Mount your stamp pieces on a piece of plexiglass. These foam pieces look cool just by themselves, don’t they?Ħ. When accident happens, though, I try to be flexible and incorporate it into my design somehow 🙂 If you do, it will show up in your prints.
Again, be careful not to make a mark with your fingers/nails where not intended. When printing, the indented lines will not get inked and the flat surface will get the ink. You can also use knitting needles, dried-up ball point pen, and other tools for making an indent on a foam surface. To add indented lines, you go over your drawing on the foam sheet using a tool with a sharp tip – in this project, I used a skewer. As you can see, it’s not the end of the world if you reverse the process, but it’s definitely easier if you do the detailing before cutting them apart. So make sure you do this first before cutting all the pieces out. It’s easier to add lines (essentially drawing on the foam sheet) when everything is on one sheet.Īnyway, do that first, and then you can cut out the pieces with scissors or an exacto knife. I MADE A MISTAKE HERE – You’re supposed to do step 5 first before cutting all the pieces out 😀īut I wasn’t following Andrea’s instructions carefully and cut all the pieces apart before adding the lines and details. Be careful not to make an indent on the foam sheet because that will show up when you start printing.Ĥ. To transfer the image, you rub the tracing paper from the back with a spoon or a bone folder. These art foam sheets are handy because it’s got adhesive on the back, and it makes it really easy to mount the pieces on the board later. On the hindsight, I probably should’ve used a lighter colored foam sheet because it was hard to see the pencil lines on the blue sheet. (I grabbed this art foam at a craft store.) The pack of art foams I got came in variety of colors, and I just used this blue one. Put the tracing paper down with pencil side facing the art foam sheet. Transfer the image on to the art foam sheet surface. Trace the design with pencil on a tracing paper.ģ. I really liked one of my watercolor painting of camellias, so I sketched the design based on the artwork using a pencil.Ģ.
Bold and simple designs work really well for block printing and definitely easier for beginners. I wanted to design something pretty to print on an A2 size greeting card (4.25″ x 5.5″), so I drew the frame that’s the size of the card in my sketchbook first.
So as soon as I got my book, I created my own stamps using art foam sheets and documented the process for you! I became interested in the art foam stamp making because it requires no carving and is great for beginners or those who just want to experiment with block printing.
#MINI DIARY STAMP STICK HOW TO#
So I picked up this gorgeous book by Andrea Lauren recently to learn about stamp making using art foam sheet, which requires no carving.įirst of all, this books is beautiful! Her work is amazing and often very intricate – but she shares step-by-step instructions on how to create your own stamps and blocks in a very user-friendly way. Though block printing tools and materials I use for the class are super easy to handle (no linocut or wood block because they’re tough for beginners), I think some students are still intimidated by the idea of carving a block. I’ve been thinking about offering a workshop that’s similar but a little more accessible. I love teaching the class and get so inspired by all the beautiful student work!! Here is a fun picture from my last workshop… 🙂 I’ve been teaching block printing workshops in Seattle since last spring.
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