Day 73

At the beginning of this past summer,

I was lucky enough to enroll in a 12-person

Artist's Way group that was forming at my church.

The sign-up was on a first come first serve basis,

and I got in just in the nick of time.

We have since finished our 12 weeks of class,

but we became such a cohesive group 

that we all wanted to stay together.

Now we meet monthly,

with two group members choosing an activity

 for the 2-hour evening get together.

I love carving stamps, so I suggested to Faye, my cohost, 

that we do that.

She found some wonderful tutorials online,

using adhesive-backed foam.

I became particularly enamored with this one

from Joggles.

I was playing around cutting out foam stamps this morning,

and you can see my results above.

Now, that was not what I had in mind when I suggested the activity.

I wanted to carve stamps,

but I have become addicted to this method.

I do carve a lot of stamps,

and I use Geninne Zlatkas' book,

"Making an Impression"

as my go-to,

not so much for her motifs, but her carving directions.

Carving is such a peaceful craft -

very contemplative.

I love it.

I carved this butterfly stamp for Maggie's quilt

I don't do very much drawing, so this is my best job

and I think Maggie will like it.

Speaking of Maggie's quilt,

it's coming right along

I managed to get a couple more rows sewn together this afternoon.

My goal is to get them all joined up by the weekend.

Here's how it looks from our house this afternoon

a few trees across the lake are turning

thanks for stopping by

peace