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Wanna talk about Stampin???? new questions added!!
Happy Friday everyone!!!
In an effort to try and pass some time waiting for the retirement list to come out I thought it would be fun to talk about some of our favorite things about stampin.
I added new questions that were contributed throughout the thread...keep them coming!!!! (they are the ones in blue)
Favortite item to stamp:
Favorite technique:
Who enjoys your artwork the most?:
Favorite color scheme:
Favorite sentiment stamp:
What technique haven't you tried that you would like to?:
Favorite accessory:
What is the one technique that you have tried, but just can't seem to master?
Favorite tool:
Favorite Stamp Set(s):
What do you do with the cards/things you make? :
What are you working on now?? :
Favorite card you ever made? do you have a link? please share! here's mine:
Favorite brand of stamps:
Favorite person to stamp with :
Feel free to add more questions...
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Reason: To add more questions
Favortite item to stamp: Probably sentiments, quotes, etc.
Favorite technique: Love ripping and layering - and lately I'm having fun sewing.
Who enjoys your artwork the most?: Honestly, it would have to be me. I enjoy it so much, sometimes I hate to give them away!
Favorite color scheme: Is there something other then earth tones?
Favorite sentiment stamp: Impossible to choose. I have many from Wordsworth & Penny Black. The quotes are fun and it's nice to find just the right occasion to use one.
What technique haven't you tried that you would like to?: Well, I see so many gorgeous techniques that artists on this website use and I truly think I'm technique-challenged. Last night I got out the saran wrap for the first time and... I mean... is it really that simple? I dunno - just never looks right when I do it... but I drool at the gorgeous samples on this site. I also don't get the polished stone, but it looks very cool.
Favorite sentiment stamp: Happy Birthday (all year cheer)
What technique haven't you tried that you would like to?: Anything on Glossy Cardstock (Don't have any SU so the other stuff has not turned out so well!)
Favorite accessory: Skrink Plastic
Favorite Tool: Toaster oven for the tiles - friskers paper cutter for card stock
What technique haven't you tried that you would like to?: drunken chalks, need to make time for that one
Favorite accessory: aquapainters, and PE, oh heck I love 'em all!
Favorite tool: heat tool
Favorite card subject: just because
here's my addition: favorite card you ever made? do you have a link? please share! here's mine: Gallery at Splitcoaststampers
not sure why but I really like how this card turned out.
Favortite item to stamp:Anything I can hold down, I recently stamped two rooms in my house although I have textured walls (military housing) so it didn't turn out as well as it would have if the walls were smooth but the rooms are still cute.
Favorite technique:Polished Stone
Who enjoys your artwork the most?:My DH He insists that when I stamp something new I have to send a picture to him via email to Iraq so he can see what I have come up with.
Favorite color scheme:Mellow Moss and Perfect Plum
Favorite sentiment stamp:The best thing about tomorrow is it comes one day at a time. (Brighter Tomorrow)
What technique haven't you tried that you would like to?: Faux Leather with Masking Tape
Favorite accessory:I like them all!
My favorite card I have ever done is actually the polished stone one in my gallery. It is simple but elegant and everytime I see it I am amazed that I did it. It was my first attempt at polished stone. Here is the link: Gallery at Splitcoaststampers
It looks better in person then in the picture.
Great thread!
__________________ ~Sharon~ I'm a Proud wife of my OIF III & OEF veteran! Mommy of two beautiful girls! Ages 17 years & 2 years! We *heart* adoption! My Crafting BlogOur Family/Adoption Blog
In an effort to try and pass some time waiting for the retirement list to come out I thought it would be fun to talk about some of our favorite things about stampin.
Favortite item to stamp:
Paper...I'm traditional!
Favorite technique:
marker batik now...but always subject to change
Who enjoys your artwork the most?: my mom!
Favorite color scheme:
earth elements
Favorite sentiment stamp:
from the heart from the All Year Cheer I set
What technique haven't you tried that you would like to?:
Favorite technique: Do I have to PICK? Love them all.
Who enjoys your artwork the most?: My sister
Favorite color scheme: This month, tempting turqoise, glorious Green, and Brilliant Blue (changes every month)-- Soon to come, So Saffron, Elegant Eggplant, US Vanilla
Favorite sentiment stamp: No favs. My favs are alphabets--make my own sentaments
What technique haven't you tried that you would like to?: dying paper
Favorite accessory: RIBBON
__________________ Life is too short: eat chocolate and stamp up a storm. It will come out OK in the end.
Favorite color scheme: well flowers are usually pink and purple
but you can't go wrong with those earthy leaf colors for the yummy fall cards either
Favorite sentiment stamp:
Know that today a friend is thinking of you From Endless Creations
What technique haven't you tried that you would like to?:
Star book
Favorite accessory:
Glaze pens are my current favorite
ADDING
What are you working on now??
I am working on baby girl announcements and thank yous for my darling daughter who is due in July
some use washday wheel (and glaze pens) and some use the mother /daughter from the retired Sketches.
Favorite color scheme: currently I am liking Ruby Red and Taken with Teal together
Favorite sentiment stamp: From the Heart in ayc1
What technique haven't you tried that you would like to?: What the heck is drunken chalks?
If you look on the resource page Beate has listed a great step by step of how to do drunken chalks. It is really fun. Let's hear a big hooray! for Beate!
