Alphabet rubber stamps are purchased for their versatility in creating and personalizing cards and scrapbook pages with unique titles, names, places, dates and special messages. However, your clear hobby alphabet rubber stamps can add as much fun and dimension to your projects as any ordinary clear art stamps. Consider the possibilities:

A     Alphabet borders – this can be done simply and easily with a set of clear alphabet stamps, a scalloped edge and a long clear acrylic stamping block. Place the scalloped edge on the block and begin placing the letters in the correct order along the edge of the scallop. Space the letters evenly for the best results. The finished result is a wavy, alphabet border that is fun to use on kindergarten and preschool pages. It also presents a fun way to add scrapbook titles and toppers to your page designs.

B     Stamped Background Theme Paper - Choose three letters, usually ‘A’, ‘B’, & ‘C’ or ‘X’, ‘Y’, & ‘Z’ and stamp these alphabet letters randomly in two or three different colors. This will create an interesting background in your stamping projects. To see photos and learn more about creating backgrounds visit the Decorative Backgrounds information page. 

C     Clips - Wire clips and embellishments are a fun and unique way to fasten your rubber stamped letters or words to scrapbook art pages and card making projects.

D     Die-Cuts - Die cuts, particularly in geometric shapes are perfect backgrounds for making titles and sentiments with your clear alphabet rubber stamps. Die cuts are fun to use in conjunction with brads, eyelets, wire and ribbon as you design your titles.

E     Embellishments - Once you have stamped your letters, embellishments allow you to jazz them up. Add buttons, ribbon, tags, flowers etc. to customize your title to your scrapbook pages and card making crafts.

F     Fabric Letter boxes – Choose a checkered fabric and begin rubber stamping letters into the squares as you desire. You can spell out words or just make an alphabet design to develop themes for your scrapbook page designs.

G     Gift Bags - Alphabet rubber stamps are perfect for adding words to glittering gift bags that you custom decorate for someone special.

H     Hardware Store Treasures – Stamp a large letter onto a paint chip, laminate chip, wallpaper sample or other hardware store treasures for a unique, yet personalized touch to add to scrapbook pages and card making crafts.

I     Individualize - Clear alphabet rubber stamps allow you to individualize scrapbook pages with names, dates, places and more. Card making crafts can also be custom designed with sayings you love when you use your clear stamps to spell it out. Letters can change directions or follow designs in your paper. The versatility of a good set of clear alphabet rubber stamps never ends!

J     Journalling - While it can be tedious to journall everything with clear alphabet stamps, it is fun to stamp in specific words in your journaling. This can stress and enhance the feelings and emotions you are describing in the stories on your scrapbook pages.

K     Kiss Stamping - Kiss stamping is the process of inking a solid stamp, then kissing it with an uninked stamp before you stamp the image on the paper. This can add a host of swirls, lines, flowers and textures to otherwise solid alphabet stamps.

L     Layering - Stamping letters in layers can give a multidimensional look to scrapbook page titles and card making sentiments. This works well with solid alphabet stamps stamped first to create a background word, then add either another solid stamp or a more detailed stamp that is smaller than the letters in the background word and use them to stamp another word over the background. For example, the background might say 'Merry' and the smaller foreground letters might spell 'Christmas'

M     Stamped Monograms - Rubber stamping tags for any purpose with initials can easily identify items belonging to a person. Consider a stamped luggage tag, backpack tags or a small zipper pull tag. Choose the materials carefully as paper does not hold up as well as something like wood will under heavy use.

N     Nameplates - Clear alphabet stamps make it easy to make attractive name tags or name plates. Color and adornment can be easily suited to the wearer, or name tags can be made for each season of the year.

O    Ornaments - Simply stamp words or letters onto not just Christmas ornaments, but also pieces of home decor that display words, thoughts or sentiments.

P     Personalized Page Pebbles - Stamp initials or create words by rubber stamping letters onto page pebbles. Be sure to use a staz-on ink so it does not smudge.

Q     Q-tip Alphabet Shadows - Ink a Q-tip in a darker shade to add shadows to your stamped letters. A dark brown is also a good color choice for this technique. You will find it adds dimension as well as interest to your letters. Shadows can also be created by simply rubber stamping the letter twice, with the second impression slightly to one side of the original impression. Experiment to see what you like best. Clear alphabet stamps are ideal as you can position the second impression perfectly.

R     Rubber Stamped Ransom Note Lettering – Mix and match your clear alphabet letter styles in a single project to create a fun ransom note lettering technique or background.    

         Stamped Sentiment Ribbon – Stamp a sentiment using your alphabet rubber stamps onto ribbon to embellish your scrapbook ideas and card making designs.

S     Stamp Personalized Stationery – There is something special about seeing your name on a pad of paper or a key chain. It makes it personal. With the diversity of names of those around us, alphabet stamps are the perfect way to be sure anyone can have personalized stationery or notepads to use.

T     Tags - Tags stamped with alphabet stamps create fast but beautiful scrapbook page toppers or card sentiments.

U     Unmounted Stamps - clear rubber stamps are considered an unmounted stamp because they are not permanently fixed to the stamping block. As such, unmounted alphabet stamps are easy to use for almost anything because stampers can spell whole words on the stamping block before transferring it to paper. This makes it easy to center words and preview it before it is stamped.

V     Vellum - Vellum is a type of paper that is semi transparent. As such vellum can be layered over letters for a muted effect or words stamped on top of vellum can be enhanced with an impression underneath the vellum, making the words clear and the image muted.

W     Wire - Wire is a fabulous tool in creating words, titles and sayings. Wire will hold together letters stamped with clear alphabet stamps into words that can adorn and enhance your scrapbook and card making projects.

X     X-acto Knife - An exacto knife is essential to have on hand if you to choose to cut out your letters once you have stamped them.

Y     Years - Many clear alphabet stamp sets come with letters or have matching number sets that are available. The numbers make it easy to add years and dates to cards and scrapbooking ideas.

Z     Zest - Alphabet clear stamp allow you to share your zest for stamping in all of your creative projects.

No matter the rubber stamping technique used, clear alphabet stamps are decidedly a valued addition to any scrapbooking and card making hobby stamp collection. There are as many ideas as there are styles and types of clear alphabet rubber stamps to choose from! Check them out today!