2 tutorials and 2 studio 490 sightings

and a Columbus report...that's me with a blog friend, Nancy...she is HILARIOUS!

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We had a great show...

met lots of new friends...

sold out COMPLETELY of everything you NEED to make grunge flowers...

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I think you'll be seeing lots of grunge flowers in Ohio!

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Stampers Anonymous has LOTS of SPECIAL orders to send out too...these gals cleared out the booth!

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THANKS to everyone who attended and visited our booth.

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As promised...red pepper and lettuce...

Ranger's new PIGMENT inks...

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These pigment inks give chipboard (Maya Road...of course) a totally different look, since it's opaque.

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It's simple to tap the pads right on the chipboard. These are quick drying pigment inks...about 15 minutes on porous surfaces...or if you're in a hurry like me...a quick blast with the heat tool & you're all ready to embellish.

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I find that these earthtone colors cover in one coat. Some of the lights, like the yummy cloudy blue & my favorite juniper may take 2 coats for complete coverage. It's ...simple...

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After it's dry...I stamp with jet black archival for a nice crisp image.

Other credits for this piece...the striped paper is graphic45...the green base is bazzill's swiss dot cardstock.

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The flower is red pepper...the scroll is lettuce...

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I think you know the stamps are mine...

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NEXT...

I forgot to memtion this last week.

I did blog post for the Maya Road DT blog.

Like the flower below??

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It's there plus 3 other versions of the same flower.

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The post is here...one flower...4 fun ways.

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I guess that's why I LOVE Maya Road...

every piece is a blank slate & can be...ANYTHING!

Now...this was fun...browsing the web, I spotted these wonderful projects, using studio 490 stamps...

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The first is from Nancy Wethington, a St. Louis friend...she made it to document her son's return home from the service.

I think it's BEAUTIFUL!

And here's 2 more from Cat...

I met her in California a few weeks ago @ the Carson convention...

The first is a gift for her friend...how cool is that?

And I LOVED this piece too...

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Hmmm...looks to me like she's a Maya Road addict too...and she likes my stamps!

THANKS NANCY & CAT...keep up the GREAT work!

You guys rock!

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That's it for today...

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Next stop on the art adventure is Scrapaganza in Iowa.

We'll be doing 3 classes there...

a fun Maya Road book, the funky flowers grunge class and the use your scraps fragment journal.

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Sounds like a great way to spend the weekend to me...

hope you can join us!

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Time to make kits...

Make art!

wendy