<brenda> http://www.cyberstampers.com/class/brenda/circus/
<brenda> samples are here
<brenda> I AM GOING TO START BUT I THINK JANET HAS SOME SAMPLES TOO HOPEFULLY?
<evo> I LUV circus stuff :}>
<Janet> uhhhh I didn't finish mine. I'll have some by the time I get home, though :)
<labelle> Samples are great circus is such fun
<brenda> EVO WOULD YOU BELIEVE I HAVE NEVER BEEN TO A CIRCUS
<brenda> TY LABELLE
<Janet> NEVER????
<brenda> NEVER
<CindyC> bb had a deprived childhood
<Janet> BRENDA!! It's time for you to go!!!!!
<brenda> NOT REALLY
<brenda> I HAD CREDIT CARDS VERY YOUNG
<brenda> BUT CIRCUS WAS NOT SOMETHING WE DID
<CindyC> no circus.. = deprived... lol
<Janet> The circus was more fun
<brenda> I BET
<RubberRabb> I never went to the circus either
<brenda> WELL THESE STAMPS MAKE ME WANT TO GO NOW
<evo> But...
<evo> for real...
<Janet> I grew up in Bartlesville Oklahoma, and old Frank Phillips was a huge circus fan
<CindyC> tell the truth i didn't care much for it.. lol
<EBphone> finally off the phone
<RubberRabb> mother didn't approve of the animal acts
<brenda> RR ARE WE KIN?
<kaye> they are too cute
<evo> the smell of a credit card is better than the smell of a real circus ;]>
<brenda> ROFLOL
<kaye> lol evo
<Janet> and every year when the circus would come, the old man would stand in front of it and buy every kid a ticket and give every kid a silver dollar to spend at it
<brenda> ONLY EVO
<CindyC> wow
<brenda> WOW
<Janet> my mom saved every silver dollar he ever gave her
<brenda> GOSH
<Janet> I don't even remember him, but I have two of my own saved
<brenda> IT SOUNDS LIKE IT WAS FUN
<RubberRabb> well we might have gone to the circus if someone had given us money
<RubberRabb> LOL
<RubberRabb> instead we went to the aquarium
<labelle> was there a parade
<Janet> He just loved the circus so much and thought every kid, no matter what, should get to go and have fun one night a year
<Janet> yeah, they did a parade too
<brenda> I HAVE BEEN TO AQUARIUMS AND ZOOS AND MUSEUMS
<cak> I think Janet needs to stamp a Frank Phillips shrine for her silver dollars
<brenda> AND OLD CHURCHES
<Janet> it wasn't a terribly small town, about 20,000 but it was a big deal in the summer
<brenda> I LOVE OLD CHURCHES
<Janet> I think I do, too!!
<CindyC> me too bb
<cak> (you just gotta get the story in there)
<brenda> BACK TO STAMPING
<brenda> THESE STAMPS ARE SO VERY DETAILED
<brenda> AND I HAD A BALL USING THEM
<CindyC> beach ball?
<brenda> SEVERAL OF THEM CAN BE TURNED INTO DIFFERENT POSITIONS
<Janet> I sure got a refresher course in masking.
<labelle> bouncing ball?
<brenda> TO ADD LOTS OF INTEREST
<brenda> NOPE
<brenda> FUN BALL
<evo> Fur ball?
<brenda> JANET I HAVE NEVER DID MASKING
<Janet> if you had a globe stamp, that seal could be playing with the whole world
<evo> ooops, misread that, Brenda
<brenda> YEP
<kat> cool idea janet
<brenda> LOL EVO
<Janet> (our local SPCA does a gala each year called the Fur Ball)
<brenda> THE BIG ELEPHANT WITH HIS FOOT UP CAN BE STEPPING 0ON SOMEONES HEAD
<Janet> (nixon's)
<evo> or balls
<cak> lol
<cak> (nixon's the one)
<CindyC> lol evo
vicki worries about Brenda
<Janet> (nixon's the one)
<labelle> or Hitler's Barbie
<brenda> THE CLOWNS CAN BE TUMBLING
<cak> I haven't seen these uncolored. do they have a lot of the shading in them or are you going to teach us how to do shading brenda?
