Thursday, December 31, 2009

Its Thursday again




























1. I've been everywhere, man, 2. Beetle a Day, 3. "intricate" illustration friday, 4. Silakka notebook, 5. Untitled, 6. for an upcoming show, 7. Green Christmas Cake, 8. Octavio the Owl, 9. Out Of Focus Heart

Created with fd's Flickr Toys

I made another mosaic for Thursday's favorite flickr group. I love making these. You can look at all of them I've put together so far here.

Tonight I am going out! I know!! I'm so excited. We have been married 9 years. The last time we went out and celebrated New Year's Eve was when we were dating! That was a party at his friends house eon's ago...

Most of it is a surprise set up by Lewis, but we are going out to lunch today and somewhere special (I'm not knowing yet) and then to a bed and breakfast. Out to dinner and tomorrow will be Ringling Brother's Museum. I can't wait. I have to make sure to bring my camera! I've heard Ringling's doesn't let you take pictures inside though. We'll be back tomorrow afternoon so I can get ready to post Saturday's first prompt for Heart the arts!! Yeah!

Right now I'm trying to get things in order for going. I made Logan some mac and cheese to eat for lunch so my mom can warm it up. Leo has left over chili from last night. He loves chili and taco meat. Isn't that funny? Logan won't touch red meat period.

We've realized lately that Leo is turning into a bit of a tyrant. We're going to have to start implementing some rule following with him. He's talking now and understanding. He is just so headstrong! They truly are opposites.

Well gotta get going. I'm amazed I had time to post this. I hope everyone out there has a terrific night and great start of 2010. Love ya all!

Gina

Tuesday, December 29, 2009

2sketches4u

I actually did a sketch card challenge! Yeah! I haven't done cards in awhile and last night it was like boom... I felt like it. So.. I made three based on this weeks sketch from 2sketches4u.















My fav is this tree one. It is mostly BG. Its the new Nook and Pantry patterned paper. I colored the BG chipboard tree with brown alcohol ink then marked the lines on it with my white signo pen. Its looks so cool! Then I cut some circle shaped grungeboard in halves and glued them and glittered them up for a border on the sides. The heart is a rubon by cosmo cricket. Stamp font unknown.





















The next card is for my cousin's new baby girl. I'm so excited. My one cousin who I love dearly had a sweet baby girl. I had to make a card. She was born on Christmas Eve. Poor little thing. I'll always send her a birthday AND Christmas present.

The card again is mostly BG. I do love me the stuff. I had to use my new Nook and Pantry set that Lewis got me for Christmas. Isn't he sweet? He ordered it off 2peas and everything. :) The card has little pink embossed footprints on it. I love that stamp.



















Last is just a card I whipped together with the left over scraps of my piece of white cardstock and some of the patterned paper pieces. Its a cute little wrap card that unfolds when you untie it. Its pretty basic, but ultra cute.




















I just plan on heading out in the cold and getting to the gym. I meant to leave about a half an hour ago for the ab class, but that has not happened. Oh well. I can do abs on my own. I'm searching for something crafty to pop out to me to want to do. I might have to do some more cards. I'm kinda in a challengey type mood. Maybe I'll find another one to do somewhere. Having red beans and rice tonight! Yum. Can't wait. Have a great Tuesday!! Thanks for looking.

Monday, December 28, 2009

Sketches 167

Oh how I love to do digital scrapbooking. I forgot how much. Its been awhile since I've done a scrapbook page. I saw this sketch by Donna Downey on pencillines.com sketch site and well I had to do it!
















Here's what I came up with.





























I unfortunately weighed myself this morning and I was up 6 lbs from my goal weight. I've told myself I'd never go over five pounds over my goal weight. So its back on the watching what I eat more closely and get my butt working a bit harder in the gym. I can't start 2010 over my goal weight! Most of it is probably Christmas goodies bloat, but still. I have been endulging night after night with snacks. When I have a strict rule with myself not to eat after 6. I have also been eating chocolate and real ice cream! eep! Not the diet stuff. Yeah not good!

Off to a spin class in a little while and then to the grocery to get healthy things. Hope everyone has a good Monday!

Sunday, December 27, 2009

Heart the Art journal prompts 2010


Thats right! I'm going to do my own weekly art journal prompts this coming up year. Every Saturday in 2010 I will post a prompt and an art journal page I've made.

All you need to participate some sort of medium to create an art journal page each week.

