Addicted to dominos

I've been a rubber stamper since I was about 19. (So, about 13 years...) Sometimes I get tired of stamping cards and enjoy stamping on new things or making new things with my stamps. Recently I discovered Ching Chou Kuik's art. I'm not a big fan of "big eye art" if that's what you would call her art. But I do love all things fantasy related and found her art beautiful, feminine, and with bright colors. (How I love bright colors!) Then I discovered her stamps and it was love at first sight. And with my love of stamping and her work it was a match made in heaven! So, for a while I've wanted to try my hand at stamping on dominoes. At first I didn't know whether or not to add color and then I tried my Tombows and it was like I could not add color! I found Ching Chou Kuik's stamps to be very open images and easy to color.

I wanted to focus manly on the faces and put the domino directly onto the stamp. And I'll be honest putting anything onto the domino after the color just blurred the colors. And the colors really take time to put on. And since Tombow are watercolor markers I know it's not permanent and the colors sometimes take 2 or 3 coats. A darker stamp pad works well for the image. I like StazOn as it's made for stamping on other things than just paper and is permanent. One must be careful not to erase the image itself while coloring. I would love to make some of these dominoes into pendants, but I know they are not waterproof and they are mostly keepsakes right now. Enjoy!:)wwwcckuik.com  http://www.sweetpeastamps.com

I miss you!

Sometimes I think one of the greatest things we can do for someone in life is be with them in their time of grief. Where grief is not a happy time I would say that I have had the honor of standing with my sister-in-law, brother-in-law, and step niece after losing their son/brother in a car accident earlier this year. I can't even begin to imagine the pain and loss of losing a child or sibling especially at an early age with so much ahead of you. Tyler was a beautiful soul and made an impact on everyone he meet. And I feel privileged to have known him even if it was only for a short time. Tyler was special and everyone knew it. It was obvious God had a plan for Tyler's life and even in his death I feel God is still working through him. He has become engraved in our thoughts and memories. And there isn't a day that goes by that I don't think of Tyler and what life would be like if he was still here. I still remember the times we spent with him. His death happened suddenly and was a shock to everyone. It's still hard to believe he's gone...I miss you Tyler.