Rubber stamps have been about for a very long time. They have mostly been used in business to quickly mark documents with standard text. In more recent times however, the popularity of rubber stamps have extended into the whole area of arts and crafts and there are many ingenious and fun ways to use rubber stamps. If you are into rubber stamps as a hobby, you might consider checking out ebay. There are many specialist arts and crafts shops which do all kinds of rubber stamps. Some will even custom design the rubber stamp to your exact specifications. If you need some tips on how to design and make a rubber stamp, the Internet is a great place to start - all you have to do is do a search on one of the search engines like google or yahoo.