In the last Memory Keeping with "Day By Day" #007 , we received some questions about the layout and stamps. Thank you! Since I have the opportunity, I would like to introduce some of the questions this time.
First, let's talk about the “February” stamp.
I cut out and pasted "HAVE NICE DREAM," which was part of Fukuwake Hanko 's calendar, and stamped "February" around it.
We have received a question asking, "Is this "February" stamp different from the one in " 365: February "?" ...That is, while the stamp of "February" is straight, the layout is This is because it feels like an arc that follows the circular shape of "HAVE NICE DREAM."
Both of these "February" are the same. For the layout, I stuck the original straight "February" to an acrylic block and stamped it in an arc. This is possible because it is a clear stamp!
I've used this technique before in Memory Keeping with "Day By Day" #003 as well.
This is a " January " stamp that has been cleverly bent to fit the lines of the futon and then attached to an acrylic block and printed on.
I found a layout using the same stamp of a boy sleeping with a teddy bear in a similar way. Here, I stamped "Jisa boke" in the alphabet from " 365: Hikari ." Since it is a standalone alphabet stamp, I simply stamped it along the lines of the futon. This is easier than adjusting the positioning when attaching it to an acrylic block.
A common question we received was, "I want to know the trick to stamping letters along a circle!"
I often start stamping without thinking too much, and end up with a strangely empty space, or conversely, not enough space! So the trick to not making mistakes might be to use the stamp before applying ink, and do some mental training, thinking, "I'm going to stamp along the circle like this!"
From the images posted on Instagram so far, I tried to find a layout with letters stamped along a circle. (Please refer to the link on Instagram for a larger image.)
I hope you will look at the photos and imagine things like, "Maybe the stamp was made haphazardly," or "Maybe all the letters just happened to fit together."
Left) [ TRAVELER'S FACTORY ] I stamped this starting from the "T". After I finished stamping the "Y", I was going to stamp "TRAVELER'S FACTORY" over and over again, but I gave up because there were too many parts missing. (I should have stuck it a little higher.)
right) [ APPLE STORE ] After stamping the apple from " 365: Aki , " we stamped "APPLE STORE," but it didn't look well-balanced so we added "..."
Left) [ Names around pizza ] Before the end of summer vacation, my nieces, who are returning to college out of state, came to visit us. We stamped everyone's names around a pizza cut from a takeout menu at a pizza shop. In the end, we couldn't fit our own names on it, so we just wrote "and us!!!"
right) [ MY BIRTHDAY Dinner at ] I cut out the restaurant logo from the paper bag they used to wrap up the leftovers. I think the big fork had a supermarket paper bag design! (Probably Trader Joe's!)
Left) [ AKATSUKA FUJIO MUSEUM ] I stamped "AKATSUKA FUJIO MUSEUM" around the commemorative stamp I got at the Akatsuka Fujio Museum, but it fit just in. Shea's sarcastic remarks are hilarious!
right) [ OTARU, HOKKAIDO ] For the shape of Hokkaido, I used only the Hokkaido part of the Japan map stamp included in " 365: Nippon ". I had a lot of space left over, so I drew a colorful triangular pattern with Deco Rush.
Left) [ HARAJYUKU ] The sticker I got from a coffee shop in Harajuku was round, so I stamped it without hesitation! I stamped "HARAJYUKU," but then I didn't know what to do next, so I ended up using the coffee bean stamp from " 365: Cafe " instead.
right) [ Animals & Coffee Beans ] I also found a layout that was helped by the coffee bean stamp. This is not an alphabet stamp, but rather a stamp of the animals from " 365: Cafe " peeking out from the top of a circle. These animals are very easy to use and are my go-to stamps that I use often.
Left) [ Yakushima Trip!! ] Although we use the alphabet frequently, we were surprised to find hiragana . During my trip, I found a commemorative stamp that said "Yakushima commemorative trip," so after some hesitation, I decided to stamp it with "Yakushima trip!!"
right) [ Somewhere Over The Rainbow... ] I guess it was a week where I didn't write much... I made a rainbow out of torn masking tape and stamped "Somewhere Over The Rainbow..." on top of it. It doesn't have to be a circle, it's cute to stamp along the shape like this.
Left) [ PARFAIT SATO ] Unusually, "PARFAIT SATO " is printed on the bottom of the circle. The cherry behind "SATO" is cute! (Featured in " 365: Food ")
right) [ TRAVELING Hobonichi ] This one is unusual in that it has the word "TRAVELING" stamped on it and then the word "Hobonichi" handwritten. After that, there's a space, so I've just mumbled it in to cover it up.
---There were other things, but I think you're feeling full by now, so I'll stop here.
One thing I noticed is that when I paste something circular, I tend to stick it out a little bit on the notebook, rather than just sticking it as it is. (I cut off the part that sticks out.) I might do this especially when I have a large surface area to paste!
The other alphabets used are " 365: Hikari " is by far the number one!! There are also alphabet stamps and hiragana stamps .
Looking at my old layouts like this, every page is packed with so much fun, and it made me want to play around with stamps in this memory-keeping style. Lately, a lot has been going on and I haven't been able to keep up with the memory-keeping, so I'd like to make some time and do it properly...
Well, the next one will be on Friday, September 1st. (Wow! It's already September! I can't believe it's gone by so quickly!)
Thank you very much!