In the park

I love this new image; we called it In the park. This is an oversize card like the previous cards have been. I used prismacolor markers. The prismacolor markers are like Copic markers. They give a nice translucent color that can be layered to add shading. I think I will ask for these for Christmas and build up my collection.

Out of Africa with DP Artworks rubber stamps

Here is a card from Erma Jean C. from the Chicago area. This is our first card from her. This is one of our newer stamps. The stamp is called Parade (WI 101H). She picked this up at Stampaway this year. It was awesome meeting her. The colors under the giraffes are copic markers. For the pattern in the background, the triangles are the corner of an ink pad. The circles were made using a pen lid. I am not sure what ink she used but it looks a bit like Colorbox Chalks pads. I am so happy Erma Jean sent us this card. Thanks again Erma Jean.

Mary and friends

Here is a sample I made. The stamp is called Mary and friends (WI 53 G). The lady in this stamp is not named Mary...but Margret. In naming the stamp I wrote down Marg and saw it as Mary on that late night of naming stamps. It is in fact Margret Sanger. There is a great write up about her on PBS about her. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/pill/peopleevents/p_sanger.html She died a year after I was born. She was an amazing lady! The other background stamp used is Script (TR 66 G). I used Chalks Burnt Sienna and Memories Black ink pads. Torn paper, a watch face, a postage stamp and a wee compass were used to complete the over sized tag.

The Big Apple sample

Along with the cute little inchie tags that Bridgette sent (posted yesterday) this card came as well. The stamp she used is Apple (TR 33 F). She stamped it using a Burnt Sienna Chalk pad. She added the color using water soluble colored pencils. I like the subtle colors of the red white and blue color families she used. We love this card!

 

Someone e-mailed me and asked what we do with all the awesome samples. Good question...We use them at shows, of course on our blog, tip-ins for our catalogs, and color copies are sometimes sent to stores to use as samples to spark creativity. Thanks for all the samples and e-mails.

And the beat goes on........

As promised, here are three more pieces of artwork by Bobbey. I am totally in love with these new samples. They are yummy! If you are anywhere near the Oklahoma City area, they are on display (in person) at And Bear Makes 3 located in Moore, Oklahoma. We are having a big 8 day trunk show at the store (call Vicki for more details website: www.andbearmakes3.com). Their number is (405) 912-3245
tell Vicki I sent you.....tee hee hee. Just a hint about the next post......tiles...yes, awesome tiles....be looking for them....soon.

Hello, here are some other fantastic samples from our good friend Vicki Bridges. ( She rocks!)