Learn Stamping and Stenciling Ideas

Everybody knows what stamping is, or don't you?

It is the very easiest way to decorate a plain surface. You can use commercial or home-made stamps to cover notepaper or gift wrapping or anything else.

You can make your own home-made stamps from humble potato, rubber or plastic foam. (For example kitchen sponge.) stamping idea

First draw your pattern on the foam (or on the rubber, etc.)
Then using a scissor cut the needless pieces of the foam off

Use a sharp knife or craft knife for the potato and the rubber, but mind your fingers when you're carving!!

What about the paint? I use a simple acrylic paint, which is suitable for every kind of surface.

To ink the stamp use a brush or a foam roller or a pad or dip the stamp in paint.
stamping picture But be careful! Don't use too much paint, because your picture will be just a huge paint stain. However, if you use too little paint, then the picture will be too faint.
So, experiment how much paint will you need before you make the actual picture.