Temporary tattoos are back and they are ridiculously easy to make

A few days ago I was admiring some of Tattly‘s new tattoos. And then, randomly, I thought – wouldn’t it be so cool if I could just make my own temporary tattoo. So I did.

I proceeded to design this cute crafty tattoo. You can download Home is where the craftstation is and make your own at home! Temporary tattoos are super easy to make. All you need is a design or drawing that you like and some temporary tattoo paper (for either inkjet or laser printers, they’re different!). If you do a quick search online you’ll be able find a provider in your country.

This is how you make it:

• Choose your design and flip it sideways so once it’s transferred is readable and the right way round – if you download my tattoo you’ll see I’ve already done that for you
• Print it on the temporary tattoo paper following the brand’s instructions
• Cut out the tattoo as close to the design as possible. This will stop areas of skin where there’s no design appearing shiny
• Apply as per instructions and show off!

Get stamping with these downloadable freebies

I am crazy about stamps. You can use them for all occasions, on birthday or thank you cards, on name tags, on little notes, as a pattern to make some cool gift wrap, pretty much you can use them everywhere. I am so crazy about stamps that I thought it would be the best idea to create a signature stamp for my other half and I. It would be like a fun personal mark AND it would be super cool. Let me tell you we have never looked back, I have never looked back.

My advice is: get cracking! If you don’t have the necessary software on you computer to create something digitally then grab a permanent marker and sketch away. The best thing is that it can be anything. I’ve used a curly hair face to sign my name forever so I thought it would be appropriate to use it in ours but you can just use your name, ask a friend that has some nice hand writing or make a cute drawing like me! After that, scan it and send it to a stamp maker. They are loads and it’s really easy to find one that suits you on Google. I used The English stamp company because it’s one of the few in England that still does stamps with a wooden handle for a fair price.

It has been a few months since we got out stamp made and it has had its fair amount of uses so I thought it was time to get some new ones in. I created some new designs and so far I have behaved and only got made two of them. I guess the rest will follow when I can no longer contain myself!

I thought I could put them up here as well for you guys to download and get your own stamps made! You can also print them out on brown or color paper and use them as little tags. Download here no.1 Delicious, no.2 Wow, no.3 Totally awesome and perfect for little handmade goodies no.4 Made with love

Lastly, these are some of my favorite stamp ideas out there at the moment. I am really pleasantly surprised by the cuteness you can achieve with this pencil stamp idea by stampaholic Carloe Liu. Use the rubber as a stamp to make your own pattern as it shows in the picture or cut the rubber in a triangular shape and create loads of stamp-bunting!

I also love love love the stamps in Eat Pray Create Etsy’s shop. They are mega cute and I will surely be taking them as inspiration in the future. Out there, there is literally a stamp for everything, ready to suit all needs and purposes, so bring some ink into your life and get stamping away!