Introducing Jacques

Is Jacques not the cutest lion ever??? I knew the moment I saw him, he was a must have--I'm certainly not disappointed at all after his first inking! Truely fun to color and a hoot when combined with "ze sentiment!" I often struggle with masculine cards and think this image will be a favorite for guys no matter what their age!



I used Copic markers to color Jacques Serves and the Out of the Box technique to finish off the image piece. My background was done using the Simple Green Spritz technique and was just the right amount of interesting to pull the whole card together! To learn more about these techniques and others, join me for one of my technique based classes or see here.



Happy Stamping :)

Jane

Brayer Technique Class Coming Soon!

Join Jane Bosi on Tuesday, November 10th at the Stamp Shoppe for a Brayer Technique Class. Class will be held from 6-8pm. In this class, you'll learn a variety of techniques and find new uses for items you already own! This will be your chance to play with the brand new Stamp Shoppe Creations stamps and practice your copic coloring! To see all of the class samples and reserve your spot, visit the Stamp Shoppe today!

Blog Candy???

Next week our Store blog should be up and running!! As soon as it is, we will be announcing some blog candy...so keep checking out this blog. Here is my Relaxing penguin. It was a request from my friend Jane and he has been popular in the store. NOTICE the strip of embossing is from the new cuttlebug winter border set. We have all our new Christmas folders in, so be sure to check them out before they are gone. I used a previous MoJo Monday sketch challenge for the layout. The penguin is colored with Copics and accented with some Spica pens. If you are in Wausau, Wisconsin this weekend, be sure to come to the Stamp & Scrap Expo. We will be debuting our stamps there!

Meet Marvin!

Meet Marvin. He is a mischievous little guy. I used one the the label nestabilities to cut him out and layered it over an oval nestie. Using the prima flowers and some flower gems from Dress It Up to embellish him. It still seemed it needed something more. So I decided to add some of my black dot-dash lines. So...hello from Marvin.

Monkeying Around

Here is Martin the Monkey wanting to wish you a Wild and Wonderful Day. This is another image from Stamp Shoppe Creations...one of my favorites. This should be available by the early part of next week. I have the glitches figured out. Now I just need to cut and package the stamps. We will be debuting at the stamp show in Wausau on November 7th. If you are wanting to go to the stamp and scrapbook show, we have $1 off coupons at the store that you can pick up!! This guy is colored with the Copics and put on Prima Marketing leaf paper. The sentiment is cut out with the nestabilities and popped up on the New nestabities label. I didn't have a ribbon wide enough, so I just used some cardstock and then added a ribbon to the strip of paper.

Have a great day!!

Backgrounder Class

Background stamps are great for covering a lot of cardstock quickly, but that is just the beginning! Backgrounders lend themselves to a variety of techniques--techniques you'll have an opportunity to learn when you join Jane Bosi on Tuesday October 27th at the Stamp Shoppe! Jane's background class features three different techniques, use of Copic markers, Nestabilities dies, The Big Shot, and Impression Obsession's Mega Mount and Cover a Card Background stamps. It's a jam packed class you won't want to miss!

The card shown here features the Faux Flannel technique as well as stamps from Paper Bag Studios and Impression Obsession. To see the remaining projects, visit the Stamp Shoppe or Jane's blog!

Make sure to sign up in advance for this fun class!

Sneak Peak #4

Here's a sample of the kids from the new Stamp Shoppe Creations line!! I colored this image with the Copic Markers. With hair, you can use a feathering technique that makes the hair look more streaky. I added some Prima flowers and a glitter bug from Dress It Up to use a few embellishments. The stamps will be here later than we expected. There have been a few learning experiences for us with making stamps, but we will be sure to let you know when they arrive! It will be SOON though!