Pencil Power!
Your Votes are In!
1st Place: Entry #1 Betsy Bursey ... $30 Gift Certificate
2nd Place: Entry #6 Donna Vlasaty ... $25 Gift Certificate
3rd Place: Entry #2 Glenna Schuchman ... $20 Gift Certificate
1st Runner Up: Entry #3 Mary K Parker ... $10 Gift Certificate
2nd Runner Up: Entry #4 Nancy G Ellis ... $10 Gift Certificate
3rd Runner Up (Tie!) Entry #5 Inger-Lise Kosmo ... $10 Gift Certificate
3rd Runner Up (Tie!) Entry #8 Donna Vlasaty ... $10 Gift Certificate
Special Category:
"Who would've thunk it!"
Winner (Tie!) Entries #7 & #9 Darla Copmann ... $10 Gift Certificate x 2
And, as a special thanks to the seven of you for your bravery in entering a challenge that was a totally new concept in the world of rubber stamping ... we're awarding to each of you an extra $10 Gift Certificate to add to your winnings.
And Voters? Two Hundred Seventeen of you took the time to agonize over choosing your favorites and vote. Thank you! Many of you also expressed that you would like to have entered but weren't sure how to use a graphite pencil for coloring. Well, now you know. We'll definitely repeat this challenge in 2003, so get out your pencils and start playing now! :}>
Entry 1 Artist: Betsy Bursey
***1st Place Winner!***
Stamped images are from Plates #59 & #6. Both Window scenes shaded with graphite pencil and layered on card. Larger images outside of window scene lightly hand-drawn with pencil.
Entry 2 Artist: Glenna Schuchman
***3rd Place Winner!***
Collaged background of various papers. Butterfly from Plate #63 shaded with graphite pencil and embellished with black & tranlucent glitters. Flower is largest flower on Plate #68... trimmed out into 6 layers, shaded with graphite pencil and embellished with black & translucent glitters.
Entry 3 Artist: Mary K Parker
***1st Runner Up!***
Geo #3 stamp is center image, then Plate #61 large heart stamped & flipped to form geometric form... shaded with graphite pencil.
Entry 4 Artist: Nancy G Ellis
***2nd Runner Up!***
Fish (Plate #63), Flowers (Plate #69) and Leaf (Plate #68) images stamped in black, heat embossed and shaded with 2B graphite pencil. Diamond Glaze on eyes and flower centers. Larger flower is layered with center of smallest flower on Plate #69 which also forms the 2 smaller flowers. 3/4" square EvoCork forms bottom of pool, Black cardstock forms rim using #2 & #3 Oval EvoTemplates.
Entry 5 Artist: Inger-Lise Kosmo
***3rd Runner Up Tie!***
Camel from Plate #29 stamped in black and shaded with graphite pencil. Background hand-sketched in pencil. Edge of tag lightly shaded by gold (Chalk? Rub Ons?) #3 Rectangular EvoTemplate forms layer behind Tag.
Entry 6 Artist: Donna Vlasaty
***2nd Place Winner!***
"Lifted Layering" using only 2 sheets of cardstock. Both the Set/7 Rectangle and Set/6 Rect/Betweenie EvoTemplates were used ... Base Silver card - Rectangle #1, top White layer - Rectangle/Betweenie #1. Flower Images (Plate #69) were stamped in black on white cardstock, shaded with graphite pencil, then cut into rectangles using Rect #3, Rect/Betweenie #3, Rect #5, & Rect/Betweenie #5... then glued onto silver card. Center Flower is 3 layers of stamped, trimmed and shaded images.
Entry 7 Artist: Darla Copmann
***Who Would've Thunk It Tie!***
OK, Folks... you ready for this? The camel (Plate #26) was actually stamped in graphite. Actually, it was stamped once and "rubbed" once using both a white paper layer and a vellum layer. Darla explained this to me on the phone, but somewhere my mind is missing a step, so I'll have her email it to me in writing and put it up here for you to see. She rubbed her pencil on paper until she got a nice, thick layer of graphite, dipped her stamp into it and stamped. The camel is layered on Black Walnut EvoCork sheet with Silver-Stamped flower image from Plate #69. Stickers and punches round out her design.
Entry 8 Artist: Donna Vlasaty
***3rd Runner Up Tie!***
Geo #2 Stamped in black on white paper, trimmed out and mounted on slightly larger dark gray cardstock. Two corners of second largest square and four corners of smallest square were cut, folded to center and glued down... revealing dark gray cardstock behind the stamped image. Graphite pencil used for shading.
Entry 9 Artist: Darla Copmann
***Who Would've Thunk It Tie!***
Again... a graphite-stamped image on 3D Illusion Vinyl with stickers and 3/4" EvoCork squares rounding out the design.
Thanks to everyone, Voters and Stampers, for making this challenge soooo much fun! And thanks again, Mr Evo, for inspiring us with your art.
Ellen :}> Evo
June 16, 2002