Designs by Ryn

Monday, December 14, 2015

Welcome Back Ellie!

Hey everyone! I am very excited to be bringing back Ellie Knol to share some of her makes using my stamp designs. Love how she's brought these droplets to life!
In this piece she used:
Trickling Water Set from my unmounted sheet Water Effects 2
Hibiscus from my unmounted sheet Hibiscus

I'll include a link to Ellie below so that you can check out more of her art :)
Ellie's blog HERE

And now Ellie's make in her own words...

I always like the effect when working on kraft paper. It's so different from white paper.

It's like a recipe - a monoprint, kraft paper, and beautiful stamps.... and the only thing you have to do is mix it all together!

LOVE these drops, and the flower?

When I saw it the first time, I fell in love with it!

Stamps are all from Designs by Ryn -

thanks for letting me be guest designer again Ryn!

I enjoy it every time!

More to come!

Tuesday, December 01, 2015

My Holiday Gift to you...

Hey everyone,

My Holiday Gift to you...

I've decided to do something special this year to celebrate Christmas. Instead of offering discounted items for the month of December I'm going to give a Free Flowing Branches (stencil) to Everyone who orders from me this month. Doesn't matter the size of your order. No coupon code necessary. Everyone will get a little gift.

Here is my Flowing Branches stencil design (also used in Kristiina'w project below).

If you need your order to arrive on time for Christmas please keep in mind that regular mail could take 7-14 business days regularly. It will take longer at this time of the year. I recommend ordering as soon as possible if you need your package by the 25th.

November's Customer Creation Challenge Winner

This month there were 18 projects uploaded to the challenge. Thanks so much to all of you - returning contributors and new customers - for sharing your art with me! Keep on creating :)

I've drawn a winner (always random draw - no favourites) and it's Kristiina Majuri! A big congratulations! Please contact me at designsbyryn@gmail.com to collect your free cling-mounted stamp or stencil.

Here is Kristiina's winning project using Flowing Branches (stencil) from my collection. More process photos and detailed description on her blog HERE

I've also posted the December challenge HERE. Everyone is welcome to participate again this month. The monthly challenge is always located in the top navigation bar on my blog: www.designsbyryn.blogspot.com

Thanks for stopping by everyone!

Wishing you a wonderful month of December :)

Ryn

December Customer Creation Challenge

An InLinkz Link-up

Monday, November 02, 2015

November Sales and Challenge Winner

Hey Everyone,

Hope you had a lovely Halloween weekend! Just a short one from me today... I've got some Sales and a Challenge Winner to announce...

October Customer Creation Challenge Winner...

Thanks to everyone for contributing! The November Challenge is up and you are more than welcome to show me your projects again HERE. Always a pleasure to see your art :)

Last month's randomly drawn winner is... June Swart! She uploaded from her Flickr account. I'm not on Flickr yet so I can't show the image but you can check it out HERE. It's a lovely layout using my Raindrop Set.

Please contact me by email to receive your free Cling-mounted Stamp or Stencil :) designsbyryn@gmail.com

November Sales!

The following cling-mounted stamps have been discounted by 50% on my site.

Celtic Dove Set - $5.99

Heart of Light - $4.49

Celtic Heart - $4.49

That's it for now! Thanks for stopping by :)

Ryn

November CustomerCreation Challenge

An InLinkz Link-up

Friday, October 23, 2015

Hummingbird Lightswitch

Hey everyone!

I've been enamoured by the polymer art of Tammy Baker for a couple of years now. I first ran into her on Etsy back when I maintained a little shop of my own there. She had contacted me about my deeply etched stamps for use in polymer clay. Excited to see them used in that media I jumped on the opportunity to spotlight her as a guest designer.

Since then I have invited her back a few times to create with my designs. Her application of my stamps in her art always inspires me! I recently sent her some of my new Hummingbird designs curious as to how the small details would come through when pressed into clay. The results are stunning! Every little feather is defined clearly...

Love the iridescence that she added to the birds too!

This is my unmounted sheet of Hummingbird stamps that she used. You can find it HERE in my shop.

More to come from Tammy soon! In the meantime you can visit her Etsy shop HERE. Even if you don't use polymer clay in your creations (I haven't experimented in that direction yet either) I'm sure you'll be inspired by her use of colour and texture. Feel free to message her through Etsy.

Coupon

Tammy's also been kind enough to create a coupon specially for us: RYN15

If you purchase any of her affordable art (all original one of a kind pieces) this coupon will give you 15% off at the time of checking out.

I own a couple of switch plates and loooooove them in my home! They add a little life to an otherwise dull everyday object that I come into contact with every single day. Every time I turn on a light a smile comes to my face now. I've been concentrating on downsizing lately. Part of this process has been paying attention to the things that bring me joy and getting rid of the rest of the clutter. Tammy's lightswitches are definitely staying!

Well, that's it for me for now. Thanks for stopping by and for being patient with me. I haven't been posting or designing very much lately for personal reasons. My family has been going through some big changes and I have chosen to devote my energies there. I thank you so much for supporting me so far and look forward to creating more when I can. Hopefully soon!

I hope this post brought some inspiration your way :)

Bye for now,

Ryn

Thursday, October 01, 2015

October News and Challenge Winner!

Hey everyone,

Just a quick one from me today. I've got some sales to share with you and the winner of last month's Customer Creation Challenge!

September's Challenge Winner...

BIG congratulations to Evelien Siertsema!!! Please contact me by email to receive your free cling-mounted stamp or stencil :)

Here are Evelien's makes...

Cling-mounted stamps from my collection: Leafy Branch and Rising Bubbles

Cling-mounted stamps from my collection: Silhouette Dove Set

Evelien's blog post for this HERE. Many more gorgeous cards in this post.

Cling-mounted stamps from my collection: Raindrops

Evelien's blog post for this HERE

Sales for October...

With Christmas in mind here are some cling-mounted stamps discounted by 50%. You can click on the names below each photo to go to that product on my website.

Celtic Star 1 - $4.49

Celtic Star 2 - $4.49

Celtic Star 3 - $4.49

Many thanks for stopping by :)

Bye for now,

Ryn

October Customer Creation Challenge

An InLinkz Link-up

Tuesday, September 01, 2015

September Sales and News!

Hey everyone,

Some news, sales and inspiration for September!

Customer Creation Challenge

The monthly Customer Creation Challenge is back up on my blog. Thanks for waiting. I'm looking forward to seeing what you have to share with me :)

If you're new to my monthly challenge it's always anything goes. I don't want to limit creativity. It's for everyone. Beginners and longtime creators... Don't be shy. Your project doesn't have to be a masterpiece. It's all about having fun and experimenting.

Use at least one of my stamps or stencils with whatever media you like. If you don't blog, no worries, you can still join. If you do, please include a link to my challenge in your blog post. I'd really appreciate that. You can upload up to 3 projects per challenge (1 photo per project)

On the 1st of each month I post the new challenge and announce the winner for the last month (I always pick randomly). The winner receives a free stamp or stencil of their choice from my webshop: www.designsbyryn.com

Here's the link for September's challenge.