Last weekend in the studio I decided to do a little side project while I was there. I’ve got a nice stash of scrap wood from the studio construction that I’ve squirreled away so I dipped into it and pulled out a selection of different size pieces. I spent a few minutes with my hand sander knocking off the rough edges (I hate getting splinters!) before I continued.
Then I rounded up the rest of the materials I’d need:
A sheet of block printing foam, white glue
Pen, ruler, scissors, hole punches
Exacto knive/Cutting mat
The first step was to trace around the blocks of wood on the block printing foam and cut them to size, at least for the first few.
For the larger two stamps I created the designs with a pen, the rest I just kind of “winged” as I went along. After drawing the design I marked out the pieces I’d be removing from the foam with the exacto knife.
I kept all the removed/marked pieces to use on the second large stamp. I felt like I should seal the wood somehow before adding the foam so I sprayed the wood block with some clear spray paint. After assembling that stamp it dawned on me that by covering the entire surface with glue that was probably enough of a seal so I skipped that step on the rest of the pieces. One or two already had paint on them so they were going to be fine anyhow. The gluing was easy and straightforward, the drying time always takes the longest!
For the second stamp I used the cut-aways and arranged them randomly. With the pen marks they leave a fun print! The next few stamps were all random lines and curves to fit the sizes of the stamps. 
The last two stamps I brought out a few hole punches. Circles, holes, dots, squares and rectangles, all just willy-nilly random fun.
I ended up with eight new stamps for just a bit of work, a few materials and a little time. The best part? No one else has one like them. 🙂 Later this week I’ll share some of the prints I made with these new stamps and a gelli plate that added the fun colors you see in the top image!
Hugs,
Lynne
A Randomly Creative Blog 
Great day’s work!
you can also use stick on foam to cut pieces out of or I’ve also glued on geometric pieces by Darice in different configurations. The nice thing about the stick on foam is you can cut it with those fancy edged scissors. Keep up the good work!
I wondered if the sticky foam would stay stuck…good to know! Thanks Sue!
I just discovered you..wow!! This sounds like fun..and easy!! Something an old lady on fixed income can do. I imagine you can buy this foam at Michaels? I hope. Let the fun begin!!! Thank you
Yes, they have craft foam that works just fine for this!
This looks like such fun–and your came out wonderfully. I am definitely inspired to try this as I’ve been wanting new embellishments and patterns for my art!
Lovely!!!
re the stick on foam, I forgot to say that I put a layer of gel medium over them to make them last longer.
Good to know!