Last night I carved up a new stamp:

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I designed it so that it could be printed in a repeating pattern two different ways:

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I'm totally loving the way it turned out! 

In honor of Halloween I thought I'd make a little Halloween tag using this new stamp:

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I'm looking forward to carving many more of these repeating pattern stamps!

Thanks for stopping by!

Julie Fei-Fan Balzer

Based outside of Boston, Julie Fei-Fan Balzer is a mixed-media artist who constructs vibrant compositions. Passionate about connecting with and inspiring other artists, she shares her expertise through in-person workshops, her online classroom www.balzerdesigns.com, and through monthly membership at www.MyArtPractice.com.

132 thoughts on “A New Stamp

  • Awesome stamp and idea Julie! I want one like this too! 🙂

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  • Awesome stamp and idea Julie! I want one like this too! 🙂

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  • Awesome stamp and idea Julie! I want one like this too! 🙂

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  • Awesome stamp and idea Julie! I want one like this too! 🙂

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  • Great design, nice carving! Brought back lots of good art class memories, where I made linoleum carvings and then printed them. That was always so fun! I’d love to carve stamps. I think I’ll search your blog and if you don’t have a tutorial, I’ll find one on the web. Thanks for the inspiration, Julie! Hally Happoween to you and your family! 🙂

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  • Great design, nice carving! Brought back lots of good art class memories, where I made linoleum carvings and then printed them. That was always so fun! I’d love to carve stamps. I think I’ll search your blog and if you don’t have a tutorial, I’ll find one on the web. Thanks for the inspiration, Julie! Hally Happoween to you and your family! 🙂

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  • Great design, nice carving! Brought back lots of good art class memories, where I made linoleum carvings and then printed them. That was always so fun! I’d love to carve stamps. I think I’ll search your blog and if you don’t have a tutorial, I’ll find one on the web. Thanks for the inspiration, Julie! Hally Happoween to you and your family! 🙂

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  • Great design, nice carving! Brought back lots of good art class memories, where I made linoleum carvings and then printed them. That was always so fun! I’d love to carve stamps. I think I’ll search your blog and if you don’t have a tutorial, I’ll find one on the web. Thanks for the inspiration, Julie! Hally Happoween to you and your family! 🙂

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  • wow, it looks great!!! was it hard to plan it out so it would work both ways?

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  • wow, it looks great!!! was it hard to plan it out so it would work both ways?

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  • wow, it looks great!!! was it hard to plan it out so it would work both ways?

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  • wow, it looks great!!! was it hard to plan it out so it would work both ways?

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  • I love it! Would make a cool design for a stencil – hint-hint to TCW. 😀

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  • I love it! Would make a cool design for a stencil – hint-hint to TCW. 😀

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  • I love it! Would make a cool design for a stencil – hint-hint to TCW. 😀

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  • I love it! Would make a cool design for a stencil – hint-hint to TCW. 😀

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  • What a terrific design . . . so many possibilities! No wonder you’re so delighted with it. We are too!

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  • What a terrific design . . . so many possibilities! No wonder you’re so delighted with it. We are too!

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  • What a terrific design . . . so many possibilities! No wonder you’re so delighted with it. We are too!

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  • What a terrific design . . . so many possibilities! No wonder you’re so delighted with it. We are too!

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  • Very creative. I love this stamp and the way you used it. Happy Halloween!

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  • Very creative. I love this stamp and the way you used it. Happy Halloween!

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  • Very creative. I love this stamp and the way you used it. Happy Halloween!

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  • Very creative. I love this stamp and the way you used it. Happy Halloween!

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  • The stamp turned out so completely cool! Love the way you composed the pic with the shavings right there. Seeing the small pile makes me think that maybe carving a stamp isn’t as insurmountable as I thought. Happy Halloweenie!

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  • The stamp turned out so completely cool! Love the way you composed the pic with the shavings right there. Seeing the small pile makes me think that maybe carving a stamp isn’t as insurmountable as I thought. Happy Halloweenie!

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  • The stamp turned out so completely cool! Love the way you composed the pic with the shavings right there. Seeing the small pile makes me think that maybe carving a stamp isn’t as insurmountable as I thought. Happy Halloweenie!

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  • The stamp turned out so completely cool! Love the way you composed the pic with the shavings right there. Seeing the small pile makes me think that maybe carving a stamp isn’t as insurmountable as I thought. Happy Halloweenie!

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  • This is a great stamp. Good job!

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  • This is a great stamp. Good job!

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  • This is a great stamp. Good job!

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  • This is a great stamp. Good job!

