Rubber Stamping

[stampgirl]

I see some of the lady members on here have listed Scrapbooking as a hobby...are there any "Stampers" out there? I enjoy stamping and plan on putting together a Rubber Stamping tote/carry-along for our camping trips. Any suggestions for what NOT to forget in my tote?

[ccintrigue]

I enjoy both stamping and scrapping! But no suggestions for you. When we travel I leave all my supplies at home. Just take lots of pictures and do lots of journaling while we're away.

[emptywallet]

It is a good Idea to make a stamp book table of contents. Take a journal notebook and stamp the stamp with a discripiton and a page number. In the book stamp and journal. When you go on a trip you will have a quick refrence of the stamp you will want to use for your cards or scrapbook designs. Sassyscrapper.com is a good place for stamps.

These basic tools you should know by now:- just keep it simple

Two to five stamps
two chosen stamp colors
white card stock/envelopes
a journaling stamp
mailing stamps

emptywallet4444-Katie

[stampgirl]

Thanks for the reply "emptywallet"!

[eagles]

I've never gotten into "scrapping" but love stamping cards. Since I take my laptop and printer when we go RVing, I don't take any of my stamping gear. I print out pictures as we travel and immediately put the in an album. With the help of a daily journal, I keep everything up to date with info gathered from all the places we visit. I also had a Web Journal to keep family and friends up to date with pictures, itinery, and maps. That was a blast and well received.

[scrappycrafter]

Since we are full-time, I carry all my rubber stamps, cleaner, and inks in a tote box. All I have done is catagorize them by theme in plastic zipper bags. I use my laptop and printer along with stamping and scrapbooking. I have 2 greeting card programs, sometimes I just use the sayings or the covers, then I stamp and punch and chalk the rest. I don't get into embossing as my husband says I have too much craft stuff to add weight and threatens to throw it all out!! I do need to get rid of some of the things I am not using anymore, but might meet some new gals who are making just what I have materials for! Sorry for getting off the track. I just joined the site today and it's nice, not all tech stuff for the guys! Judy

[natentrina]

:D
I am a full time Rver and have all my stuff with me, and I am looking for people that may want to "swap" cards with or something like that. This is something that I have been trying to work on every day it makes me feel good! So let me know I am going to try to have a new site up to have cards posted on there. Well let me know! Thanks, Trina

[stampgirl]

Hey there Trina.
Let me know when your site is up, I'd love to check it out!

[travlynwomyn]

Actually, there is a lot of great input in this thread - but that one sounded just like my travel partner - he's always on my case about my craft stuff . . . until I create something he really likes - then wants me to make more and tries to figure out where to market them, etc!!!! (Except I hate to mass-produce anything - I like making things because it feels good!)

A just-for-fun item though. Last year we worked at Splash Magic in Northumberland, PA. They had a dolphin and a dragon as their mascots and were hopelessly looking for simple stamps that Splash (the dolphin) and Magic (the dragon) could use to 'autograph' items.

While researching on line I found a great site for making your own rubber stamps, from Pearl erasers. The erasers are only about 50 cents each, but I only messed one up. Once I had the stamps set the way I wanted them I mounted them on wooden blocks with handles the two mascots could hold 'em with their gloves on. I also colored a few in on my computer art program and printed them on shrink art paper. Once baked, they were used in arts and crafts and sold as charms in the store.

[iluvharts]

Yes! I'm a stamper...recently adding die cuts to my addiction! However, with all the stuff I have, (been rs-ing for 10+ years) it just wouldn't do to bring it along...our MH is only 36 feet! LOL! A few stamps and a couple different ink colors just won't do! So I take lots of digital photos and work from there when we get home. Then everybody gets cards of where we went and what we did.

However, one tip I do have if you do want to bring a few things is to take the rubber stamp off the wooden mount and replace the wood and foam with velcro. Then invest in a several sizes of acrylic mounts thru HALOS. Wonderful system. You can get literally hundreds of stamps in a very small space...and lots less weight.

Happy holidays to ya'll