Digital Stamps - Pros and Cons

This post is all about digital stamps and comparing them to physical, rubber stamps.

The pros of digital stamps are:

1. They are much cheaper than physical stamps 
2. They take up less space as they are stored on your PC or any other device you want 
3. You don't have to wait for them to arrive in the post. 
4. Unlike a rubber stamp, you can resize them and flip them in image editing programs. Something you can't do with a rubber stamp. 

The cons (there aren't many):

1. They can't be stamped onto heavily textured surfaces, however, there is a way round this which I will show you later on. 
2. They aren't always very good with water colour, although, if you have an inkjet printer where you can opt to have waterproof ink, there shouldn't be a problem. You can also use a black and white laser printer which again, is suitable for water colour.

 
 Do I prefer digital stamps over rubber stamps? Not really, I like them both. I like the fact that a rubber stamp has a really nice feel to it and it can be quite nice opening that parcel when it arrives but sometimes, when I'm eager to try out a new project, it's nice to just pay and download quickly.

My recommendation is a collection of both. One thing I will say, is, if printing out a digital stamp, choose a good paper and the best quality ink you can. Just because you have an inkjet, doesn't mean you can't print out on good quality artist paper. If your printer allows thick paper (and some do) you can even print out on 300gsm water colour paper.

In my next post I will be showing you how I create my own digital stamps from scans from old books where they copyright has expired. I also sell them in my Etsy shop, Digital Faery.