Connie's blog

Christmas collages!

Hi Stampers,

I have had so many requests for collages, I am just going to post the pictures of the remaing collages on my blog.  If you see a collage you can't live without - please send me a private email and I will give you the details!  I promise - they are even prettier in person!

 

 

 

*All stamped images are copyright of Stampin' Up! 1990-2011. These samples are original designs by Connie Tumm. They are shared for personal non-commercial use and inspiration only.   If you are a Stampin'Up! demonstrator and you use my desgins for inspiration - please link back to the original design if you are posting on the internet.

 

Wedding Collage

Hi Stampers!  
This past weekend we traveled to Fall Creek for a family wedding.  The bride and groom had requested no gifts, but I really wanted to give them something so I put together a Wedding collage.   I have been wanting to do a collage for weddings and silver and golden wedding anniversaries, so this was the perfect excuse to take the time to design it.  I was really happy with how the collage turned out.  I used the photo that they had on their invitation, and some of the papers I used on the collage actually came from their invitation, as well as the wording I put across the bottom.  I hope they like it!  

I will be posting an anniversary collage soon also.  If anyone wants to order a personalized collage for a wedding or anniversary - please send me a note and I will give you the details!  Please remember, I share the photos of my collages for inspiration only.  If you are inspired to make collages - I hope you will take the time to create something special that is your own design, and not copy what you see here!  

 *All stamped images are copyright of Stampin' Up! 1990-2011. These samples are original designs by Connie Tumm. They are shared for personal non-commercial use and inspiration only.   If you are a Stampin'Up! demonstrator and you use my desgins for inspiration - please link back to the original design if you are posting on the internet. 

 

New collage added to Etsy and a couple of Christmas Cards

Hi Stampers,

I have a busy day today - but wanted to put a couple of my favorite Christmas cards from last year on the blog - and let you know that I did add one more collage to the Etsy store if you are interested!

http://www.etsy.com/shop/StampArtSquared

 

 

and here is the collage!
 

*All stamped images are copyright of Stampin' Up! 1990-2011. These samples are original designs by Connie Tumm. They are shared for personal non-commercial use and inspiration only.   If you are a Stampin'Up! demonstrator and you use my desgins for inspiration - please link back to the original design if you are posting on the internet. 

Collages on Etsy

Just a note to let you know - I have posted a few collages for sale on Etsy!

Here is the link: http://www.etsy.com/shop/StampArtSquared

 

 

 
 

*All stamped images are copyright of Stampin' Up! 1990-2011. These samples are original designs by Connie Tumm. They are shared for personal non-commercial use and inspiration only.   If you are a Stampin'Up! demonstrator and you use my desgins for inspiration - please link back to the original design if you are posting on the internet. 

Christmas Collage

Hi Stampers,

Thanksgiving break has officially started - Sarah is out of school, Robbie is home from college, Jeff will be home today and I am going to start cooking for tomorrow and then we will decorate!   I hope you all have a blessed Thanksgiving and a delicious dinner!

I want to share my all time favorite collage today.  This is the Christmas collage that I made for myself, and I love it so much I never put it away.   I hope you enjoy it.   This weekend I am going to be posting some of my smaller Christmas collages to my Etsy store so please stop by and check that out!   I will share that information once I get them posted!

 
I am not going to share the stamping supplies for this - because there are too many things to say.  You can see it is all Stampin'Up! Stamps, Punches, CS and DSP and embelishments, but I do also use some Quickutz dies and some Sizzix and Cuttlebug embossing folders.  

 

*All stamped images are copyright of Stampin' Up! 1990-2011. These samples are original designs by Connie Tumm. They are shared for personal non-commercial use and inspiration only.   If you are a Stampin'Up! demonstrator and you use my desgins for inspiration - please link back to the original design if you are posting on the internet. 

