Stampers Anonymous Artful Rubber Stamps

Note for 2010~The Stamper's Anonymous stamps have really taken off this year. The company can hardly keep up with production- which I think is just marvelous for them. But, due to their popularity, it is taking me an average of about 6 weeks to restock on the stamps that are out of stock. I typically keep about 3 or 4 of each in stock but that stock level can change overnite from orders. Many of you have been very patient while I wait for my re-orders to come in and I appreciate it. It is worth the wait, as I have heard, when you do receive these high quality rubber stamps.

Artful Mosaic Stamp Wood Mounted Rubber Stamp~ This is my all time favorite stamp. It looks good on everything and has also been very popular in many published cards and things by other people. You can use a little or a lot of it. Works great on small pieces of shrink art, polymer clay, dominos, stampbord and of course paper things too. It measures approx. 4 1/2" wide and approx 1 7/8" high (this is a measure of the stamp not the wood).

Angel Collage Wood Mounted Rubber Stamp~Isn't she pretty! I fell in love with her at a recent class I took. You can use the whole stamp or just a portion, her face is so lovely. There is an example below where I stamped a portion of her on a domino-just elegant. She looks great with the small gemstones positioned around her halo, too. She measures approx. 4 1/8" high and approx. 2 1/2" wide.

Game Card Unmounted Rubber Stamp~ Now my friend Angela absolutely adores this stamp and I may keep one of these for myself. Again, it is so versatile, you can use it all or a little of it. Either way, your project will turn out great. This stamp measures approx. 2 3/4" high and almost 2" wide.

Anonymous Collage Wood Mounted Stamp~This will be my second favorite stamp of all time. I have had a ball with this one on the dominos. You get such a different look by using a portion of it. Portions of this would also be great on polymer clay, shrink plastic, of course cards and paper and just about anything else. All the components of this stamp have been single stamps themselves, thus the name "anonymous" because they are all from the Stampers Anonymous line over the years. The rubber on this stamp measures approx. 3 3/4" high and approx. 3: wide.

Crafts Post Wood Mounted Rubber Stamp~ This too is a very versatile stamp to use all or part of. It has the dotted postage lines all around it and the 4 squares crafts are bookarts, jewelry, tin can art and paper. I used the paper square on a domino shown at the bottom of the page. The rubber measures approx. 4" high and approx. 2 3/4" wide.

Mona Collage Wood Mounted Rubber Stamp~ This stamp measures approx. 2 15/16" wide and approx. 3 1/2" high. This is a measurement of the image, not the wood. She has a cool compass behind her head and script and printed words at the bottom. She is also part of the Tim Holtz lilne by Stamper's Anonymous.

Shield of Wexford Wood Mounted Rubber Stamp~ This one was a mistake, I wanted to order the Queen of Wexford but hit the wrong button. I liked it though and decided not to return it. It measures approx. 15/16" wide and approx. 1 1/16" high. It would even look cute as a pocket or a tag. I think you could use several different colors with it, the lines are generous. It's Stampers Anonymous..what's not to love!

I stamped & embossed "The Journey" stamp on this thrift store tin after it was gessoed. This is a wonderful way to add storage to your craft room and showcase all of your Stamper's Anonymous rubber stamps. You have 4 sides and the top of the tin to play with...have fun!

Fleur de Lis & Script Wood Mounted Rubber Stamp~This is a beauty! I love this stamp. The script is -probably- French. You can use it in conjunction with one of our brass fleur de lis charms. The rubber stamp measures approx. 3 1/2" high x approx 2" wide. A simple and easy way to use this stamp is by applying chalk in graduating colors to your paper and simply stamping this on top in black ink (black is my favorite). You could use a direct to paper technique with your dye ink stamps in assorted colors and stamp over it. Stamp it 2x and cut out the fleur de lis and apply over top the stamped fleur de lis with adhesive squares for a nice look. You may or may not know that a wonderful paper that accepts ink very well is the tyvek envelopes you receive in the mail. They are the ones you can't tear - but rub your dye inks into it and it is be-you-ti-ful! It has a little bit of texture to it and you can stamp on it. It is also nice to use for book covers since it is so hard to tear.

Beautiful Bird Collage~This is just a pretty stamp and you are not disappoiinted in any way when you stamp it. I first tried it out on some paper from a old piano roll, inked the paper with the Tim Holtz distress pads in various colors and stamped it using the Archival black ink and it was gor-geous!! The rubber on the stamp measures approx. 3 5/8" high and approx. 3 1/8" wide. It was a long time coming...I placed the order for stamps around the beginning of February and just got them the 1st week in March. Life is good for these stamps because they kept Stamper's Anonymous hopping trying to fill all the orders they received for the new Tim Holtz stamps and orders from the Craft & Hobby show. It's nice to know the stores and companies are busy selling stamps and people are using them.

Dutch Birth Certificate~ Ok, it's story time- once upon a time there was a creative lady named Ginny Carter who had a wonderful stamp store in Cleveland, Ohio called The Creative Block. She also was the originator of Stamper's Anonymous Rubber Stamps. Ginny met a guy and fell in love and closed her wonderful store and moved to California (I think or Washington State) and she also sold Stamper's Anonymous to Art Gone Wild- who still makes the stamps today. Ginny was of Dutch ancestry and somewhere along the line she became the owner of her grandmother or great grandmother's Dutch birth certificate and being the creative lady she was, she turned it into a rubber stamp. So here it is! She has since moved back to the Cleveland, Ohio area and runs some wonderful art classes. The stamp measures approx. 3 3/4" wide and approx. 3 5/8" high. Use all of it for a project or stamp bits and portions of it.

