Stampscapes Gallery
Stampscapes is a stamp company that provides finely detailed images that are scaled and proportionate for scene building. The scenery and subject matter is diverse enough to keep any stamp artist busy making an infinite number of compositions for years! Scenes can be built on miniature tiles, or as large as murals!

Tonya Weakley is Peddlers Den's Stampscapes Specialist and Instructor. "Stampscapes is the only stamp line, and the related techniques are the only techniques, that I never get bored with," she says. Kevin Nakagawa is the artist behind Stampscapes, and the owner of the company. To see his work, visit www.stampscapes.com. To learn this fascinating technique, contact Tonya at Peddlers Den. She has been teaching Stampscapes since approx. 1995, and it remains her favorite line. She offers beginner to advanced skill level classes, from a simple hour and a half project class to all day MegaClasses, workshops and retreats. Groups often make arrangements to travel to Peddlers Den from surrounding states for private classes.

Pictured at the left is Tonya Weakley with Kevin Nakagawa at the 2010 Stampscapes Retreat in Chicago.

When asking Tonya about her experience at this workshop, she said, "Sometimes I need the opportunity to go and reinvigorate my own level of creativity. This retreat was an opportunity for me to do that. Kevin helped me find ways of using some images that had always been a challenge for me. He also shared some tips and techniques that will enable me to do even better work, and to bring new things to my customers. I am so excited, and looking so forward to doing exactly that!"

Hot Tropics, by Tonya Weakley
My hot tropics scenes take you to the exotic land of palms, grass huts, spear fishermen and more. The color scheme is HOT, and relies heavily on red and opposite colors on the color wheel. The colors are dramatic and aggressive. This class includes advanced use of color, and is not recommended for inexperienced stampers. We strongly suggest that you take our all day class before considering the Hot Tropics.


Quick Scapes
This is a brayered background class, and even though we have chosen to use Stampscapes images, you can use any stamps to make cards like these. We have chosen to use Stampscapes partially to show you various ways of using the same stamps. These cards are amazingly fast to make. They require little or no masking and no blending. Everyone must have their own 6" soft rubber brayer.

 

Northwoods & Tree Scenes

Framable Art

The scene at the left, Misty Morning, was stamped by Tonya Weakley from a scene by Kevin Nakagawa during the 2010 Stampscapes Retreat in Chicago. An example of frameable artwork, the original is 8"x10" and features 11 different images. The color was added by using a combination of blending tips and the tonal applicator.


Hand Blended Backgrounds

Other

The card at the left was replicated from a card made by Marge Dady at the Chicago Retreat. I am looking into bringing the snow leopard stamp, and other images from Coronado Island, into Peddlers Den. I actually was introduced to a half dozen stamp companies this weekend that I hope to bring into Peddlers Den!

Winter Stampscapes
Winter stampscapes are monochromatic, reflecting the lack of color present during the winter season in our northern states. They feature bare branched trees, harsh mountain peaks and fir trees. Life still exists in this cold, dormant world, and that is illustrated by the deer that venture in. The cards are embellished with transparent glitter, to enhance the icy, snowy season and the sun glinting off of it.

What Our Students Say,
& Our Student Gallery:


Marge Dady

 "Some friends and I took a Stampscapes class recently at the Peddler's Den in Somanauk, IL. The owner and instructor, Tonya Weakley, does fantastic work. We truly enjoyed the class and learning the techniques of scene building and color application using the ColorBox stylus and applicator tips. These are my attempt to replicate some of her designs. They aren't as good as the original, but I like them and had fun learning." --Marge


Trena Brannon
"The projects were appropriate for beginner or advanced stampers. The instructor made the students feel comfortable and made us feel that we could achieve the techniques and be creative and experiment."

What others are saying about the all day class:

"Even though I would have liked to have created more scenes (I kept messing up), I REALLY do like not being rushed. I loved learning the coloring techniques." Sue Morgan

"Fantastic class. Well conducted, organized. Thank you!" Pat Persin

"Tonya was very patient with me when I was unsure of coloring techniques which made me feel better and made a great comfortable learning environment. I look forward to attending all the future classes!" Aaron Giltjes-Wilson

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