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I would like to make some seals/stamps for my favorite charity and donate them so they could be used for their publicity.
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All you need is a label maker program that does graphics or can import graphics that you create with a different program, and print the images on labels. Maybe someone can provide you the names of programs that are easiest to use for this purpose.
There are companies that will create the labels for you as well, and can do them as self-adhesive or even like the traditional stamp with perfs and gum.
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11:21:25am
Steve
Most office supply stores have wide selections of blank labels in many sizes and formats. Most manufacturers of these labels have websites with (usually, but not always) free downloads to create labels. I often create my own labels through Word and WordPerfect by importing graphics from the web (take care, however, as many images on the web are protected by copyright). The possibilities are endless!
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Steve,
There used to be a very popular site called myphilately.com, where contests were held for members to design their own stamps. As I recall it wasn't really all that difficult to create a stamp using even a fairly basic drawing program such as "Paint," which is generally available at no cost, and which allows not just drawing capabilities, but also paste and stick features. Additionally, even the perforation design is available on line.
That being said, the problem I believe you will face is finding the "stamp size labels" that would complete your project. I went looking for same, but was never able to find anything even close. Perhaps you will be more fortunate.
I do hope that you will post again should you be able to bring this project to fruition.
Regards,
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08:29:34am
Using the 30 and 60 label sheets Avery distributes, and an accurate paper cutter, you can make stamp size labels. You will have some waste, and your finished product will more closely resemble "booklets" as opposed to sheets, but it can work. Many other label sheets, coupled with the willingness to think outside the box, can be utlized for other projects. Even when making traditional return address type labels, I (being the cheap old codger I am) always double, triple or even quadruple the formated blank labels.
Bobby
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http://www.squidoo.com/custompostagestamps#module12860872
This would help if you are intending on making POSTAGE Stamps.
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You can make your own stamps in Canada on the Canada Post website. Upload pictures and away you go.
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I didn't mean actual stamps for postage but more like cinderella stamps. Not used for postage but for promotion or advertising just like Christmas Seals
That Squidoo site was interesting. thanks
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Here is something I made with Photoshop about 10 years ago. I even have a cover with a laserjet printout of this very stamp on it, which has gone through the mail :-)
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08:09:30am
Jan-Simon
That is outstanding! Was this through a Netherlands post office program and hence valid for postage, or a Cinderella you worked up for fun? Was the blank sheet you printed on already perforated, or did you manage the perforations yourself (if so, how)?
Bobby
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looks remarkably similar to the Lockheed P-38, which it must predate by a couple of years.
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Bobby, I took a recent stamp, made a high resolution scan of it and then in Photoshop I deleted the stamp's image and replaced it with my own design. It is by no means valid for postage and was made just for the fun of it. One of the reasons behind it was that I thought that the stamp issue program at that time lacked interesting subjects.
Regarding the perforations: this stamp (and the following two) only exist as jpeg's ;-) )
Here are two other stamps from my "fictitious stamp set":
David, the Fokker G.1 predates the Lockheed by a few years. I cannot say whether Lockheed was "inspired" or that it was a development that took place simultaneously. My brother probably knows, he has written a book about early Fokker airplanes. About the type on the green stamp to be precise (see this link)
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10:53:22am
My creative imagination has wondered if there is software or cut square adhesive label paper for someone who liked design and could make their own stamps? Like the ones the American Lung Association does in their Christmas solitication mail called Christmas Seals. Any ideas?
I would like to make some seals/stamps for my favorite charity and donate them so they could be used for their publicity.
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11:00:49am
re: Make your own stamps?
All you need is a label maker program that does graphics or can import graphics that you create with a different program, and print the images on labels. Maybe someone can provide you the names of programs that are easiest to use for this purpose.
There are companies that will create the labels for you as well, and can do them as self-adhesive or even like the traditional stamp with perfs and gum.
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02 Feb 2013
11:21:25am
re: Make your own stamps?
Steve
Most office supply stores have wide selections of blank labels in many sizes and formats. Most manufacturers of these labels have websites with (usually, but not always) free downloads to create labels. I often create my own labels through Word and WordPerfect by importing graphics from the web (take care, however, as many images on the web are protected by copyright). The possibilities are endless!
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06:25:08am
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Steve,
There used to be a very popular site called myphilately.com, where contests were held for members to design their own stamps. As I recall it wasn't really all that difficult to create a stamp using even a fairly basic drawing program such as "Paint," which is generally available at no cost, and which allows not just drawing capabilities, but also paste and stick features. Additionally, even the perforation design is available on line.
That being said, the problem I believe you will face is finding the "stamp size labels" that would complete your project. I went looking for same, but was never able to find anything even close. Perhaps you will be more fortunate.
I do hope that you will post again should you be able to bring this project to fruition.
Regards,
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They who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. -Benjamin Franklin
03 Feb 2013
08:29:34am
re: Make your own stamps?
Using the 30 and 60 label sheets Avery distributes, and an accurate paper cutter, you can make stamp size labels. You will have some waste, and your finished product will more closely resemble "booklets" as opposed to sheets, but it can work. Many other label sheets, coupled with the willingness to think outside the box, can be utlized for other projects. Even when making traditional return address type labels, I (being the cheap old codger I am) always double, triple or even quadruple the formated blank labels.
Bobby
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re: Make your own stamps?
http://www.squidoo.com/custompostagestamps#module12860872
This would help if you are intending on making POSTAGE Stamps.
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03:52:59am
re: Make your own stamps?
You can make your own stamps in Canada on the Canada Post website. Upload pictures and away you go.
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10:21:29pm
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I didn't mean actual stamps for postage but more like cinderella stamps. Not used for postage but for promotion or advertising just like Christmas Seals
That Squidoo site was interesting. thanks
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Here is something I made with Photoshop about 10 years ago. I even have a cover with a laserjet printout of this very stamp on it, which has gone through the mail :-)
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They who would give up essential Liberty, to purchase a little temporary Safety, deserve neither Liberty nor Safety. -Benjamin Franklin
07 Feb 2013
08:09:30am
re: Make your own stamps?
Jan-Simon
That is outstanding! Was this through a Netherlands post office program and hence valid for postage, or a Cinderella you worked up for fun? Was the blank sheet you printed on already perforated, or did you manage the perforations yourself (if so, how)?
Bobby
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re: Make your own stamps?
looks remarkably similar to the Lockheed P-38, which it must predate by a couple of years.
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re: Make your own stamps?
Bobby, I took a recent stamp, made a high resolution scan of it and then in Photoshop I deleted the stamp's image and replaced it with my own design. It is by no means valid for postage and was made just for the fun of it. One of the reasons behind it was that I thought that the stamp issue program at that time lacked interesting subjects.
Regarding the perforations: this stamp (and the following two) only exist as jpeg's ;-) )
Here are two other stamps from my "fictitious stamp set":
David, the Fokker G.1 predates the Lockheed by a few years. I cannot say whether Lockheed was "inspired" or that it was a development that took place simultaneously. My brother probably knows, he has written a book about early Fokker airplanes. About the type on the green stamp to be precise (see this link)
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