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[kawaiikiki]

Ok, I continue to have too many projects going on at once. But here some things that I've actually finished recently!

My mom just had her birthday. My sister, brother, and I bought my mom a shiny new camera. Of course I had to make a nifty case. I decided to use some of the kool-aid dyed yarn I had left over (look familiar Heather?) and knit a

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[tiffanyharvey]

I didn't know that you did stamp carving too, they look great!

I was a little dissapointed when we went letterboxing to see how many people used store bought stamps. But I doubt you could have convinced them that they could actually make a stamp themselves.

What kind of paper did you use for the notecards, is it cardstock? (you might want to add that to the description too)

[kawaiikiki]

I do a bit of everything :P
I actually started making stamps last winter, but couldn't find artist blocks easily. I was using art erasers, and they definately don't work too well. Luckily my Joanns started carrying artist blocks, now I'm addicted. I made a mushroom stamp last night and 2 sets of cards (I'll post later today). I'm getting better at techniques at cutting them. It's fun and relaxing.

I used pre-made notecards, but I didn't even thin about adding that in the description, thanks!

[tiffanyharvey]

Apparently erasers can work really well, but you have to get the right brands (which are hard to find). My hobby lobby carries large white carving blocks but I don't think I've seen them at Joann. I thought it would be fun to make custom stamps and hand-made books for letterboxing, but I never got around to practicing with them more

[kawaiikiki]

I also have problems with losing interest in crafts. I quickly move on to the next new shiny thing. I'm a bad girl!

Oooh! I'm excited about the ambigrams! I think what you suggested is good. Let's do 8x10 and no "and" on Larry/Nancy, but do it on the other 2. Yay!

[ilovekorn]

of course i remember the yarn =)

your drawings are good. i really have no kind of talent with drawing and painting (other than abstract lol). i wish i did. i was thinking about getting some painting supplies...

rubber stamps? thats neat. how do you do that?

[kawaiikiki]

Thanks for the compliment. I'm really not that good at drawing, but I enjoy it. I really like these Crayola Chalk sets that I have. They were given to me by another teacher and I just happened to get them out and they were great! They look especially nice on the black paper. I should take some pictures of the kids work too.

For the stamps I used an artist block. I draw my image on (It helps to draw it on paper with pencil then rub it on the block). Then I used exacto knives to cut away.