Stamp Carving
This past weekend was designated a work-free weekend and I pretty much didn't work. (This is actually shocking -- ask Pete. He didn't think I could go through with it!) Instead I focused on crafting. I have lots of craft supplies that I have been amassing in the hope that I might actually have time to try them out at some point.
You may remember back-tack II. When the heck was that anyway? Well, I bought all the stuff for my b-t buddy to learn lino printing and bought myself the "stuff" too. I have also been picking up the plastic erasers and different carving medium over the past few months, but until this past weekend I never gave it a try.
Now I did have motivation -- I have to admit. I signed up for moki's recipe card swap and the cards are due the 21st. And you had to stamp them with a hand carved stamp -- yikes!
It turned out to be pretty simple. I used my BSB logo sans swirls. Printed it out, went over it with pencil, turned it over onto the stuff I was carving, rubbed the back of the paper with my bone folder to transfer the design & started carving with the cutting tool.
Here it is after the first test stamp. I liked the rugged look, so I didn't fix the extra lines that showed up. I kind of wanted it to look like a woodcut, so the I figure the roughness helped rather than hurt.
To make the "recipe cards" I printed my "recipe" on back (It's a secret, in case any participants read my blog!), stamped the cards with commercially made stamps for a background and then stamped my sheep stamp in black on top:
Oh, there was other crafting too. I worked on amineko, my poor socks (I still knit, really I do!), and something else that I hint around at at Maddie's homeschooling blog. Stay tuned!
WOW!! Those look great. Could you talk about how that is done on a podcast? Maybe combine it with rubber stamp info.
Posted by: Karen | Monday, June 19, 2006 at 06:12 PM
Super cute!! I really love them.
Posted by: Renee | Monday, June 19, 2006 at 06:39 PM
Your stamp is fantastic. So cute!
Posted by: Kate | Monday, June 19, 2006 at 06:54 PM
Yes, yes, put it in the podcast! Those are so cute! I just started the body on my amineko, I bought polyfil and yes, aquarium gravel to use for weight. Wal-mart didn't have any pellets for stuffed animals, and the plastic bb's were too expensive!
Posted by: Maryann | Monday, June 19, 2006 at 08:13 PM
The stamp came out great!
Posted by: Kelly | Tuesday, June 20, 2006 at 05:51 AM
I love how the stamp turned out. I bought some of the same material to create a logo stamp for my new business. But I never got around to doing it. Now I'm inspired to do it once again.
Posted by: Dena | Tuesday, June 20, 2006 at 05:52 AM
Oh, that is so cute! Now, where did put my block of lino ...?
Posted by: AmyP | Tuesday, June 20, 2006 at 07:41 AM
Those look awesome! I also like the "rough" look. Not that I need another craft, but I would love to make a stamp for my Bean. I might have to give it a try!
Posted by: Niki | Wednesday, June 21, 2006 at 12:06 PM
Those are adorable! I used to do some woodblock printing and I really enjoyed it. I think stamp printing might have more practical applications, always a nice feature of a hobby!
Posted by: jessie | Wednesday, June 21, 2006 at 02:03 PM
WOW!!!! Very impressive work!! I really like your work.
Posted by: Susan | Wednesday, June 21, 2006 at 04:58 PM
OMG! love this
Posted by: rebecca | Wednesday, June 21, 2006 at 05:40 PM