The Protector

Who is protecting who?  Is the knight protecting the lady from the dragon, or is the dragon protecting the lady from the enemy knight.  Maybe the lady is protecting the dragon!
Stamps used:  Damsel with Dragon, Knight (partial) are Third Coast stamps;  the pillar railing is from Rubber Baby Buggy Bumpers; the brick wall is unknown.  Stamped piece is mounted on scrapbook paper with a rock wall print.

Fred's Dog Escapes

PIONEER REQUIEM

This piece was done to honor the pioneer women who migrated West, sometimes losing loved ones on the way.  I wanted to show the mother kneeling at the little grave, baby blanket in hand.  The road behind her beckons her onward, to leave the little one behind.
published in "The RubberStampMadness Album of Scenic Art"

NO HUMANS ALLOWED

Stamps used:  Lifeguard cat: Stampsations; swimming dog: My Heart Stamps for You; dunes: Art Impressions; sand bucket and shovel: Stamp Towne Ladies; Cat with Snorkel: Rubber Baby Buggy Bumpers; water line: Third Coast; wave: 100 Proof Press;  all other stamps unknown;
published in the July/August 2008 issue of RubberStampMadness

The Job

Did you ever have a job that stifled your soul?  Or did you ever want a job so bad that you were willing to sacrifice to get it?  Or did you ever leave a job and soar off into the unknown?  

Published in the Spring 2012 issue of RubberStampMadness

Splash of the Titan

The title is a play on words:  "Splash" because of the woman dipping her toe in the water, and "Titan" because her character in the stamping catalog is Phoebe, one of the Titans.  And of course, this refers to the movie "Clash of the Titans", a favorite in our house.  This scene was a challenge to myself to see if I could use some of my many Greek stamps in a scene.

"WHAT'S FOR DINNER?"

What is for dinner?  The fish?  The chicken?  Who knows?

This scene required the use of vanishing points and a lot of masking.  The table was a picnic table with the benches "removed" by putting transparent tape over the inked benches on the rubber stamp.  The floor planks and the line on the wall for the hanging herbs were drawn by hand.  The chef's basket was originally empty, and I used the masking technique to add the fish.  This piece was published in the September/October 2007 issue of RubberStampMadness