Saturday, September 25, 2010

So many books so little time....

Here is a quick little wooden shrine. The stamps used are Louise (the little girl), Muffin (the kitten), and pup (the dog). The box was painted and decorative paper was added to the background. The images were stamped on cardstock, colored and then cut out. There is foam tape on the back of Louise and she is affixed to the background. Muffin and pup are attached to the forefront. It is a cute, quick and easy project perfect for a lazy Saturday.

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Here's a little inspiration....just 'cuz



Here is something I made today.....You know every once in awhile it is good just to play....create art just for the sake of creating something....not for a show, not for a class, not as a gift...just 'cuz! I just grabbed 10 objects out of a box...
(you know the box....where objects collect.....where we hoard our treasures because "some day I am going to use it is some special project".....but ohhhhh...I just can't seem to bring myself to use it...), anyway, I grabbed them and went for it! Yippy ! So now back to stamping.

Tuesday, September 21, 2010

Paris passion with DP Artworks


Mary Sue in Texas sent us this sample she made using one of our stamps called Lovely day. It is a wonderful way of using this stamp!
This is how she did it:
She stamped the image twice. Cutting the background out of the first image, this leaves the tower and the grass and bushes. Placing the cut out image in front of the second stamping, she secured it in place using foam dimensional tape. The color was added using water color pencils and then added "flowers" in the grass using Flower Soft. If you are unfamiliar with Flower Soft it is little bits of (I believe) plastic, that are cut in small irregular shapes. When put on paper Flower Soft looks like flowers. Lastly she layered the piece using two types of purple paper and then added paper flowers to finish the piece.
Great job Mary Sue!