Handmade Holiday Cards | Ep. 3 Block Printing with Hand-Carved Stamps

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Originally Aired November 1st, 2024


Personalize Your Cards With Stamps

In the third episode of the Handmade Holiday Cards series, explore the art of carving your own unique stamps. This hands-on project guides you through each step of the carving process, allowing you to create personalized designs that can be used to add a distinctive touch to your holiday cards. Discover how to express your creativity and craftsmanship as you create one-of-a-kind stamps that reflect your style!

What You Will Learn:

  • Step-by-step instructions for carving rubber stamps

Supplies You’ll Need:

  • Card stock in desired color (Cut to 7”x10”, folded to 5”x7” (A7 size card))
  • Adhesive of choice (Glue stick, tape runner, double-sided tape)
  • Bone folder
  • A7 envelopes in desired color
  • Scissors
  • Linoleum blocks or rubber blocks
  • Carving tools (such as a linoleum cutter or similar)
  • Brayer
  • A smooth, flat, hard surface about 12”x6”, like plexiglass or hard plastic (for Brayer)
  • Pencil or pen for sketching designs
  • Stamp pads (various colors)
  • Cardstock for stamping
  • Clean-up cloth or paper towel

Class Details:

  • Originally Aired November 1st, 2024
  • Technique Demonstration
  • Live Class Replay

Course Level: All Skill Levels
Run Time: 1 hour, 45 minutes

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Meet Your Instructor:

Shelby is the co-founder of Foxsy and the creator at Little Coffee Fox. She is a professional watercolorist, letterer, and artist with a passion for teaching others to reintroduce creativity back into their lives. Shelby lives in Chicago, IL with her husband Jon and her pets Summer, Basil, and Korra.

Shelby Abrahamsen

Foxsy, Co-Founder
Blogger at LittleCoffeeFox.com

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Lawanna Lawrence Bean
Posted 3 weeks ago
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A very inspirational class. Can't wait to try new ideas for Christmas cards!

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Julie Hammersley
Posted 3 weeks ago
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Lovely class. Lot's of good tips and tricks.

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Marquita
Posted 3 weeks ago
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Good demo of carving simple text into rubber block material. Great tips for ensuring your design ends up facing the right way — not mirrored! — and where to source some materials.

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lhigham
Posted 3 weeks ago
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This was a Really Fun and Informative Class today Shelby explained Everything So Well I know that I am going to be able to Carve my own stamps

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nora.menke
Posted 3 weeks ago
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Encouraging and helpful.

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