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weekend inspiration: stampers anonymous

 

Apart from the design one of the most fabulous things impresses Louise about the Studio 490 stamps is their versatility! They are created to cater for both the paper crafter and the mixed media artist! What better value for money and your crafting mojo could you ask for?! :)
Louise has used only 3 elements of the stamp design but there are 6 in total.

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Aside from the beautiful images that Stamper's Anonymous Stamps are known for, they also come up with fabulous quotes and sayings perfect for scrapbooking, card making, and mixed media. In this layout, Iris took out three sets of cling stamps to add subtle background stamping as well as instant journaling for her page.

 

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Stamper's Anonymous cling stamps are made of highly durable material. To show you how versatile and durable these stamps are, Iris created a UTEE melt art pendant using a clock stamp from the Stamper's Anonymous Cling Stamp Set by Tim Holtz.
To create this pendant, Iris first took a metal charm (Fancy Pants Artisan) and coated it with patina ink. She then added two coats of clear UTEE and melted it. While the UTEE was still wet, Iris pressed on the clock stamp to the hot and melted UTEE. The image transferred beautifully. Colour and highlights were added using wax metallic pigments.

 

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Atty. Gigi Martinez is an accomplished lawyer by profession but is also a very talented crafter. She shares with us here a masculine layout she made for her eldest son. You can see here that Gigi easily mixes clean classic design with stamping techniques. Among her favourite stamping products are Stamper's Anonymous and she certainly puts them to good use.

 

Isn't this tag glorious?! This was created by the wonderful talent of Marjie Kemper using a stamp from the Tim Holtz range of Stampers Anonymous stamps. thank you so very much for allowing us to share your creativity Marjie.

 

 

We would like to thank Wendy Vecchi for allowing us to share her incredible creativity. We have included two wonderful examples of her creativity featuring her own stamp designs with Stampers Anonymous.  Thank you Wendy.

weekend inspiration: stamper’s anonymous

 

By now it is probably no secret that Louise N loves using stamps to create unique and individual backgrounds for her layouts. On this particular layout Louise has used the Tim Holtz heart stamp to help create her title as well as embellish her layout background. the stamped images have been coloured in using Tattered Angels Polka Dot Pink chalkboard glimmer mist.

 

 

When Chris got to look through the Stampers Anonymous ranges and pick something to work with she couldn't go past this absolutely adorable set in the Darcies range called 'Talilah'.  She loved the fabulous turtle images and the cute little sentiments that were in the set.

 

What a great little sentiment this one is for the turtle images.  Chris stamped the turtles and sentiment directly onto the white card and then embellished around it with pattern paper and machine stitching.

 

Again Chris has stamped the sentiment with black ink onto white cardstock and then coloured with pencils.  Chris has used the Jillibean Soup 'Blossom Soup' range of papers with each of these cards.

 

Chris stamped the turtle image with black ink onto white cardstock.  She coloured the shell in with coloured pencils and then covered with dimensional magic to make the colours pop even more.

 

 

Here’s one from Tim Holtz using his Stamper’s Anonymous Woodgrain Background and ‘Possibility’ quote.  This is one of his 12 Stamps of 2012 and there’s an amazing tutorial for it here.

 

 

All three of these gorgeous cards using Stampers Anonymous stamps are by the talented Dana Seymour.  For this particular card Dana has used the Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Natures Moments cling mounted set.  We love this gorgeous card, thank you Dana.

 

Don't you love these fabulous winged boys from the Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Winged Things II cling mounted set!

 

And lastly Dana used the Cling mounted set 'The Boys' for this super card.  Many thanks Dana!

weekend inspiration: stamper’s anonymous

 

Louise will always be a die-hard stamp fan! she so loves her stamping briefs, loving how they stretch her to create simply, with impact, and not let anything detract from the photo focus. Louise just loves the simplicity and versatility of the Stampers Anonymous stamp sets, they are timeless, classic and so very versatile!!! not just for the fabulous Card makers :)

 

 

Jane loves this stamp set as it has such beautiful sentiments on it, she stamp one of them on calico using StazOn timber brown ink, frayed the edges then sprayed Glimmer Mists over the top. Jane stamped a floral image from the Nature Discovery set down the right right side using Distress Ink crushed olive for added detail.

