Please welcome back DIY Contributing Editor Chelsea from Lovely Indeed! I just love Chelsea’s tutorial for making your own custom rubber stamps. This? This is genius…
I’m back today with a fun little project that is quick, easy, and practically free! All you’ll need is a pencil, an X-Acto knife, a stamp pad, and a pink eraser or two. If you’re like me and have a junk drawer full of stuff, you might be able to find most of those things floating around in there! If not, hit up a craft store or office supply store, and you’ll be good to go.
Today I’ll be operating on two old, used, yucky erasers I found around the house. But if your erasers are in the same shape, not to worry – this project doesn’t discriminate against used goods.
Start by drawing a simple picture on your eraser with pencil. If you mess up, the lead will easily rub off and you can try again. I drew a mustache on one eraser and lips on the other.
Next, take your X-Acto knife and carefully trace around your image, cutting directly downward. You won’t need to get more than about 1/8 of an inch deep.
Then, cut in from the edges of the eraser, being careful to only cut up to where you traced the image with the knife. Work your way around in pieces, clearing away the parts that come free, until all of the excess is cut away.
Ta-da! You made a rubber stamp! Now ink it up and stamp away. You could use these for a million things – handmade greeting cards, stamped wrapping paper, funky letterhead, and on and on. It would even be fun to carve a personalized stamp as a gift for a craft-lovin’ friend. Mr. Lovely and I decided to use them on the place cards at our wedding reception – mustaches for boys and lips for girls. Happy stamping! xoxo
{Photos by Lovely Indeed.}
this diy is just too easy & genius not to try
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This is a GENIUS idea. Thanks for posting. I’m going to post on my FB (company page) page, which is all about great ideas like yours.
Best,
Will Burns
Finally someone giving away tips to do lovely things (&cheap). Thank you so much!!
Are you kidding me? How clever is this? I love that it’s totally doable and low-cost too. LOVE!
This is a fantastic idea! Thanks for sharing.
Love this! I make my own stamps already, but have never thought about using an eraser. Great idea. I’ve used pencil top erasers for polka dots, so you’d think I’d think of this, but no! Thanks for sharing. And I love the Mr and Mrs tags, too cute.
love them!
Oooh, FLASHBACK to fifth grade. I totally remember doing this with my friends. We’d use ink from our pens (color in the stamp) and then stamp our hands and school books (and desks … shhh).
Um, Chelsea is pretty brilliant, right? I can admit I’d have never thought of anything this easy and yet completely awesome.
E! Stamping desks! Not you!
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What a great idea! And what an amazing blog this is! It’s my first time here, and I love it already!
What a cool idea! Was just wondering about stamps for my jewelry boxes when I ship an item! This will do more than nicely! Thanks!
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Can I tell you I love you for posting this? Can’t tell you how many rubber stamps I bought last week…it’s my latest obsession. And I love more that this is a DIY project! Thanks for sharing!!!
How fab is that! thankyou
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This is incredible, love the idea and can’t wait to try it out!! Thanks!
i want to make one emediatelly!!!
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These are darling! And, so easy! Thanks for the lovely tutorial.
-E.
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My mind is spinning with possibilities! I love this soo much, i admire letterpress and have no idea how to to do it and i feel like i can get the look so easy now! I am in two weddings this summer and my girls are going to benefit from this fabulous little nugget! Thank you, it’s genius!!!
I am in love with this!
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Aww, what adorable placecards! This is a great idea, I just have to think of what needs stamping
where do you get the tags you used as place cards! such a cute idea and i’ve been trying to find these tags in bulk but can’t seem to find them anywhere.
Hey Nicole! You can find little shipping tags like this at most any office supply store where the packing/shipping materials are kept.
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I’m so excited to try this DIY!!!
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OMG Love it! I jstu made my own little mustache one. Working on a heart too (which isn’t working out so well) but will persevere.
Thanks so much for posting this.
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These are so stinking cute! And we have millions of erasers hanging out with nothing to do, so I’m thinking of doing these for some kind of Valentine’s craft with my kids.
I’ll be linking to your tutorial on my VDay round-up here in the next day or so.
Aloha,
Charlie
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Great idea! Excellent!:)
very nice job of drawing and carving the mustache stamp!! Great idea!
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How did you get the names on the tags? I love this style
I love this!!! Also wondering what the best way is to get the names on the tags…
Hi Sarah,
My fiance actually typed out the names on each tag using a vintage typewriter we have. You might have luck printing on them if you don’t have a typewriter; it would probably take a little adjusting on your printer settings and trial and error with size and placement. Good luck!