Hand Carved Stamps

I like to make my own stamps to use in my art.  I draw on plain paper and then outline everything in a charcoal pencil.  I take a speedy cut block and rub my charcoal drawing onto the block.  Then my lines show up and I can carve them out.  I test my stamp with ink and keep carving the lines until they are just the way that I want them.  Then I can use my new stamp in anything that I want to.