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Sending a postcard to a loved one is a thoughtful way to show you care, and can be made even more thoughtful when you send a postcard you've embellished yourself. You can purchase blank postcards at most craft stores and decorate them yourself with a series of wooden or rubber stamps. Using stamps to adorn your postcards allows you to custom design each card, whether your sending it for a specific holiday, birthday or other celebratory greeting.
Photopolymer stamps are similar to silicon stamps but produce crisper, higher resolution images. Although you can purchase photopolymer stamps from your local craft shop, buying ready-made stamps can be expensive. Making your own stamps at home is a simple process and, once you have the right equipment, there is no limit to the number of different designs you can make yourself. Once you are used to the different steps, the whole process can take less than 15 minutes.
Ink stamping is a creative way to decorate note paper, fabric and even the walls in your home. Store-bought ink pads often dry out before you get to use them. You can create your own homemade stamp pads anytime you need them with supplies you probably already have, and few minutes of your time right before you start your ink-stamping project.
You need a postage stamp anytime that you want to send something in the mail, which makes keeping your stamps neat and handy very important. Leaving a roll of stamps out can cause the stamps to get pulled from the roll and stuck to objects on your desk or in your purse. Create your own stamp dispenser to keep them neatly rolled and always handy.
Make homemade stamped postcards with rubber or clear stamps with images, words and phrases stamped in colored inks. Children and adults can spend an hour or two with this type of art project and make a supply of postcards for themselves or to give as gifts for friends and relatives. Paper materials left over from other projects work well. Postage required to send one card is much less than for a regular card in an envelope.
Choose themes to create hand-stamped greeting cards for any occasion. Stamps can include images, letters or numbers. Add a few embellishments to enhance the cards. Children, adults and groups can use this project to make decorative stamped cards for themselves, to wrap in pretty ribbon to give as gifts or to sell as fundraisers.
