Any letterboxers on here?

[rhaj]

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Yay! A new series!

Don't know if you remember our old sig stamp or not, but we planted those 3 boxes with a new sig stamp, our last one cracked

Not sure yet whether I'll keep this one or not. I like that it has our name and town right on it... was trying to make for easier log-ins, but the coloring in with markers makes it take longer, so that takes away my "quick n easy" goal!

 

[Henrietta23]

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Yay! A new series!

Don't know if you remember our old sig stamp or not, but we planted those 3 boxes with a new sig stamp, our last one cracked

Not sure yet whether I'll keep this one or not. I like that it has our name and town right on it... was trying to make for easier log-ins, but the coloring in with markers makes it take longer, so that takes away my "quick n easy" goal!

I've been thinking about doing a new one for us too. I like my owl, but it's my first carve and pretty rough. It's just two colors but it has nothing to do with our trail name. I just like owls. When they're not near my birds... and I don't have any better ideas. So I guess I'm keeping it. DS has his own, a knight that he drew when he was three. It embarasses him now. Once he draws something new he likes that's actually carvable, I'll do a new one for him.
I don't remember your old stamp I'm afraid.

 

[rhaj]

It used to be a heart that said REI with wings and a halo... it's on our AQ profile http://www.atlasquest.com/people/profile.html?gMemberId=31029 though we usually stamped it with all metallics (the heart was a reddish copper, not the bright pink shown there). Now it is an angel on a cloud and has out trailname and town.

Whoa, just looked at your profile (henrietta23) and you're a sub teacher too??? Weird.

 

[Camelot Farms]

We found a Hitchhiker that started in Maine and went through RI, VT, MA, NH, CT, NC and now VA. We are dropping it off in a spot near the Interstate in hopes that it goes far! lol

Those of you who make your own stamps....HOW DO YOU DO IT?

I dont have a creative bone in my body when it comes to art. How do you make those lovely stamps?

 

[rhaj]

Here is what I do... I usually look online for a picture of what I want... clip art is even better. I resize it to the size I want and then I trace it with a pencil. Then I take the paper and put it on my carving medium and rub. The pencil rubs off onto the carving medium and you just carve away!

 

[Camelot Farms]

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Nice! So even someone with two left hands and all thumbs could maybe do it?

What do you carve with?
I was thinking of getting the big white erasers as the medium.

 

[rhaj]

I have done that for small stamps. I have also used the "pink stuff" (speedy carve), you can buy it at Michael's with a 40% off coupon that you can print online. Go to michaels.com and click Weekly Ad near the top of the page. It willshow you a flyer. Click through and find the 40% off any one regular priced item coupon and print it, it is there every week. (I see this week, there is also a 50% off for 2 days only, cool).

*I do NOT recommend Speedy Cut*. Speedy Carve (pink) is fine, but not speedy cut (white).

I will say that my closest Michaels is a smaller store and got rid of the carving stuff, so I have to go to one further away, but it's worth a call to yours to ask. I have also gotten orders of PZ Kut from Stampeaz.com, there is also a link on atlasquest. I hear she doesnt make PZ Kut anymore, it's called something else now, Firm Kut maybe?

 

[WriterofWords]

My students made a stamp for me to use. I showed them how to carve a stamp out of a 1" art gum eraser and they had a blast doing it. You just carve in relief what you want. If you do your name don't forget to do it backwards!

 

[rhaj]

Yes, if you free hand drawing directly on the eraser, it needs to be backwards. If you trace something like I do (I do it for letters too) then you just trace normal letters. When you rub it into the carving medium, it will end up backwards on it.

 

[Henrietta23]

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I was subbing when I joined. I'm not now. I've been working as a Speech Pathology Assistant for two years. I'm studying to get certified within the next year or two.
I do remember your stamp now!