Make an Impression with Golden Artists' Chris Cozen

Chris Cozen is visiting us again from May 16 to 18 for another fun, educational, and creative weekend of workshops. The weekend starts Friday with the first half of a two-part workshop, Making an Impression: Stamping, Marking, and Impressing into Golden Pastes and Gels. On Saturday there's It's True: GRIT! The Wonders of Micaceous Iron Oxide, Garnet Gel, Coarse Alumina, and Pumice Gel and Putting "Black" to Work: Creating Depth and Interest in Painted Backgrounds. And Sunday starts with Fast & Furious: Quick Background Techniques for Paper Projects and ends with Part 2 of Making an Impression.

Memorial Weekend with Lynell Harlow of Dreamweaver

Lynell Harlow of Dreamweaver Stencils is again making her annual Memorial Weekend visit to Stamping Details to teach you the latest embossing and paste stenciling techniques. On Saturday May 24 she'll teach you All About Pearlescent and White Glossy Embossing Pastes and Black Magic with Polished Pigments. Join Lynell on Sunday to learn The Latest Techniques at Dreamweaver Stencils.

Come Sail With Leila!

Leila would like you to sail away with her, her circle cutter, and Penny Black stickers, in her Come Sail With Me classes this month. And there's still time to catch her last Stepping Out Card class on Monday May 12. Make a fun card with a step that pops out, and add photos and stamped images to the step to make a great three-dimensional effect. Make some great cards to give to those special people in your life.

May Contest: Lasting Impressions Stencils

Make a card using Lasting Impressions stencils and you might win a prize: $15 for 1st place, $10 for 2nd, and $5 for 3rd. You need only create a single panel card (but you can enter multiple times). List the stamp company and stamp code of all stamps used (and for this month, the stencil number of the Lasting Impressions stencil). Give a brief description of products or techniques used. Include your name and phone number on the back of the panel. Cards will be judged on originality, complexity, and techniques used. All entries must be submitted not later than close of business on May 31. All submissions become the property of the store and some will be put on display.

May eNewsletter

If you missed our May eNewsletter you can view it here. Catch the news that doesn't fit in our postal-delivered newsletter, like news of the newest new products we have in our store for you. Why did we cross-out the mention of our postal-delivered newsletter? We're going to start saving trees by phasing out our postal-delivered newsletter. Get on our email list to get our eMailings!

May Catalog: Paper Inspirations

Order the stamps that you want with our "catalog of the month" program! Each month we feature a catalog. The catalog sits out from the first of the month until the end of the month and then we place an order. Come spend some time looking through the catalog. Then jot down the number and the name of the stamp along with your name and phone number and we will call you when it's come in. And you'll get 15% off your order! The Catalog of the Month for May is Paper Inspirations. Come and look through their catalogs and see their designs which have been inspired by antique postcards, tradecards, and copper engravings.

Our 4th Anniversay Celebration Sale!

Thursday May 1 - Sunday May 4

On May 1st through 4th we celebrated our 4th Anniversary, and we hope everyone had as much fun during the weekend as we did! There were free demonstrations, door prizes, freebies, a 50¢ bin, and more. Also that weekend was the ATC Sampler class with Robin Knutson, Creative Design Specialist for Altered Arts Magazine and Certified Ranger Ink and Embossing Powder Instructor.

Linda Bradbury Classes

Linda Bradbury, designer and publisher of four Rubber Stamp Art Ideas books, visited us from Minnesota to teach three classes of colorful and fun projects. Besides incorporating unique color and textures into her designs to create balance, interest and harmony, many of her projects include fun "extra" elements like mini notecards and flaps. Classes she taught this visit were: Springtime Blossoms Cards, Soft and Feminine Cards and Everything's Coming Up Daisies. And, she will be visiting us next January to teach more classes!

Gypsy Junk Jewelry

Several of our customers spent Sunday April 20 exploring the endless possibilities designing Gypsy Junk Jewelry with Lisa Guerin. This unique style of jewelry design combines art stamps, shrink film and lots of little bits of junk, of course!! Students learned the tricks and techniques of working with shrink film, while making lots of gypsy trinkets.

Make and Take April 6

Stampers made any one, or all, of a dozen quick, easy, and fun cards and projects Sunday April 6th at our Dirty Dozen Make and Take! Students picked the cards they wanted to make, and made as many as they wanted for $3 per card! Also that weekend, Linda taught her Domino Wire Art Necklace class. Students created one-of-a-kind necklaces that will amaze their friends when they find out it is actually a domino!

Chris Cozen Book Signing

Chris Cozen was here Saturday March 8 to sign copies of Altered Surfaces, her recently published first book! Her book is a colorful journey of discovery of acrylic paints, fluids, gels, mediums, grounds, and pastes, and how they work as a "system", allowing them to be fully compatible with each other. Many of the sample projects in Altered Surfaces come from the workshops Chris has taught here as a Golden Artist Working Artist. Chris also taught two workshops that weekend: Collage-Mixed Media: Accordion "Book in a Box", and Vintage Paperweights: Mini Collages Under Glass.

