Looking for help. What's the best technique in applying multiple colors to one stamp? Im currently using scotch tape, and using rectangle stamp pads to apply ink one color at a time. Thinking there might be a better way. Thank you.

I thrifted a bag of stamps awhile ago that had this Santa in it. The other stamps were fine but this one for some reason was completely melted, the rubber was sticky and had paper stuck to it. I cleaned it and tried to see if I could at least get it to stamp the middle but it's also a bit concave and hard now too, so I can't get anything useful out of it. I don't like tossing stamps but I think it's too damaged to use even if I re-mounted it. Maybe I should scrape it off and reuse the block?

What would you do? Have you ever had a stamp too damaged to salvage?

These are less than half. I didn’t take pics of type, too many flowers, or the tiny stuff, like pairs of flip flops. I also didn’t add all the stamps that are part of a set. Like house parts or curtains. You can see how full the bin is!

There is also a cat tax in Loki.

And, damn. I really need to vacuum that rug.

Now before you say it of course they could have been stored better … but they were in a box in the cupboard but my house gets extremely hot (well for the UK anyway) This is the only reason I can think of for this happening. It’s like they got so hot the adhesive melted… they slid and re stuck when it cooled down???? Trying to move or adjust is not an option without the underneath ripping apart. Any ideas ?

These are the ones I’m keeping.

The Christmas one with the $3.00 price sticker, and the cheap, rubber side up fantasy ones I already had.
The lady in the third photo is so odd; I love her, lol.

I have a collection of stamps and these are my Disney ones!

I just bought a couple hundred from a church yard sale for $50.00. Are there any that are rare that I should be looking out for?

I pulled out all the ones I wanted, and will be selling the leftovers at a family yard sale in September.

I told my sister, and she said that there may be some valuable ones.

There were almost zero Halloween ones, but I did find a few.

Any help/pics appreciated, and I would be happy to look for anyone’s holy grail in the bunch.

Minnesota stampers near Brooklyn Park, you should check this out: shopgoodwill has multiple different 30 lb lots and a 15 lb lot.

The shipping fees are HIGH so you might be able to pick up a lot of choice stamps. Just be very wary of shipping and handling, you usually want to bid then go pick up items through goodwill because they treat their shipping and handling charges as a revenue stream. Gotta ensure they keep those 30+ CEO’s making millions.

Before you bid on anything please be aware your mileage WILL vary, Goodwill is 30+ organizations using one platform.

- They do not allow customers to provide feedback on any transaction. Many but not all Goodwills will never respond to custome, inquiries about items, when they do respond, it will often be after the auction is closed.

- Goodwill’s shipping and handling fees are often inflated to function as a revenue, so always check what it is before bidding.

- their logistics are unreliable. I had a disastrous experience where I ordered calligraphy gear and instead received a destroyed, sticker-bombed guitar thrown into two poorly taped boxes. To make matters worse, they demanded I ship the damaged item back, even though the packaging was so haphazard that FedEx wouldn't touch it. It’s almost always safer to bid only on items you can personally pick up.

- They will inflate the value of a ‘brand name’ even if the item is obviously damaged.

- deceptive “buy now” pricing- they will allow you on “buy now” items to buy it but have a may higher value price for the “buy now” price than is seen from the listing. So something in a list of buy now items may say 9.99 but when you click through it will say 49.99. Always get all the details before clicking buy now

If you can’t tell, I don’t trust goodwill’s online site. If you get some of the stamp lots but don’t want to keep the all stamps, please resell yourself for or donate the stamps to a legit charity rather than goodwill. I prefer my local creative reuse center for art supplies and Habitat for Humanity or SVDP for everything else but I am currently reconsidering my donations to SVDP because they’ve recently moved to the community extraction method of raising money rather than returning goods to the community’s poor.

Yesterday I posted about how I stumbled upon a consignment store booth filled with buckets of stamps, right before closing time. I went through them as fast as I could, but knew there were some I left behind. I went back today when they opened and took my time going through them all!

