{"product_id":"free-how-to-project-making-a-positive-out-of-a-negative-project","title":"Making a Positive Out of a Negative Project by Christen Olivarez","description":"\u003cp\u003eAny avid rubber stamper knows that there are just some stamps you have to have. Sure, you have no idea how you’re going to use them, but they still wind up in your shopping cart. Then they sit on your art table gathering dust. That’s how it was when I bought this “reverse” stamp by \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/art-stamps-dina-wakley\"\u003eDina Wakley\u003c\/a\u003e. All of the other designs from their collection were stamped right away, but there were just a couple I didn’t know quite what to do with. After talking with several employees here, I realized that both stamps had large areas of negative space. Our President, Kellene Giloff, urged me to find an interesting way to spotlight the negative space.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e I typically use stamps for texture, so the larger sections of solid color were throwing me off until I began playing around with the stamps. I started by inking \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/art-stamps-dina-wakley\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eReversed Grunge Growth\u003c\/a\u003e; then I pressed the honeycomb stamp from \u003ca href=\"\/collections\/art-stamps-christine-adolph\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eChristine Adolph’s Collage Cube\u003c\/a\u003e onto the solid section. To finish, I stamped Reversed Grunge Growth onto paper. The honeycomb texture added a nice effect, making it appear as if I added my own collaged layer. Next, I again inked Reversed Grunge Growth, but this time stamped a self-inking 7gypsies circle stamp randomly onto the solid space. When I stamped Reversed Grunge Growth, the circles appeared in the negative space, creating a nice, textured look. Finally, I simply used the space to journal on.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ctable border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"10\" cellpadding=\"10\"\u003e \u003ctbody\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/thedeliberatelife.typepad.com\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0436\/8688\/7578\/files\/6a010534b2ec9f970c0163018f0788970d-150wi.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" border=\"0\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e\n\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 18px;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #cc8108;\"\u003eAbout the Artist:\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Christen Olivarez is the Director of Publishing for Stampington \u0026amp; Company and editor-in-chief\u003cbr\u003e of \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/somerset-studio\"\u003eSomerset Studio\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/somerset-life\"\u003eSomerset Life\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/mingle\"\u003eMingle\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/handcrafted\"\u003eHandCrafted\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/artists-cafe\"\u003eArtists’ Café\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #6e6f3c;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eInterests:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e art, slow food, writing, books, yarn, authentic living\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-family: times new roman,times,serif;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #6e6f3c;\"\u003e\u003cspan style=\"font-size: 16px;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eFollow Christen on Her Blog:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan style=\"font-size: 14px;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/thedeliberatelife.typepad.com\" rel=\"no follow\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ethedeliberatelife.typepad.com\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003c\/tbody\u003e \u003c\/table\u003e \u003ctable style=\"border: thin dotted #990000; width: 575px;\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"5\" cellpadding=\"5\" align=\"center\"\u003e \u003ctbody\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd colspan=\"4\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cspan style=\"color: #98996d; font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', Times, serif; font-size: xx-small;\"\u003eYou will also \u003cspan style=\"color: #990000; font-size: 18px;\"\u003e?\u003c\/span\u003e this publication: \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd align=\"center\" width=\"100%\"\u003e \u003cdiv align=\"center\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/collections\/The-Stampers-Sampler-Summer-2013\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/cdn11.bigcommerce.com\/s-87od2q0wh1\/image\/data\/issueImages\/1SAM-1303-The-Stampers-Sampler-Summer-2013.jpg\" alt=\"Take Ten Summer 2013\" height=\"130\" border=\"0\"\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003c\/tbody\u003e \u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Free Projects","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45452513673367,"sku":"PROJ-0754","price":0.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0659\/5546\/3319\/files\/PROJ-0754_6__60364.1558399417.1280.1280.jpg?v=1746792780","url":"https:\/\/stampington.live\/products\/free-how-to-project-making-a-positive-out-of-a-negative-project","provider":"Stampington \u0026 Company","version":"1.0","type":"link"}