Create a Background for Our A-List Banner!

Ever since we opened Stamping Details we've seen our customers coming out of our classroom with beautiful and creative class projects. We thought it would be fun to give some of you a chance to show off your artistic flair by creating new background artwork for the banner image we are using for the A-List article on our homepage.

We hope you will be inspired and have fun creating a new background for our A-List banner image. We're looking forward to seeing your creations and displaying them on our homepage!

How to Create Your Background

Create your background artwork using your favorite media and techniques: inks, paints, rubber stamping, collaging, on paper, canvas, metal, ...?

You don't need to use a computer (unless you want to).

Your background artwork should be no bigger than 8" x 10", and not too thick, so that we can place it in our scanner. About 1" by 5" is ideal – but as long as it's not too small or too big we can scan it and scale the size of the image as needed.

Keep in mind that certain materials and techniques, such as thick embellishments or subtle embossing, do not scan well.

We don't plan on moving or resizing the foreground elements: the A-List logo, our logo, the "Vote for" and the credit text. If necessary we will change the color of the credit text to make it visible on the background.

Submitting Your Background

Print your name, as you would like it to appear on our website, on the back of your background(s). Also print your phone number and email address so that we can contact you if we need to. We will not publish or release your contact information.

Leave your background(s) at our store with one of our employees.

If you prefer to scan your artwork and email it to us, you can email it to us at alist2011background@stampingdetails.com.

You can submit backgrounds anytime within the A-List voting period, which is July 1st to August 26th; but the sooner you submit the better your chances to have your background be one of the many that we plan on choosing and incorporating into our banner. We're hoping to get enough backgrounds to keep us busy changing our banner with a new background every few days!

Using Your Background

Throughout the A-List voting period (July 1st to August 26th) we will be selecting and using several backgrounds. If we select your background we'll scan it. We'll scale and crop the scanned image, add the A-List logo, our logo and text, and your name in a "background artwork by" credit.

A-List Banner Gallery

Following is a gallery of the A-List banners that we've displayed on our homepage this year. Congratulations and thank you to everyone whose artwork we used!

Background artwork from Purple Flowers by Bonnie Tincup.

Background artwork by Helene Laverdiere-Bushey.

Background artwork by Carol Murphy.

Background artwork by Carol Murphy.

Background artwork by Jan Mollet Evans.

Background artwork from Bare Tree by Bonnie Tincup.

Background artwork from Drips, Dabs & Doodles class sample by Chris Cozen.

Background artwork by Helene Laverdiere-Bushey.

Background artwork from Garden Delights class sample by Allison Beall.

Background artwork by Nancy Wikoff.

Background artwork by Allison Beall.