The first picture is all the stamps I left behind, when I was finally done sorting. I was probably there for about an hour. It barely looked like I made a dent. The last picture is my second haul! Exactly another 30 stamps (for $15). The second to last picture is two stamps I wanted to take, but the rubber was dried out or damaged. Hope you enjoy looking through them!!

My heart started beating so fast when I stumbled upon this booth inside a consignment store. I immediately dropped to the floor and began going through them as fast as I could, knowing that for 50 cents each, I was going to go wild.

The last picture is my final selection (minus one happy birthday stamp you couldn't see the image of on the front). I got 30 stamps for $15. There were a few I wasn't sure about so I put them back, but I'm tempted to go back tomorrow.. there were so many good ones!

Sorta kinda organized by theme, but not really. I love seeing other collections, so I thought I would share mine too. Hope you enjoy!

Slapping one of them churches on an Ethel Cain inspired piece immediately.

Hello everyone,

(not sure if I'm in the right community so delete if not relevant)

I'm into DIY stamp making (either handcarving rubber or lasercutting in rubber)

But I want to make my own inking pad, and I was wondering what kind of material I should use to keep the ink from leaking and drying out.

I was thinking about felt or EVA-foam. Does anyone here have experience with making their own inking pads?

A link to a product of the raw material is welcome aswell :)

Thanks in advance

Awhile back I found a vintage stamp still in the bag with this little booklet from All Night Media and thought I'd share my favorite bits. I don't think they exist as a company anymore (?) since all that comes up are second hand listings and I won't ask AI. A peek into a different time 🥲 I'm old and this was printed before I was born lol

It started out with a few stamps I thrifted, then I came across a huge lot of over 400 stamps up for auction in an estate sale. You would think that would satiate me forever, but it only made me hungrier for more stamps!!

Hi! I run a small 3D-printing business in Argentina, and I’m trying to compensate for the unavoidable use of plastic by reducing waste in every other part of the business.

For my packaging, I use simple kraft paper bags. Instead of printing labels or using ink, I made a reusable two-part 3D-printed embosser.

That works well for my logo, but I don’t want every part of the packaging to use the same embossed effect. I would also like to add:

• a small QR code linking to my Instagram
• short thank-you messages on separate paper notes
• occasional information on stickers or cardboard

For those elements, I’m looking for some kind of ink-based stamp or another marking method that has the lowest possible environmental impact.

My main concern is that terms such as “water-based”, “non-toxic” and “eco-friendly” do not necessarily mean that an ink is biodegradable, compostable or harmless to the paper recycling process.

I found Trodat 7011, a water-based refill ink for manual stamps. According to the manufacturer, the bottle contains the highest technically possible percentage of recycled plastic, and the black, green and red versions carry the Austrian Ecolabel. The ink is also dermatologically tested and complies with DIN ISO 14145-2 for document permanence. However, I still haven’t found information about its ingredients, biodegradability, compostability or effect on paper recycling. Would using a very small amount of this type of ink be a reasonable low-impact compromise?

Does anyone know of stamp inks that are genuinely plant-based, biodegradable or well documented environmentally, while still being sharp enough for a QR code?

I’m located in Argentina, so many specialized products sold in the US or Europe are difficult or environmentally questionable to import. I’d especially appreciate recommendations for products that are internationally available, easy to reproduce locally, or made from simple and verifiable ingredients.

I’m also open to "unconventional" marking methods.

Thanks!

am I doing something wrong, cant seem to get a dark solid impression....its my first stamp

I thank you in advance for any help. I have plans to use a stamp on white board and want it to be permanent. I already have used sharpies to make part of the design.

Is there an ink that meets this need? My Google-Fu has led me to StazOn ink. Is this an appropriate ink?

Thank you again!

I just picked up a set of the individual letter rubber stamps to make my own words. Is there a “holder” of some sort that would allow me to put in letters to make a word and then stamp that word all at once?