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With such resurgence in craft projects for all ages, there has been a high demand for the rubber ink stamp, as a way to decorate any number of household objects. Although these are available in every variety to purchase at craft stores, it can also be a fun project to create your own at home. This is an inexpensive and rewarding project that leaves you with a rubber stamp of your own unique design that you can reuse again and again. To begin with, you need to gather the essential supplies, which can be found at any office, art supply, or craft store.

The basic tools to make a rubber ink stamp include a plain rubber white eraser, a wood block, glue, a pencil, and tracing paper, among other more hardware-oriented tools including a craft knife and saw. To begin with, you will want to draw your own design. You could do this with the help of tracing paper or freehand, with the pencil. This should be a relatively simple design that will translate well to the world of stamping with various inks. It could be a trademark for your business, or simply a fun character that you enjoy looking at.

After drawing the design of your choice onto the tracing paper, you will want to turn this over on top of the blank, white eraser. Trace these lines from your design on top of the lines that are on the paper, and then they will be transferred over to the eraser. Go over this with a pen to make the next step in making a rubber ink stamp easier, which will be to then cut out this area from the eraser. This can be accomplished most easily with a small tool such as a sharp needle. The scored lines can be engraved deeper with a craft knife.

To finish off the process of creating your own rubber ink stamp, you will then want to cut your sponge into the same shape as your new eraser rubber stamp, and glue them together. Then for a more professional appearance and a handle that will make stamping easier, you can cut a small piece of sanded wood down to fit over the stamp, and glue them together. This whole process should not take more than an hour or so, and offers infinite uses. You could personalize a signature for mail correspondence, or simply make fun animal shapes. There is no limit to the design possibilities.