{made} — purrrdeer holiday cards I love making homemade cards to send out to our family and friends over the holiday season. They all hold an important place in our hearts and I feel that they should receive something special and unique.  I was having a bit of an issue deciding what to carve this year, I thought something relating to our cats would be cute because they are important to us, but what do cats have to do with the holidays? I was at a loss, then Ryan suggested putting antlers on a cat and I was sold. It was silly, unique and totally us. The stamp is hand carved out of a speedball block and I used a roller to apply the ink to the stamp between each card. I tried to mix things up more this year by using a variety of colors for fun card/ink combinations.  I personally love them, it’s my favorite stamp to date that I’ve carved. Plus the name is just ridiculous :) Hope you enjoy.

{made} — purrrdeer holiday cards

I love making homemade cards to send out to our family and friends over the holiday season. They all hold an important place in our hearts and I feel that they should receive something special and unique. 

I was having a bit of an issue deciding what to carve this year, I thought something relating to our cats would be cute because they are important to us, but what do cats have to do with the holidays? I was at a loss, then Ryan suggested putting antlers on a cat and I was sold. It was silly, unique and totally us.

The stamp is hand carved out of a speedball block and I used a roller to apply the ink to the stamp between each card. I tried to mix things up more this year by using a variety of colors for fun card/ink combinations. 

I personally love them, it’s my favorite stamp to date that I’ve carved. Plus the name is just ridiculous :)


Hope you enjoy.

12/20/2010 holiday cards, rubber stamp handmade carved cat antlers ink design
made - hand stamped card set I’ve been working on these cards for the last week; they’re a gift for all the bridal shower attendees. There are two showers - one for each side of the family - totaling about 60 people. I really wanted to have something handmade for each of the guests because that is important to me, and I’m a pretty crafty person so it gets my creative juices flowing a little bit too. I decided on a set of four blank greeting cards that they could use for any occasion. I started by carving four rubber stamps out of carvers blocks with floral designs I liked. This is such a fun process, it really makes it special because the stamps are so unique. Then I used a roller and printers paint to coat the stamps and individually press each card. In total I hand stamped about 240 cards with the front floral designs and then also the backs with a little “Jill” stamp indicating they’re homemade. Finding a good drying place was tricky for so many cards, I ended up using a clothes drying rack to hang the cards over along with several clothes hangers hooked on to the rack. Next I packaged the four cards with their matching envelopes into a waxy envelope and sealed it with a circle label printed with a designed used for the shower invites. It was a fun project to do and got me making things with my hands and not my computer for a change which was really nice. I love making things from scratch and I hope everyone will enjoy them as much as I do. {photography: Jill Jeziorski}

made - hand stamped card set

I’ve been working on these cards for the last week; they’re a gift for all the bridal shower attendees. There are two showers - one for each side of the family - totaling about 60 people.

I really wanted to have something handmade for each of the guests because that is important to me, and I’m a pretty crafty person so it gets my creative juices flowing a little bit too. I decided on a set of four blank greeting cards that they could use for any occasion.

I started by carving four rubber stamps out of carvers blocks with floral designs I liked. This is such a fun process, it really makes it special because the stamps are so unique. Then I used a roller and printers paint to coat the stamps and individually press each card. In total I hand stamped about 240 cards with the front floral designs and then also the backs with a little “Jill” stamp indicating they’re homemade. Finding a good drying place was tricky for so many cards, I ended up using a clothes drying rack to hang the cards over along with several clothes hangers hooked on to the rack. Next I packaged the four cards with their matching envelopes into a waxy envelope and sealed it with a circle label printed with a designed used for the shower invites.

It was a fun project to do and got me making things with my hands and not my computer for a change which was really nice. I love making things from scratch and I hope everyone will enjoy them as much as I do.

{photography: Jill Jeziorski}

06/22/2009 made handmade rubber stamp carved stamp cards greeting cards paint design