Tag: Stamps

Birds are us!

Done on a piece of heavy paper that came with packaging materials from something I ordered. Gesso; light blue, cobalt blue, dark green, brown, white, and copper acrylic paints; Crafters Workshop branches reversed stencil; Inkadinkadoo patterned brayer; white glitter; three bird stamps; and a Sharpie marker. This was done for the Flickr Second Floor Challenge…

Creamer’s Field Sandhill Crane

I'm uploading a photo for a friend, Peggy Birkenbuel, of her carved stamp for the contest "Carve It Up".  It's carved from a carving block and glued to a piece of white foam for handling.  It's called Creamer's Field Sandhill Crane".  Creamer's Field is a bird sanctuary here and we have a Crane Festival in…

Part Two: Mixed Media Art Cloth using Recycled Dryer Sheets

In my first video on how to use recycled dryer sheets and turn them into mixed media works of art, I worked on single sheets. This tutorial shows you how to make larger art pieces that can be used in sewing projects using multiple dryer sheets together.  With larger art cloths you can make bags,…

Simply Floral

My very first attempt at making a stamp. I drew my own simple design onto Speedball Speedy-Cut and used assorted lino cut blades to carve it up. I used diluted acrylic paints for this stamping but won't do that again as it didn't work too well; I will buy ink pads for future stamps. I…

Cat in front of Glass Bottles

I drew this little kitty with some beautiful glass bottles behind him.  i transfered it to soft cut linoleum and carved it out using linoleum carving tools.  I printed using a variety of colors of Speedball ink on Rives BFK paper.