Yesterday I started talking about the basics when it comes to carving your own stamps. Today I'm going to show you how to take a stencil and create a stamp that is the mask of the stencil.
The stencil I'm going to be working with is one of Coffee Break Design's newest additions: the
flourish heart.
You'll need the same supplies as I listed yesterday--cutting mat, carving block, lino-cutting tools and sharpie.
The first step is to transfer the image onto the carving surface. I outlined using the sharpie to transfer the image:
colored in all the areas open in the stencil so that I wouldn't get
confused when I started carving which parts needed to be removed. Then I started carving. I started with the smallest nib and outlined the areas I wanted removed and then did the small detail areas with the smaller nib as well. I went on to the larger size and kept working until I'd removed all the excess block.
When it was all done I inked it up using some regular stamping ink--and I used a brayer to make sure that the stamp came out clear. I stamped it on some vintage paper:
When I was done I used the stencil to fill in the extra areas with my airbrush.
What I like about carving the stamp from the stencil is that I've got the negative and the positive...and can use them together or separately.
So that's it for me today. Hope everyone has a good weekend!
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