I'm making a Valentine's Day card for close friends and family this year, and decided to go the relief print route. Just easier that way.

I'm used to linoleum, but I saw these rubber blocks at the art store and decided to give one a try. I like the nice, heavy body that they have, but they don't seem to cut as smoothly as regular linoleum, and I don't dare bend them too awful much. That, and it's too much risk in losing little details if you're not careful, as the material crumbles easily. (She used to have a nose, although, that loss was a happy accident now that I look back.)

Think I'm gonna try the Mastercarve once I finish up with the other two, smaller blocks I picked up.

Medium: Speedball Speedy-Cut 4"x5½" rubber block, Speedball linoleum tool, X-Acto knife