Thursday, May 07, 2009

stamping...

I've always loved stamps - and I've collected TONS of them over the years...I use them occasionally, but I've never considered myself to be a "stamper."  To me, it seemed stamping was it's own art form - something that not just "anyone" (i.e. ME) could do...I thought only a true honest-to-goodness artist could truly do a set of stamps justice.  I guess that's why I was a bit surprised when I was asked to write an article for Creating Keepsakes Magazine...and the assigned topic was STAMPING!  Of course, I'm always up for a challenge, so I said yes...and gave it a shot.  It was really quite fun playing and experimenting and seeing what types of simple (do-able) techniques I could pull off.  I was satisfied with the final outcome, and I guess I did okay, because my article was published in the May 2009 issue.

Here's one of the layouts I created for the article:

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I used these cute circle stamps for the accents - stamped in brown on embossed cardstock:

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And I used fun alphabet stamps for the title - again, stamped on embossed cardstock and then cut out:

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What do you think? Do you like the alphabet stamps I used?

Alphasavannah  

Would you like a set?  It just so happens that I have an extra set and I'd love to send it to one of my blog readers!

Just leave a comment below.  Be sure to include your name and e-mail address (so I can let you know if you win)...and just for fun, tell me about your latest project...and link it up if you can! 

I'll draw a random winner this weekend! :o)

53 comments:

  1. Great layout - you look like an expert to me. Can't wait to read the article! I LOVE those stamps, never think about cutting them out for a title, clever. Maybe if I win this set and I can give it a try! Thanks~
    Brandiwhite@comcast.net

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  2. I love the stamp set, it looks so good on your layout. I use a lot of Alphabet stamps in my scrapbooks. n_rumsey@hotmail.com

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  3. Your stuff is sooo cute. You do a great job. I love admiring your work. The stamp set is awesome. It is so hard not to keep desiring new things! Thanks for the opportunity to be blessed with a prize.

    jarsedge@att.net

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  4. I have never thought of stamping on embossed cardstock. What a neat idea. Thanks for the giveaway.

    Julie

    lirielb@comcast.net

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  5. That sure is a cute scrapbook page you made using stamps. I am working on mother's day cards (and I'm stamping them!)
    Thank you.

    kdangle@cableone.net

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  6. Love those stamps! You did a great job with that- I really like the circles!

    Andi
    andidickson {at} hotmail {dot} com

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  7. you don't have to add me in the drawing ;) ... but just wanted to say you did an excellent job on that article! it was so cool to see what you did with it! i don't really consider myself an actual "stamper" either ... but i try!

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  8. Cute layout as always, Wendy! I love the different looks that stamping can offer, but I guess I've always been a little intimidated! Maybe I'll pull out my collection of stamps and give them another try! Thanks for the fun!

    Emily S.
    carlosandemily@hotmail.com

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  9. Those stamps are fabulous! Love them. Your layouts and projects are always fantastic!! I am also intimidated by stamps, but find myself using them a lot more lately. Thanks for sharing.
    -Amy
    akshumwayfamily@yahoo.com

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  10. i do love that stamp set. if i don't win let me know where i can get it. i have been working on graduation cards and gift. i enjoyed your article.

    thanks

    becky
    dillonbecky@q.com

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  11. Loved your article in ck. My lastest project isn't scrap-related. I'm making a few little sticheries to frame as a thank you gift for friends. As soon as that's done I'll be back to scrapbooking 2005 (yikes!) Thanks for the giveaway.
    -Brooke
    brookelynn825@yahoo.com

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  12. Do I like them? I LOVE them! I'm forever looking for ways to create titles and stamps are something I haven't invested in yet. I'd love to give these a try. My latest, and ongoing project, is my son's 1-2 year album. I'm caught up to January right now. Thanks!

    Danielle (de5181 -at- aol)

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  13. I love the layout. I am like you, don't consider myself a stamper, but I've collected a few and find myself pulling them out often to finish off a layout. Thanks for the chance to increase my stash!

    Laura
    lagines@hotmail.com

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  14. great layout and looove the stamps.
    Thanks for the chance to win the set.
    ~Tracy J.

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  15. LOVE that stamp set - would love to use them as monograms! Don't have my project photo'd yet, but I'm working on an engagement/shower/wedding album for my niece - she's getting married in July and I want to have it ready for her when she comes back from her honeymoon!
    Krys
    krysjack@msn.com

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  16. Hi!thanks for the chance to win this alphabet stamps.I don't own one yet!!!!
    sabi_edelmann@hotmail.com

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  17. Cute set of stamps! I'm working this week on printing a picture of every quilt that my grandma made that we have...then I'm putting them all into a book for my Mom for Mother's Day! She really misses my Grandma! Hope she likes it!

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  18. Why are stamps so intimidating? Is it because they use permenant ink and just sound so final? Would like to try these out.
    sunshineleila@yahoo.com

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  19. I LOVE those stamps and your cute layout using them. I also love the circles you used and your clean style. Thanks for sharing!

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  20. Right now I'm doing LOAD '09 (layout a day for the entire month of May) so far so good of course it's only been 7 days! Here's a link to my blog that shows a couple of my los!
    http://murray-triplets.blogspot.com/2009/05/baby-steps.html
    Those alphabet stamps are so cute and I never thought of stamping and cutting the letters out like that -- I love it though.

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  21. My latest project is a scrapbook of my husband's childhood. I am loving it so far.

    Thanks for sharing your layouts, they are beautiful!

    aesalina@gmail.com

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  22. Wow! I'm not much of a stamper either, but I love what you came up with. I don't have a CK subscription anymore, but I'm sure the article was awesome. :)

    kcb@barneslawoffices.{com}

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  23. I'm with you. I have stamps, but rarely use them. They are so cute, I really do need to break them out more often. I love those letters, and they could make some fun titles.

