How to Use a Rubberstamp
Place your stamp rubber-side up. Pat the inkpad over the stamp until all of the raised pink or gray rubber has been covered in ink. If you’re using markers, just make sure you cover the raised rubber areas with marker ink. (Before you use a stamp for the first time, you may want to wash it in warm water. There is a slippery coating that repels ink on newly manufactured stamps and some companies don’t take it off.)
Once your stamp is inked, you are ready to stamp. Pick it up and blow (kind of a huff) on the inked surface and then press the stamp, inked side down, onto your paper. Do not rock the stamp from side to side. The rocking motion may cause the stamp to create a blurred image. Make sure you apply pressure to the middle and sides of the stamp, so the entire image is transferred to the paper.
Don’t worry if your first few attempts result in blurred or partial images. You will quickly get the hang of it and learn how much pressure to apply. If you are getting a lot of partial images, try putting your paper on a spongey surface, such as a mouse pad or thin piece of foam (fun foam works great.) before stamping.
If you are using pigment inks, they will stay wet longer than dye inks. You can help them dry more quickly by applying heat with your heat gun for a few seconds. (If you are embossing, you do not want to dry the image because you want your powder to stick to the ink.)
The sooner you clean the stamp, the less opportunity the more permanent inks will have to stain the rubber. You can use mild dish soap and warm water or special stamp cleaners.
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