Custom Foam Stamps Tutorial

I wanted to make some custom stamps to use in my Art Journals and with my Gelli Arts Printing Plate.

• I created the stamps with Adhesive Foam Sheets and Foam Core Board. I traced the designs on the foam using a pencil. 
• The foam sheets were easy to cut with scissors. I used my circle punch to make the foam circles.
• I used an X-acto blade to cut the Foam Core Board to fit the stamps.

Working with the Adhesive Foam make it simple to create the finished stamps. I had tried using plain Foam Sheets and they do not adhere very well to any substrate.

 

Here are the stamped images. I had just filled my pigment pad with ink so things got a little messy.

Tips:

• Using my circle punch on the Foam Sheets may have destroyed the punch due to the thickness of the foam. The punch now clicks when ever I use it. Use a punch with caution.
• Reink your pigment pads ahead of time so that the ink is absorbed into the pad before you begin stamping.
• These foam stamps seem to use a lot of ink.
• To achieve a neater finish on the sides of the cut Foam Core Boards, smooth them with a nail file.
• To reinforce the individual Foam Core Boards, seal them with matte medium before you place the stamps on the boards.
• It was easy to clean the stamps with a wet paper towel.

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