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<labelle> That's right rr
<brenda> WB CAK
<cak> (dammit, dammit, dammit)
<cak> nice to be back
<brenda> THE SEALS IS SO MUCH FUN
<brenda> I EVEN THOUGHT ABOUT PUTTING A ROSE ON THE TIP OF ITS NOSE
<brenda> WB CAK
<evo> Know what I can see on his nose, Brenda?
<labelle> oh, oh
<CindyC> uh oh
<brenda> WHAT EVO?
<brenda> FROG?
<evo> And elephant! Balancing an upside down elephant...
<brenda> ROFLOL
<brenda> YEP
<labelle> Whew, I was worried
vicki worries about Evo
<evo> is possible with masking
CindyC breathes a sigh of relief
<evo> lol
<cak> I think this question got lost in the booting out> I haven't seen these uncolored. do they have a lot of the shading in them or are you going to teach us how to do shading brenda?
<brenda> YEP
<evo> sorry... I'll be quiet now
<vicki> lol
<brenda> CAK THEY DO HAVE THE SHADING IN THEM
<evo> give the URL again, Brenda
<brenda> BUT WITH THESE I DID MARKERS WITH A WET PAINT BRUSH TO CREATE DEPTH AND SHADOWS
<brenda> http://www.cyberstampers.com/class/brenda/circus/
<labelle> water brush or water and brush?
<cak> cool! kinda like the watercolor stuff Janet teaches?
<brenda> I CUT ALL OF THEM OUT SO DIDNT WORRY ABOUT THE LINES EXCEPT WHEN DOING THE COLLAR ON THE SEAL ,THE BARREL, AND THE ELEPHANTS JEWELED HEADDRESS
<brenda> YEP
<brenda> EXCEPT ON WHITE GLOSSY TYPING PAPER
<brenda> AND DIDNT WET THE PAPER AHEAD OF TIME
<brenda> JUST WET THE BRUSH AND TOUCH IT TO THE FAT MARKERS
<brenda> TO PICK UP SOME COLOR
<Janet> don't be quiet, Evo, then I have to behave, too. And I'm not in a well-behaving mood
<vicki> lol
<evo> er, um, ok, then Janet...
<brenda> EVO I ENJOY YOUR COMMENTS
CindyC wonders if bb enjoys her comments too......
<Janet> that's the watercolor way, Brenda
<brenda> I REALLY LIKED IT JANET
<brenda> IT WAS EASY
<Janet> and fast
<Janet> i like fast
<brenda> AND ON THE GLOSSY THE COLORS WERE VIBRANT
<brenda> YEP VERY FAST
<brenda> AND THE SHADING IS IN THE STAMPS ENOUGH THAT WITH THIS TECHNIQUE IT ALMOST LOOKS REAL THERE
<vicki> when you say glossy paper, do you mean like laser paper?
<brenda> YES VIVKI
<brenda> VICKI
<evo> what is laser paper?
<vicki> gotta get those letters separated!
<brenda> I WANTED SOMETHING EASY TO CUT AND LAYER
<brenda> COPY PAPER EVO
<vicki> copy paper for laser printers
<evo> oh! I have that! :}>
<brenda> YEP
<brenda> PHOTO QUALITY WILL WORK TOO
<brenda> AND DONT HAVE TO BUY AS MUCH
<labelle> but that is expensive, isn't it?
<kat> so this was not cardstock weight
<brenda> VERY EXPENSIVE
<brenda> I BOUGHT THIS BY ACCIDENT
<brenda> THOUGHT IT WAS GLOSSY CARDSTOCK
<brenda> I AM SO DUMB
<evo> Oh, then maybe I don't have that... I have simple copy paper for inkjets... not the same?