See Green, Save Green SALE!

This Saint Patrick's Day DiAnn showed her "Irish" again with another "See Green, Save Green" Sale from Friday March 14 through Monday March 17. All products with green on it were on sale for 20% off. Lucky shamrocks! And for those who like scavenger hunts, or just like free prizes, we gave away a prize to everyone who found a green coin in our scavenger hunt! Blarney Stones galore!

See Michael Strong's Newest Internet Video!

We are again proudly sponsoring a new internet video with Michael Strong! On Divide & Conquer Michael shows you the versatility in his Cloisonne Pot stamp as well as a clever way to use the Scor-It Mini tool to make interesting patterns. Check out these easy but dramatic techniques online anytime at TVWeekly.com!

Leslie Altman Workshops
January 24-28

Leslie Altman is returning from Chicago to teach four new workshops in January. We have the sample boards from all four workshops on display in our store and on our website now! Come into the store to see all of the fantastic samples - and until then enjoy seeing them all here: The Midas Touch, Dreamscape, Off-Color Expressions, and Go With The Flow: II.

Some of Our 2007 Highlights

Michael Strong's
Tribute to Laurel Burch

Her artwork is instantly recognizable, whether on a sweatshirt, a mug, or jewelry. And her vibrant images always bring a smile to the viewer. In his December 2007 class, Michael Strong paid a Tribute to Laurel Burch using his newest rubber stamp and the saturated colors that were her insignia.

Sherrill Kahn Workshops November 10-11, 2007

Artist Sherrill Kahn visited us the weekend of November 10-11 to teach two day-long workshops. Students spent an intensive day of demonstrations and hands-on experiences learning painting techniques that can be used on any surface in Painting Pizaazz-Painting Techniques From A TO Z. In Sunday's workshop, Creative Embellishments, students learned many techniques geared to embellishing their creative efforts.

Susan G Komen for the Cure Halloween Cards

Brenda and Kathy put on fundraising classes for the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. Participants made several Halloween-themed cards while helping to raise money to find a cure for breast cancer. The classes were Tuesday October 2nd and Monday October 8th here at Stamping Details. Thanks to everyone who came in and supported the cause!

Susan Mostek October 5-6, 2007

Susan Mostek visited us again, this time with three new classes. Student constructed a darling card "room-by-room," each tiny room embellished with stamped images, pop-ups and other ephemera, in her Itty-Bitty Room Card class. In Penny Black Watercolor Magic students learned a new and easy way of achieving the look of beautiful watercolor cards as Susan taught a technique originally developed by the talented designers at Penny Black. On Saturday students made two beautifully designed Pocket Tag Cards, including an original design by Susan!

Michael Strong Creates "Instant Artifacts"

We have lots of great teachers here at Stamping Details, and one of our many popular teachers is Michael Strong. If you can't get enough of Michael's craft projects from the classes he teaches here, you can see him on the Internet on Craft TV Weekly. Don't miss his September 2007 internet projects video, Instant Artifacts, which we sponsored! Watch Michael make a variety of vintage looking objects including faux tintypes, photo dog tags and tiny flowers to decorate some nostalgic cards and an evocative scrapbook page.

A Kat in the Hand Weekend
August 24-25, 2007

A room full of stampers joined Kat Okamoto, owner of A Stamp in the Hand, and Joyce Hazen for a fun evening of free demonstrations Friday August 24, 2007 On Saturday Joyce taught two classes: Basics and Beyond Color Blending and Microglaze Techniques, and Sumptuous and Elegant Book Card.

Magenta Classes August 8, 2007

Nathalie Metivier of Magenta came to town Wednesday August 8 to teach three fun classes. Students made Three Cards Magenta Style and used the newest products and techniques, including stamps, paper and metallic embellishments and learn several ways to use the wonderful Peel Off's stickers. Enhancing a single Floral Tile in different ways using a variety of coloring and cutting techniques was another fun class. And creating three Christmas Cards using stamps, papers and Peel Off's was yet another great Magenta class.

Kodomo Classes August 11-12, 2007

Stephanie Scheetz of Kodomo visited again to teach another four interesting and exciting classes. Students learned fabulous paper folding techniques while creating the most whimsical art book ever seen in Cool and Crafty Purse Book and Bingata Teabag Flower Card. Students learned how to repurpose small discarded gift boxes in the Dream Drawer Box and Puzzle Piece Art Card class. Sundays classes were Origami Art Box with Mini Cards and Vellum Bookmark Card, and Asian Art Book and Folded Vellum Envelope and Card.

