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Stampscapes
Gallery
Stampscapes is a stamp company that
provides finely detailed images that are scaled and proportionate for
scene building. The scenery and subject matter is diverse enough to
keep any stamp artist busy making an infinite number of compositions
for years! Scenes can be built on miniature tiles, or as large as
murals!
Tonya Weakley is Peddlers Den's Stampscapes Specialist and Instructor. "Stampscapes is the only stamp line, and the related scene building techniques are the only techniques, that I never get bored with," she says. Kevin Nakagawa is the artist behind Stampscapes, and the owner of the company. To see his work, visit www.stampscapes.com. To learn this fascinating technique, contact Tonya at Peddlers Den. She has been teaching Stampscapes and scene building since approx. 1995, and it remains her favorite line. She offers beginner to advanced skill level classes, from a simple hour and a half project class to all day MegaClasses, workshops and retreats. Groups often make arrangements to travel to Peddlers Den from surrounding states for private classes.
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Hot
Tropics, by Tonya Weakley
My
hot tropics scenes take you to the exotic land of palms, grass huts,
spear fishermen and more. The color scheme is HOT, and relies heavily
on red and opposite colors on the color wheel. The colors are
dramatic and aggressive. This class includes advanced use of color,
and is not recommended for inexperienced stampers. We strongly
suggest that you take our all day class before considering the Hot
Tropics.
The sailboat in green lagoon to the left
is a 5"x7" greeting card rendition of the frameable sailboat
in green lagoon from the 2010 Chicago Retreat. I developed
this smaller card version specifically for our Advanced Mega
Class.
Quick Scapes
This
is a brayered background class, and we offer this as a beginning
stamping class, too. One is a 2 hour class, the other is a 3 hour
class. These cards are amazingly fast to make. They require little or
no masking and no blending. Everyone must have their own 6" soft
rubber brayer.
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Northwoods
& Tree Scenes Moon Over Brookside Falls (at left)
features foaming, bubbly water and is embellished with ultra
fine glitter. To the right is Sailboat In Foggy Lagoon,
which features very heavy fog, sharp foreground and gray,
less distinct background. The yellow highlights show the sun
is just rising, and is not high enough in the sky (yet) to
burn off the thick fog. Both of these cards were developed for
our Advanced Mega Class.
Shutter Card
To make this shutter card I first created a Stampscapes
scene that was 8.5"x11". Turns out I needed 5.25"x10", so I
had some extra to cut off. I took the navy blue linen
cardstock and made the card base. Then I took my scene and
cut it up into the appropriate sized strips. I left 1/8"
navy blue margin showing all the way around each scene
panel. Finally, I embellished this with ultra fine glitter
(very hard to see in the scan). When this is folded up it
fits in a standard A2 envelope, and the Gratitude verse
shows on the front. When opened you see the Thank you and
signature. The card can be made for any occasion.
Framable
Art The scene at the left, Misty Morning, was
stamped by Tonya Weakley from a scene by Kevin Nakagawa
during the 2010 Stampscapes Retreat in Chicago. An example
of frameable artwork, the original is 8"x10" and features 11
different images. The color was added by using a combination
of blending tips and the tonal applicator.
Hand Blended Backgrounds
Other
Shown
above is Loon on Stampboard, as well as two different ways to use the
snow leopard image. The one with the hot red sky was copied from
Marge Dady at a retreat. The other one is by Tonya
Weakley.
Winter
Stampscapes
Winter
stampscapes are monochromatic, reflecting the lack of color present
during the winter season in our northern states. They feature bare
branched trees, harsh mountain peaks and fir trees. Life still exists
in this cold, dormant world, and that is illustrated by the deer that
venture in. The cards are embellished with transparent glitter, to
enhance the icy, snowy season and the sun glinting off of
it.
What Our Students Say, Shown at the left is the beautiful Christmas card that
Darlene sent to me after taking the Mega Class. The scan
does not do the card justice. While the Stampscapes scene is
stamped on coated cardstock, cut and tiled, the dark blue
mat, as well as the card base, are both shimmer stock. The
card is beautiful, and we are proudly displaying it at
Peddlers Den. Thank you, Darlene, for sharing with us! Tonya
& Our Student Gallery:
Darlene O'Meara
"I drove from Michigan to attend one of Tonya's all
day classes. I did not know what to expect. I really enjoyed the time
I spent with Tonya. I learned a lot about blending and colors and how
to use my stamps. I made my Christmas cards this year using
Stampscapes and some of techniques that I learned in class. I even
made coasters out of tiles to match my cards and gave them as gifts.
I am by no means an artist but taking Tonya's class made me look like
one. Thank you Tonya for the great class." --Darlene
Cheryl Miller
"We made 16 scenes in one Saturday class (8 - 4:30).
Tonya Weakley at the Peddlers Den agreed to design a class for my
group who had to travel so far. I don't have enough nice things to
say about Tonya and the Mega Stampscapes class. Four of us came in
from Cedar Rapids to Tonya's store. I can't recommend the class
enough. Keep in mind I was brand new at Stampscapes and look what I
was able to do in this class. I can't tell you how much I enjoyed
that class and believe in that class. I think that it is important to
state to people that they don't have to be advanced in stampscapes
when taking that class, just advanced stampers. Great class and great
teacher! All the credit for the beautiful scenes goes to Tonya and
the Peddler's Den." -- Cheryl
Marge Dady
"Some friends and I took a Stampscapes class recently at
the Peddler's Den in Somanauk, IL. The owner and instructor, Tonya
Weakley, does fantastic work. We truly enjoyed the class and learning
the techniques of scene building and color application using the
ColorBox stylus and applicator tips. These are my attempt to
replicate some of her designs. They aren't as good as the original,
but I like them and had fun learning." --Marge
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What others are saying about the all day class:
"Even though I would have liked to have created more scenes (I kept messing up), I REALLY do like not being rushed. I loved learning the coloring techniques." Sue Morgan
"Fantastic class. Well conducted, organized. Thank you!" Pat Persin
"Tonya was very patient with me when I was unsure of coloring techniques which made me feel better and made a great comfortable learning environment. I look forward to attending all the future classes!" Aaron Giltjes-Wilson
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