by: Regena, Outfitter's Artistic Guide

Yes, you can make a floor cloth with rubber stamps that will stand up to  daily foot traffic in your home!  Follow along as our Outfitter Guide, Regena leads you through the steps to create your very own floor cloth .  Make one as gift, too, while you are at it!

We created a slide show for you to follow along, as the steps are quite lengthy.  You can click on 'View All Images,' which will take you to a new screen with a gallery of the photos. You can click on the photo at whatever step you wish to read the instructions and it will stop the scrolling. You can also create a full-screen view.  Please let us know if you like this format for projects!

Here we go...

Here's the list of supplies used:

Kimono Spheres Canvas Floor Cloth
Regena, Outfitter's Artistic Guide

                                                                         Finished size:  23 x 34”

Supplies:
Stamps:
Kimono Sphere Size Z (5.5” unmounted) (Stamp Zia)
Marble Cube (Stampendous)
Paper:
5 sheets - 8 ½ x 11” Plain bond paper (Office Max)
Ink:
Coal Black Ancient Page ink (Clearsnap)
Any color dye ink (to stamp image masks)
Other:
2 x 3’ Canvas Floor Cloth (Fredrix) NOTE:  Check the size.  Mine is actually
24”x 35”, which is what all my measurements are based on.
Acrylic circle or any large acrylic mount to fit the stamp (Stamp Zia)
Americana Acrylic paints (DecoArt):
   Tomato Red
   Alizaron Crimson
   Turquoise
   Snow (Titanium) White
   Dazzling Metallics Rich Espresso
   Black (optional)
1” and 3” foam brushes (Michaels)
Size 1 Liner brush (American Painter) (optional)
Round synthetic sponge (Art Minds)
Sharpie Black Fine tip marker (Sanford)
Sharpie Ultra Fine tip markers 12 pack (Sanford)
Plastic containers (or Styrofoam plates)
Masking Tape (1”)
Heavy cardboard or Masonite (anything stiff enough to work on that’s
about 30 x 40” to tape the canvas to) 
Yardstick
Ruler
Pencil
Scissors
Bone Folder
Red Liner Tape (or Aileene’s fabric glue) for hemming
Paper Towels
Water
Clear Semi-Gloss Water Based Polycrylic Varnish (Minwax)
Empty 1lb margarine container w/lid (for varnish)
Latex gloves (optional)