Carved Eraser Stamp Tutorial :: Love One Another

For this carved eraser, I drew a little design onto a pink eraser using an ordinary pencil.

And used my carving tool to carve out the outline and a bit on the inside of the leaves.

Then I inked it and stamped it onto cold press watercolor paper.

Took a black fine-tip marker to add details and part of my all-time favorite verses:

Beloved, let us love one another. For love is of God and everyone who loves is born of God and knows God. He who does not love, does not know God for God is love. Beloved, let us love one another.

Carved Rubber Stamp Tutorial :: 1 Stamp = Endless Designs

Check out my very first carved rubber stamp. It's a flower petal. And with this lovely shade of coral, it makes the perfect flower grow.

And with this perfect shade of blue, it makes the perfect raindrops.

And when stamped twice, closely together, it makes the perfect little heart.

And when doodled with stems, they become the coolest plant life.

How did I do it? I took a regular pink eraser, sketched the shape directly onto the rubber with pencil and carved it with this tool.

Happy stamping. :)

Wee Knitting Love Stamped Moleskine & Tag Tutorial

I love rubber stamps. I love their simplicity and the many different directions you can take just one image. And lately, I've been having lots of fun with the Wee Knitting Love stamps.

Onto this small Moleskine, I stamped the knit pattern with black ink. For the knit row stamp, I inked it with black ink and then hit the heart with the corner of my favorite red inkpad (Adirondack Earthtones Dye in Currant by Ranger) before stamping onto the Moleskine. Then I used my favorite white gel pen to add embellishments.

For this tag, I inked the single row of knit with black and red ink as described above onto a piece of watercolor paper. I tore that and adhered it to a shipping tag and then added stitches with perle cotton and needle. I typed the text on ledger paper, tore, and adhered at the bottom.

Stocking stuffers, gift tags. Easy peasy.

Happy creating. :)

Crocheted Rock Stamping Tutorial

I've been playing around with my crocheted rocks.

Turns out that they can be inked and stamped to make the coolest little marks.

Perfect for adding special effects to journals and such.

Happy creating. :)

Button on Pencil Stamping Tutorial

Cute as a button, right?

Adhere a button onto the eraser of a pencil with just a bit of E-6000. (Make sure you wipe off any excess that oozes out of the two holes of the button.)

Ink the button and stamp.

Easy peasy.

Happy crafting. :)

PanPastel Rubber Stamping on Watercolor Paper Tutorial DIY

Remember my first PanPastel tutorial? So this time I tried something slightly different.

I first moistened watercolor paper with plenty of water and then smudged my stamp with PanPastel. Then I stamped on the moistened paper. Cool, huh? I love the specks of PanPastel that come off and do its thing on the paper.

Once dry, I sprayed it with spray fixative to keep the small particles of PanPastel fully set. Of course I had the option of brushing it again with water to smudge everything further which I did in my first tutorial, which is also an option. Just depends on what look you are trying to achieve.

Happy creating. :)

PanPastel Rubber Stamping Tutorial DIY

Here's my latest rubber stamping adventure.

I used PanPastels to stamp onto tags.

The trick? First rub PanPastel onto a cosmetic spunge and rub the sponge onto the rubber stamp. Next, take a water mist bottle (not spray bottle) and mist the rubber stamp. Then stamp the image onto the tag.

The more water you mist, the more blurry the image gets.

Once the image is dry, you'll want to either blow off the excess PanPastel powder or take a brush and brush the entire tag with water to blend in the excess powder. The latter is what I did to my tags. I also edged the tags with the PanPastels and blended with water.

I typed the text onto notebook paper, teared, and attached to the tags. Then I hand stitched the buttons in place.

Happy stamping. :)

Everyday Extraordinary :: Rachel's Stamps

.: Everyday Extraordinary :.

They're here ... finally here ... the stamps I've been waiting for not just these past weeks, but for the past several years ... stamps that I imagined could exist ... finally have become. So beautiful, so romantic, so Rachel.

For my note of thanks, I collaged a piece of ledger paper onto a piece of sheet music and then added a wash of gesso and let it dry. I stamped that with an image from Rachel's Romantic Botanicals collection and then added a simple note at the bottom with my favorite pen.

Understated elegance.
Thank you, Rachel.

NEW Rubber Stamps by Rachel Emilie Jackson!

I am thrilled to announce two brand new clear stamp collections
designed exclusively for CRESCENDOh.

Romantic Botanicals
and
Petals and Script

by the incredible paper and mixed-media artist that we all know and love
Rachel Emilie Jackson

Pre-order now here and here. We will start shipping the week of June 27th.

Romance. Paper. Stamps.
Timeless.

Rubber Stamped Newsprint Gift Wrap Tutorial

Check out my new gift wrap ...

I love rubber stamping onto sheets of newsprint paper with Pam Carriker's new Portrait Sketch stamps. I LOVE stamping on newsprint not only because it's super available and affordable, but because it has such a beautiful serene newsprint shade to it. It's also very pliable ... perfect for gift wrap.

So I stamped diagonal rows with the portrait stamps like this ...

To create a sheet like this ... which I used to wrap up my gift. Then I tied it with some hemp yarn and added a button. Easy peasy.

Happy stamping. :)