Rubber Stamps Blog

A Red, Red Rubber Stamp

by campbellco
(with apologies to Robert Burns)

O my Luve’s a red, red rubber stamp
That’s newly customised for me this June;
O my Luve I’m hearing the special ink pad
That’s sweetly stamped in tune.

And high quality art thou, my bonnie rubber stamp,
So deep in work am I;
And I will luve thee still, my campbellco stamp,
Till a’ the inks gang dry:

Till a’ the ink’s gang dry, my rubber stamp,
And the re-stock order’s been done;
I will stamp with thee still, my campbellco stamp,
While the sands o’ office life shall run.

And fare thee weel, my only rubber stamp,
And fare thee weel until,
The ordered ink will come again, my campbellco stamp,
To get ten thousand uses more, each fill.

Have you ever wondered just what rubber stamp sizes are available?  I know this might seem a pretty random and unimportant question, but here at campbellco, where we have 11 rubber stamp sizes, we have found that customers aren’t fully aware of the full range of rubber stamp sizes, nor the various applications to which each rubber stamp size may be applied.

To help give you an idea, I have listed below each size in our rubber stamp size range (in size order), and given some of the more typical applications for which each particular stamp size is being purchased by our customers;

1. 12 x 12 mm
   Two stand out applications here – loyalty stamps (such as coffee shop stamps for each coffee purchased) and niteclub re-admission stamps.
2. 20 x 20 mm
   Again, predominantly the same applications as for the 1212 stamp, but for those customers who want their logos etc to be just that little bit bigger!
3. 30 x 30 mm
   Here have move out of the simple logo stamp size and are looking at a stamp size that has many applications.  We find that many teachers like to use these rubber stamp sizes for exercise book reward stamps.  Also, it is the perfect size for a children’s fun stamp (a teddy bear looks great on this stamp!) – to start them on their way with educational mark-making activities.
4. 40 x 40 mm
   Another mixed bag here – very similar applications as for the 30 x 30 stamp, but we are also getting into the photo rubber stamp sizes.  Several customers have used this stamp size for their address stamp (for letters etc).
5. 14 x 38 mm, and
6. 18 x 50 mm
   Both of these rubber stamp sizes tend to be chosen by customers for polite ‘reminders’. For example, on invoices ‘immediate payment required’.  The option of the red ink stamp goes down very well in these cases!
7.  34 x 58 mm
   This size rubber stamp is probably the most popular with customers.  A nicely versatile sized stamp that can be used to clearly display both text and logo.  A portable business card stamp in fact!
8. 10 x 60 mm
   Clear use here – one line of text, usually containing your name or perhaps sometimes your name and part of address or location.  Perfect for cheques,
9. 22 x 60 mm
   Not as popular a choice as other sizes for some reason.  It’s a pity really, as this size stamp is so flexible and can be used for reminders (as stamp #6), smaller or continuous addresses.  However, many customers have chosen this size stamp for their signature stamp (see our separate blog on the signature stamp).
10. 27 x 70 mm, and
11. 40 x 90mm
    Hugely, hugely, popular rubber stamp sizes as customers can get their logos or photos together with their address, motto, message, etc comfortably on these larger rubber stamp sizes.

So, what rubber stamp sizes suit YOUR applications best?  Call us at campbellco and we would be only too happy to discuss your requirements  :)

Just take a look at these examples of some of the home address rubber stamps we have produced!  Wouldn’t you agree that they look totally fabulous?

Too many people think that address rubber stamps can only be used by companies in business, industry, trade, retail etc.  However, as you can see from our examples, a professionally designed and created bespoke customised and personalised high quality home address rubber stamp is the perfect addition for any and every household!

“I agree – it looks superb, and would really make us stand out, but when and where would I use  it?” we hear you ask!

