Woodblock Wednesday with Amy Tsuruta + Giveaway!
Hero Arts
We have a fun feature for you today! Paging our woodblock stamps – please come forward and step into the spotlight. You are timeless classics and your crisp impressions make our red-rubber-loving hearts happy. ❤ It's your time to shine.
Now please join us in welcoming our good friend Amy Tsuruta to the blog, enjoy some lovely inspiration, and learn more about "Woodblock Wednesday"!
Do you have a stash of woodblock stamps? Every month I post projects for Woodblock Wednesday and I’m excited to collaborate with Hero Arts! Today I’m sharing two projects that feature fabulous Hero Arts woodblock stamps. First up, a bit of background regarding Woodblock Wednesday.
I decided to start a monthly feature that would inspire me and others to use their woodblock stamps. The projects that have been shared have been amazing and I always enjoy reading the backstory of stamps that are used. I’d love for you to link up a newly created project that features a woodblock stamp over on my blog.
Today I’m featuring two new Hero Arts woodblock stamps:
• Go Left
• Live and Let Love
Here’s how I was inspired:
My first project features:
• Go Left
• Designer Woodgrain
My overall color palette for both projects is:
• Granite
• Dove White
One of my all time favorite stamps is the Designer Woodgrain. The beauty of woodblock stamps is how they stamp perfect impressions every time. I did tone on tone stamping with the Designer Woodgrain. The Go Left sentiment has been heat embossed in white on Granite cardstock. I cut the sentiment with the Rounded Rectangle Infinity Dies.
My other project features:
• Live and Let Love
• Flowering Nasturtium
I wanted to add a pop of color so I used Neon Orange ink (direct to paper) to add another paper panel layer. The Flowering Nasturtium has been stamped with Granite ink on the Granite panel. The sentiment has been heat embossed in white and cut with the Nesting Circle Infinity Dies.
A big thank you to Hero Arts for letting me share the Woodblock Wednesday fun with you!
A big thank you to Amy for sharing her creations with us today, and for continuing to share the love of red rubber woodblock stamps! They will forever have a big place in our hearts at Hero Arts!
Have you ever wondered how rubber stamps are made? Here's a video overview of the process, explained by our fearless leader, Aaron. We make these beautiful red rubber stamps right at our facility in Richmond, California!
Because we're feeling all the love of woodblock today, we want to share some of that love with you! Please leave a comment telling us whether you've ever stamped with a woodblock stamp. We'll randomly pick one comment to win a prize pack of the stamps Amy featured today! Please comment by Sunday, June 18 at 11:59pm PT, and we'll post the winner here on the blog.
Be sure to visit Amy's post, and participate in Woodblock Wednesday!
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I love Amy’s monthly challenge and have been playing along for the last few months. Thank you Hero Arts for this giveaway. I have several Hero Arts Wood block stamps that I will be using in future Challenge entries.
Like the idea of woodblock Wednesdays. The stamps used in today’s example are adorable. The cards made by Amy T. are lovely and certainly stirs the imagination.
Yes! Woodblock stamps were the only stamps I owned when I first started making cards many years ago. Nothing stamps as nicely as red rubber stamps! Thanks for making amazing products and for the chance to win.
Hi Amy and Hero Arts. I am so happy you are featuring Woodblock Stamps. I love the tone-on-tone look of your cards. In 1997 I started stamping. I have a wonderful collection of woodblock stamps. Most of which are Hero Arts. I love how beautifully they are displayed in my craft room. I always enjoyed the pretty boxes Hero Arts put their collections in. I had to stop stamping for a while and restarted about a year ago. It was a shock to my system to see how the stamping industry had changed. It saddened me to see most woodblock stamps and punches had been eliminated from the mainstream. I am so happy Hero Arts has kept them alive and well. Along with my woodblocks I use photopolymer, but they will always be my one true love.
Such beautiful designs on Amy’s cards! I love using my woodblock stamps and it’s been fun to participate in her Woodblock Wednesday challenges!