Hey everyone! There are a bunch of great vendors that will be at the PaperGatherings convention. In Tucson AZ this Sept 5th & 6th. visit http://www.papergathings.com for a full list of vendors. And classes. Terry Medaris with Terry Medaris Art Stamps will be teaching an incredible Prismacolor pencil class! It’s a class not to miss for sure!
Handmade Recipe Book Swap
Here is a fun posting I was informed of. Thought I would post it onto my blog to let all you stampers and paper crafters of something fun going on here in the valley. I am going to participate!
Announcing a new meeting for CReaTiVe CRoPPeRs-a SCRaPBooK & PaPeRCRaFT GRouP!
What: HaNdMaDe ReCiPe BooK SWaP
When: Saturday, May 10, 1:00 PM
Where: (A location for this meeting hasn’t been chosen yet)
Who should come: Anyone who loves to SHOW OFF their FABULOUS creations!
Why: It’s fun! You know U want to get outta the HOUSE!
Meeting Description: ~*MiNi ReCiPe BooK SWaP*~
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Create a mini-album filled with 10 of your favorite recipes–using your Paper Piecing, Stamping, Collage, and Scrapbook techniques. You’ll bring it to SWAP with another fellow Paper Crafter and you’ll leave with one made by someone else. It can be 6×6 OR 8×8 in size.
Spend this time learning a new technique…meeting others….and optional to create 4 STAMPED cards in an hour for $12. This is optional. You can stay to make cards or drop by with your SWAP only.
LOCATION: TBD (it will most likely be in the West Valley).
Email me with Q’s.
-pamela :0)
Learn more here:
http://scrapbook.meetup.com/1850/calendar/7801654/
Prickley Pear RS - 40% off Sale
Hey All,
Just a quick FYI, we are having a 40% off sale on our Unmounted Stamps. This does not include 1/2 sheets of rubber. visit our online store at http://www.prickleypear.com
Thanks and happy stamping!
You Make Me Smile
Mary Coleman, one of my fabulous design team members rose to the challenge when presented with our latest round of stamps. We just had to share this beautiful card with everyone.
1. She first started with light blue card stock, folded in half, it measures to 4 by 5.5″.
2. She then stamped the Flower & Grid stamp into rows with brown ink.
3. Next, she stamped “you make me smile” onto a scrap of the same color blue card stock wih brown ink. She added a distressed look to the rim of the circle by edging with brown ink.
4. She then added a piece of brown and blue polka dotted ribbon to card face as shown. She layered up the circle shape onto the ribbon with a pop dot to give dimension to the card.
This is an excellent way to create your own patterned background for any card or project. Nicely done Mary C.!
I Just Can’t Help Myself…
Between doing shows, working on wholesale orders, and designing new illustrations. I really don’t have much time to work on artwork. So I was thrilled to be able to come up with some cards when I booked a time to teach at Cat’s Craft Cupboard coming up this May in Escondido CA. I cleared off some space in my design studio/office/warehouse and thought about what I could come up with to teach. I started going through my stash of stamps, my main stash of stamps anyway, seems I am always misplacing them. The stamps get shoved between piles, only to be found months later. :O) -So anyway, as I was going through my pile of stamps, The Girl With the Pearl Earring - jumped out at me, as she often catches my eye. I just love to stamp with her. I have used her in greeting cards, and paintings and I am sure that I will find other ways to stamp her out. Maybe one day I will shrink her and turn her into a pendant or some fun piece of jewelry. She is just so stunning when stamped and painted. You can add a little bit of color or a lot of color to her, and she always turns out really beautiful.
Lately, soft colors and the vintage feel has been my thing, and Pink, Pink, Pink seems to be my favorite color. So I pulled out my pinks and browns - in paints - inks - card stocks & even flowers. I also pulled out one of my favorite background stamps, and flourish stamp.
Here is the card that I came up with. Hope you enjoy looking at it as much as I enjoyed creating it.
And I am posting another card featuring the same stamp by one of my design team members Jean Sunderman. What an amazing job she did with this card. Go Jean!
More Samples
I got another round of beautiful samples from my design team, and just thoutht I would share. Hope you like what you see! I know I sure am inspired by them. :O) I will post more this evening from our other talented DT members. Right now, I have to get ready for a show. Rubber Stamp show in Mesa AZ!! Hopefully I will see you there.
Don’t forget, this month, all HALF sheets of rubber are buy 2, get the third FREE!! We have added 2 brand new sets of rubber for this occassion! You can get to your site by clicking on the link to the right. We will be adding more 1/2 sheets weekley! Refunds will be given within 24 hours of purchase.
Horse/Mary Coleman Gold Ribbon Geisha Card/Pam Carriker Hibiscus/Jennifer Greco ghosted face/ Mary Coleman.
Get Ready……Big Sale for March!!!
Hi All!
We are so excited! For the month of March we will be releasing 3 new sheets of illustrations!! And to celebrate. All of our 1/2 sheets of rubber will be on sale, Buy 2~get the third for FREE! We have several different plates to choose from, all with varying themes. There is something for everyone!
Here is a sneak peak of one of our newest plate available March 1st!
All of our images are deeply etched for optimum stamping. This new release of floural designs are no exception. They will be a must have for your stamping collection!
We have something new…Digital Downloads
Digital Downloads are a new product for us. We have created our first of what will be many in the series. First up, the Roadside Vintage Collection. This 8.5 by 11″ digital sheet contains 9 stunning images for you to download. Once ordered, they come right into your in-box and contain Hi Resolution images for you to print on whatever surface you can. Print them on canvas, glossy photo paper or Transparency for beautiful effects. They are wonderful for collaging, altered art, mixed media, cards and more! We have some beautiful samples that our design team has done so far. And they are just stunning. Hope you all will be as inspired as us! “Trick or Treat” by Jean Sunderman, “Bingo” by Pam Carriker “Dreams” Mary Coleman, and “Believe” Jean Sunderman. Blue Windmill Card, Old Car Card and “A Journey” Card all by Angie Pearl
Another Beautiful Sample
A friend of mine called me up the other day, we we were talking. She asked if I had gone to the mail box yet. Well, I hadn’t. Sometimes I like to procrastinate when it come to getting the mail. Too much stuff usually overfloweth and often not fun stuff. :O) But this time, when I opened the door to go and get the mail, I did not even have to go that far. There was a package sitting right at my front door step. I opened up and was delighted at what I saw. One of the prettiest samples of the Geisha. There is something so soft and feminie about this piece. The vellum overlay with the image stamped and colored right on top really adds dimension to the piece. She even made the tiny gold tassle by hand. I hope you all enjoy it as much as I do. Go Mary!
