Hello!
Welcome
to our Winners Profile, showcasing the Design Winner of our last Blog
Challenge!
The
very talented Design Winner of our August 2016 challenge is
Loll Thompson
Loll won
the challenge with this amazing card! We loved the amazing texture in the stencilled fern, a stunning focal point over the background colour.
We asked Loll
a few questions all about stamping (well, we are Craft Stamper after
all!)
Q: How long
have you been a stamper, and how did you get started?
A: I’ve been making cards since about 2004. A few
years before that, I was invited by a friend to attend a Stampin’ Up!
Party. I LOVED looking through their
catalogue at all the amazing stamps, inks and variety of supplies. I was mesmerized. I bought a couple of stamps at that party and they sat for a
while before I tried them out. Once I
did, I was hooked on stamping. When I
retired, I joined Splitcoaststampers on-line stamping community and that’s
where I started posting my cards and learning all about different techniques
and styles of cards. And that’s where
my love of CAS (clean and simple) was born.
SCS has a weekly CAS challenge and I started playing along. Within a few months, I joined the CAS design
team at SCS … my very first design team.
So exciting!
From there, I started my
blog, Stamping with Loll. I began
joining in lots of different challenges at SCS and also other card challenges
and my style of card making evolved into what it is today. Earlier this year, I started a card challenge
along with my dear friend, Bonnie Klass.
CAS Mix Up is a challenge that celebrates the CAS style, while adding in
mixed media elements. It’s been a lot
of fun.
Q: What are
your favourite kinds of stamps, and do you have a favourite stamp company?
A: I
like to work with mostly nature stamps … flowers, leaves, trees. I enjoy working with stamps from many
different companies, but have to say that Penny Black is my favourite stamp
manufacturer.
Q:
Describe your style, are you a messy kind of stamper or a more ‘clean and
simple’ kind of person?
A:
I
am a Clean and Simple girl. Over the
past couple of years I have added more mixed media techniques and products, but
maintain a clean and simple style for the majority of my designs.
Q:What
kind of projects do you like creating the most?
A:
I
mostly make cards, with Christmas cards being one of my favourite types to
make. I usually make about 100
Christmas cards every year, mostly unique designs. I send out 60 to family and friends, and donate the remaining
three dozen to charity.
Q:
Apart from stamps, what is the one product you wouldn’t be without when you
craft?
A:
Aside
from stamps and ink, I don’t think I would be able to create as many different
designs without my Big Shot. It is such
a versatile tool that I use every day.
We
also asked Loll to show us a couple of her
favourite stamped creations, and share why she likes them so much. Here
are the gorgeous projects she has chosen:
" This card is an emboss resist card I made using Brusho crystals (I do love
working with this colouring medium). I stamped the grid image and heat embossed with white. I sprinkled with Brushos, spritzed with lots
of water and then tilted my panel to let the ink flow. I set it aside to air dry. I added a die-cut leaf sprig, which I shaped
with a stylus and a few sequins for added sparkle" - Loll
"The
second card has a mix of several techniques and products. I do love adding mixed media products to my
CAS designs. This includes two
stencils, a leafy one that is sponged with green on one side of the card, along
with script stamping over top in the same green ink for a subtle look. The other side of the card is a quatrefoil
stencil with white embossing paste. The
main focal point is two leaves cut from copper sheeting. I added a few drops of alcohol inks to give
the leaves more colour, but also left a lot of the copper showing" - Loll
Congratulations
on being our August Design Winner Loll , and
it was lovely to learn a little more about you!
Do
YOU fancy having a winners profile all about you on the CS blog?
The
profile is part of the prize package for each Design Winner of our challenges.
All you need to do is enter a creation into the challenge, then if you are
voted Design Winner everyone will be reading all about you before you know it!
Our
current challenge 'Take A Stamp' is open until September 28th, so still lots of time to enter! Don't
forget the fabulous prize of Visible Image stamps!
All the details can be found HERE.
See
you back here next Friday, where we will be sharing a fabulous extra bonus project with you all... September has 5 Fridays so we have a week off from Challenge posts :)
