Please help! What do you do when the center of your flower gets inked by accident?

[mrshungria]

It's the inside, hollow part of the flower of my brand new polka dot posies set and I was wondering how I could prevent it from happening. I've only made cards with buttons covering them up, but I don't want this to keep happening.

TIA!

[Bagpuss]

If I were you, I'd unmount the stamp, cut out the troublesome middle bit with a scalpel, and remount it. Or you could try cutting it out without remounting it - I haven't tried. Hope this helps - let us know how you get on please!

[Islandmomma2]

I guess I would stick a brad in it. Can you mask it off?

[Consuelo]

You could try cutting it out with a hobby blade, or not stamp so hard.

[Shelley Davis]

One other thing...you could ink up if you still get ink in the middle clean with a Q-tip or a baby wipe. I would personally cut the center out with a hobby knife.
Shelley

[indyemmert]

Try turning the stamp upside down so you can see where the ink goes. You can stay away from the center that way. HTH!

[row4d]

Quote:

Originally Posted by Consuelo

...or not stamp so hard.

That would have been my advice -- the center isn't that big, so the only time this happens to me is when I press the stamp too hard into the ink pad! :p

[Boss]

Quote:

Originally Posted by row4d

That would have been my advice -- the center isn't that big, so the only time this happens to me is when I press the stamp too hard into the ink pad! :p

I still would cut out the offending center! I had a "handstamped by" stamp that did this and I put up with it for years before cutting out the center - it took all of 2 or 3 min to do and the problem was solved.

I wouldn't unmount the stamp to do this, just sneak in with a sharp pair of pointy scissors and snip away the rubber -- you don't need to remove the foam underneath; if you get rid of the rubber in that area it will no longer pick up the ink and make a mess.

[kphorse]

A little pinch of play dough works great for me! I have two flower stamps that I want the center a diffferent color. I bought a big container of PD at the $$ store and just pinch a tiny bit, put it in place, ink up, flick off the center and stamp. Then I finish with a marker!

HTH

[lisahenke]

I too have this happen with this stamp. I am careful not to push too hard into the ink pad, and I try to roll the stamp around in a circle so the edges only get inked. I just know now that this is a stamp I have to turn over and check before I stamp. If there is ink in the middle, I have to wipe it off before I put it to my cardstock.

[twinks]

I'm a newbie as well. Sometimes, I've found that when its not me, the ink pad is the culprit.

For this stamp tho, I was too afraid to cut the center so I just peeled it off and remounted (pressing the center down first and smoothing petals outward and it seems to have worked.