Postage Stamps - Created byhand Challenge

This week's challenge is postage stamps, so I used the Spellbinders Postage Stamp Nestabilities along with some old nibs I had hanging around.

Card Synthesis
Quietfire Design I Write You Letters
Quietfire Design Flourishing Inside - Hearts
Brilliance Graphite Black Ink
Brilliance Pearlescent Poppy Dew Drop Ink
Blending Tool and Foam
Spellbinders Postage Stamp Nestabilities
Quietfire Chipboard
Walnut Ink
Gillott 404 pointed nib
7 Gypsies' Global Collection 6x6 Paper Pad
Core'dinations Coloured Cardstock
Diamond Glaze (for attaching all the nibs together)
Mica (base for nib "heart")

Calligraphers aim for high contrast between thick and thins in their strokes, so it pains me to see what can happen on certain papers with certain inks.  I really wanted to use the Chipboard.  First I used Black Archival Ink and it blurred - that's the top sample. 

By switching to a pigment pad, the ink doesn't sink into the chipboard so much and the letters are much clearer. Su-zed-q is a now a happy stamper!

Archival ink is a great ink!  Just not on absorbant chipboard.

Welcome to Robyn Josephs

I'd like to take this opportunity to welcome Robyn Josephs as new mistress of the Tuesday Created byhand Challenge! Many thanks to all those who wrote in! Robyn has been a Quietfire Design follower for years and we're very pleased she is taking on this new challenge in the "family"!

Robyn is a multi media artist and spiritual nurturer with a current focus on fibers and paper and book arts. Growing up in a tribe of crafty women, Robyn was knitting and paper "de-crafting" before she could read. Using color, structure and texture Robyn enjoys helping others to discover their inner fiber nature. Robyn facilitates workshops and retreats on arts and spirituality and has been a resident artist at Pendle Hill and Open Connections. Her work is in many private collections. Robyn lives in Montreat, North Carolina and is thrilled to be a member of the Quietfire community.

You can see Robyn's new personal blog here: http://rainbowweaves.blogspot.com/