I absolutely love collecting stamps but lately I've been
feeling like I’d like to try creating my very own one of-a-kind stamps. A few
years ago, my sister bought me a stamp carving kit and I've just had it sitting
in my closet—so I pulled it out, and used some of my own drawings to carve a
few stamps.
Here’s what I used:
-Tracing paper
-Pencil
-Ink
-Paper
First, I flipped through my sketch book and found the two
drawings I wanted to turn into stamps. Next, I cut out a piece of tracing
paper, placed it over my hand drawn image and traced it using a pencil.
Next, I placed that traced image over a piece of rubber,
with the penciled image facing down, and rubbed it onto the rubber using the
soft tip of the carving tool.
Once the image was transferred I cut it out (so I didn't have to maneuver a huge piece of rubber while carving); and, I began to carve.
I started out with the thinner tip—in order to carve the image with precision.
Then I used the large carving tip to remove the rest.
Once I had removed the access, I tested it out onto a piece
of card stock, and removed any remaining pieces that I didn’t need. When I was
happy with the finished results I used my new stamp on a piece of card stock
that I folded into a A2 size card, and used my pink (RV11) Copic marker to
color in the rest. I’m so happy with how it turned out, and I can’t wait to
start stamping in different colors!
