How To Make Stamps From Foam and Cardboard

I’ve seen stuff about making stamps from foam by attaching it to wooden blocks.  I don’t understand why these people have some many wooden blocks just lying around their homes, maybe I will one day…anyway I opted to use cardboard instead.

I had some thick cardboard and I cut it into 4 pieces which turned out to be around 6 x 7.5cm and glued them on top of each other to make a cardboard block I could hold easily.

I cut some strips of foam out and glued them onto the cardboard block- half horizontally and half vertically. And that’s the stamp.  I made some others with arrows, hearts, and holly.

To ink up the stamp you dab the ink pad onto the stamp and not the other way around.  You should also store your ink pad upside down to stop it from drying out.

Nail Polish Stand (made from foam)

I have lots of nail polish (about 70)! Considering how badly I paint my nails I think it’s probably too many- but I’m very fickle and change my colour constantly (and Barry M just keep making more colours!).  I haven’t really been able to find good storage as it’s hard to see the colours unless they are stored upside down and then they fall over a lot.

Until now!

I used foam wrapped in fabric to make tiered stands for the nail polish to stand on.  I cut my foam that was 25 x 3cm and cut into 6 strips (14, 13, 10, 9, 6, 5cm). This made me two stands each with three layers, and I made the shelves slightly different sizes to fit different size polish bottles.

I used a fat quarter for each stand and cut out a piece of fabric for each shelf, I cut slits at the corners to allow them to fold neatly around and used all purpose glue to glue the fabric to the foam.  I then glued the three shelves on top of each other. I didn’t have enough room for my glitter polishes so they are back in the bin they were in before so I’ll need to make another stand!