You can do traditional art pages in a moleskin or just on papers. You can make ATC card if you'd like. You can even do digital art journal pages. All would be lovely! Just join us.

I'm bursting with excitement I don't want to wait till next Saturday to start!

It'll be fun so join up. You can either follow my blog or just post your pics to the flickr group for Heart the Art. I'll also be putting a link in my side bar for the flickr group with this icon above to click on.

Hope everyone's having a great last few days of 2009!

Friday, December 25, 2009

Merry Christmas to me!


My blog buddy Lauren sent me some gorgeous goodies in the mail for Christmas. I was amazed at her gorgeous Christmas card. My picture does not nearly show how very cool it is. I love it. I also loved all the other little things she sent. I plan on chopping up some of the stuff and using it on craft stuff. That cute felt bag has another life coming! Mr. Reindeer you might see yourself on a card soon! lol

I had a great Christmas. I hope all my readers did. I will be doing a 52 week art journal prompt on my blog this coming year. It'll have more details coming soon.

I plan on doing prompts up every Saturday, starting January 2nd. I'm very excited.

I will be making my own little flickr group for all that participate to add their photos to.

I was a very lucky girl today who has a very generous hubby who got me the new Fuji instant pix camera. Its like the new polariod. I love it. The vintagey look of the photos are awesome! I love it. :)

I am so tired right now. I want to work on so many things and all I can do is zone out and write this blog entry. I hope everyone had a great Christmas. Time to go zone out looking at Perez Hiltons site or Etsy. I'm so tired!

Tuesday, December 22, 2009

New banner and date night

I put up a new banner today. I am okay with it. It is the image of one of my hand carved stamps. My design. I do love that reindeer. lol. Not sure its exactly as I want yet, but for now I'm happy.

Haven't had much time to craft the last few days. Feeling bad that I should be making ornaments with Logan for the small tree we put up in his room. But I don't wanna! I don't feel like mixing and making the mess while Leo is up and then when Leo's asleep I just want to chill. He takes alot out of you.

I also can not find my buttons. WTH? Where did they go?? I need them for the cinnamon ornaments I want to make with Logan. I do have a back up plan, but jeez.. I need buttons!

I'm very tempted to buy something online that I shouldn't. I don't know if anyone is interested but scraptastic has buy 2 get one free on their glimmer mist. I want some so bad! Luckily the three I really want are sold out so I'm debating if I want alternate colors. I do...but I shouldn't spend the money.

I got something nice for hubby for Christmas. I won't put what on here because I know he'll probably read it. He's going to like it though. And it was expensive. hehe

We went on a date on Saturday night and took this picture. Isnt' it cute? Thats my lovely door paper mosaic I did so solicitors can't see in our glass door. I still like it. :O)
We went out for Lebanese and went and saw Zombieland at the dollar theater. Also a quick run into Barnes and Nobles. I had so much fun. I got this book at Barnes and Nobles. So far its pretty good.

I've been in a more reading mood lately than a crafty mood. I'm also still brainstorming on what to do for a 52 week challenge next year.

Thanks for stopping by. Hopefully I'll work on something more arty for tomorrow! I'm waiting for the new Caardvarks challenge too!

Saturday, December 19, 2009

Last tag and all of them pictured together.


The last tag. Wow. I had so much trouble with this one. I didn't have the stuff to make fabric buttons and I really didn't want to have to go buy anything. I don't have the time or funds. I figured that I would make my own buttons with grungeboard. I stamped on the circles of grungeboard with a swirl stamp. I embossed it in clear powder. Then I stamped on them with a felt piece with two different colored alcohol inks. Then I sprayed them with gold pearl glimmer mist.

The owl is stamped on grungeboard and cut out. Its my hand carved stamp owl. How many of those things do I have you must wonder. lol

I have 4 hand carved owl stamps now. Love them I do.













I followed Tim's background tutorial on how to do it. He added flowers to his and I didn't have though either. Here's a picture of his.




















I can't believe I finished them all. All twelve. Congrats to me. I didn't know if I would be able to manage it. I did. All of them have one of my hand carved stamps on them except the photo one. Day nine. I just didnt' have any that would fit on it.

Here's a picture of all of them. This is what I'm sending Tim to be entered into his contest.

Today we are taking the boys to be at my parents for a couple nights. We're going to have a date night tonight. I'm very excited!

Hope everyone has a good weekend!

Friday, December 18, 2009

A new hand carved owl stamp


I've realized I'm not the most ingenious when it comes to titles for my blog entries.

