| Rubber stamps have become widely popular over the | | | | or an existing garment. The paint used should blend |
| last few years. Previously, rubber stamps were used | | | | nicely with the fabric to give a personal touch to items |
| for business purposes only, but people today now use | | | | such as tablecloths and napkins. Since rubber stamps |
| rubber stamps extensively for craft projects. | | | | can also be used on hard surfaces like wood or metal, |
| Nowadays, rubber-stamping has become a fantastic | | | | hard items such as trunks, jewelry boxes and picture |
| hobby where an individual can create all sorts of | | | | frames can also be decorated with rubber stamps. |
| designs by using rubber stamps. For this hobby, | | | | The paints used to decorate these hard surface items |
| obviously rubber stamps carved with different designs | | | | should be appropriate for the item's surface to get a |
| on the rubber is essential, as well as ink pad that is | | | | good result. You can create elegant decorative |
| used to transfer the designs from these rubber | | | | borders, decorate a child's room, or design walls and |
| stamps onto a medium like pieces of cloth, paper, or | | | | ceilings with rubber stamps. |
| card. | | | | Care should be taken to choose the correct size of |
| Decorative rubber stamps, also called art stamps, are | | | | the rubber stamp. Small stamps should be used for |
| used extensively in homemade craft projects. | | | | stationery and wrapping paper, and extra-large stamps |
| Decorative art stamps leave a lasting image on the | | | | to decorate walls and ceilings. Paints should be applied |
| page and create wonderful paint designs on a wide | | | | to rubber stamps with a paint pen, small brush or the |
| range of surfaces. Art stamps can be used to | | | | traditional stamp pad and rinsed immediately after use. |
| decorate scrapbooks or to add color and variety to | | | | Much earlier rubber stamps had to be ordered or |
| photo albums. Art stamps are also used on letters, | | | | bought from office supply stores when needed. But |
| greetings cards, birthday and Christmas cards, banners | | | | today rubber stamps are available everywhere from |
| and flyers to give a personalized touch. Art stamps | | | | local supermarkets to online sites that sell stamps of |
| can also be used to decorate notebooks, stationery | | | | varied uses and designs. With the popularity of |
| and holiday wrapping paper. Either one stamp design, | | | | rubber-stamping, numerous books and magazines |
| or two or more complementary designs can be used | | | | devoted to rubber-stamping are available both in the |
| at a time to embellish a single paper. | | | | stores and on internet sites and display a varied range |
| Art rubber stamps can be painted with fabric paint to | | | | of rubber stamp craft projects. |
| create a decorative border design on a piece of fabric | | | | |