Good question!!  Here are some suggestions, plus applications used by existing customers;

1. Letters – your address at the top of the letter, business or personal.
2. Envelopes #1 – on the front of self-addressed envelopes.
3. Envelopes #2 – on the reverse side of the envelope so undelivered mail can be returned to you.
4. Cheques etc, or any similar use where you can get asked to write your name & homes address.
5. Christmas cards – as a reminder to your friends!!
6. On your legal documents, beneath your signature.
7. Any personal possessions that can be stamped with your identity, for example books.
8. In fact, any occasion when you would normally need to hand write your address.

Rubber Stamp Rap - ”Let’s Talk About Rubber Stamps”

A light hearted rubber stamp blog-rap, in the (slightly) modified words of Salt ‘n’ Pepa;

 Chorus;

Let’s talk about stamps, baby
Let’s talk about you and me
Let’s talk about all the good things
And the bad things
That rubber stamps may be
Let’s talk about stamps
Let’s talk about rubber stamps
Let’s talk about stamps
Let’s talk about rubber stamps

Let’s talk about rubber stamps for now
To the people at home or in the office
We keep making impressions anyhow
Don’t decoy, avoid, or make void the topic
Cuz that ain’t gonna stop it
Now we talk about rubber stamps on the internet and video shows
Many will know anything goes
Let’s tell it how it is, and how it could be
How it was, and of course, how it should be
Those who think it’s messy have a choice
Buy a high quality campbellco stamp, and don’t leave the cover off
Will that help us? Man, I know it
All right then, come on, Stamp

[Chorus]

Hot to trot,
Make anyone’s eyes pop
campbellco stamps are better than anything they’ve got
Other stampers drool like fools, but then again they’re only human
campbellco stamps are a hit because their impressions are boomin’
Logos, photos, customised stamps
Nothin’ campbellco make is ever common
Highest quality individual rubber stamps of taste
Teachers, doctors, all use a campbellco stamp
And many others too – are you next on the list?
And believe us now, it’s as good as true
There ain’t a stamp alive that you can compare us to
Put your campbellco stamp in your bag, get the feeling that you’re glad
Don’t be mad and sad and feelin’ bad
Because you’re missing the campbellco stamp that you never had
No, just campbellco rubber stamps, follow our site
campbellco.org.uk – your choice will be right

[Chorus]

Doesn’t every couple want their wedding to be that little bit different and that little bit more special than others?  Well, we at campbellco can provide that little something that we can guarantee will put the icing on your wedding – a high quality personalised wedding rubber stamp!

Most happy couples jet off on their honeymoon, leaving behind a fantastic day with fabulous memories for all who attended the wedding, the reception and the evening celebration.  But wouldn’t it be great to also leave the guests with a personalised thank you note that includes a copy of your favourite photograph from the wedding?

Take a look at an actual stamp impression above.  How super would it be, instead of writing a brief (but well-appreciated) thank you note to all of your guests, to send them something a bit special – a thank you letter that includes your favourite photograph from that special day – made by your own personalised campbellco wedding rubber stamp.

Apart from this different, but classy, touch in adding your favourite wedding  photograph to the thank you letters, there are 4 extra benefits to consider;

1. The cost.
   The cost of this high quality personalised wedding stamp is  to start with, but when you think about how many times you will be using it (especially if you’ve had a big wedding!), then the cost becomes minimal.  Certainly when compared with including a printed photograph, and not mentioning the convenience of your own stamp.
2. The quality
   Your campbellco stamp will give you 10,000 impressions before you even need a couple of drops of ink to re-fill.  In fact, the stamp is guaranteed to last for 50,000 impressions, with the quality of the print remaining throughout its life!
3. Writer’s cramp
   Need to write 200 thank you notes?  Gone – with this wedding rubber stamp!
4. Providing contact details
   Most newly weds move to a new house after the wedding.  By using your own personalised wedding stamp you can easily, effortlessly and professionally pass on new addresses, phone numbers etc.

So what are you waiting for? (Other than your wedding!).  Pre-order your high quality campbellco wedding stamp now, and cross another task off that wedding preparation list!!

