Genninne has a great creative blog (and she has a border collie too!) think I will be visiting her place often!
Just too impatient to wait - so found an old itsy bitsy eraser and just had to experiment...
fun...! I enjoyed that....loved how easy it was to cut - but somehow miss the difficulty factor with lino - but eraser cutting will certainly have it's place. Popped into our local arts and crafts store today - the lady looked at me blankly and actually LAUGHED when I asked "have you got any materials that allow you to cut your own stamps?" I didn't think it was that silly of a question....I should be the one laughing at her for not knowing...lol! Perhaps Gorden Harris Art store will have something? Anyway, a quick call into The Warehouse Stationary and picked up some standard erasers to keep me experimenting.
oh how exciting to have found you and your new little adventure going to love it !!!!!!
ReplyDeleteWhat a Great Print x
ReplyDeleteActually Jane, making your own stamps wasn't a silly idea at all!!!
ReplyDeleteI once found some 'make your own stamp' packs at a Spotlight Craft store, sometimes even stationary shops have things which can be used. Just that need the right amount of inventiveness...
I suggest you check out to National Art Supplies in Onehunga (www.nationalartsupplies.co.nz), they stock almost anything art material you could think of or can find it for you. They are much cheaper than any other art shop :)
Also, it isn't difficult to get stamps made using your own images if you want, search Google or Yellow pages...
OR use a small piece of lino (that the dog hasn't chewed), printing foam, or even string - glue it onto an offcut of wood, does the same job! :)