What is up my crafty people?! My name is Stephanie and I am an illustrator and crafter and all around artsy fartsy (mostly artsy) person! I have been illustrating in the craft industry for a few years now and I am madly in love with the genre and the people and the VIBES I get when I am in this industry. People helping people be creative is always a good thing. Creativity is vital to happiness in my opinion? Right?!
I had the privilege to draw this set called Strangeness for Simon Says Stamps and couldn’t be happier with how it turned out! She is springy and she is versatile and she is absolutely incredible! I am very proud of her.
Before I began working in the craft industry I made my way as an artist by doing custom tattoos for people all over the world. So my style is heavily influenced by tattoo art of many genres. The birds in this design feel a little bit American Traditional style and the peonies are more influenced by Japanese style tattoo imagery.
I have been on a Prismacolor Pencil streak lately so I decided to keep things traditional and color the flowers for a beautifully colorful card. I like to find an art media that I love and then do it over and over again until I am tired of it and find something else! Right now I am smack in the middle of my Prismacolor stage so I am embracing it fully.
I am still building my craft supplies and I did not have an acrylic block big enough to fit my stamp and I don’t have a fancy stamp assistant like the Misti yet so I used an acrylic clipboard to mount my stamp. Worked like a charm! I like to use a permanent ink to stamp so that I can paint or color them without worrying about it budging. I used Ranger Archival Ink, Jet Black, to stamp this image on 110 lb Neenah cardstock. Then I simply colored it! After coloring it and the accompanying little flowers I fussy cut each of them and arranged them and used American Crafts foam dots to tack down the flowers.
Since it is such a large stamp I had to get creative with placement but I think you could easily get creative with how to use it even on smaller cards!
I hope you love her as much as I do! If you choose to use my stamp set and make pretty things I would LOVE to see your creations! Be sure to tag me on Instagram (@stephanie.low.creative and #StephanieLowCreative) or facebook (Stephanie Low Creative).
Thank you for checking me out and for listening to my short story! Keep making art and keep sharing it with the world!
!AND NOW FOR A SPECIAL BLOG HOP!
SIMON SAYS STAMP is having a blog hop to celebrate their Good Vibes collection launch and my pretty stamp gets to be part of it.
Use the code PUFFY for a pack of Pebbles Flowers Puffy Stickers free with any purchase, offer expires Sunday, 6/24 at 11:59 pm ET. so get on this ASAP!
Be sure to check out the entire Good Vibes product line here: Simon Releases Good Vibes
Also consider commenting on the blogs for a chance to win a $25 coupon to the Simon Says Shop!
HOP ALONG to my crafty friend’s blogs in order to be inspired, enter to win and look at pretty things!
Beautiful cards
WOW! Stephanie your Strangeness stamp is gorgeous – hope to see it here in Aust soon.
lovely card – so pretty:)
Beautiful! Your coloring is amazing.
Such a stunning card, Stephanie! The colouring is wonderful – so pretty! Thanks so much for the inspiration and the chance to win.
Beautiful! I love that stamp and you colored it perfectly…
Pretty card!
Your colors are so beautiful and vibrant on that card! I really want to copy it!
Very pretty card!!
Gorgeous flowers!!
Wow! Congrats on your beautiful stamp set!!! Your card is really gorgeous!!!
What a beautiful card! 🙂
Gorgeous card! Your coloring with the Prismacolors is perfect! I always love to hear what people use for alternatives for a block…either they don’t have the right size or find that they forgot to pack one along…good ideas to store away for when it happens to me.
Oh, this is my favorite set of this release!! Congratulations
and well done on this beautiful set. I am a birdie lover so that
always draws me in. And I love the ‘weird’ sentiment … hubby
says I’m weird so … lol Your card is gorgeous.
WOW Beautiful card!
Such a pretty card!
Beautiful card! I love the colours you chose.
Very pretty card!
Such a lovely card! I didn’t like this stamp set at the beginning, but I am slowly changing my mind, having seen all the lovely inspiration with it 🙂
Gorgeous coloring!
Colorful! Well done.
Beautiful! I love your coloring and your card design is so pretty!
This stamp set is so nice and your coloring of it is very beautiful!
So pretty!!
I love these products. The cards are so cool.
Glenda
Stunning! I love your coloring and color choices, perfect!
Lovely!! I really like your using your acrylic clipboard to mount your stamp. Great idea for those bigger stamps and no Misti!!
I like the colors on the flowers.
