Celtic Treasury on Etsy

By Marionessa on Etsy. Received a notification since it featured the cling mounted Celtic Knotwork Triangles.

And more fairy portals

A couple more images of polymer clay fairy portals made by Claybykim using stamps from our Celtic Knotwork Triangles and Triskeles stamp set. These particular portals have been sold.

More stamped tiles and magnets

Above are some more stone tiles stamped with our Celtic Knotwork Triangle stamps by WyndsongDesigns on Etsy. She has also made some great little porcelain magnets, below. Each image links to a different listing.

The Secret of Kells

Just found out about this film on Roger Ebert's website. It looks stunning. Currently in very limited release in the US.

Click the image above to reach the website for the film.

Trailer:


Clip with song from website:


Another clip with nicest visuals (will launch in a new window):

Already saved it on my Netflix list...

(All images Copyright 2008, The Secret of Kells - Studio.)

New RubberStampMadness Ad - and Stamp Discount

Just received the Fall 2009 issue of RubberStampMadness, with our newest ad.

Discount Code: The discount code is blurred out here - we want to encourage people to pick up a hard copy of RubberStampMadness - a great magazine. The code is good for 10% off rubber stamps when entered during the checkout process on our site. Although there is no way to automatically calculate savings on our Etsy shop, you can enter the code in the notes section when you check out and we will refund you your savings. (Coupon codes apply only to rubber stamps - mounted or unmounted - and will not work on our eBay shop.)

And even more fairy portals...

A different style... click on an image to reach the listing on ClaybyKim's site. (Here is her blog.)

And more Fairy Portals...

Claybykim just sent me pictures of three more fairy portal doors she made using stamps from our Celtic Knotwork Triangles and Triskeles stamp set.

She is a busy bee! I love them - all the little details are wonderful. Click on an image to reach that specific listing, then do poke around her shop some more. And bookmark it... she seems to be pretty prolific...




Cheers!

More Collaborative Work

After seeing Claybykim's fairy portals, I found a thread on Etsy about collaborative work between Etsians. Although we've not worked on projects together with other artisans, we've loved seeing what people have created using our stamps. I've tagged past relevant posts with "collaboration", so that they can all be viewed together on one page.

And then I found some more pieces I had missed - click on the images for the listings (some have sold).

More clay items from adornyourself:

And the quilted stamped "Celtic butterflies" are by cobaltquilter.

Fairy Portal

Claybykim on Etsy user has created a lovely little polymer clay fairy portal door using one of the stamps from our Celtic Knotwork Triangles and Triskeles stamp set. Click the images to see the listing and take a look at some of her other items. Wonderful pieces!

Celtic Treasury

Etsy user tinahdee just let me know that she had featured our Celtic knotwork triangle stamps in her treasury (it will expire on March 13) - image below - click on it to reach larger view on Flickr.

New RubberStampMadness Ad - and Stamp Discount

(An edited reposting of an entry originally posted on Jan 30.)

Lost track of time! Just received the Spring 2009 issue of RubberStampMadness, with our newest ad.

Discount Code: The discount code is blurred out here - we want to encourage people to pick up a hard copy of RubberStampMadness - a great magazine. The code is good for 10% off rubber stamps when entered during the checkout process on our site. Although there is no way for savings calculated automatically on our Etsy shop, you can enter the code in the notes section when you check out and we will refund you your savings. (Coupon codes apply only to rubber stamps - mounted or unmounted - and will not work on our eBay shop.)

Stamp Images: Unfortunately, the squid and round geometric design featured in the ad (and probably the reason behind the positive response we've had so far) are not yet available as stamps. (The corner and zig-zag elements are available as part of our Celtic Knotwork Triple Twists sheet.)

Long story as short as possible: We have been testing out processes for creating polymer stamps and had been planning to have those designs come out as our first images in polymer. We experienced some set backs and do not yet have a finalized system.

We will continue to plug away (although it is a busy month and so it will have to be on the back burner for a bit). Once we have a process down, we should be able to get images out at a faster rate and create different sizes to satisfy individual customer requests, etc. We are excited about the possibilities.

In the meantime, we apologize for any disappointment. We certainly did not intend to advertise products that are not yet available.

(We will see how we feel about using (and recommending) the polymer stamps for velvet. I know that there are plenty of people who do use them for these purposes. I want to be sure that there isn't any danger from applying heat to the stamp.)

Artwork in the Ad: Loden put this ad together. For the background he used photo of our embossed velvet pillow, below:

He then layered on images of the corner elements from our Celtic Knotwork Triple Twists as solids in yellow and outlines in red. A layer of semi-transparent blue, then the squid image I made, and the circular design that he created.

Embossed Velvet Pillow Cover

Created this pillow cover for a tutorial for a magazine. Now the publishing has been pushed back a bit. I am tempted to post the tutorial on Instructables.com and just come up with a new one for the magazine instead... except I know it would end up as another last-minute frantic effort.

Now on our Etsy shop. More photos up on our Flickr account.

"18 x 18 inch throw pillow cover. Dark turquoise acetate/rayon velvet front, sage green Dupioni silk envelope back. Dry clean only.

Hand-embossed mainly using stamps from our Celtic Knotwork Triple Twists rubber stamp set:

http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?ref=sr_list_1&listing_id=17956624

Also using bubbles, droplets, and triskeles, from our Celtic Knotwork and Fish, Waves and Bubbles sheet:
http://www.etsy.com/view_listing.php?listing_id=13817094

The embossed images are created using heat, producing crisp, sunken and iridescent images that can appear shadowy or very reflective depending upon the angle.

For more information about the velvet embossing process: http://www.instructables.com/id/Emboss_Velvet_with_Rubber_Stamps_and_a_Household_I/

Note: We "tiled" a number of the stamps at once - we arranged them on a large block so that they were all heat embossed at once. The stamps that are very close together were not embossed in succession.