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  • That is awesome! I love how you are position it in different ways for different effects. Yummy.

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  • That is awesome! I love how you are position it in different ways for different effects. Yummy.

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  • That is awesome! I love how you are position it in different ways for different effects. Yummy.

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  • That is awesome! I love how you are position it in different ways for different effects. Yummy.

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  • Very cool! Looks like it would make a great stencil too(hint) 🙂

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  • Very cool! Looks like it would make a great stencil too(hint) 🙂

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  • Very cool! Looks like it would make a great stencil too(hint) 🙂

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  • Very cool! Looks like it would make a great stencil too(hint) 🙂

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  • love it!! Would love to buy or win one (hint, hint) 🙂

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  • love it!! Would love to buy or win one (hint, hint) 🙂

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  • love it!! Would love to buy or win one (hint, hint) 🙂

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  • love it!! Would love to buy or win one (hint, hint) 🙂

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  • This is pretty cool. I need to make the time to try that!

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  • This is pretty cool. I need to make the time to try that!

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  • This is pretty cool. I need to make the time to try that!

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  • This is pretty cool. I need to make the time to try that!

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  • The versatile, backward-or-forward stamp. Thank you for this inspiration…can’t wait to try my own version.

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  • The versatile, backward-or-forward stamp. Thank you for this inspiration…can’t wait to try my own version.

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  • The versatile, backward-or-forward stamp. Thank you for this inspiration…can’t wait to try my own version.

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  • The versatile, backward-or-forward stamp. Thank you for this inspiration…can’t wait to try my own version.

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  • How clever is that Julie! You rock girl.

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  • How clever is that Julie! You rock girl.

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  • How clever is that Julie! You rock girl.

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  • How clever is that Julie! You rock girl.

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  • What a great idea! You’ve inspired me to create my own repeating design stamp. Thank you for sharing.

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  • What a great idea! You’ve inspired me to create my own repeating design stamp. Thank you for sharing.

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  • What a great idea! You’ve inspired me to create my own repeating design stamp. Thank you for sharing.

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  • What a great idea! You’ve inspired me to create my own repeating design stamp. Thank you for sharing.

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  • your carved stamp looks terrific in black & white or color.

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  • your carved stamp looks terrific in black & white or color.

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  • your carved stamp looks terrific in black & white or color.

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  • your carved stamp looks terrific in black & white or color.

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  • cool stamp. i must get my carving stuff out… as soon as my outdoor work is done. the leaves just keep falling and blowing in and the garage and garden shed need cleaning. real life just keeps interrupting.

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  • cool stamp. i must get my carving stuff out… as soon as my outdoor work is done. the leaves just keep falling and blowing in and the garage and garden shed need cleaning. real life just keeps interrupting.

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  • cool stamp. i must get my carving stuff out… as soon as my outdoor work is done. the leaves just keep falling and blowing in and the garage and garden shed need cleaning. real life just keeps interrupting.

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  • cool stamp. i must get my carving stuff out… as soon as my outdoor work is done. the leaves just keep falling and blowing in and the garage and garden shed need cleaning. real life just keeps interrupting.

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  • wow and I HAVE to have it…please have it made so that we can have one too….
    thanks for all your inspiration…

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  • wow and I HAVE to have it…please have it made so that we can have one too….
    thanks for all your inspiration…

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  • wow and I HAVE to have it…please have it made so that we can have one too….
    thanks for all your inspiration…

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  • wow and I HAVE to have it…please have it made so that we can have one too….
    thanks for all your inspiration…

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  • Lovely. I love the way you use your own stamps ! Impatient to see the next one!

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  • Lovely. I love the way you use your own stamps ! Impatient to see the next one!

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  • Lovely. I love the way you use your own stamps ! Impatient to see the next one!

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  • Lovely. I love the way you use your own stamps ! Impatient to see the next one!

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  • Love the new design!!! Where can I order the tools necessary to create my own stamps?

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  • Love the new design!!! Where can I order the tools necessary to create my own stamps?

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  • Love the new design!!! Where can I order the tools necessary to create my own stamps?

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  • Love the new design!!! Where can I order the tools necessary to create my own stamps?

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  • Very very awesome stamp! Now is there anywhere we can buy the right rubber and cutting tools to make our own stamps?

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  • Very very awesome stamp! Now is there anywhere we can buy the right rubber and cutting tools to make our own stamps?

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  • Very very awesome stamp! Now is there anywhere we can buy the right rubber and cutting tools to make our own stamps?

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  • Very very awesome stamp! Now is there anywhere we can buy the right rubber and cutting tools to make our own stamps?

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