Unity Stamp Co. Rocks Susan K Weckesser & Liz Hicks Stamps

I need to share with my loyal readers these awesome stamp sets made by Unity Stamp Company and created by two fabulous artists that happen to be friends. I've worked with Susan K. Weckesser stamps before and while at Winter 2013 CHA I got the chance to play with Liz Hicks new stamp designs. Below you will find my blog post from the Helmar Blog and links for both designers.

"This week the HELMAR DT teamed up with Susan K. Weckesser Inc. to #getyourglueon with her original designs in stamps and paper. I love working with the ever so sweet Susan and when her designs were created into stamps with Unity Stamps I was over the moon with excitement.

The project I completed came to together by mistake. As I pulled out Susan's stamps to figure out which I wanted to use they landed on what I call my journal MOP PAGE. I hate to waste any type of paint or mist or glimmer so as I'm creating backgrounds for my Art Journals I mop up the excess with various papers and tags. This wasn't my intent to use but then the light bulb went on and I created this page from various scraps, papers and leftovers. I can't even tell you what products I used because the items on this page were leftover scraps, leftovers, mistakes but when stamped and cut apart they worked together.

Of course having my favorite glues on hand also helped for applying the banner to the ribbon with HELMAR Fabric Glue and HELMAR Professional Acid Free Glue for paper to paper."

Here are the stamps that I used. You can find them over at Unity Stamp Company and there are several more stamp sets by Susan. The quality of these stamps are incredible giving you a really sharp image every time! Please go and check out Susan's stamp designs. 

Here are the Unity Stamp Co. stamp sets created by Liz Hicks...they are fabulous and on sale this weekend!

I love being able to endorse products that I  have actually had the privilege to work with and know the designers behind the products!

Have a  great weekend!

Stencil Love

I have a real love affair with stencils. Over the next week I thought I would share some ways to easily incorporate stenciling into any project. Today I will share my favorite technique which is to create my own backgrounds using stencils from The Crafter's Workshop and Tattered Angels paints. 

Creating A Stencil Background

Grab your stencils, & favorite spray inks. I prefer to do this technique on 140 lb. watercolor paper. This will allow you to do both sides if creating a journal.

I randomly mist colors, try to not worry about where it's
going because this is only the 1st layer of color.

I created mist guards from an old spray mat. I like to be able to

control how the stencil appears on the background.

I often will flip the stencil to get a reverse design.

This is time to start experimenting with stencil placement.

Have fun with different themes & shapes with your stencils…

there are no mistakes when creating your own backgrounds.

Start layering with random shapes, sizes & colors.

Have fun because these backgrounds are created to be cut apart to

use on tags, cards or make into mini-books.

Here is another background being created and another method of
securing your stencil using Blue Painters Tape.

MATERIALS USED:

Strathmore 300 Series Watercolor Paper 140 lb.

Stencils from The Crafter’s Workshop:

Balzer Designs designed by Julie Fei-Fan Balzer ~ Burst, Circle in Squares, Triangle Plaid
Dylusions Stencils designed by Dyan Reaveley ~ Dotted Flowers, Luscious Leaves, Number Jumble

TCW ~ Flower Shower, Sunburst

Tattered Angels Paints:

Glimmer Chalkboard Mist ~ Boogie Board, Calypso, Cotton Candy, Fairway, Firefly, Mint Chocolate Chip, Splash, Teal High Heel, Tomate Cerise, Valencia

Glimmer Mist ~ Iridescent Gold, Marmalade, Pearl, Pumpkin Spice, Purple Pansy, Rum Punch

CREATING A SIMPLE TAG
Using backgrounds to create tags is one creative way to work with 
YOUR newly designed papers

MATERIALS USED:
TAG BACKGROUND
Ranger Craft Tags Size #8
Tim Holtz Distress Seasonal Inks Summer 
Unity StampCompany: ~ Quarterfoil Background  


STENCIL BACKGROUND
The Crafters Workshop: Balzer Designs in Circle Explosion
Tattered Angels Paint Mediums Used:

Glimmer Mist in Key Lime Pie & Pearl

Glimmer Chalkboard in Fairway & Calypso


COMPLETED TAG
Unity Stamp Company:: Itty Bitty Follow your Heart
HELMAR Adhesives: Professional Acid Free glue
Tim Holtz Ideaology 
Misc.: Washi Tape, Sticker, Ribbon

Thanks for stopping by because I so enjoy sharing my art. Do make sure you stop by over the next week to see some other possibilities of creating your own stencil backgrounds. Tomorrow I will share how I store my stencils and more tags.