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I am finally doing it! Yep...unmounting my wood stamp babies.
I have been working on unmounting my wood mount Stampin Up sets this week. I watched a video by Cindy McVey at Crazy For Crafting and I was so tickled to see this easy way to complete my icky chore! I just grab a couple sets while watching a TV show and this project I have been dreading is finally on track!
I found this video online that really gave me a DUH moment. If you remember a while back I showed you this big ole roll of ezmount that I was going to use to unmount/mount my stamps...until I watched that video online..
So here I go.........
One of my first stamps....year 2000
the stamp is off!
Peel off the label...slowly and carefully
Here it is....pretty sticky!
Flip your label so it is backwards and line it up to your stamp. This way works particularly well with words!
Stick the stamp back to the back of the label.
Adjust label to align with the stamp.
There we go!
Trim off the excess label with some small, sharp scissors
All trimmed
. Buy some Aleene's Tack-It Over and Over...a repositional glue
Add to your stamp
Oops too much, it takes only a wee bit. A nice little foam brush would have come in handy!
Smooth out a thin layer of glue and let set over night to dry.
Ta-Dah...all done and ready to use with your acrylic blocks!
I am tickled to find this process...I love being able to see the image of the stamp! Cindy suggests taking each set and putting them back into their original box to dry so nothing gets stuck to them while they are drying.
15 sets DOWN.. many more to go...I will show you how they all look when I am done...someday LOL!
Thanks to Nancy Ward at Paper Friendly for pointing me in the right direction! Nancy shares all kinds of fun projects and tips that she finds out there on the web. A great resource!
And thanks to my son Matt for helping Mom out by photographing this! What a trooper. He now knows more about unmounting stamps than he ever wanted to LOL.
33 comments:
Hi hun
a brill idea as they take sooo much space up, may have a go at that, thanks,thanks for the mooch, happy WOYWW, sue,x
Thanks for the great tut Sue!
Interesting stuff... lovin the idea.. I find a problem with storage though as they can get bent or dented if not in cases, and I would need just SOOOOO many cases!!!!
Frankie
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Am I being stupid? Why would you want to do that? Is it just a space saving idea?
A x
Interesting technique - but I love my wooden stamps, despite the space it would save. But the time it would take me .... no, think I'll stick with no room!
That's a cool idea! Good luck with the rest!
Wow! That's a good tip! Thanks for sharing. :) Happy WOYWW!
Thanks so much for sharing this process, Sue!! I have thought of trying to unmount some of my stamps, but really wanted to be able to have the image on the stamp...problem solved!!! Thanks again!!
I still love my wood and am not ready for this yet. It sure would save on room, however. What do you do with your wood blocks? Ebay?
What a great idea thanks for sharing.
Kathleen x
Love that idea but I still really enjoy using and having wooden stamps! If I get fed up with them then at least I now know what to do! Thanks
Happy WOYWW
Rebecca x
Couple of times I've been frustrated with positioning wooden stamps but this just seems slightly like sacrilege!
lol...I've wanted to do that for years, but DH says he likes walking in the back door and seeing my stamps on the wall... you go girl! How are you going to store them now? Just curious! Hugs...
ooohooooo chalk or finger nails scrapping down a blackboard!! when I hear about peeling off the rubber from wooden stamps. I don't think I could do that to the few Penny Blacks I have, but! I can see that it would be easier to store them!
Happy WOYWW
((Lyn))
must admit don't have oodles of wood mounted stamps but admit to them taking up about 4 drawers in my titchy desk so I may just give this a go.
Thanks for sharing.
x Tricia (64)
WOW! I have taken most of mine off wood but I have been buying the craft foam or the EzMount thin and that stuff is about $5 for an 8-1/2x 11 inch sheet. Very expensive. I think I will give this a try! How often do you have to redo the glue? Thanks for sharing! Vickie #46
I couldnt bare to part with the wood - although I would save a lot of space, Thank you for sharing your workspace, Happy WOYWW 106, # 25
Cool! I've got some favorite keepers I might do this with. Thanks, Sue!
Very interesting- hmmmmm - not sure if I am there yet, but good to know what to do if I ever decide to do this. Thanks for the tutorial...
Great idea:) I don't envy you the task though!
I thought about using Aleene's when I unmounted mine... I was too lazy to do that extra step! I did read that it sticks wonderfully for quite sometime.
Enjoy your unmounting :)
That’s something I’ve been meaning to do to my wood backed stamps for a long time too but kept putting it off.
Now I’ve realised how simple it can be I might just get a wiggle on and have a go.
Thanks for the tips!
Happy Crafting!
Sue
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Great tutorial Sue, I have some unmounted rubber stamps that I need to mount as they don't have the foam or anything.... not sure about my beloved wooden stamps yet, but I'm suspecting you've got way more than me anyway!!!
Hugs
Brenda 73
Great tutorial, Sue! I moxie LOVE it! :)
Great tutorial and fab photos.
Thank you for sharing and happy WOYWW!
Maggie #115
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cool! I almost thought for a second that the label would act like cling and stick to the acrylic! Boo... Still... a great idea!
What a great idea. I have very few rubber stamps - but the idea of having them take up even less room than they already do...I love! Thanks for the tutorial.
Great tutorial, Sue! I wondered how that was done! Thanks for sharing this info!
ok, that's just brilliant... i've never even THOUGHT of doing that before--just wondered why ALL my stamps aren't clear! thanks so much! ~k
Love it!! Great tutorial and it looks super easy! TFS, Regan
How in the WORLD did I miss this?!!! I think I really need to consider it!
This looks like a great way to do it Sue! Thanks for sharing your process!
Thank you for the tip. Never heard of Tack-It, but I found some at Michaels today. The Stampin'Up clings do not cling very well so I am adding Tack-It to those also and converting my SU wood stamps to cling. Thanks again for the idea.
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