We are so excited to bring
Lisa Spangler to Day 6 of our Stamptember™ celebrations! Many of you know Lisa as the "Queen of Neon". Hopefully you have also had the pleasure of meeting her in person. She has an infectious laugh, a keen eye for photography, and a delightful personality that lights up a room.
Lisa started stamping during graduate school in
1994 when she discovered that stamps were a creative – and economical --
way to create cards and keep in touch with friends and family. In 2005 Lisa was invited to create card samples for the
Hero Arts catalog. This was such fun that in 2006 she left her job as a software engineer to work for Hero Arts full time.
Lisa’s work has been published in several magazines, including Paper
Crafts, Somerset Studio, The Stampers’ Sampler, Take Ten and
Rubberstampmadness. She was on the design team for The Rubber Stamper
Magazine for two years and won several Hero Arts contests.
Lisa and her husband Jason live in Austin, Texas, with their two
goldfish, Smiley and Woodfin. When she's not stamping, Lisa enjoys
hiking, riding her road bike or mountain bike, photographing native
plants, and working to preserve Texas prairies.
Lisa speaks to us below:
card #1 - Washi Wishes :)
This
card is all about the little details! I put die cut hearts from the new
Simon Says Holiday Shapes die UNDER the
washi tape and then burnished
around them. This is a subtle detail, so add a
gem to the center of the
heart to call attention to it.
Also I used Hero Arts' new
soft granite mid-tone ink
to color the back of the
Simon Says Folded Banner die cut to make a
shadow -- just ink under the part that folds under the front, or else
the ink will seep through! And used it to color
the hat, too. (Love
love love love the banner die!!!) (Used a foam applicator to apply the
ink -- I folded it so that I could get into all the small areas -- got
the idea from watching
Tim's video where he curved the cling stamp!)
Finished off the hat by coloring it with
neon gel pens and adding a bit
of
diamond stickles :)
Supplies:
This
time I used the
washi tape as a "ground" -- love doing this with all
kinds of stamps, helps make it so elements aren't "floating".
Another
trick is to ink the whole stamp with
neon orange, then wipe off the stem
and color it with a
brown marker. And one last trick! I stamped the
message bubble (
in white) from the Simon Says Stamp
For the Record set as a cloud
:)
Supplies:
Thank you to
Lisa Spangler for creating these cheerful cards for our inspiration! Be sure to check out her
blog. She may or may not ;) have a coupon code for
25% off washi tape in our
Simon Says Stamp Store...hint hint!
In stamping fun,
Heidi and our Simon Family
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