Rubber stamping on Easter Eggs has endless creative possibilities for Easter decorations and fun. I got this idea from a craft book that pictured a basic rubber stamped egg but it didn’t give any real instructions. I decided it would be fun to try it and share my results with everyone for Easter. First here is a picture of my colorful Easter eggs that I stamped on.
I didn’t use the traditional store bought Easter Egg coloring kits. I used food coloring, vinegar and water. (I didn’t measure but I think it was equal parts of vinegar and water). I put in lots of food coloring. When the eggs came out they were beautiful solid shades but as they dried they became mottled. I don’t know why but I liked the look.
Clear stamps are ideal for stamping on Easter eggs because you are not stamping on a flat surface and you can actually see which parts of the clear stamp has left its impression on the egg. This is very important to be able to make great designs.
Once you have colored your eggs be sure that they egg are completely dry and at room temperature before try rubber stamping on them. My eggs had been refrigerated and as they warmed up they had moisture condensing in places. As a result I had dye all over my fingers and it affected the crispness of the image in a few places as well. Hopefully having your eggs at room temperature will keep colors from running and messing up your designs. If you chose to use hollow eggs you should not have any problems at all.
Some of the rubber stamping techniques you can try include stamping in embossing ink and heat embossing the design. I found that I really had to heat it up a fair bit before the embossing powder melted, but I love the effect it left. I stamped black butterfly images around for more variety though keeping to my chosen butterfly theme.
Rubber stamping with pigment inks was my favorite rubber stamping technique for Easter eggs!! You do have to be careful because if the ink is not completely dry and you touch it, it will smear. However, this was the easiest and funnest way to add lines, borders and detailed images to my eggs.
Once I was done stamping, I finished off each egg with a few craft gems glued on with craft glue for a little extra glitter and glitz. All in all the project was only moderately difficult and a lot of fun. I have never had so much fun decorating Easter Eggs!
