Make Your Own Rubber Stamping Supplies

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Blender Pen Refill

To fill a 1 oz. bottle:
1/3 Glycerin
2/3 Distilled water
1/4 teaspoon alcohol
Place above ingredients in a dropper bottle.


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Embossing Ink

Rit Powdered Clothes Dye (any color)
1/4 Teaspoon Alcohol
5 Tablespoons Glycerin

Carefully blend dye & alcohol until it's the consistency of
thin cream, starting with 1/2 tsp of p. dye and continue adding 1/8 tsp at a time until the consistency of a thin cream.

Add glycerin. Blend Well. Pour homemade ink over stamp pad or a fine grain foam-rubber pad. Spread the ink evenly with a brush, popsicle stick, or back of a spoon.Other Tips:To Use small sponges as ink pads. cut compressed sponges into thin strips while
dry and then add ink. It will create a thin smooth ink pad

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Embossing Fluid

1 part glycerin mixed with 2 parts water


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Ink Pads

Rit POWDERED Dyes, in various colors
Rubbing Alcohol

Baby Food Jar: Add an entire package of dye to the jar, add alcohol to the top of the jar, replace lid and shake.
Film Canister: Fill canister 1/4 way full of dye, add alcohol to the top, replace the lid and shake.

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Rainbow Stamp Pad

dye-based re-inkers
Clean Stamp Pad

On a clean stamp pad, Make a "puddle pad" using dots, curves, swirls and lines with whatever colors you like. Use Plenty of ink, don't be shy. The colors used will bleed together, forming new shades and variations. If, over time, the colors bleed together so much that they become muddy, just wash out the ink and re-use the pad.

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Rub-n-Buff Cream

Note: Be sure to use boiled linseed oil as a binder, not raw linseed oil which will not
dry after application.

Add a few drops of "Boiled Linseed Oil" to some metallic powders (such as Pearl Ex or Powdered Pearls), mix to a thick, paste-like consistency. Store in a small jar with a tight fitting lid.

To use, apply to desired surface with a soft cloth wrapped around your finger or use a cotton swap for smaller areas.


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Shimmer Spray

Fill a Small spray bottle with wateradd 1 - 2 tsp. mica powdershake well and spray

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Shimmer Paint

1/4 tsp. of mica powder
1/4 tsp of glycerin
1-2 drops of water

Blend together in small container (film canister works great) & paint.

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Stamp Cleaner

1/4 c. Simple Green
3/4 c. water
Sponge
Small plastic container w/ lid ( A travel soap container works awesome)

Combine the water & cleaner and pour over damp sponge. Swish the dirty stamp over the sponge and then wipe clean.


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Stamp Pad

Small plastic box (travel soap box or any box that has a cover)
Cut a small piece of foam rubber to fit neatly inside your container.
Add homemade ink and Voila!

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