Sarah's Collage

Today I want to share a really lovely collage that my daughter Sarah made for her room.   It is not often that Sarah wants to stamp with me, but this was one thing she really wanted to make and I think she did a fantastic job of creating a collage that was very meaningful to her.   One thing I will tell you about the collages - they are much prettier in person.   In order to photograph them I have to take the glass out of the frame, and it just doesn't show the dimension of all of the embellishments.   Sitting in front of the collage is the little tea light birthday cake and box I made Sarah for her birthday this year!  

 
In a couple of days I will be sharing some of my Christmas collages so please stop back!

*All stamped images are copyright of Stampin' Up! 1990-2011. These samples are original designs by Connie Tumm. They are shared for personal non-commercial use and inspiration only.   If you are a Stampin'Up! demonstrator and you use my desgins for inspiration - please link back to the original design if you are posting on the internet. 

Have a Wicked Halloween!

Hi Stampers! 

Happy Halloween!   I have been busy creating this week and I can't wait to show you what I made for Halloween - it's a new collage!   I have been wanting to make a Halloween collage for a while - and I decided if I don't get it done this week - another year will pass before I do it.   At class this week I put out a card made with the Wicked Fun DSP and I absolutely fell in love with the combination of Cajun Craze, Old Olive, Razzelberry and Black.  Those colors look fantastic together for Halloween.   So here is the collage - enjoy!

 

*Stampin Supplies:

• Stamps: Wicked Cool, and retired sets Scarey Skeleton, Eat Drink and be Scarey and Halloween Frights
• Ink: Black
• CS: Cajun Craze, Old Olive, Rich Razzelberry, Black and Whisper White
• DSP: Wicked Fun
• Accessories: Black Brads, Glimmer Brads, Black Taffeta, Clear Tinsel, Mini Clips, and lots of dimensionals!
• Punches: Oval, Scalloped Oval, Circle Scallop, 1 3/8  Circle, Decorative Label

Stampin Tips:

• In addition to the Stampin'Up! Supplies used on this collage, I used a few Quick Kutz dies!

*All stamped images are copyright of Stampin' Up! 1990-2011. These samples are original designs by Connie Tumm. They are shared for personal non-commercial use and inspiration only.   If you are a Stampin'Up! demonstrator and you use my desgins for inspiration - please link back to the original design if you are posting on the internet. 

Collage

Hi Stampers,

For those of you who have been in my stamp room - you know that my favorite thing to do is make collages.  I started making collages a couple of years ago - and after I made the first one I was hooked.  The reason I named my blog Stamp Art Squared is because I just love making little stamped squares and putting them all together to create something great.  This past week my parents were visiting from WI and my mom wanted to make a collage for a friend of hers.   She worked on it while I was out of town, drawing inspiration from the many collages and cards displayed in my stamp room, and then when I came home I helped her to pull it all together and I have to say - it turned out quite lovely!   Not everything on here is SU - we used a few Quickutz dies, but if you look at it you will see for the most part it is Stampin'Up! stuff that we used and I can't tell you how happy I was to be able to pull out my old Baja Breeze and Red Riding Hood paper and ink!   I can't wait for the new colors!   Speaking of colors - I have a fun little story to share about this collage.  When we first did the square with the name "Joan" on it - we did it on a yellow square.  That night while I was in bed,  I remembered that Joan's last name was "Browne" so we had to change it to a brown square.  I wonder if she will get it!

*Stampin Supplies:

• CS: Red Riding Hood, Baja Breeze, So Saffron, Chocolate Chip and Very Vanilla
• Ink: Same as CS
• Supplies:  Too many to name! 

Stampin' Tips:

• The frame is 11 x 14 with an 8 x 10 mat.  The squares are 1 and 3/4 inches!

Thanks for visiting!   I would love to hear what you think of the collage!

 

*All stamped images are copyright of Stampin' Up! 1990-2011. These samples are original designs by Connie Tumm. They are shared for personal non-commercial use and inspiration only.   If you are a Stampin'Up! demonstrator and you use my desgins for inspiration - please link back to the original design if you are posting on the internet.