Hey guys! A couple weeks ago, I teased you about a certain video that I'm really
pumped about! I got this big lno cutting thing and a little lino cutter,
and I'm gonna make some stamps! I haven't done this since high school
when I took this printmaking class, but I kind of just want to see what we
can make... I have some ideas... we're gonna roll with it! Another
thing I really want to do - I really really am pumped for this - but I
want to use the artwork that I carve into this to stamp on to my
packaging this year for different merch. What I mean by that is... I ordered
like bulk envelopes and bubble mailers and stuff like that...
these ones are more on the earthy color end of the spectrum... for good reason! I'm
just really excited about that, because I like to write handwritten notes to
people who order original artwork, and I think would be so cool to do a
little stamp of a moth or something! Oh my goodness I'm so excited!
Oh! I think I want to do a mushroom too! I don't know! Let's do this!
Let's do this! I'm so pumped... this comes with a bunch of different
tips and stuff, which -- my hair gets into... dude... Alright, question of the day...
when you pull your hair back in a weird bun, do you still find it everywhere?
Because all day, I kid you not, I'm pulling it out of my art supplies, pulling it out
of my clothing, pulling off my husband... I'm shedding like crazy right now.
Anyway... this set comes with...
Already causing trouble and we are not even into the video. I just wanted to
hold all of these up so you can see them up close. Here's all the little
attachments that you can put onto this handle to carve like detailed things.
Essentially, you can get as detailed as you want... That's all! I've used this thing
before, as I said. Alright, just popping all these out... really excited for this,
guys. I've been looking forward to this for a really long time. I've said this in
previous videos, I didn't really have the budget to get like the roller and all
the "proper" print making stuff so, I'm doing this my own way. I know that some people
will hate on me for it, because I've gotten hate in all the last videos that
I've mentioned this... but I am just gonna use acrylic paint. That's all I'm doing.
I'm just gonna dip it in acrylic paint. There's no harm with that. I don't really
think it matters, because not every artist is rich and has the budget... so I'm
just rolling with what I have. I'm a normal person... like, I know I do YouTube,
but YouTube doesn't pay a lot. I'm a normal person. I just work with my budget.
So yeah, I'm really excited to test this out on these envelopes - um I guess I'll
tell you guys I am gonna be making stickers this year and I am playing
around with how I want to package them. I was thinking of using these
earthy envelopes for stickers to ship them in... unless people buy
multiple things... then I have like bubble mailers and other methods of shipping
them. Excited about this because I can use cardstock and whatnot to make
it a lot sturdier, but lower the cost of shipping... which helps people who buy from
me, and it helps me. This is all paper packaging, so it would be
better for the environment... yeah... why am I ranting to you about this? I don't know!
Let's just get started with the video! Let's get started! We're gonna make some
stuff! Just gonna play around... and I have this giant sheet... and if this goes well, I
might have a new hobby! I might start like - *gets sidetracked dancing*
Oh my goodness, guys! Look at this! Let's dance! Let's make some stamps and
dance! I need to calm down! All right... uh... we have this thing.... my cutting mat... I'm
gonna cut this up a little bit. Oh my goodness, this is so satisfying. One chunk off! oh yeah... I know I'm about to get lectured
from some people saying, "don't cut toward yourself." But DON'T cut toward
yourself if you're doing this at home! You guys ready for an adventure carving
stamps? I am! All righty... the first thing I am sketching is... you
guessed it! A moth! I've been obsessed with moths and butterflies lately. It
shows in a lot of my artwork. So hey, why not live it up a little bit and do this
on a stamp?! Oh, oh! This is getting crazy! We're getting wild up in here! So I
decided not to do too much detail... I didn't want to be overwhelming, but still have
enough detail that it would have some character when we use it. Before I get
ahead of myself, I have a question for you! Here's the question of the day: who
here has done this before? And if you have done it, let me know what you made!
I want to know everything that you made from your first to your last! Did you
like how it turned out? Did you do it at school, or did you do it at
home? Let me know your whole experience! I'm so excited! I feel like this is a
very underrated artistic activity, but it is so fun! I love it! I don't have the
greatest angle right now, but I had to stop what I was doing just to say I feel
like this is ASMR for the eyes! I'm just sitting here like... O_O
Seriously, this is probably about the most therapeutic thing I could have
thought to do for myself today. I didn't even feel like I was working, so that was
really nice... especially because I'm going to be using this for work stuff later.