Smart idea to use a clipboard! These flowers are colored beautifully!
I just LOVE this stamp and die…gotta have it! 🙂
Fabulous card…gorgeous colors!
This is a gorgeous card. Love the colors and the beautiful coloring! Great inspiration for us all!
That Strangeness set is rapidly becoming my favorite bit of the new release and I really love what you’ve done with it!
Beautiful card! Love the vibrant colors and your coloring in beautiful! Thank you for sharing!
I’ve been admiring this stamp set the whole hop! It is magnificent, Stephanie.
First off, I adore this stamps (and the name). The flowers are so pretty and I cannot wait to get my hands on it.
Second: your card is so pretty! I love the colors you used!
XOXO, Jenn
BEAUBEAUTIFUL CARD!!!!
Pretty card
Great tip on the large stamp dilemma! Your coloring is beautiful!
Your coloring is simply gorgeous!
Love the card you made. Beautiful coloring
thanks for the incentive to keep trying my prismacolors. I haven’t had
the best of luck with them but so many people swear by them, i think i just
need to play more. lol
Nicely done.
You created a beautiful stamp set! I love how you colored them.
Great background with the triangles! It really makes the flowers pop!
beautiful card – love your design!
Such a pretty stamp set….lovely card…..thank you so much for sharing…hugs
Beautiful colouring – and ingenuity with the clear clipboard!
Such a beautiful coloring !
This is one of my favorites stamps from this release.. What a fun and summery release from Simon Says Stamp!
Your card is beautiful! I love the orange and purple together on the flowers! I would never think to put those colors together but it looks amazing!
Beautiful card!
Very nice coloring. Love what u made! Awesome.
Well done on the creation of Strangeness, yes, I do love her too. You are so talented and your card is lovely!
Beautiful card. Love the coloring of the flowers.
Thanks for sharing…
Lovely work.
Great colors on your card!
Your card is beautiful !
I love what you did with “not having all the stamp supplies or tools” of the trade! LOL I think we all started that way. You certainly made a beauty. And this is my favorite of the entire Good Vibes kit. Thanks for sharing. PS: Some of us spend too much money trying to make sure we have “everything” that we don’t necessarily need. (yeah, me!)
Just amazing coloring… you are so talented!
Lovely card.
Beautiful card! This is such a pretty stamp set! Congrats!
Your illustrations in this stamp set are absolutely gorgeous! Congrats on it being part of this SSS release! Love seeing how you colored it.
Beautiful card! I really enjoyed reading your story. Thanks for sharing!
A beautiful card! You’re resourceful as well as talented!
Congratulations on the release of your stamp set! Gorgeous illustrations! Stunning card with beautiful design and coloring.
Beautiful card! I really enjoyed reading your story. Thanks for sharing.
I really love this stamp set! The large flower cluster and birds are so cool 🙂
Such a pretty and unique illustration!
Stephanie, first let me congratulate you on designing the Strangeness set! It is my #1 fave of this amazing release! (I always enjoying hearing the back story on who actually designs the stamps, so it was nice to hear a bit of your story. Thanks for sharing it.)
Your colouring with Prismacolors is awesome as well and your card is beautiful.
Definitely a cool story of how you got here, I love when you can tell your story through art. Your set is fantastic, I’m a bit obsessed with the smaller flowers and want to make a 12 x 12 with those! Thanks for the inspiration!
Such a pretty card!
Your stamp set is amazing! I love all things floral and the birds add to the beauty of this set. Loved your story about designing this set. Thanks for sharing your wonderful talent with us.
Really, pretty card! Love the details.
Totally gorgeous!
Love these cards. I love how you used the pencils, they are so beautiful.
Great summery cards!
Great card! Love the colors you used!
Great cards! Thank you.
great set! luv my prismacolor pencils too!
fab looking stamp designs and a great looking card!
The coloring on your card is amazing! You designed a beautiful set of stamps!
Really beautiful coloring on those florals!
Beautiful card! I love this set – you are very talented! I can’t wait to get mine to play! Thank you for sharing your talent!
Beautiful colors
You have OUTDONE yourself using the new goodies this release!
SQUEAL!! BEAUTIFUL Cards!! I LOVE the NEW Products!! THANKS for sharing and have a FABULOUS WEEKEND!!
Really Beautiful card!!
Very pretty card. I really enjoyed reading your story. Thanks for sharing!
So pretty…. thanks for inspiring!
Love this set you designed and your coloring.
