Hi, personally, I just leave them on paper and clip about 2 mm around the edge. this usually allows them to fit inside the blocks on most printed albums. If you use stock books or make your own albums then there is no problem. But in any case, I would leave them alone and just clip, rather than damage the stamp, especially if it's the only one you have. I find these stamps more and more these days that are hard to soak so I just clip. Happy stamping.