<brenda> NOPE EVO
<vicki> the laser paper is pretty cheap now
<brenda> 30 FOR 250 SHEETS I THINK IS WHAT IT WAS
<brenda> BUT IT WAS LARGER SIZE SHEETS TOO
<vicki> 30 what?
<evo> 30 whut?
<brenda> DOLLARS
<vicki> for 1/2 ream????
<brenda> WAS MY BIG MISTAKE
<brenda> THINK SO
<brenda> IT MIGHT BE 500
<brenda> BUT DONT THINK SO
<cak> does it take hand-applied color (like watercolor) well--sounds like it should
<brenda> IT DOES
<brenda> IT IS VERY EASY
<brenda> AND DIDNT WRINKLE HARDLY ANY
<cak> Wow!
<labelle> let's do and say we didn't
<brenda> IT WAS MY BOOBOO FOR THE YEAR I HOPE
<vicki> lol
<brenda> RIGHT
<vicki> at least you found a use for it!
<cak> (I bet it would be good to print some cloud pics on for that stamping cloud landscapes)
<brenda> BUT I AM HAVING FUN WITH IT
<brenda> IT WOULD CAK
<brenda> ALSO FOR POWDERED PEARL TECHNIQUE ALSO
<brenda> AM GOING TO FIND OUT
<brenda> BACK TO STAMPS
<brenda> I FOUND IT INTERESTING THE IDEA THAT WHEN PEOPLE SAY STAMPS ABOUT CIRCUS THAT THEY HAVE TO BE CUTE
<brenda> WELL THESE ARE BEYOND CUTE FOR ME
<brenda> LOTS OF DETAIL AND LOTS OF VARIABLE WAYS TO USE
<cak> they're so realistic
<brenda> THE CAGE I WANT TO PUT A PICTURE OF DH IN AND GIVE TO HIM
<labelle> are they as small as the samples look?
<brenda> YES THEY ARE
<RavenSomet> Do you cut them out after you color them to use in a scene or something?
<RavenSomet> LOL! hubby in a cage
<brenda> I DID RAVEN BUT ONLY BECAUSE I HAVE NEVER DID MASKING
<brenda> MASKING IS ON MY LIST TO LEARN
<cak> Brenda, about how tall are the tumbling clowns?
<evo> Ohhhhhh, Brenda... masking is sooooo easy!
<brenda> LABELLE THE STAMPS VARY IN SIZE
<labelle> ty
<brenda> CAK JUST A MINUTE WILL MEASURE
<evo> I'll teach you at the Georgia convention, Brenda
<brenda> EVO IT IS IF YOUR HANDS DONT SHAKE
<brenda> K EVO
<cak> (Red says sometimes she just uses the torn edge of a piece of paper to mask even detailed stamps)
<brenda> CLOWNS ARE ABOUT 2 1/2 BY 2 INCHES
<evo> me too, cak...
<cak> whoa! pretty big!
<brenda> THEY ARE NICE SIZES
<labelle> easier to color if they are bigger
<brenda> THE FACING ELEPHANTS ARE 3 BY 2
<brenda> THE BIG ELEPHANT WITH THE FOOT UP IS ALMOST 2 1/2 BY 3 3/8
<cak> plenty or room to color!
<cak> of
<brenda> HE ALSO HAS STICKERS TOO THAT IS THEMED WITH THESE
<brenda> YEP
<brenda> VERY EASY TO COLOR AND VERY EASY TO CUT OUT
<brenda> WHICH FOR ME IS IMPORTANT
<cak> me too
<brenda> I SHAKE REAL BAD AT TIMES AND CUTTING IS NOT EASY
<brenda> IT IS VERY FRUSTRATING
<brenda> ROUGH ISNT IT CAK
<cak> I'm detail cutting impaired
<brenda> I ME TOO CAK
<labelle> I'm scissors challenged!
<brenda> I LAYER INSTEAD
<keribou> Brenda- I like the colors you used- very circus-y looking
<brenda> LOL
<brenda> I AM SCISSOR AND KNIFE CHALLENGED
<brenda> TY KERIBOU
<brenda> I LOVE LOUD COLORS
<brenda> I DRESS LOTS IN BRIGHT COLORS
<cak> perfect for this
<brenda> YEP
<angel> me too...