I'm sure ya'll don't mind. I did this owl stamp yesterday morning while trying not to lose my brain. The boys were in rare form. Somehow this came out of the chaos.

I've had the drawing for it for quite awhile. I didn't carve it because it is quite detailed and my new carving blocks have somewhat made me nervous that I will not do things justice.

Not the case though! I realized I just have to warm up really well before cutting on these blocks. They are much stiffer than the original version of the mastercarve blocks. Whatever they did to the formula... I could stand to take it the old way thanks! I am proud of myself though. This stamp is one of the most detailed I've done in awhile. It was just as difficult as letters if not more. I don't think this will be one I will be selling. Unless I sell this particular owl. Because I am not recarving this design again. It wasn't easy, I'm just saying!

I also carved a little bat that I should have made bigger. He looks like a hamster with a cape on. I'm not as impressed with him. But I think once I redo him, he'll look too cute.

Have yet to do the last tag for the set yet. I'm still nervous. Not sure exactly what I want to do. I think I might have to just wing it today. Just get it done. Hope to have something posted for you tomorrow. I'll also be adding a digital collage of all the tags I've done.

I actually am almost finished! I can't believe it! I kinda want to do Tim Holtz's prior years of tags now, just for fun. I never did them.
Have a great weekend!
This weekend the boys are going to my parents. Date night tomorrow! I'm super excited. Thanks for stopping by!

Thursday, December 17, 2009

Day nine tag


Okay here's the next tag I did. This one took me awhile, because I had to get the photostrip printed out on a 4x6 at Walgreens and the little santa pic too. I did a digial frame on top of the small pics. Cute huh? I didn't have any of the film strip Tim was using. I like his though. I might need some.

The picture was perfect for this tag. Its of Logan and his first picture with Santa. lol. It was too cute.

Today I am going insane. The boys are in true form of fighting over everything from couch pillows to what to watch, to lint on the floor. They are driving me bonkers. Leo especially. I can not fathom watching Bolt one more time. Though Iwill if it will make him not get in the refrigerator, pull the trash bags out of the trash cans, or try to drag my school bag around the house.

Is he 4 yet? ack!

No gym today. Logan is sick and Leo has a snotty nose. I feel fat. I just ate three Ghirardelli peppermint bark squares even though I feel fat. Not smart. Gym needed tomorrow.

Oh yeah.. you probably want to see what Tim did with his tag.


















I've been looking for someone who is going to do some sort of weekly prompt next year. I'm kinda leaning toward doing my own. I don't have a big following on here and I doubt anyone will do it with me, but I still think I might do that. I think it'll be fun. I'm still trying to work out specifics in my head. Oh I wanted to add a image of the custom stamp I made a month ago. It turned out so cute! I did it for stayawake sweet puppet designs. She does amazing little finger puppets. So cute!

















One tag left to go. I haven't made it yet. Off to get stuff done. Thanks for stopping by!

Wednesday, December 16, 2009

Day twelve (only one left) tag



Okay I didn't think this one would come easy to me. I don't like flowers especially. I have boys. I like more boyish things. More blues and greens less pinks. Etc... Well.. I love how this one came out! Its so pretty.

I made the flowers with grunge board shapes I had that I colored with Tim's inks then cut out the shapes. They are very choppy, but I like that. I didn't have grunge paper like he used. The circles in the middle are actually BG chipboard.

I added some glittery stickles and voila'. The frame I've had forever and realized I must use it on one of these tags. After all I have limited metal pieces I've learned.

I used a colored transperency on the bacground of the tag. The small leaves on the tag are my hand carved stamped image.

The save the date stamped image was a dollar stamp from J's I think. One of those little clear packages stamped on music sheet paper. I got to use it! Yeah!

I have one more tag to go. Its a doosey cause I don't have much for it so I'm going to have to improvise.
Here's what Tim did on his.




















We went and fed the ducks the other day. It was a nice time. Logan went in his pj bottoms and would not change. Whatever. lol. He's in the picture at least. He was in mid sentence when this was taken. I love us going and doing more things like this as much as possible. Soon I hope to bake some gingerbread men cookies with Logan. I still have not put up the tree. I know.. I know..

Thanks for stopping by!

Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Day ten and gingerbread house making


The other night we made a gingerbread house I got from Target on sale. I love making these little premade houses. Very fun for all. Leo loved stealing candy. Logan liked the icing duty. We had a great time. Lewis took some great pictures of us. Don't mind the yellow tint. Its the room. Its hard to get it not that yellow with out the horrible flash. I kinda like em' like that.

