My first post about this challenge is HERE. I hope to share at least one new stamp made by me weekly from now on. My word of the year is SHINE and I am hoping to create some Magic this year :
Things learned this week
* the blade I used in week one was a little wide, narrower is easier
* I need to SLOW DOWN - when I rush that makes for cuts in the wrong places
* I could keep 'fixing' these but I am embracing the imperfect look
I free-styled my lettering for Magic (and transferred it by rubbing to transfer pencil to the eraser) but used this stencil for SHINE
It's useful for tracing through since you can reverse the lettering easily.
I've added a blade to my tool kit - it's useful for cutting ends off that are not needed (utilise for smaller stamps later) and for carving off large bits. I'm also wondering if it might be easier for some carving applications since it is a flat blade...I'll let you know.
I am far from expert but practice = improvement and I am having fun so that's a win. Hoping my imperfection inspires you to have a go at this. My first every post about stamp carving HERE has some useful links and inspiration.
You can see all my posts about #52stamps HERE or you can join in on Instagram. Let me know if you're doing that - would be great to inspire each other ♥
Just completed the lesson for Week 4 of Tam's She Blooms in Ink online class - creating a portrait in a limited colour palette and working in a bit looser inkier way with higher contrast shading. There's a LOT in this lesson and I LOVED this style. As always, began with pencil sketch
And then I started to loosely add inks
Love her already, and she suddenly comes to life with a bit of pen work
I kept the background flowers much simpler this time and am enjoying the white space
and the star on her cheek references my word SHINE without being so explicit this time
I may have to repeat this lesson at some stage - really like how she turned out
This class has been live between Dec 1st 2017 - 12th January 2018 and now reverts to self study. Life long access. Lovely FB group at present. You can register HERE. See all my posts about this class HERE.
Not expecting I'll complete these prompts every week, but was inspired by a prompt from the Grateful Heart Journal online class with Alisa Burke. Her prompt to create a gratitude heart fit well with the theme for Week 1 of Journal52. This was a simple page creatively but a joyful experience. Brayering down lovely colour - yellow, orange, pink, gold
New stencil ♥
Then I masked my heart shape, added my "found words"
and then wrote everything I'm grateful for right now.
Go HERE for info about Journal 52 in 2018.
