First of all, Happy Mother's Day to all you moms out there! And especially to my Mom, the silliest, smartest, most generous woman I know (and not a bad dancer either!) and to my Grandmother who I see far too rarely and love a whole lot. (This layout is an oldie, but a goodie. It's my great grandmother, my grandmother, my mother, and me!)
Welcome to day five of stamping inspiration and giveaways!
For seven days I will be giving away one of my brand new stamp sets from Canadian stamp manufacturer, Stamping Bella! All of the stamps are specifically aimed at art journaling. Of course you can use them for lots of different things, but my intention in creating them was for you to use them when you art journal! If you'd like to win today's featured stamp, leave a comment answering the question of the day (find it at the end of this post). You must answer the question of the day if you want to win! On Thursday, May 12, I will post all seven winners!
And, of course, if you want to buy any of the featured stamps, you can find them all here.
Today's featured stamp set is "Julie's Paint Splat."
I wanted this stamp to look as realistic as possible. So instead of drawing it, I made a whole series of real splats, picked the best one, and through the magic of Illustrator it is now a stamp! This is one of those staple stamps that I know I'll keep going back to again and again! Why?
Well, you may have noticed that I use paint splats all the time! And easy as they are to do, sometimes I (a) don't have my heat gun, or (b) don't want to wait for the droplets to dry (they take a surprisingly long time to dry), or (c) am somewhere that I can't fling paint. So this stamp is the perfect solution! I've put it straight into my travel art journal kit. I know it's going to be a lifesaver on the road!
You may have noticed me using the paint splat stamp last week on several different projects:
Doesn't it look fantastic? Exactly the same look you get from splashing your brush around in paint!
I love this stamp so much that I actually made 2 videos using it!
Supplies used:
- Julie's Paint Splat from Stamping Bella
- Koi Watercolors by Sakura
- Ranger Heat It Craft Tool
- Golden Fluid Acrylics
- Archival Ink from Ranger
- Golden Gesso
- Pitt Pen by Faber-Castell
- Patterned Paper by Basic Grey
- ATG by 3M
- Uniball Signo White Gel Pen
- miscellaneous: paint brushes, water
And here's a peek at the journal page:
And here's the second one:
Supplies used:
- Julie's Paint Splat from Stamping Bella
- Koi Watercolors by Sakura
- Ranger Heat It Craft Tool
- Adirondack Color Wash from Ranger
- Archival Ink from Ranger
- Pitt Pen by Faber-Castell
- Claudine Hellmuth Studio acrylic paint
- Crafter's Workshop Stencils
- Uniball Signo White Gel Pen
- miscellaneous: paint brushes, water, artists tape
And here's a peek at the journal page:
So what do you think? Ready to get your splat on?
If you'd like to win a paint splat stamp, here's the question of the day (self-serving, but it could be win-win for both of us):
What's an element or design from my artwork that you'd like to see turned into a stamp?
Leave your answer in the comments section of this post!
Thanks for stopping by!
