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Tuesday, November 24, 2009

Seville and Her Fiance

After several tries, the Contest Winner's stamp is finally done. And I am super pleased with how it turned out. I especially like her fiance's sideburns and beard, even though they were fairly tedious to carve.

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Part of the reason that it took several tries to carve this bad boy was the fact that the set of Mastercarve blocks that I'd bought for this had a much different texture than the previous ones I'd bought. They were crumbly and the surface was somewhat pocked.

Very disappointing.

I also tried this on the pink Speedy Carve Block but found it much harder to carve. Hard in both senses of the word... both firmer as well as more difficult. I still haven't made up my mind as to which type I prefer.

I guess I'll have plenty of time to figure it out as I carve all the Christmas presents for the cousins this year.

Update- As requested by several people, here's the original picture, as well as one of my tests for the stamped image.

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8 comments:

  1. Wander to the WaysideNovember 24, 2009 at 7:20 PM

    Wow, Wendy, you've outdone yourself! I'd like to see what it looks like stamped on paper...can you add that here?

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  2. Renee Unplugged -November 30, 2009 at 12:51 PM

    Ok...inquiring minds want to know...do you letterbox?
    (www.letterboxing.org)
    If not...you should. Joey would love it (so would you).
    We went on our first adventures this past weekend.
    FUN!!!!!

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  3. kirschkernzeitDecember 9, 2009 at 12:41 PM

    Okay... If I made THIS; I would certainly NOT be disappointed; you did an excellent job. really. I think your talent to cut a image is amazing and I like your blog anyway- even from far, far away! Great!
    bora from Switzerland

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  4. Wander to the WaysideDecember 9, 2009 at 2:45 PM

    Wow, again, Wendy! The stamped image is way better than I would have expected from ANY stamp! They will be able to use this for years to come!

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  5. Wander to the WaysideDecember 9, 2009 at 2:46 PM

    Whoa ... when and why did you go to owner approval?

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  6. WendyDecember 9, 2009 at 3:10 PM

    Thanks, Linda (Wander) and also kirschkernzeit. I'm so glad you visited all the way from Switzerland! Isn't the internet grand?

    And I went to owner approval a month or so ago on all posts that have been up for more than 2 weeks. I was getting a ton of spam... weirdly it was Japanese spam, which is very polite, but still spam... on older posts. Actually, I was really bummed to find out that it was spam and not someone commenting to me in Japanese. Since I rarely get comments on older posts, it's a pretty good compromise.

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  7. AnonymousDecember 22, 2009 at 2:39 PM

    well done!

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  8. Fun Mama - DeannaJanuary 10, 2010 at 10:39 AM

    That is so incredibly cool!

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