until today to show you my latest contribution to CRAFT. It feels like a while since I last posted a crafts tutorial using a totally random household material, so today I’m excited to introduce a technique that allows us all to design and illustrate our own stamps without having to carve rubber or linoleum or block or anything at all.
I illustrated and made my own peony, dahlia, and lilac clear rubber stamps to create these prints inspired by vintage botanicals, in celebration of summer, using a very simple technique with one household object that most of us would otherwise pass with little consideration for craft projects.
Yes, the random household object is silicone rubber caulking, which some of you may recognize as window or tub sealant. Head straight over to CRAFT to read my super duper simple tutorial. I promise it is easy and absolutely no carving is needed! Please show me the designs you come up with using this technique, as I’d love to see them. Enjoy!
paper, plate, and plane 
A is for awesome!!
Okay, lady! YOu have just revolutionized the entire world of stamps. You are once again a crafty artistic genius!
I love this so much and can hardly wait to experiment this weekend! Thank you for sharing yet another one of your brilliant techniques. 🙂
I saw this at Craft while “working” (i.e. blog trolling with the practiced “work is HARD” facial expression) and gave myself away by shrieking at my office mate about how awesome it is. I need to stop by a hardware store or something tomorrow and pick up supplies. You just made my WEEK! (possibly month or even summer, it’s early yet).
[…] in the form of knowledge of unlikely crafty materials. I hope you enjoyed this week’s no-carve stamps made of caulking because I am not done with caulking […]
Looooove it!!!!!!
Is it just a matter of what type of paint to use with these to determine which surface you use them for?
My daughter wants to do a tshirt this way, so I’m thinking I would just need to use fabric paints?
~Reg
Hi Regina,
Thanks for visiting! So sorry for the late reply!
I think a lot of different paints should be able to work on these stamps. I don’t see why fabric paint won’t work. Let me know how it goes! 😀
hello
I write about your technique on my blog (http://www.gycouture.blogspot.ca/2013/01/gravure-une-ressource-et-une-idee-pour.html#.Uc2w0uBpb3I).
now that I have the time to try your great technique, I go to the “make” page. oups… the pictures arent not there.
is it still available ?
thank you
It’s a relief to find sonemoe who can explain things so well
I’ve been observing transhumanists on the net for a few years, and frankly I’m gobsmacked by how non-existent their grasp of technology is. It’s simply mystical thinking. Pit them against any non-transhumanist engineering student and you won’t have a competition nor a discussion – you’ll have good laughs.There are people who know what they’re talking about, like Dr. G here, but most seem to be as clueless as they are gullible.
Wow! Do you think the silicone rubber caulking will dry hard enough to make embossing folders for a cuttlebug machine? Or has anyone discovered any other medium that sets hard and can be applied like a pen???
I’m going to try your technique to make a “wallpaper” for my nursery! I love this idea so much.