While I was surfing around some card blogs, I happened on Amy Tsuruta’s blog and discovered she’s started a “Woodblock Wednesday” routine. There’s no link-up or challenge, but here’s what she wrote when she posted the first edition:
So, I decided to start a new blog feature, Woodblock Wednesday. I have so many wood stamps that just don’t get the love that they deserve. They double up as decor!
Some of mine function as decor as well. I have a printer’s drawer that hangs in my craft room and is filled with small wooden stamps, mostly sentiments. I also have several drawers of wooden stamps in a storage unit Tracy built for me years and years ago. I’ve donated a lot of my wooden stamps to charity, but I still have plenty to play along with the Woodblock Wednesday idea. I won’t promise to post one every Wednesday, but I am going to make an effort to pull one out more frequently. Here’s #1:
I’ve been stamping for over 20 years, and when I first started collecting stamps, they were all wood mounted or unmounted stamps. This stamp, “Pumpkin Harvest” by Annette Watkins is one of the early stamps I purchased, and I still love it. Perfect for fall. After coloring it with Copic markers, I fussy cut around the image and mounted it on a piece of fun foam.
After stamping the sentiment from The Greetery’s “Sentiment Suite: Birthday” (not a woodblock), I scored three lines above and below the focal point to frame it. This was a lot of fun to color, and I have a lot of fall birthdays for which I need cards.
The current challenge at AAA Birthday is a Color Palette Challenge, using fall colors. I love the inspiration photo of the gummies.
The challenge asks for at least two of the colors, but I think I have them all covered with this card, although my greens are bit more muted.
I like that stamp & card. I chuckled at your comment of using them for decor. I think I have one wood mounted stamp – a big flower. I’m looking forward to Woodblock Wednesday.
I have an Annette Watkins wood mount snowman I should pull back out soon.
Not to mention all the PSX and Denami stamps I’ve hung onto.
What a lovely seasonal card, so apt and cheery. And a perfect fit for both challenges.
Luscious! Thanks for playing at AAA Birthday, hope to see you join in with future challenges too.
What a perfect fall birthday card! The scoring pops its clean design! I must have 200 wood stamps in plastic drawers. Amy’s WW has been fun to watch.
What a FUN challenge! I have some of my wood stamps in two printer’s drawers that hang on the wall as well. I pulled out quite a few of my wood mounted stamps for my Bible journaling class last month because I, too, don’t use them as much as I’d like.
Such a lovely birthday card with autumnal things. Thanks for playing along with us at AAA Birthday Challenge. Looking forward to seeing your creative projects in the future galleries again.
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