 

 

Once again Jane has picked out one of the sentiments and stamped it on calico, the bird was also stamped on calico but left uncoloured. Jane recommends that you have a nice juicy ink pad for clear impressions. 

 

 

Finally here’s a cute little project from Wendy Vecchi demonstrating her Art Parts are not always as they seem.  You can see the lovely twist she has given her shapes here.

weekend inspiration: technique tuesday

 

Janine had so much fun with this stamp set as it comes as a kit, with a few other elements, such as the cardstock, twill and journal card. Janine decided to use these elements in her design as well as the stamps and added in some of the Echo Park Victoria Garden range to add her own feminine touches to the LO. 

When stamping on the twill she used a fabric ink and heat set it with her iron to ensure it did not bleed further into the twill. She also stamped and embossed a couple of her elements on the page as well for a more textured look on the LO.

 

Jane Clark created this card from My Mind’s Eye papers and Technique Tuesday’s Aviary stamp set.  She loved the ornate design, it creates an elegant and stylish look that can be used in all sorts of different ways.

 

 

The Aviary stamp set has a range of different stylised bird designs along with several different quotes – Jane loved that they could be useful for cards and layouts of many different themes and styles.  It helps that s loves images of birds -  especially these cute characters!

 

Thank you to Daniela Dobson for sharing this stunning LO's with us. I love the way she has used the stamps to tell part of the story of the photographs, while at the same time using them as an integral part of the design of the layout

weekend inspiration: stamper’s anonymous

 

By now its probably no secret that Louise loves to get her stamping briefs :) In the past she has be know to threaten her DT colleagues with rugby tackles to make sure she was first in line to get the chance to create with the Stampers Anonymous stamps. Alpha stamps will always be a top 5 fave with Louise, she just loves the versatility of them.

As far as Louise is concerned when you create with stamps they require little or no further embellishment to accompany them, and the fabulous designs by Stampers Anonymous are a testament to that.

 

 

 

 

For this layout, Danielle began with a swipe of white paint across the patterned paper background, creating a simple base to allow the stamping to shine. The Studio 490 'Thirteen Leaves' wood mounted stamp from Stampers Anonymous has been used with teal paint to create a punch of colour and shape cascading down the left side of the page. Paint stamping is one of Danielle's favourite ways to use stamps with strong silhouettes, such as this one.

Danielle also used a Tim Holtz single cling-mounted stamp called 'Fairy Garden' from Stampers Anonymous to create some custom embellishments. The white background was first sprayed with various mists to add colour. When dry, the Tim Holtz design was stamped on in black ink. Each stamped area was cut by hand into a rough circle shape and the circles dance around the focal point of Danielle's layout.

 

 

Wendy Vecchi uses Studio 490 stamps from Stampers Anonymous in this awesomely quirky project featuring a door knob base. The quote-stamped umbrella tops this creative piece.

 

 

These intriguing ATCs by Angela Donohoe use various Stampers Anonymous stamps and a beautiful crackle paint effect.

 

 

Dawn Gallop from North Carolina brings us this amazing page, where a Stampers Anonymous girl stamp sits over a rustic photo to great effect.

weekend inspiration: stamper’s anonymous

 

 

 

 

Louise loves to create her own backgrounds, so these textured Tim Holtz stamps are just up her creative alley - so to speak!! With both this layout and the card she was able to compliment the pattern of the 'pattern paper' to suit her design ideas. With the layout Louise has also used the stamped image as a background to highlight her photo. And with the Card she has used the stamped image as a background to highlight her heart embellishment.

 

 

One of Suz’s favourite ways of capturing the essence of her son and where he is at now is to record his conversations, either with her or with his friends.  She sits working in the living room when he chats and sometimes just types as fast as she can to get snippets of stuff that she thinks is made of pure gold –the stuff that takes up space in the minds of nine year old boys.