Well, thanks to the summer period (and staff taking holidays!), it’s been a couple of weeks now since our last blog.  So, as a little refresher, we thought we’s give a very brief summary on some of the possible applications that campbellco high quality rubber stamps can be used for;

1 – Business Rubber Stamps

A smart, professional way to give your company details.

2 – Signature Rubber Stamps

A permanently consistent signature everytime, without the writer’s cramp!

3 – Loyalty Rubber Stamps

Make your coffee reward card stand out!

4 – Nightclub Admission Stamps

Professional, non-messy & bespoke for your club.

5 – Teacher Rubber Stamps

Give your pupils a reward worth having.

6 – Photograph Rubber Stamps

Make your  business stamp look different by including your own photograph.

7 – Reminder Rubber Stamps

Politely, but clearly (and why not in red?), request your money.

8 – Logo Rubber Stamps 

If you have a distinctive logo to be proud of, why not put it onto a campbellco rubber stamp?

As you can see, there are so many possibilities for your high quality campbellco rubber stamp, and we don’t have the space here to include them all!

Do you have your own idea for your professional rubber stamps?  Just give us a call at campbellco.org.uk and we will be only to happy to discuss your requirements.

Are you a Teacher??

Have you ever given some serious consideration to what actually motivates your pupils to produce work above and beyond expectations?  Well, let us provide you with a suggestion – how about giving some thought to a student reward rubber stamp!

Without doubt, you have all seen the standard, cheap and mass produced student reward rubber stamps that are made by many companies specifically for schools.  These stamps usually have a very restricted choice of image, with a corny comment.  For example – an image of a star with the comment underneath saying ‘you are a star’, or an image of a dog with the comment ‘Teacher’s pet’.

These stamps are invariably cheap and cheerful, but do they achieve the purpose for which they are bought? Well, we have repeatedly been told by so many teachers and schools that the general feedback from the pupils who receive an impression from one of these stamps in their exercise books is that the pupils are at best disappointed, and at worst demotivated.

And what is the reason for this demotivation?  Well, the pupils are asked by the teacher to produce their best possible work, yet they are rewarded with a shoddy, often faint and/or incomplete image that is actually a perfect example of the poor work that the teacher is trying to avoid receiving from the pupils.  Furthermore, the pupils then find out that every Tom, Dick and Harry throughout the school has also received an impression of exactly the same student reward rubber stamp that day.  Some motivation, I think not!!

And to rub salt into the wound, when the pupils explain why they are disappointed, the common reaction from the teacher is ‘how ungrateful – I spent my own time and money getting that stamp!’  However, we tend to underestimate the pride these pupils take in their work at times, and perhaps they actually deserve to get appropriate recognition of their quality work, by receiving an impression from a quality customised student reward rubber stamp.

This certainly was the thinking from the teacher who ordered the stamp shown above.  The teacher wanted a totally unique, high quality rubber stamp that really encouraged the pupils to produce excellent work.  This particular rubber stamp that we are looking at includes the school logo, and is in the colour of the school uniform – blue.  Note that for your campbellco stamp, you can choose from 3 colours – black, blue or red, and from one of 11 different sizes.  In this case, the teacher chose the 30mm x 30mm stamp to give a significant sized impression.

The teacher was absolutely delighted with her stamp, and even now we still get regular feedback from her, describing how it has become a classroom ceremony for the pupils (the stamp is used only as the highest reward), and the pride that the pupils get from being allowed to use this prestigious rubber stamp.

Signature Business Rubber Stamp?  What on earth are you talking about now campbellco?!?!?

Well, during our previously rubber stamp posts, we have taken a look at some of the more typical rubber stamp applications, and also some of the less familiar rubber stamp applications.  Probably the most traditionally used and frequently ordered rubber stamp is the business stamp, and we have taken a look at a few of those already, discussing the quality and image one would project for your company.

One of the most interesting, but less frequently used, applications is the signature stamp.  Again, we have looked at one or two examples here, where an exact replica of your signature can be precisely recreated.  This can be such a godsend to those of you who need to repeatedly sign documents throughout the day as part of your job function. As well as saving your wrist from writer’s cramp, the signature rubber stamp ensures a consistent signature all day long – how many of you can honestly say that your signature at 9am is exactly the same as your signature at 5pm?

