i've been wanting to try out stamp carving. so a few weeks ago my husband was kind enough to indulge me in buying some supplies to get started. i've read many tutorials and with the clear information they gave i was able to get my first two stamps done with what i think are very good results.
these are the stamps that i carved. it took a little while to get the hang of it. i had to get used to keeping my hand steady and make sure not to cut too deep or cut too far into parts that i didn't want to cut out. i realize now that i could have tried an easier approach of just carving out the drawn lines and leaving the blank spaces solid, so that i could get a negative image. it would have been much easier, but still i think i did pretty good for my first try at stamp carving. i'm really excited about all the ideas i have sketched out and i can't wait to carve some more!
here are the supplies i got to start with. the most important, i think, is the speedball carving tool. it comes with several different cutting nibs that can be easily stored in the handle. that's important to me because i always have to worry about my girls getting into my craft supplies. i also bought a staedtler carving block, but i haven't used it, yet, so i don't know how well it handles my carving. instead, i used some cheap white erasers i bought in your typical office or school supply aisle in many stores. i thought i could use these erasers for practice because i don't want to spend too much money on my crafts. it might discourage my husband from giving me these kinds of indulgences! and last but not least, i got the tsukineko versa magic dew drop stamp pads. i got these mainly cause i liked the variety of colors. i really wanted to get the versa craft ink pads because i like the idea of being able to stamp on fabric so that i can make my own personalized labels on either fabric or twill tape. i also think a cute stamp on fabric would add a nice detail on plain looking sewn projects. i will post my progress as i continue to make stamps and experiment with using my stamps in combination with my other projects. i can't wait to see what i come up with!
i've been wanting to try out stamp carving. so a few weeks ago my husband was kind enough to indulge me in buying some supplies to get started. i've read many tutorials and with the clear information they gave i was able to get my first two stamps done with what i think are very good results.
these are the stamps that i carved. it took a little while to get the hang of it. i had to get used to keeping my hand steady and make sure not to cut too deep or cut too far into parts that i didn't want to cut out. i realize now that i could have tried an easier approach of just carving out the drawn lines and leaving the blank spaces solid, so that i could get a negative image. it would have been much easier, but still i think i did pretty good for my first try at stamp carving. i'm really excited about all the ideas i have sketched out and i can't wait to carve some more!
here are the supplies i got to start with. the most important, i think, is the speedball carving tool. it comes with several different cutting nibs that can be easily stored in the handle. that's important to me because i always have to worry about my girls getting into my craft supplies. i also bought a staedtler carving block, but i haven't used it, yet, so i don't know how well it handles my carving. instead, i used some cheap white erasers i bought in your typical office or school supply aisle in many stores. i thought i could use these erasers for practice because i don't want to spend too much money on my crafts. it might discourage my husband from giving me these kinds of indulgences! and last but not least, i got the tsukineko versa magic dew drop stamp pads. i got these mainly cause i liked the variety of colors. i really wanted to get the versa craft ink pads because i like the idea of being able to stamp on fabric so that i can make my own personalized labels on either fabric or twill tape. i also think a cute stamp on fabric would add a nice detail on plain looking sewn projects. i will post my progress as i continue to make stamps and experiment with using my stamps in combination with my other projects. i can't wait to see what i come up with!
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