I was inspired by this amazing Japanese craft book (link).
I made my stamps out of cork, because I have LOTS of them. It is a bit more rustic than using erasers, but it’s also recycling!
Draw your design on one end of your cork using a Sharpie. I used a silver Sharpie for the dark stained corks.
Using the tip of your craft knife, stab around your design. Insert the craft knife 1/8″ -1/4″ deep.
Carefully cut around edges, being careful NOT to cut off your design. If you mess up, just slice it off and start over!
Pull off excess cork from around your designs.
Stamp away!
My first stamp! Roll the stamp around a little to get full coverage.
Stamping crazy!
You can have a whole set in a matter of minutes!
Try carving on the side of the cork for larger stamps and use a pencil eraser for small round shapes. BTW - I’ve found that synthetic cork works pretty well too.
May 24th, 2007 at 4:37 pm
cute cute cute!
May 24th, 2007 at 4:57 pm
i’ve always wondered how to do this. fabulous tutorial - thanks so much!
May 24th, 2007 at 9:43 pm
Wow, great idea! I always hate tossing wine corks, but hate clutter too…now I have a great way to make stamps for cards! Thank you!
May 25th, 2007 at 1:12 pm
Oh, that’s such a good idea to reuse/recycle. I’ve see something like that done with a potato before, but I thought that was kinda cheesy and didn’t last long.
May 26th, 2007 at 9:19 pm
Excellent idea! I’ll do this to sign my name on petty things… and maybe make a new stamp or two.
May 29th, 2007 at 1:52 pm
Hi, Amy! I love this project, and I wanted to let you know that I’ve featured it at the Strollerderby Blog on Babble.com. Keep up the inspiring work!
http://babble.com/CS/blogs/strollerderby/archive/2007/05/29/crafty-use-for-wine-corks.aspx
June 1st, 2007 at 4:50 pm
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June 6th, 2007 at 5:23 pm
hey~~ I love your blog!! Is it okay for me to add your link to my blog? I make lots of rubber stamps, maybe I should try cork stamps now!
Thank you for sharing! You rock!!
June 6th, 2007 at 6:02 pm
Thanks for the comments! Feel free to link to me. Best!
June 8th, 2007 at 1:32 am
Hooray! Finally something creative I can do with the many wine corks I’ve collected over the years! Marvellous!
July 5th, 2007 at 1:49 pm
Fantastic idea! My man and I have been throwing around cork ideas for a year now.. to no avail. Now I have something practical to do with them! Thank you!
August 17th, 2007 at 5:45 pm
Those are soooo cute. Great idea!!!
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January 26th, 2008 at 10:32 pm
Stunning!!!
April 13th, 2008 at 7:35 pm
That will save me soooo much money thank you
March 5th, 2009 at 4:08 am
oh…it gv me a good idea to carve a stamp. Thanks for sharing.
May 4th, 2009 at 3:30 pm
Just found your site by looking for “carve your own stamp” for Letterboxing. GREAT idea, using corks! Nice site; I’ll visit again!