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Saturday, November 1, 2014

Stamp Carving

This past week I won a stamp carving kit from Heather over at the Kraaft Shaak.



 I had to start playing today but I was afraid to cut into the stamp material and mess it up. Fortunately, during the weekly live show Sandra (go visit her - she's doing a week long stamp carving series!) showed that you can also use erasers to carve. Off to the dollar store I went!


First cuts
I started with a simple shape on some small round erasers. I had drawn some candy monsters earlier this week based on Marie Browning's post on the Tombow Blog that seemed simple. The biggest problem was how small the parts were. I wanted this to be flexible and interchangeable, so I did all the body parts separately. 


Cleaning up


I enjoyed doing these a lot. I know I need to refine my skills but I was pretty happy with my first time ever stamp carving.





Finished stamps










Special thanks to Heather, Sandra, Tina, and Marie for the products, information, and inspiration.


Thanks for looking!
Cathy






6 comments:

  1. Love this!!! Welkome to our addicting habit!!

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  2. They are awesome! Super cute! Enjoy your new addiction!

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  3. Too cute! I can see these as reward stamps for kids, on treat and goody bags, book covers, thank you cards for or from kids, etc....

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  4. So cute! I like how you put different bits on separate stamps. This way you can vary the look! Great idea!

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  5. I like your one eyed candy the best, cute.

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  6. Aha. Another convert. Love your work. I found two old erasers I n the desk today. Guess you know what comes next. Lol

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