Rubber Stamps for Miniature Decorative Trims for Dolls Houses
Rubber stamps, especially the flexible see through stamps, can be used to produce quick painted or embossed designs on paper for use as dolls house scale wallpaper borders, or decorative cornice trims and moldings. You need to check carefully that the stamp design has an easy repeat, and that it is in a scale suitable for your particular project. Flexible stamps can be used to print on painted curved wood or plaster moldings to make more elaborate designs, especially if you use embossing powders to create a raised design.
Companies That Produce Suitable Stamps
This is not a complete list of all suitable border stamps, but it does give you an idea of what is available.
Melissa Frances Imperial Borders. These clear stamps with traditional border designs are suitable for wallpaper borders in 1:12 scale. The repeats are easy to line up. A set includes three 1/2 inch repeat designs and three 1 1/4 inch repeat designs in widths from 1/4 inch to 1 1/4 inches. all strips are approximately 7 inches long.
Alpha Stamps Victorian borders and Architectural Borders. These clear stamps come in traditional border designs well suited to wallpaper or stencilled paint designs. They include diagonal stamps for turning the corner making them especially useful for miniature ceiling borders. A separate set of traditional architectural borders is also available.
Anna Griffin Border Stamps. Produced by All Night Media/Plaid, Anna Griffin border stamps are available as clear or mounted rubber in very traditional border designs which range in size from 1/2 x 3-1/4 inches to 1-1/4 x 4-7/8 inches. These stamps are very detailed and produce shadow effect borders similar to traditional architectural moldings. Currently available singly as traditional wooden backed stamps or in a set of elegant borders in clear flexible stamps.
Dresden Embossed Paper Trims
Another source of trim for scale rooms and roomboxes are the heavily embossed metallic paper trims known as Dresden Trims. These borders and trims were traditionally used for collages, cards and vintage scrap projects. The trims are available online from a number of suppliers and come in a range of colors. They can be painted with acrylic paints, and come in scales which are suitable for adding small details to furniture as well as cornice moldings for roomboxes and dolls houses.