And because he’s nine, she can’t get away with cutesy layouts any more.  But the Tim Holtz ‘Number’ Cling Mounted stamp was actually deemed ‘sick’ enough to be used on a page that represents him.  Suz has created a background with different coloured Distress inks and adhered her journalling strips over the top.  And though a My Minds Eye ‘Best Buddies” title block was rejected as not cool, she got away with the ‘You Are Here’  and the Tim Holtz star metal adornment.

 

 

Finally fresh from Tim Holtz blog there are some of his newly released stamps from CHA.  There’s some fabulously themed cling mounted sets which can lend themselves to some wonderful creative uses.  We love how Tim has incorporated his metal game spinners, philosophy tags and film strips into the tags along with the stunning blending and stamping methods he’s such a genius at.

weekend inspiration: stampers anonymous

 

   

Nicole created this grungy layout with only papers from the soon-to-be-released "Max and Whiskers" range by Basic Grey and delicious Tim Holtz stamps from Stamper’s Anonymous. The versatile stamp designs allowed Nic to create her own patterned papers plus embellishments with ease and for everyone who finds it hard to scrap for older boys, this range of stamps offers the perfect solution.

Following the trend of boy's fashion, Nic created her page then added random machine stitching for definition and added texture and of course added a Tim Holtz ticket for journalling.

 

Stamper's Anonymous showcases the gorgeous designs of Teresa Collins, and Steph thought they would be the perfect accompaniment for her layout about her daughter. The stamps are a fantastic quality and stamp beautifully with Hero Arts Versa Cubes. As you can see, they simply pop off the layout, and are easy to read. The stamps also look beautiful heat embossed on cards and other projects.

This gorgeous home made book showcases Teresa Collins gorgeous stamps. The beautiful design of this stamp would go on any project. Teresa herself designed this lovely creation.

Jamie Harper has created these beautiful cards and envelopes showcasing Stampers Anonymous stamps designed by Teresa Collins. The quality of these stamps are second to none and the image is crisp and clean. Thanks Jamie we adore this project.

Finally it wouldn’t be a Stampers Anonymous post without a bit of Tim!  This is a sweet little tag using Tim Holtz’s new Valentine release stamps and a very cool ‘rolled rose’ technique.

countdown to christmas: stampers anonymous

Few would doubt the fabulous creativity versatility of stamps; especially those from Stampers Anonymous and the creative fabulousness of Tim Holtz. This line of stamps has designs that can either be used in combination or singularly, and, suit a range of creative styles. Here Louise has used just one of the many cling mounted Christmas designs by Tim Holtz to create 4 Christmas cards.

 

To add visual interest with the first set of 2 cards, Louise has embossed the stamped pattern, and then applied concentrated amounts of Luminarte pigment paint and Tattered Angels Glimmermist to highlight the intricate patterns; in the body of the Reindeer, and amongst the foliage of the trees.

  

With the second set of 2 cards Louise has replicated the embossing technique with the Tim Holtz snow flake stamp, with a Luminarte polished pigment paint backround effect.

weekend inspiration: stamper’s anonymous

 

 

It's not often you'll find Nic H throwing all photos aside and creating anything multi media, but this is one of those times! Nic spent time looking at Tim Holtz's blog and after she'd seen some of Tim's amazing tags, there was no stopping her.
The base of this piece was created with a canvas, old tissue, gesso and paint. Tattered Angels glimmer mist was used to add the blue colour.

Nic then worked on two pieces of white cardstock with Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz stamps to create the 2 focal pieces.

On creating a base for her focal point, Nic looked at a box she was using to spray glimmer mist into. She ripped it apart, pulled a little of the outer layer off to expose the texture, added a little paint and it worked wonderfully. Nic then added grungeboard treated with various Tattered Angels glimmermist colours to her canvas to finish off, but not before adding a few curls of paper created when she ripped that box apart.

We love the versatile images from the Tim Holtz stamps and it's obvious Nic found them inspiring also!

