Custom Stamps
Project by
Travis Lucia
Published On
June 21, 2015
General Information
See how easy it is to make a custom stamp using Easel and your X-carve and then create Greeting cards, shirts or anything else that you can stamp!
Project License
Attribution 3.0 Unported (CC BY 3.0)
Open in Easel®
Tools and Materials
Tools:
Fishtail Milling Bits: 1/16" and 1/32" will allow you to make very detailed stamps. Saw: Some form of saw for cutting the stamp out after you've carved them. This can be done with the x-carve but I would recommend changing bits before you carve through all that material. Brush: If using acrylic paints.
Materials: Mounted Linoleum Craft Paint or Stamp Pad Something to Stamp!
Estimated time: 1 minutes
Add your design to Easel
Import a .SVG or create a design using the built in design elements and text.
Estimated time: 5 minutes
Creating the Backing
Add a shape element that fully encompasses the size of your design or the total size you would like the stamp to be.
Next you'll need to select and send this shape to the furthest back layer possible by using the menu system: Edit; Send Backward, or you can use keyboard shortcuts: cmmd + [
Estimated time: 3 minutes
Carve!
Before caving quickly check your toolpaths to ensure all the details will be present after carving, once your pleased with the design get to carving!
Estimated time: 5 minutes
Clean Up
Once the carve is complete you may need to go over the stamp quickly with an awl or a nail to clear out the linoleum chips from tight corners and detailed areas.
Estimated time: 2 minutes
Cut the Stamp to final size.
This can be done using the machine but I encourage you to carve out the stamps on a larger piece of linoleum and cut them to final size once carving is completed using a bandsaw, table saw ect...
Get to stamping!
Now comes the really fun part, Stamping! There are several different brands and colors of stamp pads out on the market. I tried using pigment stamp pads but was a little unimpressed with the final result so I decided to give Acrylic craft paints a try and was far more pleased with the results as well as how many different sub straights it transfers to.
Estimated time: 5 minutes
What kind of craft paint did you use that worked better than the ink pad?
Zach Kaplan · June 22, 2015
Zach, I tried using a pigment ink pad and it worked but with images that were slightly more faded that I expected so I instead used Acrylic Craft Paint. The brand I used was Anita's, I'm sure any Acrylic paints would work fine though.
Travis Lucia · June 22, 2015
I do this and use speedball block printing ink.
Matthew Nuss · March 30, 2017
Awesome Job what did you use X Carve or Carvey
Bewilderbeast Brandon · September 17, 2017