Using Stamps In Papercraft?

I am under no illusion that this is going to be a completley stupid idea and I will probably get laughed at but here is an idea I have.

I was thinking about using some of my stamps in a srapbook, adding some embeleshments and (rubber) stamps to decorate it, I only paid £3 ish for the stamps so am assuming they are pretty much worthless anyway. I think it might be a good way to display them, I can get the kids involved aswell by letting them cut out and choose different images etc to add to the pages, the stamps I am thinking of doing this are wild animal ones (see below if I can upload the picture this time)

as I brought the stamps in error I was thinking it would be a good bonding exersise and potentially could be a really good thing for us to do as a home educating family. if it worked I could look for world stamps and make another book, with maps and information about that area etc?

am I just being daft and completley missing the point?

(my image is to large to show the example and as I have no idea how to resize it I cant put it on)

Sounds like a brilliant idea.....and might well interest some in philately.

Thanks, I was pretty sure I would be ruining them or something if I tried to do it, I Will have a try with some later on and see how it looks.

Using stamps as decoration. That's a new one.

Ohhh I love that..

I just think as I know absoloutley nothing about stamps other than you buy them to post letters, It would be a nice way to store them and maybee learn something about countries etc along the way.

Well, these stamps have lost their collector value. Not that they had much to begin with.

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Forgot to mention, my next project is going to be a keepsake box. Picked up a wooden box at the surplus store.

I dont think mine will have any either to be honest, I got like 400 from ebay for £3 ish, so im guessing there just rn of the mill stamps, pretty tho. some are really nice

Hi and welcome to the Forum!
I think you've got a great idea there, lots to be learned from stamps. I asked for ideas on getting kids interested in stamp collecting recently, and got some great ideas from the members here. (Sorry, don't know how to post a link to a thread, but it was recent so you should be able to find it!)
If you have bought "kiloware" from ebay then it probably won't have anything very valuable in it, but there will likely be some stamps in it of interest to collectors, as people collect all sorts, from everywhere, for all sorts of reasons. I got an excellent book recently from my local library, "The world encyclopedia of stamps and stamp collecting" by Dr James MacKay. It explains all areas of collecting, and has quite a bit on each country's history and stamps. That woudl be a great place to start.
I am also into crafts and I have used stamps on greetings cards. I used Christmas stamps on Christmas cards, and if I find a nice image on a stamp that I think might appeal to someone, I will make a birthday card from it. Another idea I had (but have never tried) is to get a wall map of the world and gradually cover each country with its stamps. (I think I pinched this idea from the illustation on the front of my childhood album!)
If they do get into using/collecting stamps, ask friends and family to collect their used stamps for you.
Anyway, good luck and let us know how you get on.

Thanks, I had a read of the thread that you started this morning, and was thinking about trying out a few of the ideas, to be honest the value isnt really importnt to me as I like the look of them and there seems to be a big variety, quite a few animal and trains, ohh and dinosours, wich the kids are really exited about using when we start our new term next week. there are quite alot of american stamps in this mix (im not sure how to post a link to the actual auction that I won) and some australian ones, The ones I liked the most were the train pnes, theres arround 50, all different with different trains on, so I think we could do a little book and work out what trains they are, where they come from etc. im glad the kids are getting exited about them, and I think making a little scrapbook or something will help my understanding more aswel.

I am going to have a look at local places to see if I can swap some of them for other ones that are pretty, rather than historic if that makes sence.

Hi! RachelO

Try to keep the stamps that are new looking with light postmarks and possibly the older ones as well! They could be a great stamp collection for the kids. It could bring back the memories of the craft time in the further. Just try to keep the best stamps in a safe place. With all the stamp work, one of your kids might want to collect them or even yourself. Things can change very quickly when it comes to stamp collecting. The bug can creep up and all of a sudden stamp collecting takes over.

Not all cheap buys of stamps are rubbish. There is always a big chance that you will find something. That is why we collect stamps. You never know for sure unless you find out. This is the best thing about SCF. Welcome KGV and Family.

Thanks KGV.

Im actually in the process of scanning the ones I have so I can have a folder on my desktop and eventually look at what each one may be.

three of the train ones don't look like they are actually even stamps. They have no gum on the back, no postmark and look like a different paper to the others. I am assuming there not real stamps.. but cant see why someone would produce such a pretty pretend one

Just read your last post...
Just to warn you, you are showing early symptoms of having caught The Bug......

lol. not a chance I think there really pretty, and interesting but.. I dont have time for yet another hobby, what with the crafting and the kids.

In saying that, I do like the educational value of them, and was just accused less than five minutes ago of being a weirdo by my daughter for sitting on the computer all morning googling some stamp and getting frustrated because I couldnt find the answer I wanted.

You have a point there, stampgal.

Rachel, you are, of course, welcome to post pictures of your stamps on the forum. For myself, I usually use stamps that I know are extremely common or have faults for this kind of work. A fault could be damaged ink, pieces torn off, missing or cut-off perforations, stamps that have been badly creased, etc.

Yes I agree! I can hear the stamp collector as well.

SCF is a great place to learn. A peaceful people!