Connie's blog

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. 

Good Neighbors

Hi Stampers,

It is still Sale-a-bration time - so I wanted to share one of the cards I made with the sale-a-bration supplies.   This season I found the Good Neighbors stamp set to be the most popular item in the brochure.   You can make really cute cards with this set, but I found I really needed to use my stamp-a-ma-jig with it.   When I preordered the stamp set I accidentally ordered it in wood, but in retrospect I am glad I did.  When you have a set that is mounted on wood, you can make a stamp-a-ma-jig guide for your stamps using a piece of vellum CS.  Just stamp a different stamp on each corner of the vellum, and the you can keep it in the box with the stamps.   

Supplies:

• Stamps: Good Neighbors
• Ink:  Dusty Durango, Bermuda Bay, Old Olive
• CS: Crushed Curry Textured CS, Bermuda Bay Whisper White and Dusty Durango
• DSP: Hello Neighbor Paper Pad
• Punches: Trio Flowers
• Big Shot: Scallop Circles #2
• Accessories: Stamp-a-ma-jig, Circle Scissors

Stamping Tips:

• The first thing I did when making this card was to cut the piece of Old Olive DSP so that it would look like a hill.  Then I traced the hill onto the white circle, so that I could line up my houses and trees.    The rest is pretty simple.

There are just a couple of weeks left in Sale-a-bration - don't miss out!