One question I get from my customers is, “I’ve heard you can cut acrylic stamps. Is it really okay to cut my stamps?” The answer is YES!! I know it’s scary to do but it opens up a world of possibilities with your stamps!
First of all, why would you want to cut your stamps? Well perhaps you have a saying that is long and narrow but you want the words to be stacked on top of each other to fit a square space. Or perhaps you only want to use part of a stamp.
When I created a card the other day, I had a vine stamp and I wanted to stamp this cute flower onto the vine without the stem and leaves. Yet, the way the stamp was designed it was difficult to ink up just part of the stamp. The answer? Cut the bloom!
I just took the stamp off the carrier sheet and decided where to cut. When cutting a stamp, I like to make sure that there is enough blank space around the image to make it easy to cut the image without cutting any other parts of the design. As you get more confidence in cutting stamps you can get more daring. When you have planned your cut, simply use your microtip scissors to cut your stamp.
Now you have your stamp in two pieces. It’s easy to put both pieces together on a block to stamp the whole thing as one image in the future. So you don’t have to worry about not being able to use the whole stamp together as one piece another time. You have the best of both worlds!
Now just stamp your image.
Ok. Honesty here. The first time I did this was last year with the Halloween stamp of the month. I was scared to death ../ thinking I was going to 'ruin' the stamp set. Well, I didn't and it didn't. And just like other habits, it gets easier each time you do it!
It’s super easy to cut your stamps and have flexibility with your images. Enjoy!
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