A Penny for your Thoughts

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I love playing with rubber stamps and ink, collaging with vintage images, and making mini books. I live in Maine with my husband and our cats.
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Rogue Redhead Designs

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Artist-in-Residence January 2011

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Monthly Muse for July 2010

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Green Paper Collage Club 2011

Green Paper Collage Club 2011

Mary Green's Vintage Gluebook Online Class

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      • GC#137 - Chestnut Theme Challenge
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      • Fun with black gesso
      • How do you create?
      • Doing a HAPPY DANCE!!!
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      • RRD Rebel Challenge #7
      • Glimmer Misted Bag
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All content, including text, photographs and concept design work are © Penny Bennington unless otherwise stated. Stamp images used are copyrighted by the companies credited. Designs and ideas are just for your inspiration - please do not copy them for the purpose of sale, publication, or contest submissions. Thanks!

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Friday, January 20, 2012

Doing a HAPPY DANCE!!!

It's always an absolute thrill to have your work chosen for publication in a Stampington magazine and I have 2 in the February/March issue of the Stampers' Sampler!!!!!!!! Both are part of the special surfaces challenge and the first is an ATC concertina book. You can see the cover in the magazine - I used some of my crayon glassine paper to stamp on as my special surface.

Want to see the inside?

This is how the concertina looks opened and I used more crayon glassine on alternate panels. Here are a couple of close-ups:



My second project is a set of 3 collages built on 3in square acrylic blocks that are usually used for stamping with your unmounted stamps. I adhered paper to the back and stamped images onto the front of each block.

On the facing page they even show a photo from the side so you can see the dimension.

I've been smiling all day :-)
Posted by penny4thoughts at 9:15 PM

20 much appreciated comments:

Celeste said...

Congratulations to you. Lovely projects worthy of publication.
Keep up the great work.

January 20, 2012 10:02 PM
Shar said...

Congratulations!! All these projects are fabulous! I can't wait to get my issue.

January 20, 2012 11:03 PM
Evelyn S. said...

Oh, you so deserve publication! Congratulations!

January 21, 2012 12:40 AM
Maggie said...

Congratulations Penny Great projects as always!

Maggie

January 21, 2012 1:09 AM
Lynn Stevens said...

AWESOME Penny, A BIG CONGRATS!!!!
It never gets old does it? Your book is fabulous. Love all those gorgeous colors and the butterflies stunning!!
As are all your published pieces! Way to go girl!
hugs Lynn

January 21, 2012 1:24 AM
Trishia said...

oh, penny, i'm doing a happy dance while i henpeck!! as soon as possible, i'll be getting a copy of this issue, too!! MERCI beaucoup:)

January 21, 2012 1:53 AM
Janine said...

Oh i have to look if I can buy that here, love to see your work ;) the little book is such a great art to be published, I'm so glad for you. Congrats dear Penny. Have a great weekend, love Janine

January 21, 2012 2:39 AM
Laura said...

Fantastic! Well done. Very well deserved.

January 21, 2012 4:30 AM
Jennie Atkinson said...

No wonder you are smiling Penny! Many congratulations. Your work is always so beautiful. I just wish I could get my hands on a copy of the magazine. I will keep a look out for it on some of the UK sites I visit.

PS I am also working on a very similar ATC book with butterflies and text! Your lovely ATC swap book gave me the idea.

January 21, 2012 4:49 AM
JeanFB said...

Woooohoooo, congrats, Penny! These projects are *stunning*! So gorgeous and so creative. I can't wait to get my hands on a copy. :)

January 21, 2012 8:56 AM
lynne said...

Penny, I am sitting here doing a happy dance in my head :)
Thrilled for you and so well deserved. Do I spy FKP images on the blocks?!!!
Gorgeous art and I cannot wait for my copy to arrive.
Wishes
Lynne

January 21, 2012 12:00 PM
Cheri said...

Yay, yay, yay....Penny....I thought I could hear some excited whoops coming from Litchfield....your work is wonderful!!!!

January 21, 2012 1:44 PM
joanne wardle said...

many congratuations! beautiful card

January 21, 2012 1:56 PM
Debbie K. said...

Great projects, Penny! So happy for you. BIG Congrats:)
- DebbieK

January 22, 2012 12:34 PM
Robyn Phelan Sharp said...

I'm so glad you showed the whole thing. It's beautiful. Congratulations!

January 22, 2012 9:28 PM
Renee said...

I loved your little book. It was wonderful to see it opened!

January 24, 2012 8:42 AM
trisha too said...

Penny, congratulations to you! Your little books are so charming, they should ALL be in print!!!

:)

January 24, 2012 4:48 PM
Lori said...

Congratulations! Although it's really no surprise that your art would be chosen! :)

January 25, 2012 1:18 PM
Deb (dcorder) said...

Congrats! I saw your beautiful work in the magazine! It never gets old, does it?

January 28, 2012 7:59 PM
Wax Beach Artist said...

Wow, wow, wow!!! Congratulations!

January 30, 2012 12:28 PM

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