I technically started this project last summer when I carved this stamp. Somewhere along the line, the project lost steam and I never got around to making a bunch of cards. Yesterday, I was digging through some craft boxes and found it. This time, I decided to grab some paper before I forgot about it all over again.
The tools for this project are pretty simple. Everything shown above is made by Speedball and was picked up at my local art store
. The pink stamp is a piece of soft rubber that I wrote my initials on (backwards so the image comes out the right way) and then carefully carved it out. I used some teal block printing ink and a small brayer.
I squeezed a drop of ink on to a wooden cheese board (that is no longer a cheese board) and thinned it out until the brayer was coated evenly. Then I rolled the brayer over the stamp and turned the stamp upside down on some cardstock. I left the cards out to try overnight – the oil based ink takes a while to set.
For paper, I used a variety of different colors that I had on hand. I knew it would be a hassle to change the ink color so I picked papers that would work with the teal. Most of the paper came from Paper Source A7 cards. Once folded in half, they fit perfectly into 4 bar envelopes. I mixed and matched cardstock and envelope colors to make the sets more interesting.
I am happy to have finally used this stamp and am glad to have some casual stationery on hand now.
This is project 7 of 26.
I am attempting to tackle 26 personal craft projects before I turn 27 on 02.22.12. You can follow my progress here on the blog, on pinterest or on flickr.
enJOY it 
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