Impromptu Flowers

My new space makes it so easy to decide to create spur of the moment hand carved stamps.



I carved a quick flower, printed shades of reds and oranges, and used the oil based ink I have, since I don't have any stamping inks. I covered an old attempt at goccoing, that had way too much negative space. It was fun to create and send and write lots of thank you cards and notes to friends.



If you have never carved a stamp, Geninne Zlatkis has an amazing and fun to watch video tutorial here.

She is quite prolific, and uses such vibrant colors in her work. I have purchased two of her prints in her Etsy shop, and will surely purchase more in the future.

Stamp Carving from Geninne D. Zlatkis on Vimeo.

Fishscales

Carving rubber stamps can be crossed of the list. It truly is like butter (buttah).




I didn't want to pull all my inks out, so messed around with inks and water briefly. A little tomfoolery if you will.



I like it though.



And then I printed some wrapping paper for a gift the other night.

Linoleum Carving

Carving and printing with linoleum blocks and rubber stamps has been on my list of things to try for some time now. Mike bought me carving tools and rubber and linoleum blocks for my birthday in November.

It only took me a month to sit down and carve something.



Carving linoleum is a bit harder than I expected, but really satisfying to print your images. I can't wait to carve rubber stamps next!



Did I mention how much I love my little work area? I think everyone should have their own little space, no matter how small. I wouldn't use textured paper again, but I'm quite pleased with my first attempt.