The wonderful Dollar Store Crafts has once more done that thing it does best and found another fantastic low(/no)-budget crafting idea, this time courtesy of Yarni Gras. Click here for the tutorial to carve a miniature rubber stamp from the tiny eraser on the end of a pencil! There must be all kinds of variant … Continue reading A cool (& quick!) stamp carving project. And some other stuff.
(Firstly, a note to anyone who’s waiting for me to catch up with mail-outs, I’m finally feeling on top things here in the new house, and orders & subscriptions will all be in the post tomorrow or Saturday.) Moving house was a horrible nightmare of packing, throwing away, unpacking, throwing away. So many things I … Continue reading Stamp carving experiment #3
I couldn’t resist: I went out and bought the bargain pack of erasers, 7 for £1. Nice little rectangles, approx. 3/4″ wide x 2″ long x 3/8″ deep. I drew my pattern freehand onto the first eraser, with a fine point Sharpie (currently 5 for £1!). With my craft knife, I outlined the pattern, trying … Continue reading Stamp carving experiment #2
After my little experiment with carving a mousemat stamp earlier today, I’ve done a little research, and found this great tutorial for doing it ‘properly’. I love the retro flower motif she uses in the example. I think I might invest in one of those lino-cutting tools, as it will just make life easier (you … Continue reading Hand carving stamps
Britta (aka JaguarSnail) and I had another productive afternoon in the craft room, yesterday. I’m sure I’ve mentioned before that she is a bit of a demon when it comes to hand-carving stamps? Well, she has put together a tutorial mini-zine so that you can perfect your own demonic (I mean stamp-carving) skills. The demo … Continue reading Carved stamps and Christmas robins…
I have just set up another Swap-Bot swap, this time to make a hand-carved, hand-printed postcard. Click on the underlined bit for full details. I thought this would be a fun challenge – but not quite as challenging as my last lino-carving experiment, as the design is to a smaller scale. I’m quite looking forward … Continue reading Another challenge for you – carve a stamp!
This post is to welcome the zines of Britta Jarvis of JaguarSnail into the TangleCrafts fold. 🙂 Britta is a local artist & crafter who I met through a mutual friend, a couple of years ago. We have since spent many a happy hour on the production line together and have discovered lots of common … Continue reading JaguarSnail – welcome!
There has recently been a little flurry of activity in my Etsy store with all sorts of interesting new arrivals! Time for an overview: First up, I am thrilled to offer copies of Kristin Roach’s latest issue of Craft Leftovers Monthly. Inside there is a bounty of crafty goodness, including a ZineBomb mini-zine (by me!) … Continue reading New zines, old zines, something for everyone!
I’m still catching up on all the stuff I wasn’t able to work on while off-line, but I’ve been up since 3.30am, so I am going to take a break and talk about lino prints, for a while… The prints you see to the left are the first lino cuts I’ve done since high school … Continue reading Lino cuts & doodles
At my local Pound Store, they sell 2 mouse mats for £1. While I try, in principle, to be against unnecessary consumerism, I am powerless to resist the lure of a potentially useful bargain. By useful, of course, I don’t actually mean practical in ‘normal’ terms; more craft-able. I bought them a while back, … Continue reading The bumblebee flies anyway
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