Hand-carved Rubber Stamps & Giveaway!

I have enjoyed carving rubber stamps since high school...

(Over 25 years now! Yikes!)

In high school we used the hard linoleum blocks.

Today my favorite material is Speedy-Carve by Speedball.

"The pink stuff!"

I discovered a pile of rubber stamp blocks at a 2nd hand store.

In the past I have cut my own from 1" x 2" boards...

Sand the ends~

Heavy duty double sided tape keeps the stamp secure.

Most times I start my stamps with a quick sketch directly on the pink~

I left a bit of the background for an artsy look.

 For clear-edge stamps, carve your design then trim the extra.

Packaged, they make very sweet, personal & unique gifts!

Kids birthday parties, teacher gifts...

I carved a simple version of a friends new home (housewarming gift!)

and she used the stamp to make handmade  note-cards to announce her

new address & added the same stamp near her return address~

GUESS WHAT?!?

I have reached 2000+ sales in my Etsy store!!!

THANK YOU!

Celebrating with a new GIVEAWAY!!!

I will blog about it later today or tomorrow...

There will be two GIVEAWAYS!

One here on my Blog & one on my Facebook page!

Hope your week is off to a wonderful start!

Smiles to you~