_Where_ do you find the wooden mounting blocks? Our area craft super stores don't sell just the mounts, and I haven't been able to find any rubber stamp specialty stores around here (here would be Cleveland, Ohio). Can anyone suggest some websites (other than MisterArt & DickBlick, which I've already checked) so I can compare prices?
Thanks,
Doodle aka Diane.
PS -- For those in the Cleveland area, the Joann Etc. in North Olmstead had MasterCarve blocks...forget the size (2.5 x 5, maybe?) for $4.99 each. A little more expensive than the websites, but if you're anxious to get it...
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for those who mount their stamps...
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for those who mount their stamps...
From: Doodle & Deedle Bug (doodle_n_deedle@yahoo.com) |
Date: 2004-08-05 08:35:20 UTC-07:00
Re: for those who mount their stamps...
From: ndnboxing (ndnboxing@yahoo.com) |
Date: 2004-08-05 15:41:14 UTC
You could buy pre-made stamps and rip the stamp part off and use the
wooden block. Some wise person posted this the other day. Personally,
I love the idea of ripping off the crappy stamp image. Or you could go
to a home improvement store and buy some wood and sandpaper and do it
yourself (might need to get a saw too). That's what I do.
Hope this helps,
Mark
--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, Doodle & Deedle Bug
wrote:
> _Where_ do you find the wooden mounting blocks? Our area craft
super stores don't sell just the mounts, and I haven't been able to
find any rubber stamp specialty stores around here (here would be
Cleveland, Ohio). Can anyone suggest some websites (other than
MisterArt & DickBlick, which I've already checked) so I can compare
prices?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Doodle aka Diane.
>
> PS -- For those in the Cleveland area, the Joann Etc. in North
Olmstead had MasterCarve blocks...forget the size (2.5 x 5, maybe?)
for $4.99 each. A little more expensive than the websites, but if
you're anxious to get it...
>
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Letterboxers wear Khakis. Or jeans. Or shorts, if they're not
scared of poison ivy. And rainjackets when they're crazy enough to go
'boxing in a downpour. And sunscreen, bug spray, big backpacks to
hold all those stamp pads and box first aid supplies and extra bug
spray and their very important water, and good hiking boots, and...
>
> Visit us on the web at www.geocities.com/doodle_n_deedle
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wooden block. Some wise person posted this the other day. Personally,
I love the idea of ripping off the crappy stamp image. Or you could go
to a home improvement store and buy some wood and sandpaper and do it
yourself (might need to get a saw too). That's what I do.
Hope this helps,
Mark
--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, Doodle & Deedle Bug
> _Where_ do you find the wooden mounting blocks? Our area craft
super stores don't sell just the mounts, and I haven't been able to
find any rubber stamp specialty stores around here (here would be
Cleveland, Ohio). Can anyone suggest some websites (other than
MisterArt & DickBlick, which I've already checked) so I can compare
prices?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Doodle aka Diane.
>
> PS -- For those in the Cleveland area, the Joann Etc. in North
Olmstead had MasterCarve blocks...forget the size (2.5 x 5, maybe?)
for $4.99 each. A little more expensive than the websites, but if
you're anxious to get it...
>
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Letterboxers wear Khakis. Or jeans. Or shorts, if they're not
scared of poison ivy. And rainjackets when they're crazy enough to go
'boxing in a downpour. And sunscreen, bug spray, big backpacks to
hold all those stamp pads and box first aid supplies and extra bug
spray and their very important water, and good hiking boots, and...
>
> Visit us on the web at www.geocities.com/doodle_n_deedle
> __________________________________________________
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Re: [LbNA] Re: for those who mount their stamps...
From: Barefoot Lucy (barefootlucy@yahoo.com) |
Date: 2004-08-05 08:54:50 UTC-07:00
I make my own also. I get wood about 1/4" thick at
Hobby Lobby, about 6" wide by 18" long, and I cut it
down using a small narrow band hand saw. I then sand
the edges and I stamp the image on the top of the
board (and later carefully mount the stamp so that
when someone looks at the top of the stamp, they know
which direction to hold it to get a right-side-up
image). I spray the whole thing with sealant, then
glue the stamp to the bottom of the mount using shoe
goo or crafter's putty. The trick is to be careful
not to let the bonding agent clump or gather so the
stamp is uneven.
