A stamp in the book and a craft for the day,

 

Hello my friends!

 

Today I  want to give you a look at something that I have been planning to do the moment I finished writing my first book three years ago.

I look at getting my book published as something special and wanted to make it more so by creating stamps for the book.

 

What kind of stamps you ask?

Well let me show you and tell the idea behind creating them...

 

This is a look at one of the four stamps I have made that is of a dog character in my soon to be released novel "From The Dust." The bottom stamp was my first attempt at my dog companion and I just felt like I could do a better one, so a year later the top is the result of coming back and trying to make it again.

 

Now you may be wondering how stamps are made right or how to make them?

(Trust me I had to do some research to learn when I first started out.) 

 

 

To start it all off I use Speedball Speedy-cut easy (the blue rubber stuff) and using pencil  I sketched out the design I wanted, for this one I redid the sketch three times so in no way was this my first try for the sketch.

As you can see I have already outlined the design and the tool I used to do it is in our next picture!

 

At the top the red stamp carver that's tip can be changed out depending on the cut you want, as seen with the five extra tips in the right hand corner.

Once I'm finished carving down around the design I bought inexpensive stamps and take them apart and put my new one in it's place. It's kind of evil sounding now that I think about it...

  Moving on,

 

Like with the dog stamp for the book this one of the horse companion I had already done but I knew I could do better one now a year later, so I went back to it for a redo.

As you can see the new one looks more like a real horse which is what I really wanted to accomplish.

 

With my books I want to make them something special, I want to do something not many, if anyone has done before for their books and these stamps are my little something special.

 

 I will have all the stamps on hand to add to your copy of "From The Dust" at the launch and any book signing thereafter.  

(The swirled  stamp will only be available if you ask for the Moonstone. *hint hint*)

 

Anyway more book news about launch date, book trailer and so much more coming soon, so stay tuned.

 

Anastasia out~