Guest Post: DIY Christmas Stamps

Please welcome Laura to the blog today, who is sharing a fab DIY for Christmas Stamps.

These are perfect for wrapping, tags and smash books! I am a huge fan of Laura’s blog Wrapped Up in Rainbows which includes plenty of crafty DIYs, nail art and lifestyle posts. 

Hi, I’m Laura from Wrapped Up In Rainbows. I was delighted to be asked by Claire to guest post while she was busy getting into the festive spirit! I know you are a crafty lot so I thought I would share a favourite DIY of mine, hopefully it will come in handy at this time of year.

I am gaining a rather large collection of stamps, and last year I decided to expand it even further buy creating some of my own! Above you can see some which I made for Christmas using erasers and corks. I stamped on everything! I made Christmas cards, gift tags and even some wrapping paper!  Here is a quick tutorial on how to make your own.

You will need;

• Erasers or corks
• A Pen or Pencil
• A Craft Knife (Take care! It is so easy to get carried away. You do not want your finger to become a stamp too!)
• A Craft Mat
• An Ink Pad

Instructions;

Draw your design onto your eraser or cork. Remember that it will come out backwards if you are going to be writing words.

Cut about 3 mm deep all the way around your design.

Cut horizontally into the eraser/cork, about 3mm down. You should be able to remove the excess quite easily and now should be left with just your design that is raised. It will be a little trickier if you are using a cork as it does tend to crumble a little.

Test your stamp out! If there is anything you don’t like you can tidy it up now. After testing my Christmas tree stamp I decided it was a little wonky, and I wanted the tree and the pot to be separate. Much better!

Now you can get stamping! I hope you enjoyed my little post.

Thanks Laura! This is such a fabulous tutorial and I know I’ll be trying it out very soon as I’m totally addicted to stamping things at the moment.

I hope you all enjoyed my guest today. Keep an eye out for more wonderful crafters next week!