A Stamping Saturday!

Went to an awesome stamping convention in Akron, Ohio today with my friends Donna and Tracey. I bought a lot of stamps, glitter and shimmer spray, mounting foam. I can't wait to play with my goodies. I'll take pics of my goodies and post them tomorrow.
Just look at how happy Donna is! She was the one who got me started into this stamping world when we went to the convention last year! Thanks Donna adding to my art addiction! LOL

Tracey is happy to have found gears! Just look at that cute little smile! She is a wonderful mixed media artist. I keep telling her she needs a blog of her own.

How about this little robot? I bought this stamp b/c he's just too cool. I like the little rolled up message coming out of his belly.

Loved this sample! A paper flower in a tiny test tube for a vase. Great idea, eh?

I really like this sample. It's a small canvas about 3 inches by 3 inches, painted black, embellished with paper with a little metal handle on top.

It's nice to have friends that share the same interest as you. I'm off to cut up my unmounted stamps and get them mounted! Hope you all had a great Saturday!

About the Stamping Convention.....

Saturday I went to my first Stamping Convention in Akron, Ohio with my friend Donna. Donna is a hard-core stamper and she was the perfect person to go to this convention with. Not only is Donna a super nice person, she is a wonderful stamper and is quite knowledgable about stamps and all the stuff that goes with it. I did find a few vendors which I gave most of my money to. They have the most amazing art stamps. Artful Illusions was my favorite company. I could have spent all of my money there. They had this line of stamps called "moonpies" which I l-o-v-e-d! I created the ATC below with one of the moonpie stamps I got. All of their stamps are unmounted so they are about half the price as the mounted ones.

So I spent about 3 hours today cutting out the rubber stamps, putting the foam mounting on the back and making covers for the CD cases where I'm storing them.

One of the other companies I liked was Lost Coast Designs. They are the best collage stamps!
Below is an ATC card I created with one of the collage doll stamps. I also used the moom from Artful Illusions in this one.

Here's what I did today! I didn't have the special scissons for cutting and mounting so I used my Fiskars and Cutterbug scissors. Boy were they gummed up by the time I was done cutting but I got them clean with Goo Gone!

Here are some of the stamps I bought......
There is another Stamping Convention in Pittsburgh in July and I'm already planning my list of what I'd like to get!