Hello Everyone,
Just wanted to drop a quick post after months of inactivity. Hope you are all still out there! I'm sure you all know how life can get in the way of your fun sometimes. That's been the story of our life since my last post. Between Dave getting pneumonia, me having a bad fall and the resulting injuries I had and Mojo tearing his ACL and needing surgery, we've had a pretty crazy few months. I've said this before, but I'm going to try to make an effort to check in more often and try to keep everyone a little more up to date with what I'm up to. And again, the best place to follow me is on my art Faceboook page Inky Obsessions. You can also find me on Twitter @plynnt411.
Some of you may have heard that I've also been working with Paula Phillips (also known as JournalArtista) in doing an art gathering of our faithful Ustream followers here in Maryland in July. Twenty three of us are coming together for a long weekend of some art play and fun. I'll post about this more after the event.
I've been doing a lot on my gelli plate lately, mostly playing with my latest release of new stencil designs at iStencils. I've also made several altered cigar boxes I'm calling Keepsake boxes for wedding gifts and new baby gifts. I've done some collages, canvases, gelli printed shirts and gelli cards as well. And some Daddy Vans Beeswax on art tissue. I still like mixing it up and trying a little of this and that. Here are some pics of my more recent works:
More to come and I'll try to do better with some regular rhythm to my posts going forward.
Happy Arting,
Patti
Soooooooooo much going on these days! I can hardly keep up at this rate, but I'm trying like hell! LOL
First -- I've recently introduced my own line of stamps...
I named the line elements because I'm using the same design elements that I used creating my line of Patti Tolley Parrish Stencils. I'm sure I'm not the first person to come up with this idea, but you know how us mixed media folks love to layer, right? So I thought about layering the same design elements in different sizes with different tools, and each of the tools can be used with a variety of mediums -- that's MIXED MEDIA!
I currently have two different sets available for pre-order on my Etsy Shop -- InkyObsessions. My stamp designs are sold on deeply etched red rubber sheets. This is a lot more economical for you and a lot more storage-friendly than wood mounted individual stamps -- however -- if you are a die hard fan of wood mounted stamps, I can get these for you on a special order for one or all of the designs. Just let me know which design(s) you'd like mounted on wood blocks and I'll get you a quote. Another point to mention -- you will see some designs here and not find matching stencils -- YET! These stencils will be available in future releases. So here are the designs on my first two sets:
SET #1
SET #2
And here are some examples I made on my Ustream the other night playing with the stamps and stencils together. That Ustream is now viewable on YouTube if you are interested in watching.
I LOVE this print. I used the Orbit stencil and this print was picked up with the paint left on the back of the stencil, you can see the shimmer of the Pebeo paint! Yum. Then I stamped using the Orbit stamp on a rainbow in pad I had for years and never opened. I'll be opening that ink pad more! ;o)
I will be playing with my stencils and stamps every chance I get to see what other really cool combos I can come up with! And all the prints I collect from this playing will come in handy -- why you ask???
BECAUSE I JUST HEARD FROM CLOTH PAPER SCISSORS MAGAZINE AND THEY HAVE SELECTED ONE OF MY SUBMISSIONS TO BE PUBLISHED!!!!!! OMG!!! YES!!!
I'll be published in their Nov/Dec issue! Soooo excited. I'm really thrilled with this especially since this was one of my goals for my art this year and I squeaked in just under the wire!
I told you there was a lot going on! So if you are a stamper or mixed media artist and would like to try out my stamps, you can pre-order them here and I'll ship as soon as they arrive.
Thanks so much for your continued support!
Happy Arting!
Patti
