Bożena's Water Droplets Card

Hello everyone,

Ryn here. Special treat today! I have a Guest Spotlight for Bożena Adamusińska from Poland. She has made a wonderful photo rich tutorial using one of my designs - Water Droplets. I hope you enjoy! Please feel free to leave her a comment here or pop by her blog http://artcardbox.blogspot.com for the Polish version :) And now... In Bozena's words...

Bożena's Water Droplet Tutorial

I never thought I would ever get the opportunity to work with Ryn Tanaka. A few years ago I found one of Ryn’s cards online, created using her own stunning stamps. It took some time for me to find out who created these beautiful stamps. When I found Ryn and her shop Design by Ryn I did some shopping and I felt it was definitely not enough, because I just bought a few stamps, and I wanted to have them all. Life tends to give you dreams in portions so that you can wish for more... Not long ago I asked Ryn for some assistance and it turned out I got more than I dreamed of! Ryn offered me a guest spotlight and the opportunity to work with her collection. What a fantastic opportunity, right? Such chances come rarely so I grabbed a hold of it with both hands. I don’t intend to let go of it! :-) Here is my first card that I made for Ryn. 

To create this card I used the stamp - Water Droplets from Designs by Ryn - and Heartfelt Creations Vintage Life Background.

I also used some Distress Inks. In total I used 4 colours: Walnut Stain, Tumbled Glass, Black Soot and Antique Linen.

First I stamped my script background stamp on a white cardstock and I went in with mixed Walnut Stain and Black Soot inks to make it look like an old manuscript. I also removed some of the ink on the edges before stamping for a more vintage look. I then stamped Ryn’s droplets using Archival Watering Can ink. I used this colour instead of black because I did not want the impression to be too perfect. 

Next step was to add colour to the droplets. For that I used some of the Tumbled Gladd Distress Ink which I smoothed on an acrylic block and mixed with water. Then I added some of that colour to each droplet. 

In this close up, you can see the delicate coloring on each of the droplets.

Then I wanted to add  a vintage look to the whole panel. I used Antique Linen DI to sponge the edges and some parts towards the middle of the whole piece. I left the middle part of the panel white, without any shading, to catch the viewers eye. 

To achieve a greater depth I also sponged some Walnut Stain DI on the edges. 

After that was done I wanted to add some shine to the droplets. I used my Sakura white Gelly Roll pen to add more details to the droplets. 

To embellish my card I added some coffee coloured sequins, blue Gerlach crystal and “Miss You” sentiment from Serendipity, stamped on the vellum. 

At first I just wanted to stamp the sentiment on the "parchment paper" but it turned out to be hardly visible. That is why I added some faded plum colour cardstock underneath it.  

Here are a few pictures of the finished card. 

Cards created with Ryn's stamps are always beautiful and you can see the stamps being the main focus of the projects. If you have any of her products you can also take part in monthly challenges, where the prize always is one of her stamps. SO do not wait any longer - join in the fun!

Thank you for your patience and for still being here :) I also thank you for visiting! I hope you enjoyed my project today and that it will inspire you to create one of your own. I would love to see it!

Hugs,

Bożena

December's Challenge Winner...

Happy New Year everyone :) I hope 2016 brings you lots of inspiration and good experiences!

Just a quick one today to announce the winner of my December Customer Creation Challenge. Thrilled to see 19 pieces! Thanks so much for uploading and for linking back to me on your blogs (if you have one).

If you haven't participated in the challenge you are more than welcome to upload 1-3 pieces per month. It can be anything you want using whatever products you like as long as one or more of my designs is clearly visible. More details on January's challenge HERE.

The random winner for December's Challenge is... Karen Roberts! Please contact me to receive your free stamp or stencil (designsbyryn@gmail.com).

Below is Karen's winning piece... Love how she combined my designs in this! Great use of colour too!

Also a quick note that this month I'm taking a break from offering sales on my cling-mounted stamps.

Thanks for stopping by!

Ryn

 

January Customer Creation Challenge

An InLinkz Link-up

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! 

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

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

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

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