Friday, February 15, 2008

Winter Stamp 08 a success!

YES, Winter Stamp '08 turned out as another fun stamping event at 2 peas last week. The challenges were lots of fun and they went on for the full week. And what perfect timing since we were have forty below zero weather here I didn't have much else that I wanted to be doing.

Here's a few of my creations~
This one was to use non-traditional stamps for a spring theme. The jack is a single image so it was fun to create it into a focal image. I used an alcohol background and print the words on vellum. Did you play jacks as a child? The background was made by using a recycled plastic bag as a stamp.



Favorite challenges always offer an opportunity to learn new techniques. This was the first time I played with tyvek. It is the material that is used to make the white fibrous non-destructible shipping envelopes. Lots of inks show the wonderful fibers and add nice texture to a card. Mostly I worked with lumiere paint and while put on in thin coats the colors intensfy when heated. Here is one of my first pieces making the background and circle. I did several other items with this material including the beads below.
























I also made this pocket with Tyvek.












Some other new for me included experimenting including with inks on a firm textured plastic cover for a recipe card holder. The texture caused for several trial and errors opportunities. Overall the same princples work as images on transparecies. I used lumiere for the background here.
Thanks to all the wonderful 2 pea stampers for making Winter Stamp another terrific event!

10 comments:

  1. WOW these are all so gorgeous! I love what you are doing with the Tyvek- makes me want to try it!

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  2. Lovely ideas. I need to get my hands on some of that stuff. I think it's the kind of thing that when you don't need it, it's all over your house and then when you need it, you can't find it anywhere. LOL

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  3. What an awesome great blog you have.
    I've watch the entire blog whit all your great cards and ideas.

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  4. These are all terrific, but I really love the butterfly one.

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  5. Wow - you have some awesome creations here! I think the large butterfly is my absolute favorite - it's gorgeous.

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  6. Oh my goodness, Jan. I missed some of these. Those beads are amazing. You do beautiful work, my friend.

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  7. Loving seeing these larger than in the 2ps gallery!!!!!!

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  8. Jan, each one of these is fantastic! I love your use of tyvek. I kept wondering how you'd use it and WOW did you ever make it into lovely creations. Your pocket card is so lovely! Each piece is a work of art!

    ~ Jennifer

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  9. WOW Jan. So amazing, you are. That butterfly card is so stunning.

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  10. WOW! If you can grow tomato plants in Alaska, then I should be able to start some for the garden here in New Jersey!

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