13th December- Stamp Making

I think stamp making actually shares quite a lot with spinning....
Bear with me here. Firstly you're working blind, just like with spinning you don't get to see the final result until the hard work is over and done with. Secondly it's pretty hard to fix mistakees, if you draft too thinly then unspinning that fibre isn't really a sensible idea.

I love a good stamp... there's something magical about watching a mirror image transform itself in to a thing of beauty that's the right way round. 
If I'd got more organised I might have had a go at stamp making to decorate my Christmas wrapping paper...

This tutorial on how to carve a stamo with your own message is amazingly detailed. The sort that makes you genuinely believe you can do this!

This post is part of my advent calendar 2016. Every day in December we're saying so long to 2016 by embracing learning, knowledge and creativity. Each day there will be a new post with a new skill or craft. You can read all the past posts here.