These are some cards I made using with Large Circle Jumble Stamp Set and my Small Circle Jumble Stamp Set.
I loved using the two “hanger” stamps from both sets for the border on the left. For the right card actually used a round gel plate and some inks and stamped the little circles onto it and then used the plate as a stamp.
I love playing with stamp sets and making cards, it is a great way to explore the possibilities of sets.
Which of the three cards is your favorite?
Hello my friends! Today we have a post from Josefine Fouarge from my Creative Squad. She is sharing some gorgeous techniques for making thank you cards using my Small and Large Circle Jumble stamp sets and my Mini Antique Tile foam stamp. She was inspired by this month’s theme: Doin’ My Thing – We all have a unique artistic style and way of working with supplies. This is the time to rock it! Be yourself. Do your thing.
Aren’t we all good at “doin’ our thing”? Perfect theme, if you ask me. The problem was that I couldn’t decide which of my favorite techniques to show you… mono printing, layering, something snarky…? So many options. At the end, I decided to go with a variety of techniques using watercolor inks (Distress Inks, etc). I created a few “Thank You” cards as I needed them anyway ;)
In addition, I love to create videos, so here is my “doin’ my thing” video for the thank you cards that I made.
Nathalie’s Mini Tile Set foam stamps and Large and Small Circle Jumble rubber stamp sets were perfect to add that little extra bit of decoration to all of these cards.
All cards are kind of similar but have individual features, making them all very unique. I hope you enjoyed my quick tutorial and the use of Nathalie’s stamps to decorate all the cards.
Thanks so much for stopping by. Want to know what “the thing” for the rest of the Creative Squad is? Then come back every Tuesday to see all the other creations.
Thank you Josefine! To try out Josefine’s technique, you can find my Foam Stamps and Rubber Stamps in my Online Shop. Here are some of the other supplies that Josefine used:
Feel inspired? Working on something yourself that you’d like to share? I love to see how you interpret our monthly themes. Email me how you used my stencils and stamps with the theme and email me an image – I would love to share your projects in my next “n*Spiration From Around the Globe“.
Love the video and idea but, will you get the large stamps back in stock while you are having your sale?
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Ready for an epic photo capture of the 3 Day Collage Workshop my friend Julie Fei-Fan Balzer and I taught in Coventry, UK for Art Workshops last week?
We had a fabulous time with 32 students – and started Friday by creating lots of patterned paper.
Making marks
stamping
layering stencils
smiling :)
whistling
layered stamping and scratching
layering and splattering
just going going going
It was so much fun to watch everyone being in the zone :)
well…I hope they had as much fun watching us LOL
more layered stencils
look at my new Hex in action – Diane rocked this pattern!
Ally aka Piere aka Sam ;) (insider joke) agreed to spice up the photos a bit …there was a lot of that as you will see this weekend LOL
And then it was time for the next day and starting the first six collages and talking about Elements and Principles of Design.
We had some collaborative fun!
and some wand waving was included too (again ….insider joke sorry LOL)
I think it was a lot of fun to work on a big surface too for a change
and then we just looked at all the sheets that were created and were part of what we taught that day
On the third day Julie and I started with a demo of how we usually work in a series
while making fun of each other ;)
and then it was up to our amazing students to put everything they learned in the last 2 1/2 days into six collages.
we did our best to help …oh brother ;)
Look at happy Abs – such a contagious smile :)
Beautiful messes were made
lots of wonderful transfers
and of course lots of photos were taken in between
And then for the final everyone displayed their 12 collages on a piece of paper and we had a good look at all of them.
The leap between the first six and the second six on the final day were amazing. And soooo much color and happiness.
We had such a great time and it fills me with a lot of happiness to look at those photos. Thank you all so much for coming to this workshop and jumping into this crazy artful adventure with us :) Thank you to Sue from Art Workshops and her amazing team Dawn, Debbie and Leroy for all the wonderful help and making us feel super welcome. This was the second time I taught for Sue and sure hope it wasn’t the last :)
I am taking a in-person teaching hiatus most of 2019 as I have some big plans and …well some of you might have seen it, we are on a house hunt which is taking up a lot of time (plus the way it looks it will def. a house that requires a lot of work). Cross your fingers for us – it is a bit stressful to find a place esp. in this area – I won’t lie ;) Join me meanwhile for my online workshops here and watch this place in the next months for even more online workshops :)
Fabulous memories of a fabulous weekend. It was lovey to meet you for the first time and see you inspire so many students. Hope to see you again soon xx
Without doubt the best course for content that I have ever experienced! Learned so much. And we had a ball at the same time. Grateful thanks! Xx
Glad I could spice up those photos! ?