Onto the next tag. I skipped day nine because I have to get something printed out for it. This is day 10. Its a tag with chipboard letters on it. Tim Holtz had covered them with metal adhesive sheet. Well I didn't have that. So... I took some foil and ran it through my xyron machine. It made the back sticky. Then I put that on the tag on top of the chipboard letters.

Then you emboss around them. I colored the tag with alcohol inks. Add staples to make it cover up any lines from the foil or just to be cool. The circle stamping on there is one of my hand carved stamps that had been inked off a piece of felt with many different colored alcohol inks on it. The ball was colored with two different colored alcohol inks with a paint brush and some of the dilute liquid to get the different shading to it.

The chipboard ornament is BG. The letters were unknown. I got them somewhere for like a buck.Cute eh?? I love this tag. Its such a neat techinque.

Here's Tim's... His color is more on the tag and not on the letters. I was just trying something a little different. He also used black acrylic on his and I didn't on mine. I have another tag to post tomorrow! So exciting. Only a few days of these left. I'm having a ball with them. Last night I watched Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's stone with Logan for the first time. ooh! It was so much fun. He loved it. Yeah!! I've been waiting for him to love it forever. :)


Monday, December 14, 2009

Woke up late

Okay I woke up late today. I have no time to post this, but I still am! ha! I don't care. Today I have to take Logan to school. Its his last day before Christmas break. Its a half day. I hate half days. They blow. I wouldn't send him it at all, but they give out stuff and have fun times. So he's going.

Here's my day eight tag with no delay!



















I used Tim's techiniques on the background and his inks. BUT he has a technique on his with vellum. I got rid of ALL my vellum. Isn't that nuts?? Well most of it was patterned anyway. I need more vellum. But I didn't have time to get stuff before this tag. So I winged the rest of it. The lady bug is my hand carved stamp on grungeboard. I added some glossy accents to it. I inked it with red distress ink. The flower was cut out of a DCWV paper pack. I forget who the transperency is from. I think its wild asparagus.

So here is Tim's tag from day eight. Again I own very little metal. No metal keys here.

I love how this tag came out. I'm so glad I'm doing them. I only have 2 more to go. Maybe I'll get one done today. I hope!

Have a great day everyone!

Sunday, December 13, 2009

hiking pics and day seven tag









































We hiked yesterday with the boys. Lots of fun. Logan hated it and we had to drag him. I still loved it. I brought my camera this time and got some great shots.

Found this simple VERY cool to-do list program that is free that is uber cool. Its my new home page. So easy to use and I can keep all my to do lists right on my computer. Go check it out here.
Its called Teux Deux.

Onto my newest tag. I'm plugging along on them. I just haven't been able to go to the next one because of stupid not having a printer. Boo hiss.

Here is day seven. The mask was the big show stealer in this tag. I hand made a mask out of a transperency and then used repositionable sticky glue on the back of it. It worked okay. I wouldn't mind getting some of his masking sheets. They look pretty cool. I had to use what I had on hand though. Again...he uses alot more metal than I have. I love this tag. Its probably one of my fav's even if it doesn't have the dimension that some of the others do.



























I masked the owl stamp on there. The Goodbye is stamped on there. The orange parts are BG rub ons. The 2009 is number stickers. The owl is my hand carved stamp. I colored in the owl with my copic markers.
Here is Tim's tag from that day. Thanks for stopping by! More tags tomorrow! Tim is done now, I'm bummed. I wish it was 20 days of tags instead of just 12.

Saturday, December 12, 2009

Day six


Okay okay I'm really rocking and rolling on these tags. Now that I'm on day six of these I'm half way through. Acutally I have two more done, so I only have 4 more to go.

Having a little bit of difficulty though because I don't have some of the stuff his recent ones need. I'm finding that I'm having to go away from the Christmas theme a bit too. The techiniques for the most part are still there.

With the tag I put a background of the music paper that was distressed with green and blue distressed inks, and I took the tape and ripped off some spots like Tim did. I did the Believe stamp in two different shades of ink. I like that look alot.

The robin stamp is my hand carved stamp that was stamped on some patterened BG paper then colored with some watercolored pencils. I used white pen on the eye to make it show up bright. The green leaf is BG chipboard been distressed and layered with the robin. I added twine and some embossing gold stripes. I've realized while doing these tags I don't have nearly the amount of metal stuff that Tim does! lol.

