jenny arrived with 20 bras...we busted out the boxes and counted 40! Bras up to the ceiling, bras under the tables. This was sooo much fun! Treasures came in the mail, were delivered from the North Shore... I'm just sure some came via donkey:)
Sharon Diskin created this amazingly detailed underwater scene with Rubber Stamp Plantation stamps using Twinkling H2Os. She used the maile lei stamp as a sea plant, lehua blossom as a sea sponge, swirl sun for a spider star fish. Starring as themselves...shell honu, coral, sand dollar, etc. She created a similar scene on a cigar box purse.
2 great cards from Stephanie Freeman. She's the queen of using scraps and tidbits of papers you just can't bear to toss!
OMG...the bottle caps keep coming. I'm feeling the pressure to keep up with supply! I can flatten at least one cap per red light. I carry my baggie and pliers almost everywhere. Several weeks ago, it was meditation...now it's becoming obsession. Can't quite get the stale beer smell out of them, tho Diamond Glaze works wonders. Seals the smell in! Just another use for DG!
OK...it's so friggin' simple! I know it may seem like bragging...I do have to say that making Rubber Stamp Plantation stamps for 20+ years has to count for something. they're deeply etched, clean, clear designs that work great in countless media. Bella made a set of tea towels using our Lauae stamp, an image that I originally carved over 10 years ago. It's still one of our best selling stamps. So universal on paper, embossed, in clay...and here on fabric with acrylic paint! We make an XLG Lauae as well...
I'm soooo addicted! I ordered more blank bangles and went crazy. I painted over 100 with Luminarte's radiant rain daubers...sponging the paints on. A bit of Lumiere paints for a little texture and more bling. This batch o bracelets are chunkier and super yummy! I went all out...sizes sm-xl. Flat, domed, thin to super thick. LOVE them...
Reminder Stampclub this Mon nite...May 18
Someone recently asked how to get a good impression in polymer clay with large stamps. Syndee Holt, clay artist extraordinaire, is a master of stamped, impressed, and embossed images using rubber stamps. She achieves perfect, consistent thickness by...standing on her stamps.
Today is play day for me at the workshop...working on projects for AB round robin, Chanukah menorah for Joy of Crafting filming on Friday, and samples for our Shimmering Papers workshop at Stampclub tomorrow nite.
She used mica as the "glass window", giving it a slightly textured antique look. I love this idea and her execution. You can find Marilyn every month in Kapiolani Park at the Handcrafters and Artisans Alliance Craft Fairs. In her booth you'll find art dolls, sterling flatware jewelry (I wear my demitasse earrings often), Raku perfume/oil amulets....
I was playing around with our new Tropical Craft Stencils.
Sometimes I feel like a mad stamper! I have this black fabric ink pad on the table at all times...NOTHING is spared! I love this old monkey lamp that's been up front in the shop for eons... I pulled out timber and another brown stazon pad and sponged the background. I then added stamped images with my infamous black pad. I used my hand behind the shade for support against the rubber stamp.
Linda had the grand walking tour of Honolulu today, trying to find Rubber Stamp Plantation. We loved having her, and look fwd to your visit as well. Let us know you're coming, and perhaps we'll set up a play date! David and Thomas gave her the 25cent tour...and pressed rubber just for her! Life is good!
