I never thought of JoAnn Fabrics...there is one of those right here
in town.. i think of them for fabric not art stuff.. Great tip Thank
You.

--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "floridasunsets1017" sunsets@v...> wrote:
> We found supplies in both Michael's Craft Stores and JoAnn
Fabrics.
> Funny thing about is, we found our carving supplies and our ink
pads
> in opposite ends of the store. Ink pads were by the commercially
> made stamps and the carving supplies were closer to the artistic
> painting supplies. Good thing I needed yarn for my daughter's new
> poncho or I would have never gone in that direction, lol! So, it
> might just pay to browse around your favorite craft store a bit.
>
> Florida Sunsets

They dont happen to have that rubber I've seen a few (of the 12
stamps I've found) hand carved stamps made of do they? Its fairly
pliable, but seems fairly dense and I think it would hold small
details better than the rubber of an eraser I've used. I'd like to
pick up some of that so I can get to making my own stamp for a few
boxes I have planned ;) Thanks

Jeff

P0F12

--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "floridasunsets1017" sunsets@v...> wrote:
> We found supplies in both Michael's Craft Stores and JoAnn
Fabrics.
> Funny thing about is, we found our carving supplies and our ink
pads
> in opposite ends of the store. Ink pads were by the commercially
> made stamps and the carving supplies were closer to the artistic
> painting supplies. Good thing I needed yarn for my daughter's new
> poncho or I would have never gone in that direction, lol! So, it
> might just pay to browse around your favorite craft store a bit.
>
> Florida Sunsets

I don't know what material was used on the stamps you found but what I
use is PZ Kut from http://www.stampeaz.com/
It's so easy to carve and mount on 1/4" or 5mm fun foam available in
crafts stores like JoAnn's. The foam will give a firm back for
printing but won't warp...provided "Goop" is NOT used for glue. I use
"Elmer's Craft Bond Ultra Sticks All", other boxers use 5 minute
epoxy. The foam can also be cut with scissors.

The newboxers group is a great resource for newcomers:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/newboxers/
both with conversation, archives and growing files of information.

Cheers,
catbead




--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "Jeff LaCoy" wrote:
> They dont happen to have that rubber I've seen a few (of the 12
> stamps I've found) hand carved stamps made of do they? Its fairly
> pliable, but seems fairly dense and I think it would hold small
> details better than the rubber of an eraser I've used. I'd like to
> pick up some of that so I can get to making my own stamp for a few
> boxes I have planned ;) Thanks
>
> Jeff
>
> P0F12
>
> --- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "floridasunsets1017" > sunsets@v...> wrote:
> > We found supplies in both Michael's Craft Stores and JoAnn
> Fabrics.
> > Funny thing about is, we found our carving supplies and our ink
> pads
> > in opposite ends of the store. Ink pads were by the commercially
> > made stamps and the carving supplies were closer to the artistic
> > painting supplies. Good thing I needed yarn for my daughter's new
> > poncho or I would have never gone in that direction, lol! So, it
> > might just pay to browse around your favorite craft store a bit.
> >
> > Florida Sunsets

--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "catbead1" wrote:
> easy to carve and mount on 1/4" or 5mm fun foam available in
> crafts stores like JoAnn's. The foam will give a firm back for
> printing but won't warp...provided "Goop" is NOT used for glue. I use
> "Elmer's Craft Bond Ultra Sticks All", other boxers use 5 minute
> epoxy. The foam can also be cut with scissors.
>

> Cheers,
> catbead

Well DANG! I'd figured out the foam backing trick myself, but I've been
going CRAZY trying to figure out why I couldn't get a nice non warped
stamp. Of course I've been using Goop. I'll get out and buy some Elmer's
as soon as possible. Thanks Catbead for a timely post as I have a couple of
stamps to mount.

Howls,
Werewulf

> Well DANG! I'd figured out the foam backing trick myself, but I've
been
> going CRAZY trying to figure out why I couldn't get a nice non warped
> stamp. Of course I've been using Goop. I'll get out and buy some
Elmer's
> as soon as possible. Thanks Catbead for a timely post as I have a
couple of
> stamps to mount.
>
> Howls,
> Werewulf


Hey Werewulf good to see you back!

I ran out of Elmers one day and used Goop instead. Oops. The Goop
and foam combo severely warped a stamp that took me over 9 hours to
carve, and the stamp had to be mailed off that day. I thought the
thing was destroyed. Goop made the PZKut swell up and feel brittle
both at the same time, plus it smelled like xylene. Yuck. I saved
the stamp by letting it air out for a few hours to get the stink out,
then regluing with Elmers and put it in a press with weight on it for
about 6 hours while the glue cured. What a relief to see it was flat
again.


Cheers,
catbead

eek, now you guys have me scared! I just glued my first stamp to
foam board...and all I had was Gorilla Glue...is that okay?
Tara

--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "catbead1" wrote:
> > Well DANG! I'd figured out the foam backing trick myself, but
I've
> been
> > going CRAZY trying to figure out why I couldn't get a nice non
warped
> > stamp. Of course I've been using Goop. I'll get out and buy
some
> Elmer's
> > as soon as possible. Thanks Catbead for a timely post as I have
a
> couple of
> > stamps to mount.
> >
> > Howls,
> > Werewulf
>
>
> Hey Werewulf good to see you back!
>
> I ran out of Elmers one day and used Goop instead. Oops. The Goop
> and foam combo severely warped a stamp that took me over 9 hours to
> carve, and the stamp had to be mailed off that day. I thought the
> thing was destroyed. Goop made the PZKut swell up and feel brittle
> both at the same time, plus it smelled like xylene. Yuck. I saved
> the stamp by letting it air out for a few hours to get the stink
out,
> then regluing with Elmers and put it in a press with weight on it
for
> about 6 hours while the glue cured. What a relief to see it was
flat
> again.
>
>
> Cheers,
> catbead

Well.....wait until it dries and see if it's warped. If so then very
carefully peel apart, roll all the glue off the stamp, gently wash the
stamp & dry. Then glue again!

Cheers,
catbead




--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "Tara" wrote:
> eek, now you guys have me scared! I just glued my first stamp to
> foam board...and all I had was Gorilla Glue...is that okay?
> Tara
>

--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "catbead1" wrote:
> Hey Werewulf good to see you back!

Whoo hoo! Someone noticed I was gone!!

Yes. Summertime means warm weather and warm weather is bad for little furry
werewolves with Multiple Sclerosis. Fall/cool weather and I'm back on the trail at last!!

Hugs and Howls,
Werewulf