Back
in around 2000, my friend, New Mexico artist Jo Rango and I designed rubber
stamps for Red Castle, Inc. Her quirky creatures and unique frames were among
my favorite stamps, then and now.
Fast
forward to 2017. These days many of my newest favorite stamps are from
RubberMoon (Kae Pea and other artists), Lynne Perrella, Dyan Reaveley, and the
late Laurel Burch – all of the stamps among my ‘finds’ at The Queen’s Ink!
I
thought it would be fun to host a ‘mixer’ and introduce the friends from my
past to my newest acquaintances (call me the ‘match.com of rubber stamps’!)
The dance was a success. They got along, just as I’d envisioned. There will be
many second and third dates and it looks like there could even be a couple of
weddings on the horizon…
It
turned into a very long evening, resulting in a batch of hanging ornaments and
simple greeting cards, the kind of projects that are fast, easy, and perfect
for coloring on-the-go. Some of the stamps were shy (that's a good way of saying that there was a bit of masking needed
here and there). Instead of drinks and snacks, I served up markers, pens and
colored pencils.
Mission
accomplished!
YOUR TURN
Introduce
some of YOUR oldest stamps to some of your newest. Get silly (or choose
pretty stamps and head for elegant instead). Mix in quirky sentiments (or go
for ‘happy birthday’ and other traditional greetings).
The
key is to come up with unexpected juxtapositions that please your eye and make
you smile! And then MAIL them to far-flung friends and family, or HAND-DELIVER
to neighbors, colleagues, and the folks you live with.
For my
projects, the frames are all by Jo (from a sheet called Rango Dragonflies and
Friends, just in case you can find it on eBay). The scene with birds, worm and
tree in the first ornament shown at the start of this tutorial was done with
one of her stamps shown in its original frame. Everything else is from the
artists previously mentioned.
Do you
have stamps with simple frames? Ornate ones? Stencils, perhaps, or dies that
cut frames and borders? Because Jo’s stamps are no longer available, you’ll
need to make substitutions. RubberMoon has lots of options. You could draw your
own, do some cut-and-paste collage, or create frames with stamps that were not
originally intended as frames but that can be combined to make them (like
RubberMoon Stampstracts).
SUPPLIES:
- Rubber stamps from RubberMoon, Laurel Burch (Stampendous), Lynne Perrella (PaperArtsy), Dyan Reaveley (Ranger)
- Coloring medium of choice (Winsor & Newton ProMarkers, Sakura Gelly Roll Medium in White)
- Inkpad in dark color of choice
- Cardstock
- Fine metallic braid, chenille needle
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