For today I decided to reprise my old Creative Sprint project from October 2015. I always wanted to turn it into a card for my shop, but never got around to it (huh, imagine that, Procrastinating...so unlike me!).
So I decided to turn it into a two-color stamp. First I made a register, something to help me line up the stamps with (it's the brown paper under the green bee at top). Then I created transfers for the design utilizing the register so everything *in theory* lines up.
One transfer is for the black color, the second is for yellow (which for testing purposes is green, because I have a green stamp pad. I use block printing ink for the actual cards).
Above is the yellow stamp, in the process of being cut.
After inking the completed stamp, I attempt to line it up with the register so I can mark the paper to assist in lining up the black stamp.
Right now it looks like a green potato.
Above is the transferred black stamp image before cutting...
...and during cutting...
The completed stamps.
As you can see, I didn't get them to line up perfectly! But it's close!
I'll have to carve a separate stamp for the lettering "You're the Bee's Knees"
Hopefully before another 5 years have passed ;)
[January 24, 2020]
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