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  24. I love all your *stuff*. One day I'll get around to scraplifting it;) Not working on anything right now, but do have a slideshow of some of my pages on my blog...

    Kelsey
    jkpoll@comcast.net
    joeandkelsey.blogspot.com

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  25. Oh my gosh Wendy I am in love with a fun stamping technique I picked up on Jennifer McGuires blog using various distress inks on a stamp and then spritzing it with water for a fun water color technique. thanks for a chance to win some fun stamps. Deneen03@aol.com

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  26. I love alphabet stamps and these are gorgeous. Thanks for the comp; I love your blog. susanlhorne@hotmail.com

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  27. That stamp set is so cute. I actually saw your layout in the magazine and thought it was adorable. I also thought, I could do this. Stamps are the one thing I haven't invested in, mainly because they seem intimidating. But your page makes it look so simple! Thanks for sharing.
    ajschwuchow@yahoo.com

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  28. I surfed all over and found your link. Your work is wonderful and what a surprise to see you offering an alpha drawing. I just really started scrapping although I've been collecting supplies for years...lol

    Crossing my fingers to win since I don't any alphas.

    ladyct at hotmail.com

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  29. What a fabulous layout - LOVE those alpha stamps - I have just made a mini 'brag book' for my mum for Mothers Day - check out my blog and let me know what you think...www.leemills.typepad.com...hope I win - pick me, pick me, Lee from 'down under' LOL - Lee Mills mills4@aapt.net.au

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  30. Those stamps are fab with this layout Wendy. I love stamps for my cards but don't use them enough on my LO's. Here's my latest project....it's Mother's Day is Australia this Sunday....
    http://ahappyscramper.typepad.com/a_happy_scramperscrapbook/2009/05/another-mothers-day-card.html Cheers!

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  31. I really liked your article when I saw it in CK! I have been scrapping like a maniac since I got the Slice machine for my 11 year anniversary, I have gone from one lo to the other!! Would love to win this stamp set, thanks for the opportunity. renesharp@telkomsa.net

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  32. Totally cute set! And your layout is awesome (as always...your layouts are always awesome!) I like the stamp-on-embossed-cardstock idea too!

    I'm working on rag quilts right now...have two out of three finished!

    amy at concentrico.net

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  33. I LOVE your layout! I've been trying to find inspiration for stamping on my pages, and this is just the ticket. I really like the alphabet you used too, superfun! Thanks for the post...
    Brittany

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  34. Fun layout! I am with you on the stamp thing. I am several sets myself but never feel like I can do them justice.

    Email: JamieScraps@bellsouth.net

    Doing a fun online challenge and I just posted a few of my layouts on my blog this morning - www.JamieScraps.com.

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  35. I enjoyed reading your article in CK. I love stamping and try to use it in my scrapbooks, but mostly it ends up being the ABC stamps I use for titles, etc. Maybe this will get me to branch out a bit.
    My favorite stamps are Stampin Up.
    My latest project is doing some home decor projects. I just redid a bathroom and it has toile valances, so I am doing some stamping with a toile stamp set I have.
    Thanks for the give away.
    Sharon

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  36. I've been lurking on your blog ever since Making Memories introduced you awhile back. I'd love a set of stamps! alexhart81@gmail.com. Thank you!

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  37. Like you, I have quite a collection of stamps! I have about 5 sets that I have not yet used (blush!). However, alphabets are great and mine are used a lot! I see some numbers in this set and that is a set that would be an awesome addition to the stamps! ~Thanks for the chance!~Romaine
    rrantry@yahoo.ca

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  38. I love this article!! I feel the same about stamps - never feel good enough to put it on a page. But you have some great ideas!! My current project is my youngest daughter's baby album. She's TWO!! I'm a little behind. Love the stamps - love your work! Tatum
    thubbard@cbs7.com

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  39. Thanks for showing the circles up close. I hadn't noticed they were embossed when I saw it in the mag.

    Here's the link to my latest project.
    http://www.averagescraps.blogspot.com/
    tomorrowperson@gmail.com

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  40. Great layout! It's funny because for awhile there I used to stamp and scrapbook but never combined the two. I now LOVE to stamp on my layouts and you can see my latest layout that I created on my blog at http://lynnghahary.blogspot.com that actually uses NO PHOTOS and only stamps! That alphabet set looks amazing and I actually don't own any really good letter stamps. Thanks for the chance to win! Lynn (lghahary@cevant.com)

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  41. It seems to me that alphabet stamps would be the most practical stamps to own. Very versatile! Your layout is fantastic.

    toodlesbybethany[at]gmail[dot]com

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  42. Am I too late? You create such wonderfully inspiring work. Thanks for sharing instead of keeping your talent in a box or binder.

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  43. I don't need the set, but I wanted to tell you the article was awesome!! :)

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  44. I just love your LO. I just recently got into stamping and love it. Thanks for inspiring me. :)

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  45. that's a great layout & I am looking forward to your article! Congrats on achieving the publication.
    paulainauckland@gmail.com

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  46. Would love these stamps!!! I have one teeny tiny set of alpha stamps...that's it! fritzfamily1@hotmail.com

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  47. Really love this layout! So cute. Thanks for giving us a chance to win the stamp set too " )

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  48. Darling layout. I think the stamps would be put to great use at my house!
    tctrimble@aol.com

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  49. I love it! So cute! :) My latest project was actually part of one of the challenges Mary & Laura put out... you can find it at my blog :)

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  50. Okay, I thought that would link to my email and blog... let me try again...

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  51. Dang, I think I'm blowing it here, but my email is danib@me.com... sorry!!!

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