Personalized Gifts AMNW Demo by Shirley Rufener~Airing Oct. 2, 2008
Have you ever wanted a rubber stamp of someone's name, a business stamp or a special design or phrase stamp. Well now you can make them yourself with a new do-it-yourself home stamp making kit by JustRite. All you need to provide is a standard 60 watt lightbulb and have access to a computer with an inkjet printer to create custom rubber stamps, just like the ones you purchase. Just think, you could make invitations, shrink art buttons, company logo t-shirts or stamped advertising items, fund rasing projects, lables, business cards, etc..the skys the limit! For even more ideas and tips visit the
You can use VersaCraft stamp pads and VersaCraft Fabrico markers by Tsukineko on a variety of surfaces such as fabric, paper, wood, leather, polymer clay, unglazed ceramic, porcelain, paper mache and shrink plastic. When stamping on fabric, heat setting is required and fabric should be pre-washed to remove the sizing. Available in 36 colors (white not available), the markers feature both a brush and bullet tip, specifically designed for smooth ink flow. Perfect for adding details, lettering and coloring in. Store markers horizontally to keep both tips well-inked.
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The JustRite stamp kit comes complete with everything you will need to start making 112 square inches of high quality stamps! All you need to provide is a standard 60 watt bulb desk lamp with a bending or flexible arm, dish washing liquid, a permanent black Sharpie marker and use of an computer and inkjet printer. The kit creates translucent stamps from photos, drawings, designs, scans or text created from fonts available on your computer. It uses light sensitive photopolymer gel in sealed, no mess packets for easy handling.
Kits, refil polymer packets and acrylic mounts are available on our website. Kits are even on sale through Oct. 15th! For more info visit our
Other materials you can use:
~Items to stamp (samples show baby onesies, white shrink plastic buttons, notepads, sticky notes, books, gift bags, business tags and a twill bracelet with velcro closure and a decorative button) ~White tacky glue (for bracelet ends and button)
~Paper towels
~Scissors
~1/8" hole punch tool (for shrink plastic button holes and business tags
~Piece of cardboard or similar to protect work surface when cutting around stamp
*Important Note: Included in every kit is a video demonstration CD, and a booklet containing very complete instructions speciifc to this unique kit explaining in detail how to create successful rubber stamps. Please refer to these items as the following is a only a basic guide to the process.
1. Print the artwork from your computer onto the tacky side of a provided transparency. Wet you finger slightly and touch a corner to feel the slightly stick side. Although this manufacturer's photo shows just one image, it is thrify to fill at least half of a page with designs and print them all at once. Use a paper slicer to cut the page excess area evenly, so it will feed into your computer the second round properly. Check to make sure that you can not see light through the black areas. If there are any scratched spots, "dot on" ink from a Sharpie pen to fill them in.
2. Fill the tray with about 1cm warm water (red marking on plastic stick)and stir in 1 teaspoon of de-tack salts until disolved.
3. Set up your lamp on your work surface but do not turn it on yet. Assemble the following layers in order:
Place the black piece of cardstock (from the kit) down first, then the bottom half of the clamp with colored edges facing up, then your artwork, then a polymer packet. Add the top of the clamp, magnet dots side down and press in the center of the clamp to remove any creases in the gel.
4. Use the provided plastic measuring stick to position the lightbulb centered 8" above the clamp. Turn on the lamp shining the 60W lamp bulb on this side (forming the solid stamp floor) for 2 minutes only (timer provided).
5. Immediately turn the clamp over and let the lamp shine on the clamp for 10 minutes, then turn off lamp.
6. Don't wait to proceed, as the gel is still hardening. Cut through the top layer only of the gel packet plastic, just inside the gel area. Peel off the top plstic and discard. Run the stamp under warm water and add a little dishsoap to the stamp. Wash out the stamp with the brush.
7. Leaving the backing plastic in place, set the stamp packet in the de-tack water. You can bend the lamp much closer to the light bulb but do NOT let it touch the bulb. Set the timer for 10-15 minutes. You will see the color of the stamp change to a light yellow when it is finished. Remove stamp from the water and allow it to dry.
8. Trim the stamp close to the design edge, peel off the plastic and you're done! Your stamp is ready to use traditionally or as a texture plate for clay. Press stamp onto a similar size acrylic block and enjoy your custom stamp. I store mine on a clear sheet of shrink plastic, slipped into a scrapbook/office sheet protector and place sheets in a notebook.
Shrink Plastic Button Instructions
1. Sand the plastic in both directions with fine sand paper, then stamp your design using your desired VeraCraft ink pad or marker color.
2. Be careful at this point, as the ink will smear if touched until after heated! Fill in the design if desired with Fabrico markers. Cut out the button shape and punch two holes 3/8" apart with a 1/8" punch tool.
3. Shrink the shape with a heat tool (NOT a hair blow dryer) or in an oven at 250o until it becomes flat. When cool you may choose to sand the edges smooth.
1. Print the artwork from your computer onto the tacky side 
3. Set up your lamp on your work surface but do not turn it on yet. 
4. Use the provided plastic measuring stick to position the 
5. Immediately turn the clamp over and let the lamp shine on the 
6. Don't wait to proceed, as the gel is still hardening. Cut 
7. Leaving the backing plastic in place, set the stamp packet 
