If we live to be a hundred, we will never understand why people go to such elaborate means to mount unmounted stamps.
All we do is stick them to acrylic with Scotch Poster Tape (double-sided). The heavy acrylic blocks hurt our hands and wrists, so we had our own Simple Mounts cut (1/8" thick) and they work just great and weigh nothing. The tape lasts through many rounds of stamping and cleaning before needing a change, and the whole operation is just TOO simple.
However you mounted your stamp, tap it into the powder and then impress the clay.
Here we are using the Old Brush Square and the Rock Square Ancient Frames stamps.
One method of trimming the outside edge is to cut it with a decorative edge scissors.
The clay is not sticky and cuts like paper.
A second method, if you want clean edges, is to use a square cookie cutter (must be devoted to clay and not used for food).
Tap the cutter in the cornstarch powder before using it on the clay. Center it around your stamped impression, leaving a margin, and push through the clay.
Polymer Clay sites like Polymer Clay Central (polymerclaycentral.com) sell nested sets of cutters in circles, squares, diamonds, ovals, and other shapes.
Here we used the Rock Circle Ancient Frame and a round cookie cutter of a larger diameter.
The Sun (by Vap! Scrap) fit neatly inside.
Step 7.
Use a plastic drinking straw to poke the perfect size hanging holes in the top of the tiles.
The clay won’t come back out of the end of the straw, but you don’t care. Just cut off the end of the straw and you’re ready to make the next hole. (For other projects where you need a smaller hole, use those tiny cocktail straws.
