Rubber Stamping Projects

We take ordinary wooden clothespins and with a few rubber stamps, we turn them into a beautiful works of art. This project is part of the "Decorate your Life with Deep Red Stamps" Series. You have probably seen desktop or wall picture frames that feature a clip so you can place your favorite photo in them easily. In this project we will show you how to create your own frame with clip. Included in this post is a free, printable templates for 2 sizes of wooden clothespins that are the most common. You can download the template here. For these projects, we used some of our border stamps such as: ​Art Deco Borders Rubber Stamp Set (in green ink) ​Carved Botanical Borders Rubber Stamps (stamped in pink) and ​Linocut Floral Panels Stamps (stamped in navy blue ink) ​Woodcut Flowers Rubber Stamp Set (seen in the light tan ink above) These rubber stamps have excellent detail for these beautiful pins. Also, the film reel image is from our ​Vintage Photo Frame Rubber Stamp S...

Making your own swag to hang on the wall or bulletin board is a super fun project. Whether it's for holiday decor, a party or a classroom, creating bunting flags will 'wow' everyone.  ​Here's some fun ideas:  1) Use holiday themed stamps for Valentine's Day, Halloween and Christmas.  See our Holiday themed stamps here. 2) Use animals for home/office decor or for the classroom.  See our Animals Stamps here. 3) Bonus: you can use the triangle shape to create little trays to hold seed beads.  ​This is a d ual-use template for creating 2 different project.....how great!  Seed Bead Tray Project, (see bottom of this post.) We've created a free bunting flag template for you to print out and make your own. Below are some tips and tricks to make the creating process goes smoothly.  Materials needed: Paper - card stock, smooth, any thickness. Vary your colors or use just one color. String - about 24 inches. Cut 3 sections; (depends on how many swags you wan...