Not obsessed...

with carving stamps - perhaps mildly addicted!
I found a nice cigar box to keep them in:

Yes, I will need more storage :-)

Why all the fish? I was working on a monotype that needed a LOT of changes - color being the most critical:

Not liking the red...

So after I added more color to obscure the disconcerting red and yes, the muddy pink, I had something that reminded me of the sea. And then of course where were the fish and vegetation?...a nice opportunity to make some stamps for a specific piece:

Transformation!

3-Step transformation

Give your blossoms a whole new...something.
 
1. Cut out.

2. Mount on foam core (or cardboard).

3. Hang.

Yay!

Moving blossoms from 2-D to 3-D came from Carla Sonheim's "Flower Crazy", the class I mentioned a few posts ago ( http://carlasonheim.com/flowercrazy.html ). The class was FUN and super messy - at least the way I did it!