inktober #14

inktober day fourteen,  prompt:  "tree"

xox

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{supplies:  canson moulin du roy w/c paper,  micron pens,

ranger distress markers, pentel color brush, white gelly roll pen}

inspiration monday

i was looking through my journal and came across this poinsettia page from last year, and i started to wonder what would happen if i took that idea a step further.  so i grabbed the same handcarved leaf stamps that i used last year, along with some stamp pads, scrapbook paper, scissors and decorative brads.

the first thing i did was stamp an image of each leaf into a flower pattern on the back of a piece of scrapbook paper.  the nice thing about doing this on scrapbook paper is once they're stamped, both sides are decorated, and it's fun to play with the patterns together.  

then i cut out each flower.

next i added a bit of dimension by rubbing a charcoal stamp pad on the edges of the paper.

then i stamped a round carved stamp onto scrapbook paper and cut it out on the outside edge.

after all the layers were arranged and stacked on top of each other, i punched a hole through everything…..

and inserted a brad to hold it all together.  then i folded and curled up the petals to help bring it to life.

lastly,  i wrapped a piece of baker's twine around the prongs of the brad on the back…...

and attached it to the top of a package for someone special!


time spent looking through your journals
is one of the nicest gifts you can give yourself….
you'll be amazed at all the wonderful inspiration that's waiting to be found!


{supplies:  handcarved stamps, stamp pads, scrapbook paper, scissors, decorative brad, baker's twine}

field trip

martha and i took a "field trip" the other day (i say field trip because it took me out of my studio, and we went to a place that takes me an hour to drive to!).  we went to see our friend donna, who owns a very sweet rubber stamp shop called a small cleverness, very appropriately named because it's very small, but filled to the rim with clever ideas and inspiration.  and while donna provides a wonderful selection of books, stamps, tools and paper, she's especially generous in offering her ideas and inspiration.  this is a photo of our "make and take"...a fun little card that uses an "inchie" as its centerpiece.  an inchie is a piece of artwork that's done on a one inch square, and i've been hesitant to start making them only because i have so many other interests. but because i love working on a small scale, i knew that i would love inchies, and i finally caved and made one.  and i was right...i loved making it!  now i just have to figure out how to incorporate them into my books, lettering, drawing, painting...good grief, the list goes on.