During the process of making your stamp, too much empty space around your design can cause the stamp to warp. To avoid this problem, we remove that empty space and cut the stamp as close as possible to the edges of your design. So if you order a 3 x 3 inch stamp, but your design is only 1 x 3 inch, we will remove that unused space and cut the stamp to 1.2 x 3.2 inches.