You have some deeply etched rubber stamps and no stamp pad? No problem. Just grab a crayon or a charcoal pencil, your stamps and some lightweight paper and make rubbings of them. Of course, the image won’t be reversed the way a stamped image is, so this doesn’t work for word stamps. Place your stamp […]
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This little owl is doodled on a piece of background paper I created using Traci Bautista’s methods. As you probably have already discovered, I made a ton of background pages using her methods!
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I’ve been too busy today to do an art supply review, so I thought I’d show you this piece from the Skinny Saturday Challenge, which was a skinny page about Pierrot.
I love these different challenges. If I’m stuck for something to […]
I was watching the Tracey Bautista class again and she mentioned making background stamps from cardboard. It sounded like the perfect project to entertain sick kids and adults who are sick of being stuck inside with sick kids and Scooby Doo playing for the zillionth time in the background, so that is today’s challenge. Make […]
In contrast to last week’s artist definition, Eric Gill says, “Art is skill, that is the first meaning of the word.”
Skill definitely does go into art. That was my main objection to Von Schlegel’s definition of an artist - that he ignored skill as a part of what makes an artist. However, some of Van […]
Ok, I don’t know about you, but where we are, we are having this absolutely annoying faux winter. Very little snow, freezing cold for a few days and then warm weather and then back to cold. And there are so many viruses and colds going around. If I can’t have a nice, fluffy white winter, […]
Episode 146 - Langley Boy Design Stamps
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How cute is this card? Wouldn’t it be perfect for a thank you for a breast cancer awareness fundraiser? It was created by the talented Shopping Diva, using stamps from Langley Boy Design. It’s the […]
Welcome to the January 2008 edition of the Stamping Mad Arts and Crafts Carnival. All those December craft fairs were wonderful, but they were also kind of expensive! Isn’t it fun to go on a virtual craft tour without breaking your budget?
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Tommy Smith presents The Beauty of Fine Craftsmanship posted at Elegant Inks, saying, “Handcrafted […]
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Remember those ornament tops I was turning into flowers? They also seem to be perfect for rooster eyes. This isn’t my usual style, but I made it as a gift for someone and tried to do something I knew would appeal […]
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