Save The Rubber!!!

Are you saving the left over Rubber from your stamp sets?

 

Well, you should... It is reusable.

I saved the rubber from a few of my sets. I don't save all of it, but some.

usually the sets that have alot of extra rubber are the best.

 

I wanted to reuse the rubber to create my own stamp set.

I have seen ideas about running the scraps of rubber through your bigshot on a die cut,

and creating shapes. That is a great way to reuse some of the rubber.

I've done this and it works wonderfully.

Here is a picture of those shapes I used with my die cuts.

 

Not too bad!

 

But the extra rubber around your new stampsets can also be used to create

some pretty awesome handmade stamps.

I loved the movie The Lorax.

And so I decided to create a stampset.

Here I created the Truffula Trees stamps.

 

 

Oh My Gosh.... Awesome!

To create the Lorax, I needed to buy the Undefined Stamp Carving Kit from Stampin Up.

 

I used the kit to create the Lorax.

Yes, I carved the rubber, using the tools from the kit.

So Cool and Easy!

 

And Wa-La....

My card

 

I had lots of fun creating the stamp set.

I can now share some cute cards and

scrapbook pages with the kiddos in my family!

 

Happy Stamping and Creating!