2015 EDiM Day 12 - Stairs

Leave it to me to INTERPRET the challenge. "They couldn't have meant ordinary, boring stairs. I'm sure they meant spiral stairs. Or just spirals. Or just a spiral." After years of being the compliant child, I've become a bit of an old rebel. It serves the art better!

EDiM 12 - Spiral; stamp & marker on craft paper

This is a big ol' stamp!

EDiM 12 - Spiral stamp

2015 EDiM Day 11 - A Hat

Anyone up for an obscure theatrical reference? "Look, I made a hat, where there never was a hat."* Congrats to all the grads who have proudly worn the world's goofiest hat recently.

EDiM 11 - Hat; stamp & marker on craft paper

This was a quick, but useful little stamp that I used for the "board" part of the mortarboard above. I stamped the diamond four times with brown ink and then embellished heavily.

EDiM 11 - Hat stamp

*The reference is to a song from a stage play that was filmed back in the 80s. It's called "Sunday in the Park with George," and it's a fictional backstory of Georges Seurat's most famous painting.

2015 EDiM Day 10 - Something You Can Turn On and Off

Creativity turns on when fear of getting it wrong turns off. Deep, huh? It took so long the carve the stamps for this. I wonder if I'll ever finish the alphabet...or just think of all the words that can be made with these eight letters.

EDiM 10 - Creativity; stamp & marker on craft paper

And, here are the seemingly random letters carved from rubber.

EDiM 10 - Creativity stamp

2015 EDiM Day 9 - An Interesting Label

Mint generosity is a tricky business. "Would you like a mint? Er. Um. Not that you NEED one!" Better to eat mints in absolute privacy.

EDiM 09 - Label; stamp & marker on craft paper

It's not obvious that this started as a stamp, but it did. I put down a white "frame" first so the colors would pop. The stamp is the actual size of an Altoids tin.

EDiM 09 - Label stamp

2015 EDiM Day 8 - Has a Handle

Anchor chains, plane motors, & train whistles. I'm with ya, George Bailey! I love those sounds!

EDiM 08 - Suitcase; stamp & marker on craft paper

I can see a use for this stamp in the future.

EDiM 08 - Suitcase stamp

2015 EDiM Day 7 - An Envelope

Remember when the postman knocked? Yeah, neither to I.

This piece is interactive with the rest of the quote under the flap. I love this saying!

EDiM 07 - Envelope; stamp & marker on craft paper

Lift the flap, and...

EDiM 07 - under flap

And, the stamp is just a border design.

EDiM 07 - Envelope stamp

2015 EDiM Day 6 - Bristles

I thought of brushes. Rainbow brushes. Indigo, as a color, has always been a puzzlement to me. I guess Roy G. Bv was just too hard to pronounce, and the rainbow needed another vowel.

EDiM 06 - Bristles; stamp & marker on craft paper

This was a fun little stamp that I know I'll use again.

EDiM 06 - Bristles stamp