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Make Decorative Rubber Art Stamps

Rubber Stamps Can Be the Foundation of Your Home Business

Anyone who visited a craft store lately knows how popular decorative rubber art stamps have become. They are used in many ways: for scrapbooking or to make greeting cards, wrapping paper, decorate boxes etc. Crafters have a multitude of uses for them.

These rubber stamps are not cheap. They can easily cost $20 a piece. The bigger or more complex the design, the pricier it can get.

From a home business standpoint, this could be an ideal situation. High prices and lots of demand.

If you have artistic talent and familiarity with computer graphics, you can buy a kit that allows you to make decorative rubber art stamps up to 5" x 7". The kit contains special tools to make the stamps, but the process is quite simple.

You use your computer to create a design, print it onto a special “negative”, cover that negative with a liquid polymer, cure the polymer and then mount the finished rubber stamp on a wood or plastic block.

The kit comes with the supplies you need and complete instructions on use.

The same kit can also be used to make more mundane rubber stamps, for return addresses, endorsing checks etc. The kit can produce products for many markets, expanding the reach of your home business.

If you are interested in making rubber art stamps a part of your home based business, please visit the Martronics website. This company specializes in equipment to make stamps as well as etch glass and metal.

Conclusion

This kit requires artistic talent, imagination and the ability to create or manipulate images on your computer. As you can guess, the more original and ornate the design of your art stamps, the higher price it will command. You cannot simply reproduce what you see in your local craft shop and hope to make a successful home business.

The best way to market these is online, either yourself or through affiliates. There are some websites that sell very unique decorative rubber art stamps and I’m sure they are looking to keep their product line fresh.

I would suggest you investigate the market and maybe make some inquires before committing to rubber stamp making. However, if you can find buyers, the mark up is substantial and the chances for creating a successful home business are good.

Here are some other home business opportunities to consider.

Affiliate Selling from Your Own Website
Earn commissions pre-selling goods for other merchants, such as Amazon or Sharper Image.

Drop Shipping
Using mail order, online auctions, virtual stores or your won website, sell products that will be shipped directly to your customer in your name by the wholesaler.

Glass Etching
Purchase kits that allow you to make beautiful etched glass pieces.

Real Estate Appraisal & Home Inspection
Learn how to become a professional real estate appraiser or home inspector. Also find materials to help evaluate real estate if you are an investor.

Self Publishing
Share your knowledge and experience with the world. Information products are some of the biggest sellers on the Internet.

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