Behind the Scenes: The Making of a Hero Arts Woodblock Stamp
Hi friends! Have you ever wondered how a Hero Arts woodblock stamp is made? Watch the video below and Aaron will take you behind the scenes and show you!
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Featuring original designs from our team, Hero Arts woodblock stamps are manufactured for stamping perfection. Each image is pressed into natural rubber vulcanized on our rubber presses and then hand-mounted onto fine North American maple blocks. A Hero Arts woodblock stamp is designed to create a crisp impression and to stand up to a lifetime of use.
Kelly is here to share a pair of beautiful cards featuring some of our brand new woodblock rubber stamp designs from the 2023 Spring Catalog. Take it away, Kelly!
My go-to style is fairly clean and simple, but I have been really inspired by all the amazing mixed media backgrounds I've been seeing lately so I wanted to give it a try!
I started by creating some paint strokes in various colors on a panel of watercolor paper with Reactive Inks. Then I added some pattern by partially stamping areas with the Burlap Bold Prints image in Pool Party Reactive Ink. Next, I used the Three Floral Imprints wood stamp set to add some bigger focal point images to the background. I'm always in awe at how great of an impression you get with red rubber stamps! They are perfect for stamping over other mediums and still getting crisp results.
Then I created some areas of texture by swiping some White Hero Paste with palette knife. I used a black journaling pen and gold gel pen to create some dot doodles. And finished off with some dimensional dots using Gold Hero Pearls.
The message is from the Wonderful Day clear stamp set. Cutting apart a sentiment like this allows you to arrange you message to fit any design!
For this next card, I used another awesome new woodblock stamp to get a flawless impression. The Lily of the Valley image is quick and easy to color whether you are using watercolor paints, markers or colored pencils. The tiny blossoms don't require a lot of shading like some floral images.
For the background I used a blending brush to ink over the Lacy Floral Stencil with Unicorn White Pigment Ink onto a panel of vellum. This soft background is so pretty over the Peony card base! Finally I stamped and die-cut a message from the Friendly Messages set and popped it up with the floral image using foam adhesive.
Was your first stamp a woodblock stamp? Do you have a treasured collection? We would love to hear about your favorite stamps!
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Loved seeing how wood mounted stamps are made!
This video was so interesting! I can’t believe that you had-cut each rubber image! I’ve been with you since the start (yes, I am old!) and you are still terrifically wonderful. I treasure your products and the fact that you are doing so much to protect our beautiful California. Bless your heart.
Enjoyed the video! Your woodblock stamps have always been my favorites – lovely to look at and use and perfect impressions every time. I have about four drawers full of them now, collected over the years, some at least 20 years old and still a pleasure to use. I’m glad to know that they are made with the environment and sustainability in mind, too.