Lucy
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Hobby Lobby, about 6" wide by 18" long, and I cut it
down using a small narrow band hand saw. I then sand
the edges and I stamp the image on the top of the
board (and later carefully mount the stamp so that
when someone looks at the top of the stamp, they know
which direction to hold it to get a right-side-up
image). I spray the whole thing with sealant, then
glue the stamp to the bottom of the mount using shoe
goo or crafter's putty. The trick is to be careful
not to let the bonding agent clump or gather so the
stamp is uneven.
Lucy
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Re: for those who mount their stamps...
From: johnoballou (johnjballou@hotmail.com) |
Date: 2004-08-05 16:17:21 UTC
Yeah, I make my own too. Sometimes I buy a piece of wood at hardware
store, also if you look in the craft store in the wood products for blocks that are
used to whittle or carve out of, those work nicely too. I then sand and spar
varnish to be waterproof, and glue on stamp. Sometime I will also take a
piece of foam (thin stuff you can buy is sheets) and mount that between stamp
and wood. Should apply a litte sper varnish along the edges to reduce water
absorption. Good luck.
store, also if you look in the craft store in the wood products for blocks that are
used to whittle or carve out of, those work nicely too. I then sand and spar
varnish to be waterproof, and glue on stamp. Sometime I will also take a
piece of foam (thin stuff you can buy is sheets) and mount that between stamp
and wood. Should apply a litte sper varnish along the edges to reduce water
absorption. Good luck.
Re: for those who mount their stamps...
From: Poison Ivy Hedge (poisonivy@haveashittyday.com) |
Date: 2004-08-05 16:57:29 UTC
I pick through the scraps of wood that clutter my husband's woodshop
and use those.
I also use Shoe Goo to mount them.
and use those.
I also use Shoe Goo to mount them.
Re: [LbNA] for those who mount their stamps...
From: (Doublesaj@aol.com) |
Date: 2004-08-06 01:45:25 UTC-04:00
At Michael's Craft stores, look in the section for woodworkers where they
sell small plastic bags of various shaped pieces of wood (stars, hearts, etc.)
You might find a circle or square that will suit your purpose.
~~Doublesaj & Old Blue~~
P44 F 251 X70 V18 A18 HH 22
Letterboxers take nothing and leave nothing
but good impressions. Sir B
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sell small plastic bags of various shaped pieces of wood (stars, hearts, etc.)
You might find a circle or square that will suit your purpose.
~~Doublesaj & Old Blue~~
P44 F 251 X70 V18 A18 HH 22
Letterboxers take nothing and leave nothing
but good impressions. Sir B
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Re: for those who mount their stamps...
From: red_bing (redbng@aol.com) |
Date: 2004-08-06 12:50:01 UTC
Doodle Di,
My favorite material for this is plastic... you can pick up a kitchen
cutting board at the dollar store and there's enough material for a
lot of stamps. The board itself is only about 1/8 inch thick, is
still flexible enough to get a good ink transfer in the middle areas
of larger stamps, and won't warp due to humid weather or floods the
way wood does. I use a band saw to cut it up, but any saw or utility
knife could work. I've been using contact cement to afix it to the
rubber, but haven't had this field tested long enough yet to know if
it works well enough as an all-weather adhesive.
-Red
--- Doodle & Deedle Bug wrote:
> _Where_ do you find the wooden mounting blocks? Our area craft
super stores don't sell just the mounts, and I haven't been able to
find any rubber stamp specialty stores around here (here would be
Cleveland, Ohio). Can anyone suggest some websites (other than
MisterArt & DickBlick, which I've already checked) so I can compare
prices?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Doodle aka Diane.
My favorite material for this is plastic... you can pick up a kitchen
cutting board at the dollar store and there's enough material for a
lot of stamps. The board itself is only about 1/8 inch thick, is
still flexible enough to get a good ink transfer in the middle areas
of larger stamps, and won't warp due to humid weather or floods the
way wood does. I use a band saw to cut it up, but any saw or utility
knife could work. I've been using contact cement to afix it to the
rubber, but haven't had this field tested long enough yet to know if
it works well enough as an all-weather adhesive.
-Red
--- Doodle & Deedle Bug wrote:
> _Where_ do you find the wooden mounting blocks? Our area craft
super stores don't sell just the mounts, and I haven't been able to
find any rubber stamp specialty stores around here (here would be
Cleveland, Ohio). Can anyone suggest some websites (other than
MisterArt & DickBlick, which I've already checked) so I can compare
prices?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Doodle aka Diane.