About Tricia

I am Tricia. Momma of nine, homeschooler, artist, foodie and maker of all kinds of things. It's a pleasure to share here our family homesteading adventures, the things we make, and what inspires our days. Read more about my family and work here. Thanks for visiting!

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How to carve your own stamp- a tutorial

By on April 4, 2011 in Tutorials and Patterns

Here is another one of those projects I have been putting off for over two years but today I decided that I need some circle tags to go with my items and I dug out the supplies I have had collecting dust forever.  Making your own stamp is super easy once you have the tools.  I made my first one in high school in art class (thank you Mr Greene) and loved it.  Actually that first project I made was a linoleum carving but it is still done the same way, you draw your design and you cut out whatever you don’t want making a positive or a negative.  You wanna try it?

Here we go… You need,

A linoleum cutting set, I have a Speedball (you can find them at Michaels)
Soft cutting block
Pencil
Design you want on your stamp either printed from a computer or sketched by you

Sketch your design in pencil, make sure you do the reverse image of what you want to end up with especially if you have letters in your design

 turn your design over and put on top of your cutting block.

 now your design is on the rubber block (cool huh?)

cut away what you don’t need, on the bottom of the toadstool I am leaving only the outline I drew

  but on the top part I am cutting away only the spots and the whatever is on the outside of the drawing line

keep removing all around
then cut out your stamp leaving a little area all the way around
 test it out on paper
 i like
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Blogiversary Blogger Guest- Alex from The Cloverdilly and rose earrings giveaway

By on April 3, 2011 in CCM Guests, giveaways, Happy Blogiversary

Ack!!!  Can you believe that a whole week has gone by?  Thank you so much to everyone who stops by to follow my little blog and to everyone who has sent comments, posted to your own blogs, facebook or tweets, you have no idea how much I appreciate all of you.

Today is the last guest and giveaway for my blogiversary celebration.  Who did I save for last….well it’s my own baby girl Alex from The Cloverdilly.  I have shared with you before some of her creations.  She has been working on some beautiful handmade rose jewelry.

How about these beautiful rose cocktail rings and matching earrings, all her rose jewelry comes in almost every color you can think of.

You might remember her Shark ipod cozy from her first store ChrisandYaya 

I am so happy to have one of her beautiful little rose bud earrings to give away and you will too.  These are all handmade and so pretty. Whenever I wear mine I get stopped by cashiers and people in stores who ask me where I got them…seriously! You can choose from any of the rosebud earrings in her shop, go visit and see her at thecloverdilly.etsy.com

Here she is, meet Alex.

My favorite color is: Robin Egg Blue
My first job was:  Babysitting
My favorite guilty pleasure is: Bargain Hunting
The best advice I ever received is: Never say you cannot do something. You can do anything – Momma Gaitan
I am inspired by: St.Therese of Liseux
If I have an afternoon off I like to: Be on a comfy couch at Barnes and Noble with a Caramel Frappuchino (extra whipped cream) and a good book
Think quick, if there was a fire and you could only grab three things (not people) what would they be: My Camera, My Box of Letters and My iPod Touch
Disclaimer:  This is my first born so please leave a comment and show some love!!

Winner will be announced on Wednesday night, April 6th!
This Crunchy Catholic Momma’s giveaway can be entered by any ONE of three ways.  You get an entry for every one that you do.
1) By linking about this giveaway (to your blog, facebook, or any other site), you have to let me know you did and where you did.
2) By leaving a comment
3) By becoming a follower of my blog. There is a FOLLOW button at the upper right hand bar on this blog.  If you win and are not a follower, the prize will go to the next person : ( sorry!
Just remember to please leave me a comment telling me what you did so that I can go back and look for your entry. Either give me the link that you posted for the giveaway to or tell me that you began to follow me. 

Good luck to all my bloggy friends and thank you for joining me for my blogiversary giveaway week.

OK so thats the last one, thank you all so much for helping me celebrate.  I have had so much fun.  You have until Tuesday night to enter any giveaways you want to enter and I will be posting the winners Wednesday morning. Don’t miss it, I can’t wait to see who wins each giveaway.  Remember, if you win but are not a follower, the prize will go to the next person : (
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