Back from Stampfest!!

Wood mounted stamps , unmounted stamps, clear stamps paper, ink, glitter, glue, and what else?? Stampfest was wonderful – my first time there. This morning I was going through my purchases and mounting the rubber to cling foam when I felt the need to take a break. I love conventions for all the new things you get to see. My hands down favorite were the stamps and samples from KT Designs. The coloring on her samples is incredible. The photos I took just don’t do justice to her work. See her work at www.ktdesignsonline.com . She showed us how she blends her Tombow markers (she also uses SU markers) and says Marl paper works best for her techniques. I can’t wait to try this out for myself…

ATC for Stampfest

Here is the ATC I made to swap at the Stampfest Convention later this month. I’m really pleased with how it turned out, primarily because I used leftover paper from some wedding invitations I made last year. I’ve been holding on to the scraps thinking they would come in handy one day, and that day is today!!

I started with beautiful blue metallic paper from Michaels. I stamped the diamond pattern (See D’s stamps) with Palette’s glue pad and applied white Pearl Ex on top. The swirly flowers (Autumn Leaves) are stamped in brilliant blue. “Love” is from the new, soon to be released set from Flourishes, also stamped in brilliant blue. The hearts are sizzix die cuts, the smaller one was embossed with the Cuttlebug tapestry folder and then applied with Pearl ex to give it some shimmer. Although the photo does not show it the ATC has a nice pearly shimmer to it!