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Using a Stamp Positioner

Stamp positioners are indeed very useful for the stamp artist.

Are you unable to make the saying you want on your crafty card work? Or have you tried to make a nice border around a piece of artwork that you intend to frame but gave up on it because the border just wouldn't go on straight? Well, try your luck with a stamp positioner.

With a stamp positioner, not only will you be able to squeeze a phrase in one line or make a border straight, you'll also be able to use them to assist with scenery stamping, letter stamping, silhouetting and more! Stamp positioners are indeed very useful for the stamp artist.

You can many times find these stamp positioners at arts and crafts stores. However, you can probably find the positioners of these rubber stamps online in various rubber stamps stores. There are two main ones to choose from. First, there's the L-shaped types made by companies such as Plaid and PSX. There's also a T-shaped stamp positioner made by C-Thru Ruler. Besides those two, there's also another one that's shaped very similarly to the T-shaped positioner made by EK Success called the "Stamp-a-ma-jig" which is quite lightweight.

Positioners commonly include an acrylic frame and an acrylic sheet that the image gets stamped onto. To use it, you place the acrylic frame and the sheet together. Make sure that the frame part is touching both sides of the sheet. You then stamp your image on the sheet. Check to see that the edges of the stamp also touch the edges of the frame.

After doing so, you lay the sheet with the stamped image over the position you want it to be in on your project. Set the frame next to the sheet so that the sides touch one another. You should carefully hold the frame in place while removing the sheet. Finally, just impress the stamp onto your project, making sure the stamp touches both sides of the frame. When using the acrylic sheet, make sure to use only pigment or dye ink and NEVER use permanent ink on it. You should also clean the sheet thoroughly each time after use.

By using a stamp positioner, you can more easily create even borders, design scenes and adjust stamp appearances.

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