Once again I’m late to the Woodblock Wednesday party! But not too late to play along.
When I looked through my wooden stamp collection, I was immediately drawn to an old Hero Arts stamp, Bicycle. It’s finally bike riding weather here after one of the coolest and wettest Junes I can remember.
I went for a CAS design, and there wasn’t a lot of coloring to do. I colored the flowers and the basket with a set of “Click Art Retractable Marker” pens that I picked up the last time I was in Dick Blick. The package says it contains “new ink technology that never dries out.” The tiny nibs are great for small areas like these flowers. I added a dot of white Glaze Pen to the centers of the flowers. It always surprises me that it spreads out a bit when it dries. I did add some shine to the centers of the wheels with a silver Signo pen. It definitely catches the light although not very well in the photo,
After stamping and coloring the image I die cut it with an Ellen Hutson Essential Squares die. They always cut a thin frame as well. Occasionally I add one of the frames die cut in a contrasting color, but I love the white on white so kept the attached frame. I stamped the sentiment from a Papertrey Ink set, Pedal Pusher. I try to use a wooden stamp for the sentiment as well for Woodblock Wednesday but this one is much more appropriate for the bicycle image than anything I have in my wooden stamp collection. A larger frame was die cut in black for some contrast, and it was added to a 5” square card base.
Thanks, as always, to Amy for hosting Woodblock Wednesday!
