Wicked Stenciled Collage

Another little row house, this time using the Stenciled Collage Technique from the latest issue of the Technique Junkies newsletter. You simply MUST get the new Wicked stamps from Oxford Impressions! Seriously. Go. Right. Now.

Worksheet Wonder Row House

I love Trish Bee's blog - she shares so much great information and ideas that I always come away feeling inspired. I read about her Worksheet Wonders a few weeks ago and filed it away to try sometime. Tonight I noticed my Stampin' Up grid pad (what I use as a work surface) was looking very pretty! I've done a lot of different types of stamping lately and haven't changed the sheet for ages, so it was pretty grunged up! I added a bit more ink, stamped it randomly w/the new Wicked stamps from Oxford Impressions and cut it into a row house shape. Then I hunted for some photo stamps that I could make wee witches out of. These precious girls are from the School Days plate (again, from OI). I love them as little witches! Oh, and at the bottom I added a little crepe paper trim. Not too bad for trash!

A Wicked Teaser

I am a very lucky girl! I have a preview sheet of Oxford Impressions' newest stamps - Wicked. These are truly wicked.....wicked awesome! Here is just a little something to whet your appetites. Not sure when these will be out, but I think it's very, very soon!!!

This is an unfinished shadowbox frame that I found on the clearance aisle at Hobby Lobby. I need to go back and buy them all! It's painted black and embellished with Baroque border from RockCandy Studios. The 'witch' is a photo stamp from Oxford Impressions' The Dressmaker sheet.

UPDATE!!! THESE STAMPS HAVE BEEN RELEASED!!

Halloween + Bandanna

I have been eyeing these stamps from Making Memories in my studio for the past few days. I found them at Target a few weeks ago - I actually hid them under some other stamps (it was the last one!) so I could come back the next day with my $5 off coupon. Thankfully they were still there! Anyway....I thought they might work with the bandanna technique and I was mostly right, I think. I had to color in the bird because it was too light, but other than that I think they worked really well! The background is a vintage dictionary page glued to a tag and then sponged with various inks.

And Now For Something Completely Different

This is something I made for the CCS Yahoo group. It's for a double tag bandanna swap. Trish and other members have posted such awesome artwork - I don't know when I've been so inspired by a group's art! I pulled out a bunch of stamps I haven't used in ages....the type of stamps I loved when I first started stamping. There are so many it's hard to ID them all, but I'll try! The main image w/the A is from Inkadinkado. The Bingo numbers, pen nib and create are all from Time to Stamp/I Brake for Stamps. The word 'Art' is part of a stamp from Vickie Enkoff (I miss her!). The mesh on the top and bottom is from Innovative Stamp Creations. The eye and diamond background are from Stampabilities. The quote is from Hampton Art. Whew! I was almost afraid that I'd crowded too much into the space, but I really like it that way.

The base is plain white cardstock that I sponged with several colors of Adirondack dye inks. I used the Signo white gel pen for highlighting. I hope my partner likes it!!

Technique Junkies Layered Collage

I love this technique, but had such a hard time finding the right stamp! When I first stamped this piece I thought it was a loser (not the stamps, just my stamping!), but I decided to persevere and try to save it. After a little embellishing and tattering and inking, I was really happy with it! Main stamps are all from Oxford Impressions. The flourish is from Inkadinkado.