 

 

 

The Teresa Collins stamps included in the Stampers Anonymous range are practical, versatile and perfectly suited to a wide range of layouts.

For this page, Mel has used the Teresa Collins Notepad stamp, creating individual diecuts for her page by stamping the design onto kraft cardstock before hand cutting out and adhering. The centre stamp holds part of her page title and the other two were just right for journaling the story behind the photo.

Tip: Stamp up an entire page of designs, ready to be cut out and used as needed.

 

Using Ranger distress ink Chris has created a background pattern with the flower stamp from the Stampers Anonymous 'all about art' stamp set. She has also stamped the sentiment from the stamp set directly onto a Crate Paper die cut.

 

Chris has put together a tutorial here to show you how she created this card.  Click here to check it out.

Chris used a Hero Arts pink note card and stamped the dot background stamp from the Stampers Anonymous 'all about art' set directly onto the card using Top Boss embossing pad and then sprinkled Hero Arts white embossing powder over the dots and heat embossed. She did the same heat embossing technique with the flower from the stamp set and cut it out from the paper she stamped it onto and then adhered it to her card for this lovely effect.

 

Stamper and mixed media artist Sue McGettigan (who also happens to be an Aussie girl that now lives in California) has so kindly shared her talents with us today to explain in pictures and words some wonderful and different ways you can use Stampers Anonymous stamps.

For these two sets of monogram tags Sue has used Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz Collection - Psychedelic and Ranger distress inks.

Instructions:  Apply Distress Inks to a craft sheet, spritz with water using the Ranger mist tool, then dip the circles from Psychedelic Grunge into the ink, mist once more and stamp on tag. Spritz the ink on the craft sheet again and press the blank side of the tag into remaining ink until you're happy with the pattern and coverage. .

Stamp the stars randomly using Distress Ink. Stamp the monograms on colored cardstock and use a variety of punches to frame the monograms. Use a variety of ribbons and fibers to finish the tags

 

Sue also says "I use these tags as gift tags and birthday cards, they have a longer life than the average card because they're also bookmarks, there's plenty of room on the back to stamp a sentiment and write your messages."

 

Sue also generously shares instructions for this card:   Apply distress inks to craft sheet, spritz with water using Ranger misting tool, then dip tag into ink, repeating until you're pleased with the pattern and coverage. Using black ink stamp the journal text border and astrolabe from World Traveler, tear an additional inked tag and ink the torn edge with more distress ink DTP.

Adhere the torn tag edge, spray the tag and the flower with Tattered Angels Glimmermist, then attach the flower using a vintage brad, and the teabag tag to finish.

 

   

For this effect Sue suggests:  Place masks on pale blue cardstock. Apply Broken China Distress Ink using Tim Holtz ink blending tool, remove smaller masks and apply Frayed Burlap Distress Ink around the edges, blend a little towards the center of the card before removing the larger clock mask. Stamp birds and text with black ink.

I'm sure everyone will agree that Sue's creations and instructions are very much appreciated and inspiring! Many thanks Sue!

A big thank you to the lovely Rachel Greig for sharing this set of beautifully constructed Artist Trading Cards with us here on the blog. Rachel has used two Stamper’s Anonymous stamps on each card, both of them by Tim Holtz. The main text has been created with a 'garment district' stamp - we loved how Rachel turned the text into journaling strips, very cool !!

Thanks so much to Anna-Karin Evaldsson for sharing her beautiful 'hello' card with everyone. We were instantly drawn to Anna-Karin's transparent background and we loved how she created the background with Stazon ink and a swirl stamp.
The scalloped circles were also stamped with various background stamps and the card was finished off with a little bit of machine stitching.  Stamp Supplies: Hero Arts swirl stamp and Stampers Anonymous swirl.

 

We love the new Tim Holtz stamps by Stampers Anonymous. Tim has allowed us to share several of his own creations showing just how easily the images can be turned into something wonderful. Take a shipping tag, add distress inks and Tim's new stamps with a few extras and there you have it! Thanks for sharing the tags, Tim!