Crows: Home-made Lino Stamps

These are the finished crow stamps. I kept at it until I had one I was happy with, but then I thought maybe I'd stamp them together for a murder! :0) So here's what I came up with:

I wanted to make a special card for our amazing friend Matt's birthday, and he loves crows/ravens as much as I do! I stamped the three crows together with craft ink & black embossing powder. At first it bothered me that the tails were overlapping, but then I thought it was kinda cute. I added the fine swirls with a pen and nib dipped in "Black Magic" waterproof drawing ink (also available at art supply stores.) The papers are naturals ivory for the main image and textured for the rest. The large black piece has a bit of sparkle to it (Thanks Esther for gifting them to me from your trip to Victoria!) The metal phrase is an aluminum dymo tag 'cause guys like the "industrial" look and crows like shiny stuff! (and so do I) :0)

Mel

If you would like more details about these crow stamps, you can find them here.