For the month's of March and April we will be showcasing the work of Eleanor Waladkewics from New Jersey. We loved Eleanor's idea of creating a series of cards featuring one stamp. The zipper stamp (no. 4666) provided the endless inspiration, check it out!

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Eleanor writes:

I always liked the challenge of a jig-saw puzzle. Maybe that is why I enjoy putting stamps together to make a scene.

Scenic stamping has brought creativity and joy to my life. I’ve enjoyed the past few years stamping scenes and sharing them with friends, family who tell me they save my cards. And I also participate in a few swaps and post to on-line groups. It’s very uplifting to get feedback on the scenes from my on-line scene stamping friends.

I was working with a limited amount of 100 Proof Press stamps, trying to see what would go together to make a scene. I wanted to use the zipper stamp I purchased with one idea in mind. My idea was to have one world unzip into another. My first thoughts were to have summer or fall unzip to reveal winter. It seemed like I had a few possible scenes but ended up, to my amazement, with ten!!

Colored pencils and pastels are what I usually color with. They are very unforgiving and erasable.

I tied for 2nd place in the 100 Proof Press December 2008 contest. What a thrill! That encouraged me to submit again. I did not place in the next contest but was offered a spot as a guest artist. If you ask me, that was a big win!

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