Can I create my own rubber stamp to decorate a wood floor?

I want a plywood floor in my kitchen, painted with a pattern of fallen leaves. I want to use a rubber stamp so that I don't have to paint each individual leaf. The stamps I've seen on line cannot be used with latex paint so I need to make my own. Is this possible? Where would I get a blank? Or does anyone know a source for a life-sized oak leaf stamp?

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1. go to you local arts and crafts store they should have blank stamp material and carving tools or you could use a stencil .
2. If the leaves are small enough, use potatoes. Or there are sheets of rubber at craft stores where you can make something bigger and more permanent. Or there are stencils online. (There are oak leaves in both of the links below)
3. A carved linoleum block comes to mind but this works better on paper than on tile. You would have better results using a stencil. Jan Dressler stencils have some pretty elaborate stencils if you are after a lot of detail. You can have your own rubber stamps made from your own drawings at a company in San Diego that is a sheltered workshop for the disabled. Go to this site for additional info:www.polyclay.com/ready. htm