Christmas Rubber Stamps

A selection of designs with calligraphy by yours truly,

available from Crafty Individuals... the first two are in the "special offers" section at a nicely 

reduced price!

As well as the 'Calligraphy' section, the 'Elements' section has

quite a few designs that include quotations I have written.

Christmas Rubber Stamps

The season is fast approaching....

and Crafty Individuals have produced some rubber stamps with 

my calligraphy on here....

and also a selection of background papers to use in your crafting...

If you are interested, you can find them at craftyindividuals.co.uk

and various stockists around the world. There is a list on their site.

Treasures of the ocean....

Remember a while ago in this post I told you about the 'seaside' lettering that I did? I gave you a couple of snippets.... well, these are the designs they came from...

Jean & Malcolm of for Crafty Individuals have used them in some new seaside rubber stamps & background papers....

A lot of imagination & time, combining them with colour & other elements to create something wonderful for people to utilise in their crafting...

And the best bit? Seeing other people applying more imagination & getting pleasure out of using them...

(photo Sue at Paper Paradise)

This seaside concertina book was made by Sue at Paper Paradise so please skip over to her place to see it in more detail & say hi.

(photo Sue at Paper Paradise)

And if you use any of the designs yourself, please comment & leave a link... it really is lovely to see what people do with them.

Seaside Stamps

Crafty Individuals have just released this rubber stamp with my calligraphy, available here

Please do add a comment with a link to anything you make using these stamps won't you?!

Jean at Crafty Individs is also working away at some sea-sidey background papers too...

here are a couple of teasers for you!

Free Calligraphy Rubber Stamp

I heard a rumour about some of my lettering, lol..... This rubber stamp is the 'give-away' in the July issue of 'Craft Stamper' magazine... available from uk newsagents beginning of June, or by subscription.

The magazine is also available from Crafty Individuals who will post overseas... where you can check out more stamps featuring calligraphy by yours truly!

Inspiration comes from doing....

I was checking out some of the links on the Crafty Individuals website today... there are some great blogs there if you enjoy rubber stamping. Imagine my delight when I found a couple of cards using my lettering! One at Jo Blogs and another at Paper Paradise. Oh, and then I found this... Eclectic Art... Isabelle has used quite a few of my designs in her art. I couldn't resist looking back over her posts, I was getting quite excited! It's not often that i get to see what other people do with them, and I still get that butterflies in the stomach feeling whenever I see something of 'mine'... even though hardly anyone knows it was me!

I've just submitted some more lettering for Crafty Individuals on a 'seaside' theme.... obviously i can't show you yet, as i don't know what they will choose to use, but I included some background textural lettering as well as some quotations in calligraphy. Here are a couple of teasers....

  

I love just writing and creating textures, black ink on white paper..... a few pages of random words and phrases, blocks of text in different styles and weight. By keeping it simple to start off with, there is no pressure to be clever or creative... it's a good warm up exercise at any time, especially if you have no 'big idea' to be working on. But as I write, words & phrases call out to be played with, certain combinations vie for my attention.... before long, inspired by words of the sea I have more than enough ideas to work on.

I had to restrain myself for a while and stick to relatively simple, clear stamp designs.... but from this I have loads of ideas to work up into larger pieces of work. It proves the point that "inspiration comes from doing" and this applies to any form of art or creativity. If you ever find yourself 'stuck' for an idea, or for what to do for the next stage, take the pressure off yourself by going back to basics... do something simple & play around with it for a while until something suggests itself.... something always does if you are content to 'just do' something... instead of desperately trying to conjure up a fully fledged idea or solution. 

Calligraphy Rubber Stamp Designs

Card made with 'friends' rubber stamp

Card made with 'believe' rubber stamp

Card made with 'Journey' rubber stamp

The rubber stamps are available from Crafty Individuals, but you can buy cards from me... any colours you like, and if you wish, I can add a name or greeting in calligraphy inside!

Hope - Rubber Stamp

This design is available as a rubber stamp from craftyindividuals.co.uk or as a card from myself (my email address is in the side bar). Single hand-made cards are £2.95 each (or 4 for £10) including uk postage, delivery elsewhere is charged at cost.