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I've been stamping almost 3 years, and I have an ever-growing collection of rubber scraps! I keep thinking that I will use them to make some extra background stamps, but I've never been inspired to actually do it... however, I need space in my craft cabinet for some new stamps :lol:, so I'm considering releasing all of my little baggies of rubber scraps! (I'm a reformed packrat, so the idea of decluttering them into the trash can is very tempting !
What do you do with all of your rubber scraps? Make background stamps? If so, what do they look like?
I'be used my scraps to make several background stamps. I just use random pieces....rectangle, tiangles, squares etc. in different sizes and shapes. The end result is very nice. :lol:
Daisy
I use mine as dimensionals since they will never collapse as regular dimensionals will over time...I also use mine for shaker cards...You might want to even offer up to give them to people that can use them (like a scout troop that can use them for a badge making their own stamp out of them )
I've always used them as dimensionals but also intend to use them to demo the scissors. Never woulda believed it without trying for myself, but the scissors ARE so awesome for cutting rubber. Makes it SO much easier to cut the sets!
I toss mine! I have to fight my dh daily to get rid of stuff ( I am a reformed packrat but my dh will only be reformed when I bury him 6 feet under! lol). I definitely don't need more stuff to keep up with!
__________________ Melissa Wadkins (Mel)
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I made my first mosaic background stamp with some of mine. (Took a LONG time, but was fun doing while watching TV and such). It is 5-1/4" x 5-1/4". If I had of thought about looking for a bigger scrap of wood, I would have made it 6 x 6. I've had fun with it - coloring sections with different colored markers or using versamark on it. It's fun to try to make shapes with it too. ;-)
__________________ Teresa Deshler www.inkyimpressions.stampinup.net
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WOW!!!! :shock: That mosaic is AWSOME!!! I have a ton of rubber too-but I use it! I haven't attempted to make stamps out of it yet though-but now I might have to try that!! I love the mosaic idea and the shapes idea.
Check out this picture in my gallery. I put long strips staggered on a wood mount, then stamped pattern in 2 different directions to get basketweave effect.
Thanks, Dawn! I feel like saying "Duh!" I guess I didn't realize the rubber would peel off the gray foam. When I first got into stamping like 8 years ago, the consultant always used the whole thing, rubber and all, and it didn't work very well, but it never occurred to me to take the rubber off too.
I put them on the end of my 5yr olds nose and turn her into a human stamp!
Lisa you crack me up! And now that I have your family pic, I will have to go look at my fridge and see which one looks like she is five and then picture you trying to get her to dunk her nose in ink!! LOL
Yea! Thank you all so much for your ideas! I had heard of using them for dimensionals, but never thought about pulling the rubber off and using just the foam - DUH :oops: !
The background stamps you all have made are so creative... you have inspired me to try it!
I have used the larger scraps to make shadow stamps,and have several baggies of other scraps to use for a mosiac stamp but have not tried it yet.
I saw on another card gallery ,someone had made a mosiac in the shape of a hand with some of her scraps. I usually throw all the little bitty pieces away.
I keep one tiny ziploc back to use for dimensionals occasionally. The rest I give immediately to my kids and they stick them on paper and make things with. They come up with neat "pictures" with the pieces and it is a good imagination game!
Or you could give some to a school class for the same purpose. We have a non-profit kids art studio that I donate a lot to when I get a little bag of them. Kids love anything they can stick on things!
I have used the larger scraps to make shadow stamps,
How do you make shadow stamps? All these great ideas have made me really glad that I kept that bucket of scraps the ast time I cleaned out my craft room! You've inspired me to do something with them :P
Oh, man! And to think of all the things I could have done with all those scraps I've been throwing away! From now on, I'm saving mine! I absolutely LOVE the background samples. Great job, ladies!
I have used them to create my own 2-step stamps. For "The Fine Print" I stamped the top of the umbrella onto a scrap, cut it out and mounted it on the side of the wood. Now I have the perfect fill-in. I got the idea from my demonstrator.
I trash em! I saved them for my older sis for awhile because she used them for dimensionals, but I got tired of it.....now they go straight to the trash.
What do you do with your rubber scraps?
