Woodblock Pumpkin

Whenever I join Amy T's Woodblock Wednesday Challenge, I always seem to take a walk down memory lane.  I am also always amazed that I used to stamp with woodblocks all of the time (because of the heavy black areas on this pumpkin, it took me 5 tries and two different inks to find a combination that worked (which was pretty much the norm back in the day ... not so much now with the magic of the MISTI allowing re-stamping).

 

 

I also remember buying these stamps on my annual trip to Chicago, Illinois to visit all of the stamping stores.  You couldn't really buy online then, so it was a pretty magical experience seeing all of the new possibilities for creating. 

 

 

These are from Northwoods Stamps from 2009.  I keep all of my Halloween woodblocks in their own drawer, because I know I'll never part with the ones that I have, so I pull them out year after year.  I stamped it in Catherine Pooler Midnight Ink, which gave great coverage and stamped into a foam pad for a bit of give to allow better coverage.  Next, I pulled out my Prismacolor Pencils and colored away (adding a bit of Sharpie marker to the eyes and mouth).

 

 

I dug into my vintage Halloween paper stash using this week's Freshly Made Sketches layout and finished with a few Pinkfresh Studio Crystals.  With some 2009 stamps, I'm joining the Retro Rubber Tic Tac Toe Challenge straight down the middle with pattern paper, circles & coloring for my  choice.

 

 

Here's the Freshly Made Sketches layout.

 

 

I'm also joining the Inspired by Pumpkins Challenge.

 

Comments

[~amy~]

so fun Stephanie.
Do you use a stamp-a-ma-jig?
love that sentiment.
Thanks for joining me for Woodblock Wednesday.

[Laurel Seabrook]

How cute! Thanks so much for playing along at Inspired By!

[Kim S]

What a cute little guy and such fun papers! SO perfect with the sentiment. Thank you for playing along with us at Freshly Made Sketches.

[Cécile RIBON]

This pumpkin image is super fun, I love it. Thanks for joining us at FMS this week.