Like printing it onto my merch. Let's just talk about some other things! So a
couple seconds ago, I asked you if you guys have ever done this before,
and I may as well tell you my experience too! I have done a few of these in
the past, because my school... I felt like it kind of emphasized art a lot, but
maybe that's because I was just very invested in it... so I took a printmaking
class once, and for my final project in there, I did this huge portrait on
probably one of these that were about... oh, I don't know. Whatever size was the one
that I bought (is). I can't like go back and look now cuz I cut it all up. You know
what I mean! I used it. Anyway, it probably was close to eight and a half by eleven,
maybe eight by ten inches. The portrait was super detailed. I did like all the
strands of her hair, her eyes, all the little wrinkles on her lips on this
portrait. Then I printed it in a bunch of different colors, and it was so
fun! So this is very refreshing to be back into this, even if I'm not using all
of the quote-unquote "correct materials," because we have a budget. Here is the
moth, though, up close! I'm so excited to use it! I smoothed all the edges and
trimmed them, and just tried to clean it up as best I could
off camera, because it took a long time. I kind of really wanted to just play
with all the shavings, but you know... I decided to move on to this mushroom here...
and carve this guy... this one was really fun to do, because it
was very simple. It didn't take as long, and I kid you not... I cut all of this out
of my footage, but you see all that unused space around the mushroom? And the
same thing with around the moth? I just carved and carved into it for
no reason other than it was therapeutic! I had fun... this is like... I don't know...
one of those really satisfying things that I would probably find deep buried
on YouTube at like 2:00 in the morning and just watch it.
So... feeling like I'm living that out a little bit is oddly satisfying. Does
anybody else feel like that is something you would find yourself watching -- oh wait
wait! Wait! Maybe you're on my video for that reason. Never mind! We're gonna
discuss something else here! Right... well if you're one of those people who found
yourself on my channel, and this is the first video that you're seeing from me...
welcome to the art family! I hope you stick around! So I filmed three stamps
being made, however; I did make five. Two of them are really simple, though, so they
weren't, I guess, worth filming in my opinion. I am excited to continue doing
these, because I think they are a great form of stress relief for me. I might
put some carved moths and mushrooms up in my shop... or leaves or earthy botanical
stamp things... so if you're interested in that, let me know! Because, I mean... I
don't know, I think I found a new hobby, and it would be really cool to put some
up in my shop or something. I don't know. It sounds so fun. Have you guys ever just
stumbled across an activity like this? Maybe you've tried it once way in the
past, or never tried it (at all), and then you realized you might have a new hobby on
your hands?! If so, let me know what yours was!
I definitely think this is probably mine! Oh, but while we're talking about hobbies -
I want to know what your other hobbies are outside of art! Tell me down below!
We're gonna get to know each other really well in this video! I will tell
you some of mine! I absolutely love love love gardening! Any sort of thing that
involves plants... I just love it so much! I also love hiking, because I get to be
around plants, which makes me really happy. And I like making soap! So I have
really sensitive skin, and I enjoy making my own bars of soap, because I don't have
to put artificial colorings in it. I don't have to put like a bunch of
chemicals that I don't know the names of in it... I just make it at home in my own
house, and I can put clays in it... and all sorts of things that nourish my skin! And
I know that what I make won't make my skin itch... so that's really fun! Anyway,
these are the things that I made, guys! The mushrooms and the moths.. and it was
so fun pressing these! Ahhh! I had so so so much
fun doing this part! It was so cool seeing what I spent the whole day
carving come to life! Oh! By the way, the ones that I did not film were the stars
and the hearts. They're really simple. I think I may have just -- no I didn't use
scraps -- but yeah, I could have! So I really enjoyed these, and if you want to see
more videos like, this let me know! Also, be sure to answer my multiple questions
of the day, because I want to get to know you guys better! Especially because a ton
of the new people have been coming to my channel, so welcome new people! I want to
get to know you! All righty, thank you so much for
watching! Have a good day, guys! Bye!