Stamp #3: Quick Flower
Mar 31
Hey strangers! I’ve been away from the webby world for awhile (okay a few days but that feels like forever in internet years) and I haven’t been crafting either. The boyfriend’s mom was visiting and we had a lovely time. But now I’m back to real life (where I don’t get to go out to dinner every night, sad.) I was feelin’ the crafty itch, so I carved this flower tonight. Too sleepy to bust out the brayer and ink (I really need to get a few ink pads) so we’ll see how it actually prints soon.
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cute stamp! What kind of linoleum did you do it on? Standard?? I saw some awesome easy-to-carve stuff at the craft-sty store. Have you used it? Thoughts? Anyone?
Thanks Kerry! I’m waiting for some ink pads to arrive to test it out. I just can’t work myself up to using the brayer and ink for something that’s so small. :)
For this one I used EZ-Cut (by Speedball). Got it from Dick Blick. It’s ok, but I’ll probably try something else next time. I also bought a couple of erasers that work really well for small stamps and are Cheap! Gotta get the white smooth kind though. I think they carve even better than the EZ-cut. It’s definitely easier to carve than the linoleum, but it’s also harder to get fine detail, IMO.
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