<brenda> WHEN I STARTED STAMPING I BOUGHT FRAME STAMPS AND MADE PICTURE HOLDER MAGNETS
<brenda> AND DID ALL OF THEM IN BOLD BRIGHT COLORS
<brenda> NOW I AM MORE CAREFUL OF WHAT TYPE OF IMAGE I USE A LOT OF COLOR WITH
<evo> Brenda? If you shake when using scissors? Just rest your hands on the table... as you cut. That helps.
<brenda> RR,RK,DIANE,JANET AND A FEW MOER HAVE TAUGHT ME LOTS ABOUT COLOR
<vicki> and move the paper, not the scissors
<brenda> OK EVO WILL TRY THAT
<evo> yes, Vicki!
<brenda> I FOUND THAT TIME OF DAY WHEN CUTTING MAKES A DIFFERENCE TOO
<brenda> http://www.cyberstampers.com/class/brenda/circus/
<brenda> HEY DEB
<deb> hiya
evo waves a fla wave to Deb
<deb> just got home
deb waves a MO wave back to evo
<brenda> I WANT TO TRY THESE AGAIN ON THE HOT PRESS WATERCOLOR PAPER WITH A WASH AND TRY TO COLLAGE THEM
<brenda> IF I CAN FIND SOME CIRCUS TICKETS
<brenda> TO ADD
<deb> cool
<cak> would be fabulous! *lots* of bright colors for that one
<brenda> YEP
<brenda> AND MAYBE ADD GLITTER TO THE ELEPHANT HEADDRESS
<labelle> yeah, glitter is good!
<evo> sprinkle some popcorn around, too... I always connect popcorn with circuses
<brenda> OR A JEWEL RIGHT IN FRONT
<brenda> OOOH GOOD IDEA EVO
<CindyC> in the shell peanuts for me...
<cak> (make your own ticket to the cyberstampers circus==we're wild enough)
<keribou> or some red stripes like ona bag of popcorn
<brenda> UNPOPPED CORN
<labelle> red stripes - yeah
<brenda> DO THEY HAVE RED STRIPES?
<evo> whoa! Peanut shells would be good, especially with the elephants
<brenda> WOW
<brenda> LISTEN AT THE IDEAS
<evo> Heyyy, Queen
<brenda> http://www.cyberstampers.com/class/brenda/circus/
<RubberRabb> red stripes on boxes of cremated ashes sometimes too..
<TheQueen> heyyyyyyy evo
<brenda> HEY RABBITSMOM AND QUEEN
<rabbitsmom> hi there
<evo> lol, RR...
<brenda> LOL RR
<evo> but not in north GA
<brenda> I JUST FIGURED OUT WHAT YOU SAID
<brenda> ROFLOL
<RubberRabb> I hadn't seen it since it first came out
<RubberRabb> sorry
<RubberRabb> I just finished watching out of africa--for the gorgeous colors
<TheQueen> lol Evo
<brenda> THAT IS A NEAT MOVIE
<brenda> WHAT ELSE IS SOMETHING ABOUT A CIRCUS
<TheQueen> monkeys
<vicki> sawdust
<brenda> OH YES
<labelle> High wire
<brenda> SAWDUST IS GOOD
<RubberRabb> side show freaks
<brenda> HE HAS SOME TRAPEZE IMAGES
<vicki> funhouse mirrors
<rabbitsmom> tatoo man
<kat> big top
<brenda> THAT ARE AWESOME
<RavenSomet> Abused animals...
<RubberRabb> fellini movie characters
<RavenSomet> Oh gosh I shouldn't have said that! SORRY :-(
<brenda> SO COMBINE WITH OTHER IMAGES
<RavenSomet> I talk too fast sometimes
<brenda> LOL
<brenda> IS OK RAVEN
<evo> but an idea is there, Raven... whips!
