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.

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.

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!

Hummingbird moth

So, as I was washing down the table after cutting up watermelon, I happen to look up and saw this amazing Hummingbird moth. The 4 o'clocks ( not pictured here) was what had attracted its attention this evening. Moving from one bloom to the next it made its way around. The dark was creeping upon me and I still need to fill the bird baths and water some of my plants.....It was amazing!

Cool African card by Pamela Brown

Sooooooo.... here is a card I found on a blogspot as I was surfing around. (I love to go surfing) I was soooooo excited to see that the card used two DP Artworks stamps! In the background she used Mask border WI 87 E, and in the forefront is African village, TR 37 F.
Her blogspot is:
www.qpqueenpam.blogspot.com

And the best part of all of this....I wrote to Pam and she is sending this card to us. Call me a geek, but I LOVE to see what others are doing with our stamps! You rock Queen Pam!

Caption this!

This photo was taken in Tressa Burnett's game board book binding class at Stampaway 2010. Anyone wanna guess what she is saying to me???....If you know Allison, she is quite funny! ( Love ya bunches Allison) So post your guess at what she was saying......

Papertrix, Nashville, IN

Before Stampaway in Cincinnati Ohio, my niece and I drove to Nashville Indiana to Papertrix. First off, let's talk about Nashville....CUTE! It is a busy town set in the rolling hills. I fell in love at first sight. There were people walking around and visiting the many shops and businesses. We located the store (Papertrix) with the help of Cindy and Wayne....the owners of the store. It is an awesome store packed full of every supply you would ever need. Cindy and Wayne are amazing as well. We dropped off a trunk show, visited, and did a little shopping. If you are ever in Indiana it is well worth the trip to this delightful store....and tell them I sent you!