Wood Mount to Clear Mount - changing your Stamps

Have you considered changing your wood mount stamps to clear mounts?  Some would never bother doing this, but if you are thinking of saving space, this is a great way! 

How do you go about remounting your stamps to Clear Mounts?

Here is a little tutorial - thanks to my daughter, Heidi, for letting me take pictures.

What you will need:

1.  Clear Mount Stamp Cases (119105, page 7) 

2.  Clear Mount Cling Foam (124236, page 7)

3.  Multipurpose Liquid Glue (110755, page 177)

4.  Scissors - either Craft and Rubber Scissors (103179, page 180) or Paper Snips (103579, page 180)

5.  Fine Point Sharpie

Step 1.  You will need to take your rubber off the wood block - you can either put it in the microwave for about 10 seconds, or Heidi just pulled it off the wood.  You will not need the foam cushion - that can stay on the wood block.  Carefully peel the rubber off the foam cushion

Here Heidi is taking the rubber off the foam cushion - this is a new unmounted wood set, but it's the same idea as taking the rubber off the wood - just peel the cushion away from the rubber

Now you have a piece of unmounted rubber

Step 2.  There are two sides to the Clear-Mount Cling Foam.  One side is VERY STICKY and one side is the cling.  Lay your rubber on the sticky side (don't take off the cover yet!!)

Step 3. Draw around each stamp with your fine point Sharpie. 

Step 4.    Cut out each image with your Craft and Rubber Scissors

Step 5.  Remove the cover from the sticky side and carefully line up your rubber.  Trim up with your paper snips

 Step 6.  Now you will mount your stamp sticker image.  Since this was a new set that Heidi mounted, she didn't have to take the sticker off the wood.  This can be tricky if you stamp has been mounted for a long time.  You can carefully pull it off (the sticky will come with it), or if that doesn't work, try microwaving it again for just a few seconds.  Now remove the covering for the cling side and mount your sticker.  Heidi trimmed the sticker a bit to reveal some of the cling.

The mounted sticker

Step 7.  The last step that Heidi does, is to add Multipurpose Tombow glue to the sticker side of the stamp.  She lets this dry overnight.  It's "tacky" and this works great in keep your stamp on the clear blocks.

Here is the set completed - Heidi takes a copy of the stamp sheet for the front of the Clear Mount Case.  She also keeps her rubber inside the case to put the stamps in and she knows immediately if the set is complete

The front of her case

For older stamp sets, you can stamp them on a piece of paper or take a copy of the stamp set from the catalog

I hope this little tutorial will help you - let me know if you have any questions. 

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Comments

[Audrey Antler]

I can almost follow the directions. My question is...once you have used the stamp, it needs to be cleaned. How will that affect the sticky part that clings to the clear block? Do you have to re-apply the glue each time?