<RubberRabb> well that used to be the case> some of the smaller circuses still have problems with that
<brenda> SINCE OURS ARE RUBBER THEY ARENT ABUSED
evo slaps evo with a red hot whip
<RubberRabb> do a man's head inside a lion's mouth
<RubberRabb> so that makes you feel better
<brenda> YEP
<RavenSomet> I have this "thing" about circus... but new laws are helping SOME
<labelle> or, just man's feet in lion's mouth
<brenda> OH NEAT
<RavenSomet> LOL! A rubber circus is good :-)
<brenda> I COULD PUT DH IN THE MOUTH
<evo> good one, Labelle!
<deb> brena
RavenSometimesHere is STILL skeered of clowns though!!!!
<deb> give the animals the whip
<brenda> YES DEB?
<TheQueen> night all, hugs
<deb> and make the traininer jump over stuff
<brenda> YEP
<deb> and do the tricsk
<RavenSomet> GOOD one labelle!
<deb> tricks
<brenda> OR THE ELEPHANTS FACING COULD HOLD A BANNER
<labelle> that says?
<brenda> ANYTHING YOU WANT
<labelle> Oh boy!
<brenda> IT COPULD EVEN BE GOOD BYE CRUEL WORKD FOR WHEN DH IS IN LIONS MOUTH
<deb> come see the ringmaster jump through the hoops
<brenda> YEP
<brenda> YOU COULD PRINT IT ON THE COMPUTER
<brenda> THEN STAMP
vicki worries about Brenda... she seems like such a NICE girl,sigh
<evo> Or something as simple as... elephants are not only for breakfast now?
<brenda> LOL
<brenda> HAVE YA FOOLED VICKI
<labelle> lol
<brenda> RIGHT EVO
<vicki> lol
<brenda> OR EVEN FOR PEOPLE THAT WANT TO PROTEST ANIMAL ABUSE COULD USE THE ELEPHANTS FOR THAT
<brenda> WB RR
RubberRabbit2 hops back into the room rubbing furry bottom
<brenda> LOL
<RubberRabb> sheesh
<RubberRabb> just cause I said fellini's weird characters
<brenda> ROFLOL
evo eyes RR's furry bottom and thinks it's been abused by the bouncing
<RubberRabb> for a circus.. no reason to boot me!
<brenda> LOL
RubberRabbit2 looks around to see if the bootmarks show
<brenda> THERE IS A POSTER STAMP ALSO
<brenda> DONT HAVE THAT ONE YET
<brenda> BUT IT LOOKS NEAT
<evo> Why isn't Jim here, Brenda? He should be!
<brenda> I JUST COULD GO ON WITH THESE
<brenda> I DONT KNOW IF HE KNOWS HOW YET EVO
<evo> He could get LOTS of ideas from us, dontcha know
<brenda> HE JUST LEARNED TO SCAN IN THE PAST TWO MONTHS
<brenda> YEP HE SURE COULD
<evo> oh, ok...
<brenda> JANET PUT THE IMAGES UP AFTER HE FINALLY GOT THEM SCANNED
<labelle> what is his url?
<brenda> SO NEXT STEP IS TEACHING HIM CHAT
<evo> YES!
<brenda> http://crafts.dm.net/mall/circustamps.html
<brenda> THERE YA GO
<labelle> ty
<brenda> YW
<brenda> THERE IS A BIG BALL ALSO THAT IS VERY DETAILED THAT I WANT
<cak> the starred one? I *love* that one
<brenda> ON THE PLATE WITH THE CAMEL
<brenda> HELLO SUSIE
<evo> Jim Marcus is one of the really nice people in this world... he's super!
<Susie> hi.
