bio? It was a dark and rainy night??? Ha-ha.
that is. I will be able to collect my social security check next
year. I feel a bit out dated amongst all these young stampers but I
love it and you all keep me young.
husband that has always encouraged my growth and completely supports
my stamping
two adults. How can that be?
and warm climates and I have an affinity for one another. I’m
still pondering the strength of a love that moved me to a frigid
climate here in Wisconsin with our long winters. Ahhh, love, it
does strange things to us. The rest of my family all moved to the
south.
enjoy the process at all but once I learned about coloring stamped
images that was a whole new story. I love to color. I have so many
coloring mediums and I use them all. I love to practice with water
colors. That has been my most recent endeavor. I love water color
pencils, markers, paints. I love crayons, copics and oil based
pencils. It’s so fun to see how the color reacts on different
papers, with different techniques, with different layers. I like to
color images and have them ready to go and can just stamp and color
for hours.
but I feel like a slow learner. I’m an impatient card maker. I
like to roll in and make a card in thirty minutes or less. I time
myself with a timer and try to beat the clock. It doesn’t matter
to me if I take longer but I just like to move things along. I’m
always using a heat gun to speed things up. Don’t get me wrong, I
do enjoy the process, I just like it to be quick. Because of this,
I’m also a very messy stamper and am constantly cleaning my craft
space.
You all know how much I have enjoyed playing with my oh so cute, softly vintage Prickley Pear Stamps. Oh my word. I have had a hard time keeping this under my hat. It was so exciting to be chosen as a Guest Designer for them. I was so excited to receive my box of stamping goodness from them. Dies, stamps, clear stamps, red rubber, sentiments…..what to make first???
Since Thanksgiving is upon us I chose this beautiful harvest pumpkin. Using my distress markers scribbled onto my craft mat I picked up the color with a water brush. This is done on regular card stock and I tried to use a light hand at coloring in the image. This image was a bonus because it has the dies to go with it. So easy, so much more fun than fussy cutting everything, eh? I was able to cut the leaves and the pumpkin at the same time and then stamp the image onto the already cut die. For the leaves, I spritzed my colors on the craft mat so they ran together and then pressed the leaves into that color.
For the main panel I used the Scalloped Circle die in two sizes and embossed them instead of cutting them for a nice classic look that wouldn’t detract from that beautiful harvest pumpkin. I then curved the sentiment from the clear stamps and placed that inside the scallops. I mounted the sentiment onto a see through stamp press with grids.
Before mounting the pumpkin to the Kraft piece I turned it over and used my stylus to rub on it and give it some dimension. It really added a nice touch of realism to it.
Thanks for taking the time to visit!
PRODUCTS USED:
Scalloped Circle Nesting Dies
Pumpkin Set 2 Clear Stamp Set
Comments
9 responses to “Janeen Thompson – Guest Designer”
It's really lovely Janeen!
thank you Barb. So happy to be on the team.
Janeen – love the bio! I laughed & smiled! A big CONGRATULATIONS to you! Excited for you! Enjoy.
How neat! I know you'll have fun! 🙂
Thank you Melissa, i am glad you got a chuckle. 😀
Thank you Stacy. It IS a really fun experience.
wow!! so beautiful!!
-Berina
Moxie Craftie
Beautiful Janeen!! Congratulations!
The 3D effect you achieved on the pumpkin is such a great touch!