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Eraser stamps for New Year Cards

Due to too much fun at the end of last year, my new year card project had been postponed until the new year holid...

Personal logo stamps

Since I love making personal logo stamps, I asked my cousins and aunt to let me make theirs for my practice. I kee...

Very small personal logo stamp

I made a very small personal logo stamp with an eraser for my aunt. She lives in a nursing home. I am hoping that t...

Yes to Peace Stamp

I made this stamp and its package as my original project, hoping to spread the message to many people. I run...

Labels for orange marmalade and kumquat preserve

When I made Amanatsu orange marmalade and kumquat preserve, I made the original labels with my eraser stamps. ...

Personal logo stamp.

I made another personal logo stamp for my English teacher. The flower is Hiruzaki Tsukimisou, Oenothera specio...

Personal Logo Stamp

I made this stamp for my son, who will start living in a dormitory soon. He needs to put his name on many items. ...

Eraser stamps for my workshop

I made 4 stamps for the business card to introduce my workshop. The eraser for stamp-making is a wonderful mat...

Thank you stamp of mikan

The other day, I stumbled across a house which had two boxes of mikan oranges with the sign said 'Take as you lik...

Personal Logo Stamp

I made a stamp out of an eraser for my neice, who works at Haneda airport. It was my Otoshidama, a new year gi...

Personal logo stamp

I made this eraser stamp for my high school teacher. I took her class when I was in Mukilteo, WA. She not onl...

Merry Xmas!

Here are what I made to say Merry Christmas to my dear friends. I made some small eraser stamps and arranged t...

Plum jam with handmade labels

The plum tree which my deceased mother loved bore a lot of big fruits this year. I was lucky to get 7 kg of fully ...

Eraser stamps for a family

I made eraser stamps for my cousin's family. Since I made this gift without her request, it was a relief to hear...

Eraser stamp of personal logo

I designed a personal logo and made it into a stamp as my niece's graduation present. She is determined to pursue ...

Happy New Year!

Finally I managed to deliver this belated new year greetings. On Jan 1, I found these beautiful plants beside ...

Erase stamps of autumn leaves

I made eraser stamps of autumn leaves. With these, I can make writing tablets with plain white paper in no time. ...

Shop logo stamp

I made a eraser stamp for my aunt's button shop. I sent this for her birthday. I hope she will use it on her handma...

Name cards for this blog

I might involve into some printing project. So to review the performance of one printing company, I ordered name ca...

Name stamp with an owl

I made an eraser stamp for a friend of mine's birthday. She is a wild life biologist who had researched spotted ow...

A cheer-up card with four-leaf clovers

A very important friend of mine is at a big turning point in life. So I made a card to cheer her up. She has ...

Eraser stamps of Tomato and Egg plant

My parents sent me tomatoes and egg plants a while ago. So I made these stamps for the thank you card. By usi...

Autumn Blessings

Inspired by one of the participants of my workshop, I made a card of autumn leaves. She made a card of cherry...

Very Small Handmade Greeting Card

Originally, I started making greeting cards of postcard size. However, I use smaller ones, half the size of a postca...

Botanical Print

I picked some leaves from Sanarudai-Green Belt, and directly printed them on a postcard. Letters are printed ...

An Eraser Name Stamp

I made a name stamp using an eraser. This is for my mother who will receive an operation soon. She needs to p...

Happy Father's Day

I made this card using stamps made of eraser and colored pencils. I run a very small workshop to make handmade...

Mini Card

When I make a big batch of jam or marmalade, I give it to my friends as small gifts. I made a small card to go...

Mother's Day Card

As I get older, it's becoming more difficult to express my love to my mother. So I would like to take advantage of ...

Color Therapy?

These are the rough sketches for my greeting card workshop. As I painted my favorite colors without any res...