Beautiful card!
I love this stamp! All kinds of colors flood my mind each time I look at it and what you did is stunning, I can’t wait to try her out myself 🙂 I’m just getting started with paper crafting too and trying to build supplies, your clipboard tip is genius for large stamps! Thanks for sharing your story and beautiful art with all of us, I look forward to seeing more of your creations. #SSSGoodVibes
pretty!! LOVING all the inspiration!!
with the triangle background so graphic and stunning
Gorgeous card.
Thank you for sharing your beautiful work.
So very lovely!
Very pretty cards. I’m loving all the inspiration I’ve received by following this blog hop. You and the other designers have done a fabulous job inspiring us! Thanks.
This set is beautiful – as is your creation with it!
Thanks for sharing your creativity. Great card.
Such a lovely and vibrant card! Well done!
Beautiful coloring
This stamp set is one of my favorite things from the release. It is so beautiful!! Your card is very pretty.
Beautiful card!!
You are very talented! Great job!
Just beautiful. Love that stamp set. Going on my wish list for sure.
Beautiful! Love how you colored the stamp.
Congratulations – you designed a fantastic set.
Love the bird – soaring on high.
Looking forward to more wonderful sets.
thanks for sharing
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I, too, have recently been enjoying colored pencils. I just splurged on a small set of “good” pencils, and now I want more! I love this stamp set — great cards.
Your stamp is beautiful. Hope to see more stamp designs from you in the future.
I love your stamp design! Great illustration and lovely card you have made!
Great coloring! I love that you are using Prisma Color Pencils right now, too. Your card is lovely.
Beautiful!
Beautiful stamp set!! I believe everyone is in love with it!! You do some awesome coloring. I just love to create handmade cards, and I’m nowhere near an artist or colorist, but it is so fun to relax & create colorful cards for a hobby! My family & friends seem to appreciate them!
Beautiful stamp set! I especially love the birds in this set. Gorgeous card and coloring! I love to see how the creator of a stamp uses it. That’s so cool that you did custom tattoo art previously!
Absolutely beautiful!
Beautiful card !!
Love your gorgeous card! That is by far my favorite stamp set in this release! Thanks for the inspiration!
Congratulations, your stamp set is absolutely gorgeous!
Loving the flowers!
Beautiful coloring on your card.
You should be proud of that stamp, and your card is spectacular!
I, too, am in a Prisma pencils bubble as well! In high school it was my main media, but haven’t done it in years! So I’m re-learning, if you will, the technique that I did so well with.
It hasn’t been easy, but it’s been fun. Your stamps are beautiful!
Congratulations!
Love those pretty flowers! Beautiful card!
Love what you created with that Strangeness stamp. Nothing strange about that! It is beautiful!
Love the stamp set! It has so many possibilities. 🙂
You are so talented – that stamp set is so so beautiful!
I am obsessed with your Strangeness stamp. It spoke to me as soon as I saw it — unique and very artsy! Love the card you created with it. Please keep designing stamps — just love your style!
I am obsessed with the Strangeness stamp set. It spoke to me as soon as I saw it. Please keep designing more stamps!
So pretty!
Thank you for designing this beautiful card set and sharing the inspiration for your design. Your card is lovely!
Beautiful card. You have great talent – that stamp set is just gorgeous!
Absolutely gorgeous!
Oh wow !! That’s an incredible floral !! Awesome job !
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Beautiful colouring.
Lots of inspiration on this hop! Very pretty card.
This is an awesome set. I love the card. The colors pop for me.
Awesome card, I love your gorgeous floral bouquet!
Like the floral coloring. Interesting about your tatoo background.
Melissa
“Sunshine HoneyBee”
Beautiful coloring! You made these flowers really come to life.
Beautiful colors, so bright and cheerful
I’m glad we caught you in your Prismacolor phase. Your card is terrific.
Beautiful card, and what a stunningly beautiful design that you created!
Thanks Vicky!
Great coloring. Your flowers look vibrant.
Vibrant because Primacolor Pencils are the BEST! Thanks Steffi!
Love this floral stamp. You are very talented. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks Tammy
Hi Stephanie! Your artwork is amazing as witnessed by this Strangeness Stamp Set 🙂 Thanks for sharing both the design and your coloring of it with us! Great work 🙂
I am glad you like the strangeness stamp she is a favorite of mine! This set is a close second for sure! Thanks Connie
I love the feathers! Beautiful cards!!
Thanks!!!