Mimicing a Stamp Effect on Flash

Step 1:

Start with the text tool. Under properties, select your font and size, then pick out the red color. In this demonstration, I used the font Impact, sized 96, and the color #CC0000.

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Type our your text.

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Step 2:

Draw out a rectangle with a rounded corner around your text using the rectangle tool. To get rounded corners, set the corner radius to an appropriate value. I used 15 degrees.

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Step 3:

To get the desired result, we need to convert everything into fills.

Let's start with the rectangle.

With the rectangular object selected (make sure you select all four sides!), go to Modify > Shape > Convert lines to fill. Note the difference when selecting lines vs selecting fills.

Step 4:

Next we need to deal with the text. With the text selected, press Ctrl + B twice, to break the object into fills.

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Step 5:

Now with fills, we can use the eraser tool to have our desired effect. So pick that, and start erasing bits and pieces of our work as shown. Feel free to experiment with different shapes and sizes of the eraser tools to achieve different results.

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Step 6:

Once you're satisfied, move on to the Ink Bottle tool (thickness 7, color #CC0000 in my example) and start clicking away on the individual pieces you've produced from the erasing.

You should start seeing your stamp come into effect.

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Once you're done, your final result should look like this:

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Step 7:

After you're done, to produce some irregularity, go in with the Brush Tool, and add some finishing touches. Add dots around corners, turning points, and generally give it a slightly randomized look.

Your final results should look like this:

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Now this is the time to go show off your kick-ass text effect and make them feel very jealous of you.

Congrats! You're done champ.