| Did you know that you can create your own custom | | | | 3. Print your reverse image design onto a clear |
| rubber stamp for all of your crafting projects? | | | | transparency. |
| Do you enjoy creating custom artwork? Are you into | | | | Use the Art Stamp Maker |
| making unique holiday cards? | | | | |
| Do you enjoy scrap booking and other home crafts? | | | | 1. Put the transparency with your custom design on the |
| Have you ever wished you could make your own | | | | Double Glass Frame. |
| rubber stamp for a special project? Now you can. | | | | 2. Place the Rubber Dam around your design as close |
| It used to be that you had to go through a company to | | | | as possible to the design without crowding it too much. |
| have a special mold made. You were subject to a | | | | 3. Cover the design with the Liqui-Stamp (Polymer). |
| one-time mold setup fee. Then you were required to | | | | Note: The rubber dam material is placed close to the |
| buy a certain number of the stamps and in the end | | | | design to save on Liqui-Stamp Polymer. |
| you still did not own the stamp. The company keeps | | | | 4. Expose the whole thing for 8 Minutes in The Art |
| the mold! Or charges you a high price to get it from | | | | Stamp Maker. Kind of reminds you of using an easy |
| them. | | | | bake oven. This allows the Liqui-stamp polymer to |
| What if you only want one stamp? What if you'd like | | | | hardeninto a commercial quality art stamp. |
| to keep your design safe? The answer is to make | | | | 5. Wash off the excess unexposed Liqui-Stamp with |
| your own. It is not as hard as you think. | | | | the brush provided in the kit and check to see if the |
| Here is how you make your own rubber stamp: | | | | stamp is completely clean and ready to trim and |
| Design Creation | | | | mount. |
| | | | 6. Dry your custom art stamp and trim off any excess |
| 1. Create your design in Black & White on your | | | | material. Glue it to any mount of your choice. It can be |
| computer using whatever graphics software you are | | | | a simple block of wood or a fancy commercially made |
| comfortable with. You can also draw it by hand and | | | | mount. It is up to you. |
| either scan it in or use an Intuois drawing pad. If you | | | | The Really Super Cool Part |
| don't have a scanner you can take your drawing to an | | | | - You now have a commercial quality stamp of your |
| office store and have them scan it. | | | | own personal design and you did it in less than 15 |
| 2. Copy it and Reverse the Black and White in the | | | | minutes! |
| image so that the black part of the design becomes | | | | - Your negative copy can be reused again and again |
| that part that you will want ink to be on when you | | | | to make the same stamp. That means you can sell |
| stamp it on a piece of paper. Save the reverse image | | | | your design or share it with friends and family. |
| as a separate file from your original design. You will be | | | | - The Art Stamp Maker can handle up to 25 square |
| able to use the original design to create custom | | | | inches(4 ½" x 5 ½") at a time so you can |
| stencils later. If you can't get it reversed with your | | | | make more than one at a time. |
| software you can print it using reversing negatives. | | | | - You can make a full plate of Art Stamps at one time. |
| They come in the kit with the Art Stamp Maker. | | | | - You can have words or a design or both. |