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Rubber stamps can be purchased with several different kinds of mounts. The more a person stamps, the more likely it is that they will develop a favorite kind of mount.

Wood mounts are the most common form of rubber stamp mounts, even though they are the most expensive. Wood mounts are blocks of hardwood, shaped in a rectangle. These blocks have smooth grooves on two of the outside edges to make holding the wood block more comfortable. Wood mounts require the most care since they should not be allowed to sit in water or they will become warped. If the wood mount warps, it will no longer be able to create a crisp, clean image.

Rubber or foam-mounted rubber stamps are softer and more comfortable to use. However, because they are softer, it is more difficult to use them to create a clean image. Foam-mounted stamps often lead the stamper to get the corners of the image into the ink and then to transfer the image of that corner onto the stamped surface.

Acrylic mounted rubber stamps are gaining popularity because they are translucent and the project can easily be seen through the mount during the stamping process. Acrylic mounts are also great for temporarily mounting unmounted stamps with rubber cement or double stick tape. After the project is complete, the unmounted image can be removed from the mount and stored in a notebook, box, or drawer.

One of the few drawbacks of creating art with rubber stamps is that each image usually has its own mount, and these mounts take up a lot of space. Because the image itself is usually less than ¼” thick, most of the bulk is the mount, not the image. When images can be stored separate from the mounts, the space required for storage is greatly reduced, as is the cost of the image. When most of the images are unmounted, the crafter can then store and use only a few mounts of varying sizes and attach the image to the mount when it is ready for use.

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