What is a stamp brush?
A stamp brush places a complete shape with a single tap instead of a continuous stroke. Where a normal brush paints a line, a stamp brush stamps a finished element — a rose, a snowflake, a paisley motif, a grunge texture. They're built from a source image and are perfect for repeating detail you don't want to draw by hand every time.
What makes a good stamp set?
- Clean, high-resolution shapes — crisp edges that stay sharp when scaled up.
- Variety within a theme — e.g. a floral set with many distinct flowers, not three repeats.
- Transparent backgrounds — so stamps drop cleanly onto any color.
- Recolorable — single-color silhouettes you can tint to any palette.
- Organized — grouped into a labelled brushset so you can find the motif fast.
The most useful free stamp brush types
Florals & botanicals
Roses, leaves, branches, wildflowers — the most popular stamps for cards, patterns and journaling. See how to use floral stamps in Procreate. Pair them with the nature category.
Mandalas & ornaments
Radial motifs and decorative flourishes for meditative art and design. To build your own from scratch, see how to draw a mandala in Procreate.
Borders & frames
Ready-made decorative edges and corners that finish a layout instantly — covered in decorative borders & frames.
Textures & grain
Stipple, noise and grunge stamps that add surface in one tap; these overlap with the texture brushes and our best texture brushes guide.
Motifs, icons & doodles
Stars, hearts, sparkles and small symbols for stickers, planners and doodle patterns.
How to use stamp brushes
- Pick a size with the brush size slider before you tap.
- Tap once to place the stamp; each tap is its own mark.
- Stamp on its own layer so you can move, scale and recolor it freely.
- Recolor single-color stamps just by choosing a color before stamping.
Full walkthrough: how to use stamp brushes in Procreate. Want to build your own? See how to make a stamp brush.
Get the stamps
You can build a full stamp library for free — browse the stamps category or all free Procreate brushsets. Every set is a standard .brushset file; if one doesn't appear after import, see how to install Procreate brushes.