My new found appreciation of all things sock monkey is one of the reasons I jumped at the opportunity to review this adorable acrylic stamp from Stacey at Red Heel Revue on Etsy. Her shop has stamps of everything from a sock monkey bride and groom to sock monkey ballerinas and magicians. Who knew that sock monkeys were such busy little critters?
Also, don't miss Stacey's other Etsy shop Asspocket Productions. It's filled with great non-sock monkey stamps and you can even have many of them customized!
This little guy is adorable!
I was impressed by the fine, crisp details on the stamp, from the ornaments on the tree to the texture on the monkey's body.
Too cute!
Then I made some fancier folded tags. Again, I used my Cameo to cut the tags from cardstock. However, instead of stamping with ink, I decided to try embossing.
The slightly raised image was absolutely lovely.
After using different stamping techniques on cardstock, the next logical step for me was to try the stamp on different types of paper.
I stamped nine little monkeys on 2 1/2 inch vellum squares with bamboo colored ink.
Again, I think I'll be using these for some Christmas cards.
Pros
- cute sock monkey design
- fine details
- worked well with different types of inks and papers
- unmounted so it can be used with the acrylic blocks I already have
Cons
- once you start stamping with this cute little guy, you may not be able to stop yourself
Many thanks to Stacey at Red Heel Revue and Asspocket Productions for providing the stamp. I absolutely loved it!
Stay tuned... I'll be sharing a tutorial for the Christmas cards I created with the vellum and glossy squares I stamped.