Here's what Tim's tag looked like. I know they look nothing alike. lol

Friday, December 11, 2009

Day four Tim inspired tag

I am loving doing these tags. This one I absolutely love the little charm I made on it, but the tag itself...eh.. I wish I had put the music sheet going vertical. It also needs something else. Not sure what. Maybe a heavier chain attaching the charm to the top of the tag?

I made the charm from a blank keychain thing from the dollar store. It was one where you can insert your own little picture and it is a keychain. I took off all the metal of the keychain and added silver tape then lots of glitter. I think it turned out neat.

The stamped leaves on the charm are my hand carved stamp on this tag. I used alcohol inks on a felt piece directly onto the stamp then stamped it to get that muted mixed look. I didn't have any reinkers. The black bird stamp is also one of my hand carved stamps.














Here is Tim's..from this day.




















I love his little charm but you know who's I love the most?? Julie Balzer made the cutest one ever. I would totally wear her's anywhere. I love it. Well today I am going to taking Logan to school
















Gotta do my usual of taking Logan to school, going to the gym, then we are going to pack up the apartment some more. I've got most of my craft stuff. I'm getting rid of alot of stuff I won't ever use. I'm hoping to get my baking stuff over here so I can start baking again. I really want to do gingerbread cookies this year like I normally do. Hope everyones having a great day! Hope to post another tag tomorrow!

Thursday, December 10, 2009

Day five Tim Holtz inspired




























Ta Da! I am rocking on these tags. Its like Tim came in and possessed my body to use up all his products I own! I love doing them. I don't feel like doing them exactly as he does. Thats no fun for me. I'm trying to use what I have and not get too much of the "I want see's". I'm doing day 5 before 4. Just cause.

This is Tim's tag for Day 5 this year. Cute huh? I might have to get some of those little ornament deal things after all. lol
















I didn't have any of his ornament clear dealios so I used metal tags I already had to make the ornaments. I used one hand carved stamp of mine on this tag. Its the peppermint candy far left ornament.

Lots of distressed inks used on this tag. I love how it turned out. I'm trying to figure out what I'm going to do with them once they are all done. I'll have 12. hmm..

Did my final for computer class tonight. Easy peasy. All finished for this semester till Jan 11th. Thats when the new semester starts.

I'll post another tag tomorrow! Thanks for looking!

Thats my goal to use one of my hand carved stamps on each tag. I want more projects other than my art journal that I use them on. I'm running out of Christmas themed ones though. Must carve! lol

The black snowflakes on the tag are rub ons by CTMH. The snowflake and tree stamps are TAC.

Thurs favs 12/10




























1. Owls together, 2. Front of my holivan, 3. sew in love, 4. Fox and a Girl, 5. Art Wall Online, 6. Journal - Thinking new perspectives, 7. Snowshroom!, 8. sewing table, 9. redbg


Its Flickr favs Thurs. I have done this now for six weeks. I love it. I'm really liking having the mosaics in a set on my flickr. I like hunting for new pics to make one each week. I see so many cool things on flickr.

I worked on another tag yesterday. It came out really pretty. I haven't gotten a picture of it yet. I want to do another today if I get the chance.

Today at Logan's school they are having Breakfast with Santa. I get to take all kinds of good pics! I wish that Lewis was able to go. He has tomorrow off though and Monday so that'll be nice. No gym for me today. Boo hiss. I'm kinda tired from yesterday's hour long spin class. It kicked my butt. It always does.

I have a few more things for Christmas I need to get, but mostly we're done. I want to get Logan one wii game and Lewis a surprise Christmas gift.

Tonight is my final in my computer class. Yippee! Its a breeze and I can't wait to be done with this semester. I'm hoping for two A's this semester.

Thanks for stopping by. Tag will be up soon!

Wednesday, December 09, 2009

Day two Tim holtz tag inspired


I finished this yesterday finally. I actually had a missing grungeboard incident where I had to search like a crazy lady for it. I kept sniffing around for it through my stash. The grungeboard has a distinct smell to it. You either love it or hate it. I am not a fan of the smell. I can stand it in the room, but I would gag if it was near my nose for long periods of time. Thats just me. Maybe other people like the smell of funky leather. Sorry Tim. It's an awesome product I love so I deal with the smell.

