Wednesday, February 24, 2016

Designing a card, Continued

Last month I posted about a card that I was working on.  I've decided on a background and have started shrinking some of the images.




I started with 8-10 of each.  I'm waiting for white plastic to arrive for the lighthouse and maybe the 66 sign.

Wednesday, February 17, 2016

Months of the Year

Name:     Months of the Year
Created:  6/2015
Swap:     -

I wanted to create a series of small but detailed stamps for a snow-friendly series to plant over the winter.  Each card is a 1.25" circle.  This was a fun series to carve and I continued to use this format for several more images.

Monday, February 15, 2016

More Undersized Cards


 February is an undersized month, so I thought I'd show some undersized cards!
I am also going to drop down to one post each week for awhile. I want to get a buffer of posts built up for the summer.


More lighthouses, Harry Potter, Monroe Republic (Revolution TV show) 
iPod, Hiking Quisp, 90's Computer, Pope Paul, 
El Capitan (Cut from the center of my Yosemite Quarter stamp)

Wednesday, February 10, 2016

Comic Book Heroes

Name:     Comic Inchies
Created:  2/2016
Swap:     -


I've been using my scraps of carving rubber to create several tiny stamps for a TOR series that I want to place this spring.  I've also started to make some Inchies with the stamps.

Thursday, February 4, 2016

Warning! Eye Bleach Required!

Name:    Yzma
Created:  -
Swap:     -

I really don't have anything to say about this one.   Just carved for fun.

Monday, February 1, 2016

Laughing Woman of Kathmandu

Name:     Laughing Woman of Kathmandu
Created:  10/2015
Swap:      Faces of the World


"For this swap, please carve an interesting face from somewhere else in the world. The emphasis on this card should be in the carve, not the card. Here are some faces I have used for inspiration: https://www.pinterest.com/haroldthecat/faces/"

This face looked interesting and fun to carve!
"I was walking down a street in Kathmandu, and I saw this lady just laughing like there was no tomorrow while sitting on a wood bench...I have no idea what she was laughing about, but she loved to have her photo taken...which is actually unusual in Nepal as most older people do not like to have their photo taken. What a face....and what a smile!!" —Scotty Graham/Last Flight Out Photography
"I was walking down a street in Kathmandu, and I saw this lady just laughing like there was no tomorrow while sitting on a wood bench...I have no idea what she was laughing about, but she loved to have her photo taken...which is actually unusual in Nepal as most older people do not like to have their photo taken. What a face....and what a smile!!" —Scotty Graham/Last Flight Out Photography