If you look for a solution, you will often find it
Sometimes you don’t realize what is involved in an undertaking until you try it yourself. It not always a case of discovering that something is more difficult than you suspected, sometimes you just discover that something has more steps than you thought. That was the case with stamping.
When I made Christmas cards earlier this month, I experimented with stamping on some cards. I didn’t know how to switch ink pad colours on the same stamp without getting the old colour on the stamp except to wait for the first colour to dry, and hope it doesn’t transfer along with the new colour. I tried rinsing the stamps off between uses with water, but that didn’t work. “There must be something meant to clean off stamps,” I thought to myself as I headed to the dollar store this week, and sure enough, there is. I found these solutions at two different dollar stores:
I’ve just finished trying the solution on the left and I’m happy to report that after a few dabbings of the magical liquid on my stamp, and blotting it a few times on a paper towel, the ink is gone.
Another thing I noticed courtesy of my handmade cards adventure, is that I don’t have a way of putting my mark on the cards other than writing “Made by Jummy” on the back of each. Due to laziness, I decided not to do this, but I have been exploring other options of marking my work.
Sherry uses a combination of a stamp and her own writing to personalize her cards, and I like that idea.
I used to work in an office supply store that made custom stamps for businesses, so I’m wondering if that is the solution I’m seeking, one that allows me to design a stamp that has my writing on it combined with some words indicating that my product is handmade. This will be something to think about in the coming weeks as I decide whether I should test the waters of setting up shop on etsy, or if that would be a premature move.
December 31st, 2007 at 1:50 am
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