I based this tag on Tim Holtz's day two tag. I didn't have any metal flowers so I made my own. I also originally had the merry christmas stamped on the white embossed label, but I did it in black and it looked weird. So I did the little block label. The wooden branches are stamped on grungeboard and embossed with distressed powder. The branch is one of my hand carved stamps. I didn't add ribbon to it yet, because my ribbon is stashed somewhere I can't get right now. Imagine there is red ribbon tied to the tag. :)

Here is Tim's tag from Day two. Thanks for stopping by!


Monday, December 07, 2009

Day three skipped Day two



Okay so I'm totally loosely following Tim Holtz tags this year. I don't have the time or my supplies near to keep up, so I'm making them while I can. Here is my newest tag.

I used the alcohol inks on the background then inked and smudged it. I then splattered white paint on top of the black acrylic paint stamped bird image (my hand carved stamp birds).

I added snowflakes and a vintage music sheet mat. The clay blue button wasn't supposed to be there originally, but in trasition to get the tag to the house from the apartment there was a mishap! So I had to move the button to cover the bare spot that got smudged off. It'll do. I'm happy with it, but would be happier if the button was where I originally placed it. Cest la vie!

I love this tag. I was inspired by Tim's splatter on his tree tag and how to make the strips of color with the alcohol inks from this tutorial on his blog. This one is supposed to be derived from the tree tag. I usually go my own way though. lol.

Tonight is my final exam in my paralegal class. I'm very nervous. I hope it goes okay! But its the last night of the class. Then I have my Thurs night last class this week and then I'm done! Yippee! (well till Jan 11th)

I've decided to only take 2 classes next semester too. I don't have the free time I did while we were separated. Which I'm glad, but since I don't, I don't want to be stressed to pile on too many classes when there isn't as much of an urgency for me to finish quickly. I like spending time with my family and I like having time to do art stuff...so only two classes. I'm taking Tort law and Bankruptcy law.

Well thanks for stopping by! I have to pack up my computer, go get my ring today, stop by Michaels, go to the gym, hopefully make a tag (we'll see), and take Logan to and from school. Hopefully it all gets done!

Saturday, December 05, 2009

Hand carved stamp tutorial

How to carve your own stamps! This is an old tutorial, but I hadn't posted it on my blog for some reason. So here it is.

I love carving my own stamps. I have been doing it for over three years now and have about 50 hand carved original designed stamps. Don't worry if you don't want to draw your own designs to carve you can trace a design of clip art or whatever you can find. Its not hard.

First start off with supplies. You'll need a mastercarve block, carving tools, pencil, paper, and scissors. I used to get my mastercarve blocks from Joann's and I got my carving tools there. My local J's no longer carries them. I don't know if your local one might still carry them. Otherwise there are many art supplies online stores that carry them. Like Dick Blink.com or asw.com.

Next draw on paper a design you like or copy one you like. Remember don't do anything too detailed because when you start out that can be difficult. Also the lines aren't going to be easy to carve extra thin so you'll have to expect the lines to end up being thicker than the design you draw out.

Now turn the paper drawing down onto the block and rub it with your finger and don't let the paper move too much. You want a clear rub on to the mastercarve block. Then cut out the area of the block with a razor or knife if need be. You have the rest of the block to make other stamps.

Now cut... and start carving. Only carve white areas. Don't carve into the pencil lines. These will be the raised part that will be inked.

Once you have the majority of the stamp carved out, you can ink the stamp and stamp it on paper. This way you can see what areas still need some carving smooth. Remember the ink will cover up the pencil drawing so don't ink till you have it pretty much completed.

Here's a layout I did that I used my shell stamp on.Its an older layout, but you get the jist.

If you want further instruction there is a great book out there that explains it. Its called "art stamp workshop". Good book. Fun read.

If you want to see more of my hand carved stamps I have them pictured in my flickr acct. Check em' out!

Here is a picture of many of my hand carved stamps on one art journal page.


Thank you!



















I want to say a big thank you to Jen for my yummy pretty tags and card. She sent me these in the mail and I love them! The penguins and card are hybrids. She used the Hero Arts Digital products from 2peas. Aren't they gorgeous??? Sorry my picture still leaves something to be desired. I haven't got my full set up back over here yet. lol

Years ago we used to always swap Christmas tags. It was nice to do that again. I'm working on yours Jen! :) I'll be sending you some mail goodies soon! Just gotta get through this week of finals.

I think I'm going to have to get that digital penguin brush set. I love them so! The current Caardvarks challenge is to make a hybrid card or project! I'm going to have to try this if I can get my printer back over here soon.
Thanks for stopping by!