New Arrivals At Rubber Stamp Studio

We've had a ton of new arrivals at the Studio.
For you Copic marker lovers, we have the new Prism smooth cardstock.
This cardstock is highly reccomended for coloring with Copic markers.
We have it in packs of 25 in white and ivory.

Inkadinkado-clear stamps... Inka continues to impress with their terrific new designs.

Imaginesce- $1.00 clear stamps for Halloween and Christmas. 12x12 papers to match!

Spellbinders- Borderabilities and medallions.

Cuttlebug- We just got in (yesterday) all of their new designs.

Sizzix- tons of terrific embossing folders. (with more to come)

Please stop in and check out all the new arrivals.
Only 135 days till Christmas!!!

Cuttlebug Christmas Folders

Wow, It has been along time since I posted!!!
But I have huge news.
ProvoCraft will be releasing Christmas Cuttlebug Folders in addition to the new releases that you can already view on their website www.provocraft.com
Here are the CHA Christmas releases available, who knows when?

techniques

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Happy New Year!

Hello,
I know, It's been along time since I've posted!
It's one of my resolutions to be a more active blogger.
I hope to be posting more photos and tips this year.
I hate resolutions, because they just make me feel like a failure when I don't follow through.
How many of you make New Year's Resolutions?

I recently found this terrific ink test on a blog that I read.
You can view it here:
http://www.craftcritique.com/

They compare many types of black inks.
Many of you will find this of interest if inks confuse you.
Enjoy!

Copic Coloring Tutorial

Sorry I've been missing in action, this blog has really been neglected.

I found this VERY useful information on the copic blog:

Look at the series of circles below.

See how plain the first one is? It has no definition, since it is just a light color. It is floating there without any reason to be important. This is a perfect way to show sky, water, or something without strongly defined edges, but it doesn't work as a solid shape.

The second is an improvement- it has light and black. See how the light looks a bit more important, but this is still a flat picture. Not very exciting, and it is so pale, our eye doesn't think much of the colored area.

The third circle is better. We now have black, light and middle. Notice though that the black circle still stands out - it is such a heavy contrast from the light that our eye still notices it too much.

Now, look at the last circle. I left white, and added an extra layer of dark. In this circle the black line doesn't seem so heavy, since we have a balance between our color values. By far, this is the most interesting of our circles, and we can see that it is no longer a circle, but a ball.

Applying this to artwork

Let's carry this over to a simple picture.

This Riley Moose was nicely colored, but very flat.

I have two colors represented, black and light brown.

Not very exciting.

Next, here he is with black, light brown, and middle brown. He doesn't look so flat anymore, but he's still not very exciting.

Last, here is Riley with white, light brown, middle brown, dark brown, and black. Now he has life!

See how the base color for his body and antlers is still the same, but you feel that the antlers and hooves are different because they have white, light brown, and shadows of middle brown. His body however has highlights of light, middle brown, and shadows of dark brown. They're the same tone of brown, so they match, but just by changing the contrast range in each area they look like different surfaces.

Look at the final coloring below.

I still felt that there was not enough contrast on Riley, so I added even more number variation- I went with E31, E35, E39. See how he pops off the page ever so much more?

Shiny things

Shiny things have a sharper contrast between light and dark. You can represent this as crisp edges between your white and color, or, in the case of this airplane, I'm not using a light shade, I am only using white, middle, and dark. The highlights are added in as opaque white to be extra crisp, so they look like sunlight reflecting off the shiny airplane body.Remember, if you have a hard time leaving white in your picture, you can always add opaque white to really punch some life into your work.Image: Plane Riley by Hanna Stamps, Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black Paper: Neenah Classic Crest Other: Opaque White, 0.1 multiliner to write the sentiment on Riley's banner

Uppercase living

I've begun a new venture.

I found Uppercase living while reading a fellow stampers blog. She mentioned that she was thinking about becoming an Uppercase Living Demonstrator. I had never heard of the company so I quickly logged onto their website.

Wow, was all I could say. It's a very creative product, and I was sure it would be a great addition to my passion for rubber stamping.
Uppercase living is a direct sale company that produces decorative lettering and other embellishments—The hottest trend in Home Décor.

Uppercase Living believes in the power of words, in the beauty of elegant design, and in the transforming quality that both can have in a home. And when you have experienced our product firsthand, you’ll believe it too. Uppercase Living offers hundreds of pre-designed expressions to be placed easily and seamlessly on your walls or just about any other place. You can also place a custom order using a wide variety of colors and fonts to express your own style and personality. Imagine your favorite quote lettered on the walls of your home. You can chose the size, font and color, it's amazing!

In addition to walls, you can customize other items for your home or make fantastic gifts!

You can easily view the catalog online!

In 6 Easy Steps

1-Go to the website http://www.uppercaseliving.com/

2-Click on Customer Log In (bottom right corner of screen)

3-Look for the heading ‘if you need to register….’

4-Type the Demonstrator ID: 696541 & Registration Token: schiffbauer

5-Then click NEXT

6-Finally, type in your information and click REGISTER.

It's that easy!

Please contact me if you are interested in hosting an open house. The hostess plan is generous, and it is easy to earn lots of free product.
rn20990@yahoo.com
Thanks for looking- Rochelle