DEMO!
Magic Stamp Heat Moldable Foam Stamps
First Listed: November 1, 2007
Here's a DEMO! of my new favorite thing - heat moldable foam. I am
making stamps out of anything that doesn't move. (Update: May 29, 2008 - now you can see me demonstrate this technique on AM Northwest - click here for streaming video).
Actually, the keyboard
might make for a cool effect . . .
I get mine locally at Collage on Alberta
or on SE Woodstock (they sell them singly for $1.00 each, or in packs of 8 for $8.00). If you're not local, good luck finding them on the
manufacturer's website (www.clearsnap.com) or Googling Magic Stamp Moldable Foam Stamps.
Yes, it needs to be something hotter than a hairdryer - sorry!
And
you can use both sides of the foam . . . yes, you can buy one foamie,
make two stamps, then erase and start all over again!!!
Basically,
you just don't want the ink to dry on the stamp - you can probably use
stamp pad ink or fabric paints with some kind of extender . . . you get
the idea.
In fact, once you get started, it's hard to identify something that WOULDN'T make a cool stamp.
Still very attached to these today, but will be ready to trade some soon, I'm sure! (The ATCs - Artists Trading Cards - shown above also include homemade stamps made from Friendly Foam glued to bits of acrylic board, an idea I got from Wendy Huhn.)