Sandra McCall Here July 28-29, 2007

That's right, Sandy came back with another exciting set of fun classes! Sandy has a beautiful way with watercolors and her technique extends to Twinkling H20s as students learned in her Nostalgic Watercolor Cards class. Saturday afternoon, students created Painterly Prints using rubber stamps, resist inkpad, Eclipse tape, Vivid inkpads and markers. Ready to make some jewelry? Sandy always is! Students made a Fetish Necklace with Style Stones usinng colored pencils, rubber stamped images, and lots of found objects. Sunday was a full-day workshop with Sandy and Polymer Clay Play. Students learned Sandy's newest secret techniques including her quick way of bringing up a high sheen onto the clay without any sanding, buffing, or brush-on topcoat of any kind.

Michael deMeng Workshops and Art Talk

Visiting artist Michael deMeng, known for his assemblage art, taught two day-long workshops on July 13 through 14, 2007. Michael lead students through transformations of discarded materials and found objects using collage and painting techniques to create their own Soda Pop Icon on Friday and a Shoe Shrine on Saturday. Michael's Shoe Shrines sell for a thousand dollar... each student made one with him for $85. On Sunday many of our patrons joined Michael for his Book Signing and Art Talk and reception.

Tim Holtz Here June 8-10, 2007!

Tim Holtz came here to Stamping Details for a weekend of exciting fast-paced workshops! The fun and action started Friday June 8 with a demonstration and "Meet the Artist" opportunity. The rest of the weekend was filled with technique workshops: Exploring Alcohol Inks, Designing with Dabbers, and Discovering Distress; a couple of project workshops: Words & Windows, and Industrial; and one, well, nobody knew what the Mystery Class??? was going to be about - but as expected, it ended up very interesting and fun!

Anniversary Weekend May 18-20, 2007

We celebrated our 3rd Anniversary the weekend of Friday May 18 through Sunday May 20. We hope you came in and celebrated with us! All products in the store were at least 20% Off, and there were also several tables of sale items for even more savings! Of course, like our previous celebrations, there were drawings, a treasure hunt, and munchies. And also free demonstrations and Make & Takes, like this one: Saturday May 19 from 2 to 4 p.m., Make & Take Tag with Pat!

Our Customer Appreciation Card Is Here!

"The Card" is here! That's right, the Stamping Details Customer Appreciation Card has arrived! Pick one up the next time you visit us and start earning points with your purchases. Every $5 in purchases (classes, gift certificates, and sale items excluded) earns you five points. When your card is filled, redeem it for $10 off your purchases!

Creative Quest Comes To Poway

Judy Ross and Kathie Shepherd, artists, teachers, and co-owners of The Creative Quest in Glendale, Arizona, visited us the weekend of April 28-29, 2007, and brought their special magic. Book lovers took Kathie's book making classes: making a Birthday Book to keep all their birthdays in a non-sewing book format, and binding a Connections Book using needle and wax linen. Judy's Friends Canvas project was an 11"x14" canvas with a 5"x5" canvas attachment, using beeswax for the assemblage. Using chipboard, students created their own file folders and housed five of them in a handled purse format in Fee Fi Fo File. Students created a shabby chic painting on a 7"x10" shadow box and made a tribute to nature with stamps, paint elements and adding just the right touches of natural elements in her Connections class.

Stampbording and Kevin Nakagawa April 14

Plus Stampscapes Trunk Show!

Evie's Stampbord class kicked off the April 14, 2007 weekend, and it was followed up with free Stampscapes demonstrations by Kevin Nakagawa. Kevin is the creator of Stampscapes, and is also the developer of the Stampbord application of the Ampersand Art line of fine art panels. He has been teaching landscape and scenic stamping classes for 14 years across the country and his demonstrations are always popular and packed. Students discovered stamping, embossing, and painting on Stampbords in Evie's class. Then Kevin did his fantastic Stampscapes demonstrations from 1 to 3 p.m. He also brought trunks of his Stampscapes stamps so everybody could buy their favorites.

Beverly Seymour and B Line Designs Demonstrations (and Sneak Preview), Trunk Show, and Classes

Beverly Seymour and B Line Designs returned to Stamping Details March 16-18, 2007! The fun kicked off Friday with a trunk show, and at 6 p.m. with free demonstrations of new techniques and their just released stamp designs, plus a sneak preview of even newer designs that aren't even in production yet. The trunk show continued throughout the weekend - a "don't miss" opportunity to see and buy from their wide range of stamps, transparencies, walnut ink crystals, and other craft supplies. And for those who got our email with the Introductory Special coupon for our new Customer Appreciation Card, purchasing any B Line Designs product was worth five bonus points on their card. On Saturday and Sunday, Beverly taught more fun and exciting classes: Acrylic Attraction Tag Book, Purse Journal, and two 8 Card Blitz classes.

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