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Home / Craft Product Reviews / Fabric Creations Block Printing Stamps from Plaid- Review and Demo

Fabric Creations Block Printing Stamps from Plaid- Review and Demo

May 21, 2015

Yesterday I shared an unboxing video with you to show you a little bit about the Block Printing Stamps from Plaid (oh, and ALL of the designs, too!) But today I really want to share with you my experiences with how they work on fabric, paper, and clay! I also use a variety of paints, inks, and markers in today’s review and demonstration.

Fabric Creations™ Block Printing Stamps- review and video demonstration.

 Disclosure: Samples provided for review purposes; however my opinions are honest and my own and based on my first-hand experience. I was not financially compensated for this review/video nor does the product company have any control over it’s content. Some links below may be affiliate links and I will be compensated with a portion of the purchase price- usually 5-7%. Thank you for your support! 

From the Plaid website:

Fabric Creations™ block printing stamps are great design tools for creating one-of-a-kind, artisan crafted textile projects. Use your printing blocks for creating unique fashions, quilts, textiles, stitching, embroidery, patchwork, scrapbooking, card making, or printing wrapping paper.
 I have made you a video that runs about 7 minutes and we cover stamping on fabric, rubbings, paper, using markers, and stamping on clay. Keep in mind that we will have a full review of the Fabric Creations Inks later on this week!

Now let’s take  a closer look….

Fabric Creations Block Stamps By Plaid

The Stamping Blocks from Plaid have the look of hand-carved wood blocks. The surface is coated with yellow so that you can see if you’ve inked it up well enough. Plus it’s just plain pretty.

Lucky for us, resin is a whole lot easier to maintain than real wood.

Lucky for us, resin is a whole lot easier to maintain than real wood.

The resin castings are faithful to the wood block originals- right down to the wood grain texture.

The resin castings are faithful to the wood block originals- right down to the wood grain texture.

 I tried them out on different fabrics first, using the Fabric Creations Soft Ink.
Olyfun (polyester with some texture)

Olyfun (polyester with some texture)

Knits- onsies

Knits- onsies

Fabric Stamping Blocks by Plaid- Review & Demo

Knit Jeggings and denim

Then I tried stamping on paper.

PS- too much paint the the block slides on the paper. The second stamp was perfect.

PS- too much paint the the block slides on the paper. The second stamp was perfect.

Fabric Stamping Blocks by Plaid- Review & Demo

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I definitely got better results using the stamping block underneath.

And then my more unconventional uses:

Stamping on air-dry clay (or polymer) will be helped by using a bit of water, armor-all, or powder to act as a release.

Stamping on air-dry clay (or polymer) will be helped by using a bit of water, armor-all, or powder to act as a release.

Rubbings for the win!

Rubbings for the win!

You can color the stamp with a water-based marker, spritz with water, and get a nice image.

You can color the stamp with a water-based marker, spritz with water, and get a nice image.

I stamped with a traditional stamp pad on the left. Again, a bit of water gave me a better image.

I stamped with a traditional stamp pad on the left. Again, a bit of water gave me a better image.

Bottom line is that I couldn’t find ONE thing wrong with these stamps…. easy to use, easy to clean, lovely images and versatile. I’m doing a full review on the Fabric Creations Ink soon.

Any questions?

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Comments

  1. PaleDaffodil says

    May 22, 2015 at 09:34

    Oh yes, me likey! They are beautiful. I have a large wood stamp that I bought for decoration. Now, I’m thinking I might give it a go. I’m wondering how these would work with fabric inks? Or do you have to use paint?

  2. Lesley Gilbert says

    May 22, 2015 at 10:29

    I watched on you tube so I could give you a rating 🙂

  3. Jenny says

    May 22, 2015 at 10:36

    If you noticed, the product that I used is called “fabric ink” -but I get a little muddled with terminology. To me, “ink” is a transparent, thin liquid that could be in a marker, stamp pad, or liquid, in a bottle. And a “paint” is somehow more viscous (syrup consistency) and is usually in a tube or bottle. SO… that being said, it’s easier to apply a thicker product (like a paint) to the stamp but as you see in my review I also colored it with a marker (like an ink) and got that work too.

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