Sunday, September 14, 2008

more ventures in rubber stamping!

A few blog posts ago I shared my cupcake stamp that I had carved from a rather soft piece of linoleum. While it was nice to carve into, it was kind of crumbly. So I scoured the web for a sturdier block. I read that a certain kind of rubber eraser also works well for carving into stamps and Peaseblossomstudio also suggested it to me, so I tried it out this weekend.

Everything comes with a lesson I suppose. And when it comes to rubber stamp carving, next time I'll make sure to flip the image before I carve it!



What's pitiful is I didn't realize until I tried out the stamp that the image would stamp backwards. dummy.

But I definately plan on buying more erasers. It was fun and fast!






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11 comments:

  1. Greener Pastures--A City Girl Goes CountrySeptember 14, 2008 at 9:56 PM

    Oh, that's too funny Jam.

    Can I special order one for Erin? Something like, "From the Library Of:" The right way of course, lol.

    www.GreenerPastures--ACityGirlGoesCountry.blogspot.com

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  2. AnonymousSeptember 15, 2008 at 9:37 AM

    That is really funny! It didn't even click until I looked at the stamped example.

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  3. UnknownSeptember 15, 2008 at 10:22 AM

    *snort*

    It's so cute though! I think it'll be even better when it's flipped.

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  4. Rosebud CollectionSeptember 16, 2008 at 4:16 PM

    That is enough to make you cry..Funny, but upsetting at the same time..You did a wonderful job too..

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  5. Tamie OldridgeSeptember 18, 2008 at 3:18 PM

    LOL...I could TOTALLY see myself doing that exact same thing.
    It's a really adorable image though!

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  6. GlamourFaeSeptember 18, 2008 at 8:32 PM

    Oh man... this is definitely something I would end up doing!!

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  7. melroskaSeptember 22, 2008 at 8:41 PM

    oh, i do that all the time when I'm carving linoleum. save it and use it as a secret message!

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  8. AnonymousSeptember 29, 2008 at 3:46 PM

    Haha, that's awesome (: Well, you live and learn! It's going to be great when it's the right way around (:

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  9. Amy HanekSeptember 30, 2008 at 11:14 AM

    Too funny! It looks like something I'd do. Only, I'd probably spell it wrong too.

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  10. JackieOctober 4, 2008 at 10:25 AM

    Just came across your etsy shop and your blog and I love, love, love your stuff. I myself have been tooling around with rubber stamp carving lately (my favorite rubber is called Speedy Stamp by Speedball. One evening my boyfriend came over and we had a little stamp carving contest. He made the same exact mistake you did! Oh well, it's a lesson learned, right?

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  11. Lemon ShortbreadOctober 7, 2008 at 5:39 AM

    lol this was a cute mistake, take it as a practise!

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