Monday, September 2, 2013

Why Digital Stamps Are More Popular Than Rubber Stamps

By Heidi Arrowood


Digital Stamps are becoming more popular than rubber stamps. No more cling cushion stamps or blocks of wood. Stamps are going digital just like everything else. Digital stamps are inexpensive and up to date with technology. Companies have sales an offer coupons for digital stamps but there regular price ranges from 2.00 to 3.00 dollars. People can try out digital stamps with freebies that companies give out to say thank you. Crafters can buy more digital stamps than rubber stamps because it won't cost a fortune.

One main reason digital stamps are popular than rubber stamps is they are often offered as instant digital downloads. This means after you pay for your digital stamp you get the jpeg file immediately in your email. That means no waiting and also no shipping cost. Which means you can starting card making and crafting right away and save money. You don't need to wait for a product in the mail as you would for a rubber stamp or even go to the craft store to make a purchase. You can buy a variety of digital stamps right from your computer instantly.

No storage space is needed for digital stamps making them popular than rubber stamps. By storing digital stamps on the computer you can print them out at any time. Create folders on the computer and label them fall, birthday etc, to be organized. Store digital stamps in a binder after you print them for easy access. Rubber Stamps, on the other hand fill up closets, desks and drawer space.

Digital stamps can be resized and that is why they are popular than rubber stamps. Photoshop and Microsoft word will allow you to enlarge and shrink digital stamps. You can combine, flip and even rotate images for more creativity. Rubber stamps are one sized and can't be resized.

Artist can have there own digital stamp shop which is why digital stamps are popular than rubber stamps. Artists sell their own artwork in their digital stamp shop instead of starting a rubber stamp company or licensing their designs. It is cheap and only requires time to create art. Heidi Arrowood creates and sells her own digital stamps where before she started a rubber company and licensed her artwork. She likes the feed back from fans, freedom of drawing any images and having not to worry about how much money she needs upfront like she did selling rubber stamps.




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