It was a truly awesome weekend!!! Thankfully we had fabulous teachers too!!! Xxx
So many wonderful memories of a very special weekend. Fantastic to see you again and looking forward to next time. Tapping my thumbs frantically for you. Hugs Debbie xx
I was lucky to be invited twice to teach in Australia and I have fond memories of Sydney. The first time I went to Sydney we were able to get some tickets to a Herbie Hancock concert in the opera – the very last seats in the back …the sound was good..Herbie was a tiny ant- but it was pretty cool :) Australia is fascinating and a real Artful Adventure – for this painting I used an Australian Dictionary for the background, made a stamp with gum tree nuts and also used actual gum tree nuts. The painting is part of the travel chapter in my book Artful Adventures in Mixed Media. Maybe some day I will be back but until then this painting is my little Australia at home :)
Acrylic paint, ink, marker, charcoal, paper ephemera, gum tree nuts on canvas 9×12 -Available for Purchase – email me if interested .
There is something that makes me happy about a small little gift tag :) Here is one I created using some metallic color and teal with my new Downtown Stencil.
Love the pattern and border you can create with this stencil. I filled in the free space with my Numeral Stamp – another favorite of mine :)
Hope you are having a wonderful fall week :)
Here are the supplies I used for this simple tag:
Ok so sometimes you find yourself in the section of the museum where everything is very serious – religious iconography, portraits of nobles, political events from long ago. But I want to show you a new way to see these sometimes stuffy paintings: Classical Art Memes! Yes there is a whole lot of them out there and they crack me up every time.
Here we go – something about your last museum visit maybe?
Dining out – something I totally relate to:
And even better…
For anyone who maybe just had a trip to the dentist:
And… It’s flu season so:
For all you designers and architects:
And of course the artists :)
An internet search for Classical Art Memes will open up a world of hilarious distraction for you. Be careful if you are trying to avoid procrastination though!
Oh Nathalie, I love this new way of looking at Art! <3
Happy Tuesday from the Creative Squad! Today we have a post from the lovely Tania Ahmed, sharing with us a set of cards using rubber stamps from my Small Circle Jumble set and my Mini Amsterdam foam stamp from the Mini Tile Set. Tania was inspired by this month’s theme: Doin’ My Thing – We all have a unique artistic style and way of working with supplies. This is the time to rock it! Be yourself. Do your thing.
Our challenge this month was to use Nat’s Small Circle Jumble Stamps plus one of the foam stamps from the Mini Tile Set. I love using different kinds of patterns and seeing how I can make the two work together. I needed some thank you cards, so I thought this was the perfect opportunity to create a master board. A master board is basically a sheet of paper or cardstock that you create a background on with stamping, paint and mediums applied to it, which can be cut into smaller pieces to use as collage material or even cards. Also we were asked to really show off our styles so this project has all things that I love: bright colours, stamping, making cards, splatters and using brayers to create a super easy and quick background!
Lightly apply paint to cardstock with brayer. Less paint gives better effects!
Stamp lightly with the Mini Amsterdam ArtFoamie. Double stamp to create ghostly impressions.
Ink the Small Circle Jumble Stamps with Jet Black Archival Ink and stamp off on a scrap piece of paper and then stamp on your masterboard cardstock paper a few times to get light stamped images.
Add splatters with black ink.
Cut the masterboard cardstock into four 3.75 x 5.5 panels. Add sentiment with alphabet stamps.
Add Distress Ink around edges. Add twine and adhere to white card base.
Thank you Tania – I love all those yummy layers! Want to try Tania’s card method? You can find all my Rubber Stamps and Foam Stamps in my Online Shop. Here are some of the other supplies that Tania used:
Feel inspired? Working on something yourself that you’d like to share? I love to see how you interpret our monthly themes. Email me how you used my stencils and stamps with the theme and email me an image – I would love to share your projects in my next “n*Spiration From Around the Globe“.
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Rosie Grey
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Such beautiful cards! I love the “You rock”card on the right the most ?
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