Paper Things....

tags and business cards! hand printed with hand made lino bloc stamps :D and yes, for these i broke down and bought an ink pad. i also plan on making some fabric labels with these stamps, and may also attempt to make an acetate stencil for bleach printing on darker fabrics. i'll post pics of those once i finish them. many many ideaaasssss.......

Halloween and HTML...

So i got all 3 Halloween costumes done on time and Halloween was a blast :D I went to 2 separate parties so i had 2 costumes. All 3 costumes we made from scratch, with no patterns (i've always hated patterns ;P). The first pic is of me and my fiance Scott as Fred and Wilma Flintstone, and the second and third pics are of me as a unicorn pooping cupcakes (although you can't really see the cupcakes very well in these pics). These were alot of fun to make! Scott even helped sew the black spots onto his costume! i was very impressed.
Anyway, now that Halloween is over i've also decided to start learning html so that i can design my own website (knowing absolutely NOTHING about coding at ALL), and wow, i finding pretty quickly that it's pretty complicated for a beginner, but i've come across some really great resources by just google-ing tutorials. One that i found extremely helpful was W3Schools.
it's gonna be a lot of work but i have a feeling it'll be really rewarding in the end, not to mention useful!
I'm also gonna get back to work on my custom stamps and, after a bit of researching, have decided to make my own handmade, business cards :) I'm also having fun making some hand-coloured stickers. i'll post some pics of those soon!

Stampy Stamp Time

So i've started making some handmade rubber stamps. Used to do this alot for school when i was in highschool.

I'm using some soft lino block and speed ball, which you can get from most art supply stores (my favs here in Ottawa are Wallack's and De Serres), and i used plain ol' graphite pencil to transfer my image onto the lino.

Next i used the speed ball to carve around the design.

if you're too cheap like me to buy an ink pad, then you can just use some markers that you have around the house to colour on the stamp, and print!

Abe helped :)

New Things....

Hi everyone out there....

I'm Courtney and I like to make stuff. This will be my space to share things i create. I already have a blog for my artwork, but i wanted to start a blog dedicated to all my other, more craft-like artwork. a sort of creative outlet/inspiration landfill. at the moment i am working on some halloween costumes, so when they're done i'll post some pics!