Don't ask me why I'm starting a new project. I just am. But see, this one has a timeframe attached, so I ought to start now! I want to make valentine cards to sell at the flower shop. They don't currently have any cards, and I know for a fact that people buying flowers also need to buy cards. So I will make bunches of them by carving a stamp, stamping blank card stock, adding some sparkles, and then I will sell them at the shop. It's my plan, and I think it's a good one. Plus, I don't have any other paying work to do today, so I have to come up with some sort of income-generating way to spend my day.
Currently, you can see at the bottom of the picture where I drew the image I wanted. Then I transfered that image onto the rubber stamp material (the orange stuff) and will begin carving out the small spaces with an exacto knife. The larger spaces I will carve out with a special carving tool that is a V-shaped blade. It's not as delicate for the small spaces, but is easier for me to carve out big chunks of material.
The more I look at this image, the less happy I am with the design. I better either stop looking at it, or re-draw it. It's not technically "projectitis" if I take the time to re-draw it though. Projectitis demands that I keep moving forward with a project until I'm sick of it, regardless of the quality of the outcome.
Mmmm... I just love that orange color. and I really like the flow of the design. Very pretty. How are you liking working on PZ Cut?
ReplyDeleteI like working on this orange stuff much better *for some types of stamps* than I like the mastercarve. As you've seen, my style in the past has been very rustic -- I hate to call it painterly but that's the only term I can think of, one we learned in art history to describe how you can see all the brushstrokes and it starts to get impressionistic. Well, that's how I paint, too. So I like that rough look. It looks like old wood cuts, and there's movement to it. That said, I HATED not being able to really control the tight corners and fine lines. So in that case I like this stuff so much more. Because it's so much firmer, it's a bit harder to carve, and there's not as much texture. I've sort of been editing my style to suit this material. Cleaner. I'm liking it.
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