Thank you for all of your awesome comments about my recent discovery for the love of carving rubber stamps! I am really trying to work on some type of class/video/workshop to reach all of you and have come up with an idea, at least for today.
These were done yesterday after I bought Target out of erasers. When I finish carving something, it looks awesome (at least I think it does) and I don't mean, my work is awesome, I mean the look of the carving looks awesome..
Now, in order to sell them to you, unless I add a stamp of ink onto them, I won't know if they are just right. Here is an example of the "love" stamp :After I finish carving, I really need to ink the stamp up to see what needs to be trimmed & cleaned up a little. (I added little arrows so that you can see what I am talking about
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Without trimming, this is what it looks like stamped, which is not that bad, but could use a little love (no pun intended)
So here is the issue, or better, the question I keep asking myself. Is someone going to want to buy a stamp that is stamped once or would they rather buy one that has lots of slight imperfections? I can't please everyone and so my answer is, I would rather stamp it once and make sure it is just right in its own hand carved way then take a chance of someone buying a stamp, getting it home, stamping it and finding that the tiny heart in the middle of the letter "o" looks more like a piece of oatmeal than a heart!
So, here is my idea for the day...
Most of you know that I am working with a few groups to spread awareness and raise money for girls that have been rescued from human trafficking both locally and internationally and to actually purchase a house in Manila called the Dahlia House.
Last night I carved a special stamp to create 100 cards for special girls that need to know that they are loved and they matter
and it gave me an idea:
ERASE HUMAN TRAFFICKING
no pun intended.
I am going to carve eraser stamps that measure 2 1/2 x 1 and sell them for $20.00. $10.00 of each stamp will be donated to the organizations that I am raising money for. There are 4 choices.
- love
- faith
- home
- flower
There will be a limited amount so that I can make sure to get each one done and sent off to you, and they will be stamped once to make sure that your stamp is just right. In addition, that one stamp will be hand colored and sent with your stamp!
Please remember that each one of these stamps is hand carved, so there will be slight difference in every single one of them.
Let's raise money together and help the rescued girls erase the life they had before...so that they live the life they were created for!
SOLD OUT {FOR NOW}...as soon as orders have been carved, stamped and sent then more will be available! THANK YOU all for your help!