Hi Everyone,
I was perusing the aisles at my local Micheal's crafts store, and was
struck by an inspiration... FOAM STAMPS!! I'm sure this has come up
before as this is most likely not a very original idea, but has anyone
dabbled with creating foam stamps for their letterboxes? I just moved
to a new town, and am planning on planting some boxes in my new home.
I thought this would be a good time to start experimenting with foam.
Does anyone have any tips or suggestions? Foam seems to be a cheaper
and more common medium than the speedy cut or staedler material.
Thanks!
-GG
Foam Stamps
5 messages in this thread |
Started on 2006-06-23
Foam Stamps
From: geishagirl29127 (geishagirl29127@hotmail.com) |
Date: 2006-06-23 05:30:03 UTC
Re: Foam Stamps
From: Judy B (sowbiz@yahoo.com) |
Date: 2006-06-23 10:56:13 UTC
I'm holding a piece of foam in my hand now and tried a 'gouger'
(Speedball tool) on it and it doesn't work. Except for cutting out
basic shapes, I cannot imagine getting a delightful stamp from such
material. Haven't tried its ability to accept and transfer stamp pad
ink. I have used the thicker 1/4" foam for backing stamps and that
works nice.
Suggest if you need less costly carving medium to check out the PZ Kut
(orange or white - I like both).
http://www.stampeaz.com/index.php?main_page=index&zenid=9e09daf3dc604ad8\
be6c2165fb28518e
Judy B
sewsowbizzy
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FOAM STAMPS!! . . . has anyone dabbled with creating foam stamps for
their letterboxes?
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Re: [LbNA] Foam Stamps
From: Suzanne Coe (wilmcoe@yahoo.com) |
Date: 2006-06-23 03:58:00 UTC-07:00
Hi GG,
I've seen foam stamps in a couple of boxes, They work fine, nice images and seem to hold up at least a year+. But you wouldn't be able to use foam if you were making a stamp with very small details. That's where the carving media come in.
Sheba
geishagirl29127 wrote:
Hi Everyone,
I was perusing the aisles at my local Micheal's crafts store, and was
struck by an inspiration... FOAM STAMPS!! I'm sure this has come up
before as this is most likely not a very original idea, but has anyone
dabbled with creating foam stamps for their letterboxes? I just moved
to a new town, and am planning on planting some boxes in my new home.
I thought this would be a good time to start experimenting with foam.
Does anyone have any tips or suggestions? Foam seems to be a cheaper
and more common medium than the speedy cut or staedler material.
Thanks!
-GG
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I've seen foam stamps in a couple of boxes, They work fine, nice images and seem to hold up at least a year+. But you wouldn't be able to use foam if you were making a stamp with very small details. That's where the carving media come in.
Sheba
geishagirl29127
Hi Everyone,
I was perusing the aisles at my local Micheal's crafts store, and was
struck by an inspiration... FOAM STAMPS!! I'm sure this has come up
before as this is most likely not a very original idea, but has anyone
dabbled with creating foam stamps for their letterboxes? I just moved
to a new town, and am planning on planting some boxes in my new home.
I thought this would be a good time to start experimenting with foam.
Does anyone have any tips or suggestions? Foam seems to be a cheaper
and more common medium than the speedy cut or staedler material.
Thanks!
-GG
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Everyone is raving about the all-new Yahoo! Mail Beta.
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Re: [LbNA] Foam Stamps
From: (LundyandVickster@aol.com) |
Date: 2006-06-23 07:44:59 UTC-04:00
GG,
There are some definate applications for foam stamp. You probably won't be able to create a stamp with intricate details but with a little creativity, you could probably make some really fun boxes.
AC Moore (and probably other arts and craft stores) actually sells some stamps that are two pieces and are made from foam. They are mounted on very thin sheets of plexiglas. One I can think of off the top of my head is a tree. The stump and branches are one piece and the leaves are the second piece. It looks really nice when it is stamped.
Larry
Lundy and Vickster
North Shore, Massachusetts
-----Original Message-----
From: geishagirl29127
To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 05:30:03 -0000
Subject: [LbNA] Foam Stamps
Hi Everyone,
I was perusing the aisles at my local Micheal's crafts store, and was
struck by an inspiration... FOAM STAMPS!! I'm sure this has come up
before as this is most likely not a very original idea, but has anyone
dabbled with creating foam stamps for their letterboxes? I just moved
to a new town, and am planning on planting some boxes in my new home.
I thought this would be a good time to start experimenting with foam.
Does anyone have any tips or suggestions? Foam seems to be a cheaper
and more common medium than the speedy cut or staedler material.
Thanks!
-GG
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There are some definate applications for foam stamp. You probably won't be able to create a stamp with intricate details but with a little creativity, you could probably make some really fun boxes.
AC Moore (and probably other arts and craft stores) actually sells some stamps that are two pieces and are made from foam. They are mounted on very thin sheets of plexiglas. One I can think of off the top of my head is a tree. The stump and branches are one piece and the leaves are the second piece. It looks really nice when it is stamped.
Larry
Lundy and Vickster
North Shore, Massachusetts
-----Original Message-----
From: geishagirl29127
To: letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com
Sent: Fri, 23 Jun 2006 05:30:03 -0000
Subject: [LbNA] Foam Stamps
Hi Everyone,
I was perusing the aisles at my local Micheal's crafts store, and was
struck by an inspiration... FOAM STAMPS!! I'm sure this has come up
before as this is most likely not a very original idea, but has anyone
dabbled with creating foam stamps for their letterboxes? I just moved
to a new town, and am planning on planting some boxes in my new home.
I thought this would be a good time to start experimenting with foam.
Does anyone have any tips or suggestions? Foam seems to be a cheaper
and more common medium than the speedy cut or staedler material.
Thanks!
-GG
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Re: [LbNA] Foam Stamps
From: Nathan Brown (Cyclonic07@aol.com) |
Date: 2006-06-24 07:07:14 UTC-04:00
geishagirl29127 wrote on 6/23/2006, 1:30 AM:
> Hi Everyone,
>
> I was perusing the aisles at my local Micheal's crafts store, and was
> struck by an inspiration... FOAM STAMPS!! I'm sure this has come up
> before as this is most likely not a very original idea, but has anyone
> dabbled with creating foam stamps for their letterboxes? I just moved
> to a new town, and am planning on planting some boxes in my new home.
> I thought this would be a good time to start experimenting with foam.
> Does anyone have any tips or suggestions? Foam seems to be a cheaper
> and more common medium than the speedy cut or staedler material.
> Thanks!
>
> -GG
Foam stamps seem to samp nice clean images and hold up pretty well, but
they would be difficult for more intricate stamp images.
The one thing they are great for is kids. Kids can make all sorts of
simple stamps out of them using just a pair of scissors. I have
suggested such stamp making to scout leaders who really seem to like the
idea.
--
Nathan Brown
AKA Cyclonic
Penncoasters.com
Now blogging (scary thought, huh?):
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