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DIY rubber stamps with Stampin' Up leftovers

I just received a big, fun order from my favorite Stampin' Up demonstrator and got to thinking about using up some of the leftovers.   In case you didn't know, Stampin' Up stamps come with some assembly required and you end up with a foam-backed rubber piece like this at the end. I thought I would just cut out some fun shapes for my daughter to use as stamps.  It took me a few hours to figure out what I would adhere them to, since I don't have extra stamping blocks sitting around.   Then I saw these champagne corks that I had been saving for a different project - but they are perfect for little hands to hold onto.  The Tim Holtz scissors were perfect for cutting the foam-backed rubber, but I found that straight cuts turned out much better than curves. Just look at all the fun we were having!  And since I ordered a wood mounted stamp set from Stampin' Up the adhesive was already on the foam.  But if you ordered a cling rubber stamp set you could use som