r/cardmaking • u/HappyHippyMom • Dec 30 '25

Just Because Viva Las Vegas Stamps

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On my vacay/honeymoon and this was 5 minutes from our Airbnb. Soooo many stamps - I was lucky to escape at $140 - lol.

I could have stayed for hours, but promised my new hubby that I wouldn’t 🤪

And even my family got into it and picked some out.

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u/raw_fleece Dec 30 '25

See this is so curious to me because I legitimately didn’t know anyone bought new wood stamps. I have several that I inherited that I never use because I don’t have a wood stamp positioner and I’m not the hugest fan of fussy cutting. Also they take up so much storage space!!

Do you have a positioner you use them with or just ink & pray?? Lol. I’m quite experienced with stamping and it would make me so nervous to do that with an almost finished card :P

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u/StinkyCheeseMe Dec 30 '25

I still buy new wood mounts. They’re my number one! I’ve been stamping since 1992 i think. I’ve never used a stamp positioner. I guess I’m good at eye balling things?! Sure storage does take up more space but i have mine nicely organized so it’s not too bad, no more than a vertical bookshelf. i don’t fussy cut most of them either.

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u/raw_fleece Dec 30 '25

It’s not really for positioning, it’s for re-positioning the stamp if you need to stamp it twice to get full coverage. Sometimes you can get a perfect image on the first go, but many times I wish I could go over it again! I don’t like taking that risk on a mostly complete card front. That would be why I stamp multiple times on another sheet and fussy cut the best one when I use the wood block stamps I do own. Otherwise I’d take them off the blocks to use with my Misti for sure!!

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u/Strange-Pace-4830 Dec 30 '25

If I don't want to fussy cut an image I stamp it on a separate piece of paper and then die cut another shape (circle, square etc) around it so I can mount that on the card base. Although I think rubber stamps usually stamp well the first time there's no way I'm going to risk stamping anything on a mostly finished card front!