Friday Favs, Follows & Fodder

Favs: Single Hole Punching Tools

*No particular order

• The Paper Studio Single Punches come in 1/16, 1/8, & 1/4 (3 different sizes to make your own punchinella)
• Crop-a-Dile Power Punch -- sizes 1/4 and 1/16 -- sturdy and punches through chip board and book binders board
• PaperPro One Hole Punch -- 1/16 hole -- not a lot of pressure needed
• Fiskars 1/4, 1/8, 1/16 Hole Punch -- nice comfy handle
• Grainger Hole Punch -- the one my hubby has -- easy to punch with and can punch several sheets at once
• Fiskars Everywhere Punch -- this one was most fascinating to me, but the circles are HUGE!!!

Fodder: Journaling Stamps

I love using simple rubber stamps in my art journal and this year, in my planner as I complete the #documentedlife project. I have lots of stamps and last year I started making a lot of hand carved stamps, so my collection is growing. But I'm listing a few of my tried and trues. The RedLead and L2E stamp sets were given to me by a friend and I just adore them.

These stamps from RedLead

And these - also from RedLead

I Am stamps by L2E

I love journaling spots.
These are by Impression Obsession

These border stamps by Penny Black

Follows: Illustrators Who Make Me Giddy

Illustration Friday -- You've got to visit all their cyberlinks to get the full extent of their awesomeness!

• Illustration Friday on Facebook
• Illustration Friday on Twitter
• Illustration Friday on Flickr

Ghost Kitten (AKA - Nicole Piar) -- this woman rocks!!!
Soleil Summer -- Just met her in Blick -- LOVE LOVE LOVE her work. And, she seems like a pretty rad human being.
Jeanine Henderson -- LOVE her hand lettering.
Jerry Pinkney -- When I taught middle school I learned of Pinkney's work through books I read to my students and I immediately fell in love with it. I think I paid more attention to the illustrations than the words in the books.