Hinged Shrine, Small~This has been a favorite stamp of mine for many years. You can stamp it and cut out the center and add something else, you can overstamp a face or portrait in the center or some far off land. It allows your creativity to over flow. The stamp measures approx. 2 1/8" wide (from hinge to hinge) and approx. a little over 3" high. You can also just use the cool top portion or the columns or just the bottom portion for a project.

Wood Mounted Shrine FrameStamp~This reminds of the Mexican -I think they are called- Nichos, made of metal. So, I think this stamp would lend itself to being stamped on metal and using some metal tools to create design & texture in it. This is a pretty big stamp- measuring approx. 4 1/2" wide and approx. 4 3/4" high. This is a measurement of the stamp die- the wood block it is on would make it larger. I also think it would look great stamped on cardstock, colored in multiple bright colors, cutting out the center and using over a photo or other image as a frame.

I used glossy cardstock and using a small brayer, brayered color over it with Big & Juicy Spice ink. I brayered it vertically and horizontally. Then I stamped it using Ranger Archival Ink, Jet Black to stamp. This is a great ink because it dries quickly and waterproof- although on glossy, especially if you live in a humid area, you can give it a little help by drying with a heat gun. I then painted in the buildings and countryside using Fresco chalk inks and a small paintbrush.

Riveted Heart Wood Mounted Stamp~This stamp would be great in many applications. I think you could use it with polymer clay, especially like a metal look clay, silver, copper or gold or combo of the 3, stamping on the clay and accenting the little bolts and sectioned areas. I also think it would look nice stamped on a metal sheet and worked around or great on paper, books, precious metal jewelry clay- the possibilities are endless. The heart measures approx. 2 1/8" at its widest and approx. 2 1/4" high. It would also be cool on red valentine like fabric and back with some fusing and make a pin. Well, the rest of the work, ideas and inspiration are up to you.

Phrenology Head Wood Mounted Rubber Stamp~Isn't she pretty! I think her face is very interesting. I like numbers too so the whole package is pretty good. I have stamped her in a book, just inking up the whole stamp but just stamping 1/2 of her face in the book- then it is cool to stamp her immediately onto something else because then you get a bit of a shadow affect since 1 side has been stamped and the other has not--you'll just have to try it to appreciate it. You know how often times friends will shave their heads in respect to a friend going through chemotherapy and have lost their hair- well I think she would make a good card for a friend who is going through that struggle. She is a big girl- measuring approx. 4 1/2" high and approx. 2 5/8" at her widest. Her versatility comes in play by using just parts of her face, 1 eye, both eyes, lips, nose or forehead. My friend made a pretty little lacy like neck collar using the Tim Holtz Sizzix Die- the one that is a bit swirly, you can get the same effect with some lace at her throat, a punched frilly design, a feather behind her ear- you can really have some fun with her. How about a mohawk hair cut with some fake fur?

Loyalty Love Friendship Wood Mounted Rubber Stamp~Another versatile stamp from Stamper's Anonymous. You can use the top of the stamp in colloage- kind of looks a bit like a ruler, the hands, crown, loyalty love friendship banner at the bottom, etc. This stamp measures approx. 3 7/8" wide at its widest and approx. 3 1/4" high. Great for scrapbooks whether it is a family member or friend page. Check out the wonderful design above the hands, a bit like a wrought iron heart, and has numbers around it along with intertwined leaves too. So much to really look at on this stamp. Add a paper crown or a brass charm crown from our great selection of brass charms. Many possibilities and I like that it is not a stamp that you see everywhere or endless reworks of the same stamp- a unique addition to your collect.

London May 1738 Wood Mounted Rubber Stamp~ Beautiful swirl design in this date & place stamp. Would be a great addition to a map, other text stamps, under the phrenology head, for fun as a date and place stamp on a family picture (especially for grandma or grandpa's photo or boss/co-worker). The script is gorgeous and will be a touch of class for any project you use it on. It measures approx. 2 3/8" at its widest and approx. 1 3/8" high.

Ruler Wood Mounted Rubber Stamp~This is a large stamp but it is not done to scale. The die part on the wood measures approx. 6 3/4" long and approx. 7/8" high. The actual "inch" measurements on the stamp are actually about 1 1/2" wide. I like numbers so rulers and things like that have a real draw for me. I would stamp this on ribbon or cotton twill, thin metal, faded or marred fabric-or nice fabric-maybe muslin and tea dye it, great for kids pages on a scrapbook- stamp on the side of the picture- like the height charts many people use for their kids growth. I would definitely use it with polymer clay too. Stamp it, cut each section apart and re-assemble together again with little spaces for some added design, make a kind of frame for another stamp or picture by stamping it vertically and then horizontally across the bottom- like a reverse "L" shape and add your picture inside the "L" part, or stamp it 4 times for a complete frame surrounding another picture. Again, I like it- versatility plus! Just thought of another- stamp on very nice fabric- like a muslin and back it with fusing, color it very colorful, monotone or to your liking, then punch the bottom of the fabric, add some brass charms or a ruler charm (we have that) and put a jump ring on each end of the fabric and attach some chain or ribbon and use as a funky necklace.

Alpha & Beta Wood Mounted Rubber Stamp~This stamp has been around for quite awhile- I know because I bought it quite a few years ago. If you like alphabets, fonts, lettering-this one is for you. Again, you could use it in whole or just parts of the stamp. The beautiful "L's" in the stamp can be used for a monogram or to begin the word "love", great for polymer clay too. It measures approx. 4 1/4" high and approx. 3" at its widest.