New Trick... or Treat Stamp

Yep, it's here, the end of August.  Kids are back at school, I'm back at work with the little ones.  But before the summer came to an end I did have a chance to make a few new images for 100 Proof Press.  I also had thought I would be the first to actually make something with them - but as soon as they were listed for sale on the site, they sold!

What's that?  You like that owl in the tree made with repurposed lawn mower blades?  Me too!

So I quick like inked this bad boy up and made a spooky card with the new trick or treat parade stamp.  I also used our moon and some stars. Well, that's all the time I have for no, but I plan on doing some more stampin' soon!

Love the moon!

Right now we are planning a 100 Proof Press blog hop, so I'm trying to think of a fun project for that...

Long Time, No Blog...

Seriously, was I gone that long?  It took me a good 5 minutes how to figure out how to do a "new post" since I missed this Blogger update thang.  So, I've been working hard at the stamp biz.  We are working on a new website.  Who know when they said it would take 6 weeks they meant 7 months!  Oh well - "The Way of Life."
I have had a few projects ready to share for sometime.  I while back we did a stamp show in Indiana, and we were right next to Coffee Break Designs.  Oh man - so much to love there.  They have a lot of supplies to make altered art.  I picked up this little mini-box shrine thing.  I wasn't sure what I was going to put in it, but after playing around a bit, I made this little piece.

Pinwheel and Papa Joe

there is no significance to the 4 - i just liked the shape

a long time ago my sister bought an antique Valentine, I cut it up for this

So, there's a little something for the blog.  I have some more to come.  I also had a few reasons to design some new owls.  I'll share those later.  Now, go make some art!

Something a little extra

I love custom orders.  When time and inspiration allows, I will usually make something a little extra for my customers with custom requests.  And my last order for a honey bee journal really got my creative juices flowing.  I made a set of matching cards to go with the journal.  I was so excited to find a stamp that matched the fabric perfectly!  Here's one of the cards a made.  Turns out, I really do love this honey bee hive stamp!

the lil' extra something to go in the package...

Now I'm back to making stamps, busy as a bee... but I'll get back to my sewing machine soon, I have an idea for an apron.  Buzzzzzz......

Tags...

Ok, so next weekend we have a rubber stamp convention in Columbus, Ohio, and this go-around 100 Proof Press signed up to do a make and take.  Which means my sister and I had to get creative using our stamps to make some fun tags for customer to make in 15 minutes.  Here's what we came up with...

Tags for Make and Take

We think it will be fun for stampers to sit down and enjoy using the images - just so they can see with their own eyes what great detail our stamps have.   We have so many stamps to choose from it was kind of a hard task narrowing down the images to use.  But here's the final four...

Bathing Beauties, Sharp Owl, Cameras and Kid Parade on Beach

I really hope the show-goers feel like stopping by to "Press it Out" with us.

Buzz Buzz - Custom Order

Woo!  Finally posted up some new things in my Etsy shop.  And I got a custom order.  I love working on custom orders.  It usually sparks up new ideas for me.  This is a quilted journal cover I made for a customer.  I love the fabric she chose.  And guess what - we even make a rubber stamp that matches the hive on the fabric.  How serendipitous!

Custom Journal Cover

The Stamp!  I get a kick out of things like this!

Sharing a bit of my Art Journal...

I started an art journal a few years ago.  However, it has not served the purpose of what I thought it was going to have.  I thought it was going to be place where I would brain-storm and create very haphazardly,  But instead I've found myself fussing over each page.  I even use a different journal to sketch out ideas for this so-called art journal.  Sometimes I do take an idea from my art journal and turn it into a more major project, but most of the time the idea just stays in there.

cover of my "art journal"

I've also found it curious, that when I do take a page from the journal and try to turn it into a better-crafted piece of art, it never keeps the same feeling that I found in creating the original layout.

the diagrammed head

I was messing around with whatever I could find on my table, and this is what the end result was.  Just a two page thing.  I actually cut up an older piece with the photo of my great-aunt, and then finally dove into a watch-piece collection my sister gave me (jackpot!).

Left side....

Right side. . .

Happy Valentine's Day!

This is the card I made for my Valentine.  Little steampunky, little lovey.  I've had way too long of a break from my craft room.  But it's fun to create for Valentine's Day!

V-day card.

I actually got on a bit of a roll, and have other projects ready to share!  I am even toying with the idea of auditioning for a design team....