Make your own stamps

On 12 Months in View today there is a challenge to make our own stamps.

I didn't make any new ones I thought I would share with you some I have made in the past - how's that for recycling?

These two were made by using sticky backed foam that's made for putting on rubber stamps.  I put it through the die cutting machine with some Tim Holtz dies and then stuck them onto acetate packaging.

These are made from string on offcuts of foam board.

These are made from the sticky backed foam you use on blisters and things on your feet.

The one on the left is made from thin pieces of styrofoam from meat packaging stuck onto cardboard and then for some reason stuck to a rubber mat!  The one on the right is string on foamboard.

This stamp is made from chipboard letters stuck onto cardboard.

For the page in my journal and sprayed 3 colours of Dylusions inks and spread them across the page with a wet wipe.

Then I just stamped the stamps above randomly on the page - not to create a page but just to show the stamps.  I have usually used acrylic paint particularly with the string ones so it was interesting to see what happened with Archival Ink.

Thanks for stopping by.
Bernice

The last of the Scavenger Hunt

I have taken part in Rinda's Photo Scavenger Hunt this year and you can see 12 of the items on this post.

Here are the rest.

#5: A sunset.
This is what the camera took when I used the zoom lens.

And this is what the sunset actually looked like.

#7: A sign that is intentionally funny.
I saw this in Kettlewell when we were staying at the beginning of July stuck to some entrance gates.

#9: Someone or something that is clearly out of place or doesn't belong
We had lunch in this country pub in Northamptonshire where the walls were covered in all sorts of nicknacks.  Can you see what I think is clearly out of place?

Here's a closeup to help you!  

That's right, in amongst the pretty plates and the horse brasses was a ceramic urine bottle.

#11: An animal in a zoo, aquarium, nature preserve etc.
We went for a walk in our local suburban park.  It has a very small nature reserve in it and I was amazed to see a turtle sunning itself.  He was a long way away so the photo isn't terribly good.

#15: A fire truck or police car
As we were going home from the park we drew up to some traffic lights and the fire engine came out of the fire station and right towards us, blue lights flashing!

#18: Local pub/bar, coffee house or tea shop
This pub, called The Sharmans Cross, but usually known as the Sharmans, is walking distance from my house.  However I've only been in in about four times in the last 25 years!

#19: A fisherman

#20: A dinosaur!
Look what I found lurking in the undergrowth!

Actually I borrowed them from some little boys at church!

#21: A photograph of you with an artistic tool or craft supply (you cannot substitute for this item).
This was me at the Tim Holtz workshop in Coventry last month.

Bonus #2: A person wearing an item of clothing that symbolizes your country.
We don't have a national dress for England but the English Flag and the British Union Flag do get used in fashion design.  I haven't been able to find someone wearing a Union Flag motif but I did see these shoes in Augsburg in Germany which did strike me as odd.   I could have used it for #9 I suppose.

It has been most enjoyable to do this scavenger hunt.  Thank you Rinda for hosting it.  Looking forward to next year already.

Thanks for stopping by.
Bernice

A digital page

On 12 Months in View today there is a giveaway of digital papers made by Anita van Hal.

I decided I would try to make a digital layout and have sort of succeeded.  I used Publisher and put the jpeg background into the document.  Then I used two of my own photos in Paint and cut out the shapes.  I found that in Publisher I could get rid of the outside bits.  Sadly they still don't look as good as real torn paper glued on!  Then I put the words over the top and printed it out to stick into my journal.

 Of course I can always come back to it and stamp and ink over it.

Thanks for stopping by.
Bernice