Eric Small Things x SANBY Mood Lifting Stamp Collection Leave It to Venus Curious Girl

The Gokigen-tori stamp series comes from Sankakeru, SANBY's own original stationery line, and the joke is a good one: figures out of famous Western paintings turn up in your notebook to cheer you on. Leave It to Venus takes Botticelli's Birth of Venus, the Curious Girl nods to a Vermeer, DJ Mona Lisa gives Leonardo's sitter a set of decks, and Woman Twirling a Parasol comes from Monet, all redrawn in a flat, deadpan style. Each stamp is sold singly and the bodies run about 20 x 60 x 30 mm or 20 x 40 x 40 mm depending on the design. A detail the maker points out: because the impression is a line drawing, you can color it in afterwards with markers or colored pencils and end up with something closer to the painting it parodies, which turns a stamp into a small activity. These are rubber stamps, so a stamp pad is required and sold separately, letting you pick the ink color. Suits planner pages, message cards, memos and letters. Design varies by item. Made in Japan by SANBY.

1. Tap the rubber face evenly on a stamp pad, which is sold separately.
2. Press straight down on the paper with steady pressure, then lift straight up.
3. Color the line-drawn impression in afterwards with markers or colored pencils if you want a painted look.
4. Wipe the rubber face clean with a soft dry cloth so dried ink does not fill the fine lines.
5. Store it out of direct sunlight to keep the rubber from hardening.