<brenda> I HAVE NEVER MET HIM
<brenda> BUT EMAILING WITH HIM WAS SO NICE
<brenda> HE WAS SO HELPFUL
<brenda> HEY YAMA
<yamamama> hi brenda
<brenda> AND HE ALSO GAVE ME IDEAS TOO
<evo> I've never met him in person, but... I've talked to him many times on the phone
<brenda> EVEN THOUGH I DIDNT USE THEM
<brenda> THEY REQUIRED MASKING
<keribou> lol
<brenda> SO AFTER EVO TEACHES ME THAT I WILL INCLUDE IT
<evo> Brenda!!!!!
<evo> Yes!
<evo> Atlanta show... you MUST learn masking!
<brenda> YES
<evo> :}>
<brenda> I AM GOING TO HOLD YOU TO THAT
<brenda> OH ANOTHER THING
<evo> I'm gonna require that you hold me to that
<brenda> THERE IS A WEB SITE THAT HAS POPUPS AND TEMPLATES THAT WOULD WORK WITH THESE
<brenda> ON JAN DONOVANS SITE
<brenda> SHE HAS THE CAGE TEMPLATE WITH WHEELS
<brenda> AND ALSO A CENTER STAGE
<angel> ty
<brenda> I TRIED CUTTING THEM BUT WAS SHAKING TOO BAD AND THEY DO REQUIRE CUTTING WITH KNIFE
<brenda> http://www.cyberstampers.com/class/brenda/circus/
<brenda> BUT THEY ARE PERFECT
evo reminds Brenda to rest her wrists on a table when cutting
<brenda> ANY QUESTIONS?
<brenda> WILL DO EVO
<kaye> who is jan donovans?
<labelle> I missed CircusStamps during the convention, so this was nice to see how you used them and check the website for his stamps. Thanks
<brenda> RUBBERSTAMPING RESOURCE PAGE
<brenda> YW LABELLE
<kaye> do you happen to have a url?
<brenda> http://www.bydonovan.com/
<brenda> THERE YA GO
<brenda> HAD TO FIND IT
<evo> way to goooooo, Brenda!
<kaye> thanks brenda
<brenda> I HAD IT BOOKMARKED THEN LOST IT
<brenda> AND CINDY GAVE IT TO ME THE OTHER NITE BUT I HAD TO STILL HUNT
<brenda> YW
<kaye> i lose things all the time
<brenda> THAT IS A FASCINATING SITE
<brenda> IT HAS SOME REALLY NEAT TEMPLATES AND IDEAS
<angel> cool!
<RubberRabb> GIGI is coming on!!
<labelle> added it to my favs
<vicki> there's amovie you should watch for more inspiration, The Greatest Show on Earth, Charlton Heston, Jimmy Stewart
<RubberRabb> ooh ooh my favorite musical
<brenda> OH NEAT
<RubberRabb> night all!
<brenda> WILL HAVE TO WATCH OUT FOR IT
<brenda> LOL
<brenda> ANY MORE QUESTIONS?
<vicki> really get in circus mood!
<brenda> YEP
<brenda> OR ANY MOOD
<kaye> thanks for the fun class
<brenda> JUST HAVE FUN
<brenda> YW KAYE
<evo> Gooood class, Brenda!
<kaye> as usual
<keribou> thanks Brenda- got some great ideas
<cak> REally nice ideas!
<cak> thanks brenda
<brenda> TY EVO
<labelle> fun stuff
<brenda> YW
<rabbitsmom> Is there a schedule , other than in the email ?
<vicki> had fun Brenda, thanks
<angel> it was fun Bren..ty
<brenda> HOPE YOU ALL GOT SOME GREAT IDEAS
<brenda> YES RABBITSMOM
<kat> thanks brenda it really gave me lots of ideas
<brenda> JUST A MINUTE AND WILL GET THE URL
<kat> nite all
<rabbitsmom> thanks, couldn't find it after the convention .
<RavenSomet> Thanks Brenda! You gave me new ideas!
<brenda> http://www.cyberstampers.com/schedule.html
<RavenSomet> Nite all... GiGi is on!
<brenda> HERE YA GO FOR SCHEDULE
<brenda> YW RAVEN
<labelle> nite all
<brenda> CAPS OFF
<brenda> ahhhhhhhhhh
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