a previous guest artist...
SUSAN KESSELMAN...
She sent me this AWESOME ANGEL...
using TONS of studio 490 stamps...
I LOVE the heart used as wings...
Love the 2 scrolls used as her legs...
Matter of fact...I LOVE ALL OF HER!
What a great idea to give the "art chick" a fancy dress!
I'm IMPRESSED!
Bet you will be too...
Thanks Susan for sharing your ART...again!
On to answers...from yesterday's emails & comments...
#1...Wendy - Is that background one of the new Distress colors?? It looks beautiful.
YES!!! It's bundled sage...I'm ADDICTED...I LOVE it used with tumbled glass, broken china, faded jeans, barn door or rusty hinge...
I've used it in some CHA projects...I stamped my background in olive archival & then inked the entire background with the sage...
YUM! you'll be seeing LOTS of it!
#2...Could you do a count down to CHA (helps those of us impatient people who need a visual.
Hmmm....I leave on Friday the 22nd, so I would expect to see LOTS of REVEALS the few days before then...Does that help?
#3...you did a contest for us last time...we had to guess the number of stamps. i didn't win. are you doing that for us again? when? i don't want to miss it.
YOU BET!! That was fun. That too will be close to the 22nd...stay tuned! I'll see what I can get us for prizes...
I'm HOPING inks and rubber! Just what we NEED!
#4...I need to find that magazine. Any clues?
I have a subscription now, but I originally got a copy @ Barnes & Noble. I'd say...check there!
#5...The sneak peeks are killin' me. Four you say? Hmm, new flower in the corner, background, another ART stamp, the scroll stamp is a staple of mine.
and from another...
Hhhmmm...could it be wings, or the edges to a flower petal??
WRONG!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! There are NO flowers in the peek...
nope...not wings either...
the text is NOT a background stamp...
art...OK...that one is right
look again...I'd suggest the lower left ...hint!
#6...just a comment, but we both had to laugh...
And, thanks to Rick. Keep that sweet lady of yours in line!
now there's a FULL TIME JOB! ha! TOTALLY Hopeless!
#7... I am loving what I can see in your sneak peek. I sure am hoping to see a houndstooth print
Here's a HUGE hint...you'll be HAPPY, Penci! It's in a set called...well worn art
#8...I hope you remember me, I'm the one who asked for a larger rose. Did you make us one?
And a HUGE hint for you...you'll be double-x2 HAPPY, Ms Dee! And larger is easier to make! TRUST ME!
#9...when will you show us your Maya Road samples?
I'll do that just as soon as I get the word from Caroline...she's the BOSS! I'm hoping next week?
and the last for today...
#10...I'm wondering if you could share more about your creative process for new stamps. How long does it take you to come up with fresh ideas? Where do you get your inspiration? Do you sketch the designs and have someone "make up" the artwork? The time span between CHA Summer and Winter seems so short....I just wonder how you do it all!!!
First of all...remember that Rick gets groceries, gets us carry out dinners and vacuums!
Seriously...the ideas basically come from NEEDS...when I'm working on a project, I think...
Geez...I wish I had a long skinny filler stamp for this area...hmmm now we will
or...
I wish I had a background that would coordinate with this...and we will!
One of my flower ideas was inspired by a home decor item. Home decor magazines are very inspiring for color combos too...not that I actually use them... you know me...I stick to my basic colors...
The solid flower image on Artfully Said, came about because of a need in my Ranger technique workshop.
There are techniques in that workshop that really need a stamp of that type. Now we have it!
I try to make them versatile...so that they can be used multiple ways.
Before studio 490, I'd think...geez, I wish the leaves stamp faced the other way. That's why I do the same image as the mirror image lots of times. I like the option of both ways & I think that's good for collage type art.
If you remember the snow cap white pigment ink/distress technique I came up with...
I needed a more bold image background that really showcased that technique...with this new release ...WE have it! YIPPEE!
I like vintage stuff too...so those things sparked some stamp ideas ...again...THIS RELEASE!
This release is NOT all about flowers...but the designs were made to work with the sets we already have.
So once my sketches/ideas are emailed to Zach @ Stampers Anonymous, he's the genius who transforms them into PDF files which are then made into, mag plates...which if I understand it right, are the reverse stamp images. Then a sheet of rubber is layed over the mag plate & pressed or vulcanized into the mag plate @ a high temp and that's what makes the actual rubber stamp.
There may be more steps...but my little brain pictures this as the process.
Then the new stamp sheets get stuck on the cling material (which sticks to the acrylic blocks) and they are individually cut with some sort of scroll saw @ the factory.
I have met Joyce who cuts stamps and she said after she does a few of the new designs & gets her rhythm, she can zip right along.
But think of the MILLIONS of stamps that must be cut every year. Can you imagine??? What a JOB!
One thing we REALLY want to do this year is to visit the factory in Cleveland...meet the folks I deal with, but have not met yet.
We really want to see how the whole process is done...and to see stamps..HOT OFF THE PRESS!
Geez...how exciting!
We both think that would be a fun trip & a good info for a blog post! I'd even take my camera!
OK...the Tuesday peek...is the upper part of Monday's peek. Look closely...
I'm not supposed to have a favorite...but just between us...this is in the top 10...actually...top 3!
The sample uses some new distress colors...
That's the new rusty hinge @ the top, along with tumbled glass & bundled sage. I LOVE those 3 together!
And...there are 2 new stamps in the photo, FYI!
That's it for today...I've told you LOTS!
I can't...
make art...gotta work on the to-do list!
wendy
