eraser stamps

I've been intrigued by eraser stamps lately so I decided to give them a try myself. I thought it could be cute to make a "B" stamp for using as a "return address" of sorts on letters, etc. I tried a few different techniques... some worked and others didn't. Here is what I did: I started by printing out a few "B" that I liked. In this step, I forgot a very important step. MIRROR YOUR LETTER. You need it to be the reverse so that when you stamp it, it's the correct directions. Lucky for me...a "B" is the same on the top as it is on the bottom so my stamp still turned out ok.

Using transfer/carbon paper, I traced the letter onto the eraser. Using an exacto blade, I started to cut out the negative space in and around the letter.

I found this to be VERY hard. So I improvised. I carefully cut a small sliver of eraser and left the rest to become my "base". I retraced my "B" (at this point, I STILL didn't notice that it should be flipped) and I cut it out with my exacto. This was a lot easier to do. 

I then glued my "B" to the other part of the eraser. After letting it dry for a few minutes, I tested it out. This is when I noticed my mistake. Oops. Like I said before, it was lucky for me that a "B" can be flipped around because it's the same on the top and bottom.

After completing my "B" I decided I should make a mustache. You never know when that might come in handy. The mustache was so much easier because it didn't have any middle parts to cut out. I simply traced my eraser (for size) and drew half of a mustache. I folded my paper over and cut it out so that it ended up symmetrical.

I think they turned out pretty cute for not having any fancy carving tools. 2 erasers + an exacto knife + a few designs = fun new rubber stamps! 

What kind of rubber stamps do you think would be fun to make? [p.s. this post may be linked to any number of these blogs]