Friday, May 30, 2008

Hand Carved Stamp Tutorial


{image from Geninne}

I've carved some stamps in the past and it's way fun...and I just found the cutest hand carved stamp tutorial ever on geninne.com via craftzine.com. Just take a look at part of her collection...sweet!



B has been wanting to learn to carve wood and it just occurred to me when I saw this tutorial that carving stamps would be a great start. I have all the tools and carving into eraser material is like cutting butter. Perfect summer project!

Tuesday, May 20, 2008

Doodling

Update 6/2013: This post from 2008 is one of the most popular on my blog, due to Pinterest. I just learned that Joy (the author of the fun books below) passed away in 2009. Please read more about her here.


I got these books by Joy Sikorski off my bookshelf downstairs and I'm going to set them out in a basket with some colored pencils for some summer doodling fun...

How to Draw a Clam
How to Draw a Radish
How to Draw a Cup of Coffee
Squeaky Chalk

If you aren't familiar with Joy's books, here's a sample drawing lesson...



{image used with permission from Joy Sikorski}