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Works of Heart
Have you found that you make art for stamping challenges and they end up in a drawer? What’s unique about our challenges is that we encourage you to create art, share it on our blog, and then offer it to someone you would like to bless! Come back and share with us how you gave from your heart with your works of art!
How to Participate
1. Create artwork by incorporating stamps into the current theme which is posted every Friday.
2. Post it on your blog / flikr / picture trail, or other photo sharing site with a direct link to this blog.
3. Add your comment to “Share Your Thoughts” including a direct link to your artwork.
Then, we encourage you to gift your artwork to someone special!
What's Next?
Next week, freshen up your artwork with "roses"!
Content Standards
Please respect our family blog by not including; indecent exposure, witches, ghosts, goddesses, or other expressions that fall outside our biblical standards. “...whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable - if anything is excellent or praiseworthy - think about such things. Whatever you have learned or received or heard from God, or seen in God - put it into practice. And the God of peace will be with you.” Philippians 4:8-9.
About Your Artwork
By participating in our stamping challenges you are giving Layers of Color permission to display your artwork in our Galleries. All artwork presented in this blog is for inspiration only. The copyright belongs to each individual artist, therefore reproduction is prohibited without consent of the artist.
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From the top, the ocean is just a vast body of water, but below, thrives an awe inspiring world of wonder! Today, let’s Celebrate the Sea with our creativity!
For the inspiration art I used Layers of Color Under the Sea clear art stamp set with a variety of techniques: stamp sanding, double stamping, stamping on wax, and stamping on polymer clay. I thought you might like to try the stamp sand ing technique, so I created a tutorial for you. Enjoy celebrating the sea, can’t wait to ’sea’ your artwork!
I’m thrilled to announce that I’m a Guest Designer on Stamp Something! Come meet new artists and see what we’re up to!
Everyone who participates in our challenge this week will be entered into a random drawing to win the Layers of Color Under the Sea clear art stamp set! Winner to be announced on Thursday, June 12, 2008.
We are so excited to announce the Grand Opening of Layers of Color Art Stamps Online Boutique, Sunday, June 1, 2008! So let’s turn this challenge into a Celebration Art Party! Invite your friends to join us in creating art, sharing, celebrating each other’s creations, and expecting some Surprise Goodie Bags at the end of the party!
The theme this week for the Grand Opening is to Create Something That Opens as part of your artwork. Add a window or door, a card with something special inside, or a hinged object d’art. And…since this is a party, if you wish you can also add any Party Style element to your artwork. Create a celebration theme or add extra sparkle! We look forward to opening your link and discovering your festive creation!
Starting our family-run art stamp business is a big step towards making our dreams come true. So, I made a Celebration Cinderella in all her party finery, (of course, after she married her prince and lived happily ever after). I used several stamps from each of the eight sets that we’re putting on Layers of Color’s ’store shelves’. The gown is made with tissue paper, Audubon birds, and music from an old Psalter. Untie the front of her gown and she reveals the Layers of Color Art Stamps Logo!
Everyone who enters this week’s challenge will be entered in a random drawing in which I will choose TWO WINNERS! I’ll announce the winners on Thursday, June 5th. Each winner will receive a Surprise Goodie Bag that will have a Layers of Color Art Stamp Set along with other arty surprise goodies! Thank you for being our guests at our Grand Opening Celebration Art Party!!
Since parties and surprise presents go together, we have a gift to give away today! The winner of last week’s challenge will receive a Layers of Color Architectural Blocks stamp set! Congratulations, Heather, you’re the winner! We’re so glad you joined us!
And a big, “THANK YOU!” to everyone who participated in last week’s Umbrella’s Challenge. Wow, I was blown away by the extraordinary artwork! Be sure to visit the Umbrella’s! Gallery for fabulous inspiration!
I love umbrellas! I love their shape, clever engineering, and how practical, yet romantic they can be. So, choose one for the beach or a rainy day, or a parasol to flirt with the sunshine. Then, let’s use at least one stamp, and add an umbrellato our artwork for this week’s challenge!
For today’s challenge I used stamped and folded paper to turn a cane into a colorful 3-D umbrella and a shop awning. All stamps used are Layers of Color Architectural Blocks.
For your inspiration, I’ve created a tutorial for making these paper umbrellas.
Would you love to own the Layers of Color Architectural Stamp set featured in today’s artwork? It will be available for sale at the end of May, but you could win it FREE! Just enter your artwork for this week’s challenge, and you will be added to the random drawing. The winner will be announced Friday, May 30th.
Last week’s theme to make paper crowns was a real challenge! I applaud the artists that participated! I was blown away by the talent generated from all of you! Bravo! I’ve enhanced the challenge this week with the addition of a tutorial. Thank you for your devotion in returning for the next challenge! I adore creating this community for us all to meet and share what we love.
Meanwhile, I have winners to announce from last week’s Paper Crown challenge…Since there were only a few participants in last week’s difficult challenge…I want to award all of you!! Congratulations goes to, Ilonka for winning the random drawing for the Layers of Color Garden Borders stamp set!…and Carol, Filetta, Heather, Marci and Rosie will receive a surprise Layers of Color stamp set in the mail!!
Thank you everyone for joining all our challenges! We look forward to seeing your new creations!
I was inspired by my 11 year old daughter who used my stamps to make a Mother’s Day crown for me and her grandmother. So this week’s challenge is to make a crown out of paper using a least one stamp. It could be a birthday crown or a regal headpiece for a doll or pet. You could create a crown for yourself and become Queen of your studio! We look forward to seeing your Royal Work ofArt!
Layers of Color Garden Border stamp set can be yours FREE! Simply join us by entering this week’s challenge and your name will be put in a drawing to win this fabulous stamp set of strawberries, wild hare, and thistles. A perfect stamp giveaway for Spring!
Speaking of fresh stamp art…last week’s entries for the Embossing challenge were glorious! Wow, that was so inspiring! Be sure to view them all in the Embossing Gallery!
Well, here it is, the moment you’ve been waiting for…the announcement of this week’s winner of our random drawing!…and the happy new owner of the Layers of Color Renaissance stamp set is…………
Claudette!! Congratulations Claudette! We can’t wait to see what you create!
And for everyone else…you’re all winners to me! Applause to you all for creating together and encouraging one another in all your creative challenges!
