She Who Stamps & Scraps

Published in Somerset Studio

 

       

I love Somerset Studio, and I'm honored that they published a canvas I submitted earlier this year for their "A Touch of Aqua" Call for Art. I've used acrylic paints, stencils, and stamps by Lynne Perrella and Dyan Reaveley.

Thanks so much for the visit!

Marjie

Favorite Projects of 2012

Thanks to all who visit for your comments and support over the past year. I appreciate each of you and wish you all the best in the coming year. It's been a delight getting together with many of you in 'real life' this past year, and I can't wait to see who I'll have the pleasure to meet in 2013!

Here are some of my favorite projects from 2012. First, some art journal pages and canvases:

And some favorite tags:

     

        

     

   

           

       

I wish you a wonderful New Year, filled with much health, happiness, and creativity!

Marjie

First Time Selling at a Craft Show

Thanks for all the encouragement last week about taking my first booth at a holiday fair! It happened on Sunday, and it went very well. Here's a shot of me and my space:

Most people hadn't heard of mixed media before but they seemed interested and I had quite a few sales. My sister Cathy helped me and it was great to have a second pair of hands and eyes. I was also really lucky to find a tag sale on Saturday where a woman was selling store fixtures for next to nothing. I purchased the best little dress and two metal racks that held my magnets:

  

I also had many sizes of canvases:

Last night I added the remaining magnets and canvases to my Etsy shop. Please pop over to see the full inventory if you're looking for any gifts, stocking stuffers, etc.   

Thanks so much for the visit.  Have a great week!

Marjie

Dance!

Here's a new favorite... I made it last week for the craft show I attended today. More on that tomorrow!  This is a 9" X 12" on canvas. The color comes from Dylusions Ink Sprays. I've alose used Tim Holtz's Tissue Wrap and lots of Prima flowers.

I'm sharing this with Artists in Blogland. Thanks for stopping by!

Marjie 

Canvas: Soar

So..... last month I started making things for Etsy and this weekend I'm going to have a table at a local holiday crafts show.  This is one of the canvases I've made.  It's 5" X 7" and 1 and 1/4" deep. Here's another view:

This one has TIm Holtz's tissue wrap, Dyan Reaveley's Ink Sprays, and black paint.

I'm worked up about selling in person... many ideas and feelings about that.  We'll see, I guess. Thank you for the visit!

Marjie

Big Step... Opened my Etsy Shop!

 

Hope you'll pop over and check it out:  Marjie Kemper Designs is locked and loaded.

Big thanks to Kelly Rae Roberts for all the insight and inspiration she shared in her e-Course about building a creative business.  

If you're on Facebook and can give me a thumbs up on my biz page, I'd really appreciate it. Thanks!

Marjie

 

Mixed Media with MaryBeth Shaw

I was extremely fortunate to spend a day with MaryBeth Shaw at Art Is You earlier this month. Her class was all about adding texture to paintings. We used stencils, paint, wood pieces, and cardboard.  These are three 8X10 pieces I made in class:

          

And here's a closer look (click on any to enlarge):

 

  

I really love the rich texture and deep blues and browns. If you ever have a chance to take a class with MaryBeth, go for it!

Marjie

Unruly Paper Arts: Add Dimension to Canvas

The October issue of Unruly Paper Arts is all about canvas, and we're starting the month off with a few new Reader Art Quests where all are welcome to join in on a specific theme.  This one is adding dimension to canvas.

I've used many layers of paints, archival inks, Dylusions ink sprays, stencils, and modeling paste. I'll join in at Try it on Tuesday with their layers challenge. Hope you'll pop on over to UPA and join in the challenge, and check out all the great articles lined up this month.  

Thanks for visiting!

Marjie

Wendy Vecchi Challenge #49: Use Canvas

This week we're prompted to use canvas and at least one Studio 490 stamp in the Wendy Vecchi yahoo group challenge.

I've used Claudine's Sticky Back Canvas and Tim's (Sizzix) flourish die for mine. 

I was inspired by Julia's recent creation to use an On-the-Edge Sizzix die as a hanging border; I used the iron gate for mine and attached it with XL eyelets using the Crop-o-Dile.

I've used lots of lots of Wendy's Studio 490 stamps on this one along with distress and archival inks.  

The large flourish stamp is Tim's and thebird is a favorite from Stampers Anonymous.

Simon Says Stamp and Show has No Rules this week, so I'll enter this there as well.

Thanks so much for the visit!

Marjie

 

 

 

Frilly & Funkie Challenge: Canvas

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We are using canvas for the current challenge over at Frilly and Funkie... hope you'll join us! You can use it in small parts or pieces, or as a whole stand-alone piece.  I went with an 8X8 canvas and included a small (3"X3") one on top of it.  I used so many color agents my work table looks a bit like a bomb went off... paints, distress inks, archival inks, gelatos, and Vintaj paintas.  

Simon Says Stamp & Show has a 'favorite technique' theme going, and for me it's been stencils for a long time now.  I seem to need a stencil somewhere on each piece!  In this case I used four. Also lots of stamps, and a combo of lettering.  

Dina Wakley is doing an Art Journaling on Canvas series this month, and I'm sharing this as my second play-along with her. Really looking forward to taking classes with her again next month at The Ink Pad in NYC.

The big "D" stamp is an old favorite by Stampers Anonymous, stamped on Ranger's manila card stock and colored with distress inks.  The metal heart is Vintaj, colored with Verdigris patina plus black paint. I adhered it to the mini canvas with one of Tim's tiny brads, colored the same way. I like how it's hanging off the edge:

The corners are filigree metals from The Funkie Junkie Boutique.  I colored them with the Verdigris patina and then rubbed in some brown and black distress inks. I am amazed at the finish. This was my first time using the Vintaj products.  I have to say, I really like them. I cut the corrugated cardboard letters from Tim's Sizzix Word Play die and inked them with distress inks and paints. The "&" looked lost on the background so I gave it a little mat. Here's another look:

Those scrabble letters have been in my stash a long time.  I don't know who makes them but I liked their 3D nature for this canvas.

That's it for me, today.  I hope you'll come over to Frilly & Funkie and check out the challenge and the rest of the design team's work.  We have a $25 Funkie Junkie Boutique store credit for a random winner, and a blog badge for the design team favorite.

As always, thank you for the visit!

Marjie 

 

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