What Should I Know About Wood Stamps?

Think of stamps and you’ll probably envision a traditional rubber stamp with a wood handle. Wood-mounted stamps have been the norm in the craft industry for years, and it’s easy to find a great selection of stamp styles in all sizes, degrees of intricacy and price ranges.

What’s a wood mounted stamp?

A wood-mounted stamp has a rubber dye with a sheet of cushioning material, mounted on a wooden block. The rubber is permanently affixed to the wood, so you just ink it up and stamp!

The benefits of wood mounted stamps

I have to confess one reason why I love my wood-mounted stamps: They’re pretty. Yes, I know they take up more space than my acrylic sheets, and yes, they cost more but I love looking at my shelves of stamps and being able to pick out exactly the right one, right away.

Many wood-mounted stamps also have a colored image on the front of the stamp, which doesn’t sound like that big of a deal until you stamp that flower image and realize you don’t know what color the flower should be!