__________________ ~Sharon~ I'm a Proud wife of my OIF III & OEF veteran! Mommy of two beautiful girls! Ages 17 years & 2 years! We *heart* adoption! My Crafting BlogOur Family/Adoption Blog
Who enjoys your artwork the most?: me, my SIL and my cousin-in-law
Favorite color scheme: pink and green
Favorite sentiment stamp: "Art is the only way you can run away without ever leaving home"
What technique haven't you tried that you would like to?: I love all of the distressing that I have seen lately and I am hoping to try that soon. I just bought one of the new Ranger Distress Inks.
Favorite accessory: Ribbon
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I have a question to add:
What is the one technique that you have tried, but just can't seem to master?
For me, it would be collage. No matter how many times I try it, it just does not look right to me.
Favorite technique: I always come back to just stamping with dye ink. I distress quite a bit as well.
Who enjoys your artwork the most?: My best friend
Favorite color scheme: Old olive and really red, usually with some black thrown in.
Favorite sentiment stamp: Stamp from River City Rubber Works - "Normally, I wouldn't give a rat's *** if it was someone's birthday, but...you're not so normal."
What technique haven't you tried that you would like to?: Can't think of any.
Favorite accessory: Right now it's ribbon.
Favorite tool: I recently purchased a Carl rotary cutter. Instead of taking an hour or more to cut pieces for classes or parties, it takes a few minutes.
Who enjoys your artwork the most?: My Mom & me too! ;)
Favorite color scheme: Mellow Moss, Eggplant Envy, Old Olive, Pale Plum
Favorite sentiment stamp: oh, hard decision ~ any thank you's!.
What technique haven't you tried that you would like to?: shaving cream ~ still have to buy some reinkers! Drunken chalks and Bleach stampin'!
Favorite accessory: eyelets, ribbon, brads, etc!
New added question: What is the one technique that you have tried, but just can't seem to master? Shrink plastic, I love it, but have problems getting it to look just right! I'm a perfectionist! So, it may be just me! :rolleyes:
I know this one has been dead for a while, but I was going to start a similar thread. I did a search and found this one. So if anyone cares, here are my favorites!!!
Favorite item to stamp: Cards
Favorite technique: Watercoloring with Aquapainters and Watercolor Wonder Crayons!!!
Who enjoys your artwork the most?: My dear stampin' friends Melissa and Ashley...and oh don't forget dear Mom!
Favorite color scheme: Thanks to MamaK - Blush Blossom, Ruby Red, Always Artichoke!!!! (Color Challenge 21)
Favorite sentiment stamp: Each one in Sincere Salutations! They go with anything!
Favorite accessory: SPONGE DAUBERS! Yes, I'm excited....I love them THAT much!
What is the one technique that you have tried, but just can't seem to master? Pearl Ex! I got mine free with Great Rewards and I just can't seem to get it to look right. :(
Favorite tool: Okay....this is a hard one....I am a loyal, to the bone SU demo, but I love, love, love the Provocraft Silent Setter. I have a 3 year old and a newborn and just can't be hammering away in the night. Yeah! I can use my eyelets again!
Favorite Stamp Set(s): New Favorite - Swell News, Natural Beauty, Friends are like Flowers and of course....Shapes and Shadows
What do you do with the cards/things you make? Send to customers, friends and hoard some....Yes, I said it.
What are you working on now?? : Swell News SCS demo swap
I'm rather a newbie .. what is OMS? This might be something I must do/have/buy?!!!
Vickie - OMS is odorless mineral spirits (aka Gamsol - one brand name). It's used to blend the prismacolor pencils. Since prismacolors are not watersoluble (like watercolor pencils) you can't use your aquapainter or blender pens.
I have one for each color. I label the side of the sponge dauber. I use them to sponge the edge of cardstock, age paper, stamp soft circles, but mostly to sponge the edge of cardstock. It really softens the look, adds dimension and texture. I LOVE them. You could also do this technique with the stampin' sponges, but the stampin' sponges pick up more ink. The sponge daubers give a softer look. Here is a card that I did using a sponge dauber with the coordinating ink on the edges.
Thank you so much for posting the link for the colored pencil technique. I didn't want to admit it, but that's another technique I have all thumbs trying. I bought the odorless mineral spirits, the blending stumps...got it all....and I still have no luck. I'll have to study those directions and try again! THanks!
I have one for each color. I label the side of the sponge dauber. I use them to sponge the edge of cardstock, age paper, stamp soft circles, but mostly to sponge the edge of cardstock. It really softens the look, adds dimension and texture. I LOVE them. You could also do this technique with the stampin' sponges, but the stampin' sponges pick up more ink. The sponge daubers give a softer look. Here is a card that I did using a sponge dauber with the coordinating ink on the edges.
HI RACHAEL -
I have a sneaky feeling that maybe we're both talking about two different types of daubers. The ones I'm talking about are actually Dauber Duos and there is ink on both ends (made by Tsukineko). They are roughly 3" in length and a little thicker then a marker or pencil. By your description, I believe you're talking about the SU!'s white foam padded daubers that do not come with ink in them, but you use them to add ink from an ink pad - am I right? I use the make-up triangles for this - and you're right... you need one for every colour!
I had never read on this site where someone else had used the Dauber Duos, so that's why I had to question it. They are nifty little things I guess, but the caps keep falling off and I just use them on a stamp where I want to add colour to just one area of the stamp (like green for leaf portion only). I wish there were more uses, because I did buy quite a few a while back.
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