Arnold and stamps

Arnold

Arnold is a present for Alfie, who's birthday was in december. Which makes this gift 6 months late. Is that a record ?

Oh, and I got me a cutie-cute book on carving stamps.

ISBN 978 4 529 04339 7, available here, also available at amazonjp, but I can't link directly to it. Just type in the number, spaces included.

I think I'm going to stamp 'HURRY UP' on my children's foreheads in the mornings.

There are cute ideas for stamping onto fabric, paper bags, china , plant pots, coat hangers, socks, lunchboxes - you name it, they've stamped it. All you have to do is trace the designs and carve away. Hah ! - if only it were that simple.

Comments

[suki]

i carved my own rubber stamps too~~

[rOuge biZoux]

I love Arnold!

[dottycookie]

Arnold is really gorgeous. And he's not six months late - he's six months early for the next birthday!

[The Queen]

Oh my lord Artie is soooooooo cutsie. Also... I noticed that you order from Asia a lot, how does that work you are getting some REALLY great stuff that makes me feel like I need to move there and buy lots and lots of craft books.

[eleni]

o my gawd these are the cutest little satamps ive ever seen!

[Kathy]

Hi, I found your blog through a link on YarnStorm and came to visit today. I used to live in Japan, the katakana portion of the book title reads "Gomu Hanko" (literally, "rubber stamp"). There is a tradition in Japan of making your own unique design to stamp onto New Year's postcards that are traditionally given out each year to a long and growing list of people. I've seen the postcards but never the actual stamps or how people make them but it is a common practice in Japan. "Hanko" is also a term used to refer to what the Japanese use to 'stamp' their name onto legal documents in Chinese characters. You can even have one made for yourself using your own last name but converted into a Japanese character alphabet used for foreign words (katakana).

[daniella]

oooh, this is soo lovely, I want to try this!!

[Jo (DIY Obasan)]

Hi! Found you on Flickr. I'm addicted to rubber stamp carving too! I've posted most of them on my flickr album under DIY Obasan. Thanks for showing me this lovely book! :)