So, how about combining the two types?  Take a look at the stamp shown above.  Here we have a combination of a business stamp and a signature stamp producing a signature business stamp of the highest quality, and one which will certainly make your rubber stamp stand out from all the others!

Contact campbellco.org.uk now to discuss your rubber stamp requirements.

I’ll keep this blog brief as it is the unhappy and unwelcome subject of many frustrated traders – the need for a payment rubber stamp to remind their ‘slower’ customers of their financial obligations!

We have previously looked at some of the many rubber stamp applications we get asked for here at campbellco – business stamps are by far the most popular, and usually in black ink to give the perfect crisp and sharp professional image for your company.  Other popular rubber stamp applications include the niteclub door re-entry stamp, address stamp, coffee shop loyalty stamps, signature stamps etc.  However, more and more frequently, probably due to the current economic situation, we are now being asked to supply businesses with late payment rubber stamps, payment reminder rubber stamps, and simple payment rubber stamps.

Now, you may well have noticed that these payment rubber stamps, as shown in the two examples above, tend to be plain text stamps.  The reasons for this are simple – the traders want their money, and ask for it in a plain and simple way (company logos etc will only distract from the message of the rubber stamp).  This then leads to the next, rather obvious question, why purchase a campbellco custom designed stamp for this purpose?

Well, a simple answer – quality!!!

As you can see from the examples above, the traders here have chosen a red inked stamp in order for their message to stand out to the customer.  Also, rather than have all standard lettering, they have chosen to go for different style fonts (bold, caps, size etc) within the stamp message.  This enables the trader to  really emphasize want they want.  Finally, look at the quality of the impressions – this really tells the customer they are dealing with a truly professional company.

Contact us at campbellco.org.uk and discuss your payment rubber stamp requirements.

Do you get really fed up and cheesed off every time you have to add rubber stamp ink to your pad?

Traditionally, re-inking for a rubber stamp was a relatively simple case of adding any old standard rubber stamp ink to your ink pad, before thumping down your rubber stamp onto your newly-inked pad.  Sounds easy and straightforward enough doesn’t it?  However, as rubber stamp users quickly discovered, this wasn’t the case.  In fact, this simple operation was a minefield of problems;

1. If far too much rubber stamp ink was added to the pad, then ink would fly everywhere as the rubber stamp hit the pad.
2. If a little too much rubber stamp ink was added, then the resulting impression from the rubber stamp was thick and blurred, and often illegible at best or seriously smudged at worst.
3. If insufficient rubber stamp ink was added to the pad, then the impression was too faint to read.  You may think this is an acceptable solution, as all that is needed is to keep adding more ink until the correct impression is obtained. However, once you have stamped your document with a rubber stamp, you can’t make any changes.
4. If you think that self-inking stamps – you know, the ones that include their own pad at the top of the rubber stamp, which first hit the document before swivelling back through 180 degrees to hit (and rest on) the rubber stamp ink pad – solve this problem, then think again!  You have the problem here that if the stamp does not hit the pad hard enough, the impression will be too faint, or if the stamp hits the pad too hard then the impression will be thick and smudged!  Also, if the stamp is not used frequently, then the impression will again be faint as the ink will have dried up on the stamp.

So you can see why, at campbellco, we get so many customers calling us to say how satisfied they are with our pre-inked stamps, and the simple but highly effective method of adding the rubber stamp ink.  All of our stamps are pre-inked and refillable which means no messy ink pads are needed. The ink is also fast drying to prevent smudging. Each time you push down on the stamp handle to create an impression, a tiny amount of the rubber stamp ink is squeezed through to charge up the stamp ready for the next impression.  This way, laser sharp impressions are created every time, and furthermore the stamp will not require a re-fill with the special ‘Brother’ rubber stamp ink for at least another 10,000 impressions.

Take a look for yourself – have we managed to change your opinion about rubber stamp ink in this blog?