Saturday, July 7, 2012

Vacation Stamp Carving Results



As I mentioned before we left on vacation, I took some stamp carving supplies along on vacation with us. You can see the little kit I took above: ink, carving tool, mechanical pencil, ballpoint pen, Sharpie marker, and Speedball carving material. I precut the pieces before I left taking a bunch of 1" square pieces and a few 2" x 3" pieces.

I worked through lessons 1-3 of Stamp Carving 101, and also created some extra images.

Lesson 1: Heart



I wasn't that happy about my first attempt (second from left), so I did it twice. Then I created a couple extra images using the same technique. I'm most excited about the @ symbol - I think that stamp will get a lot of use in my layouts.

Lesson 2: Stripes Set



Lesson 3: Contained Chevron



I also created some stamps. The first three I'm planning to use for borders/backgrounds, and the little arrow is going to be another really useful one for layouts.



It was nice to be able to still do some creating on vacation, this class is so much fun and I can't wait to work on the next lesson!

Hope you had a good end to your week and are staying cool!

11 comments:

  1. wow! these are awesome!!! like you the @ is my fave but the patterns and backgrounds are so pretty! I think you've found another talent! :)

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  2. wow these are so cool...I love your fun designs...girl you are so creative...

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  3. Impressive to do some creating on your vacation! I usually take knitting, which doesn't have QUITE the same visual impact... I think the design stamps are great! LOVE how they look stamped in patterns...

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  4. Wowwwwwwwwwww! These are AWESOME!!! I love them!!

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  5. Wow! Your stamp carving is awesome! I love the graphic look of them!

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  6. So cool! can't wait to see what you do with these!

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  7. These are amazing carvings - must feel so good to have your own unique range of stamps. Look forward to see what you create with them!

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  8. Super cute! Really like what you came up with! :>

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  9. your stamps are so cool! i used to carve a while back. seeing your stamps
    makes me want to look for my tools!

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  10. how creative to make your own stamps!

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