"Celebrate The Season" Stamp Artist - Linda Blackbird
Snowman is from A Country Welcome and it's stamped on a photograph
that I took of some clouds.
"Season's Greetings" Stamp Artist - Jhone
Image: Just Jhone Plate 2002:
Classical Glass
SNOWMEN CARD:
MATERIALS:
Jake Snowman stamp (128J)
Johnny Snowboy stamp (129G)
Snowflake stamp (one shown is unknown)
Dark blue cardstock
White cardstock
A piece of white typing paper (for making a mask)
White pigment ink
White Sparkle embossing powder (or white opaque)
colored pencils
Stickles Crystal glitter glue
two sided tape
stencil brush-large
Silver gel pen
foam tape
Stamp Artist - Pat Huffman
Blackberry Creek Rubber Stamps
1. to create the snow at the bottom
of the card, you will need to make a mask from the typing paper.
Just cut a flowing curve shape. Tape the top part of the curve
to the top of the card. Using the stencil brush and the
white pigment ink, apply ink heavy on the edge and lighter at
the bottom of the card (to give the faded effect and to make
it look 3-D). Add White Sparkle embossing powder and emboss it.
2. Snowflake background - stamp snowflakes
randomly in the background with white pigment ink. Emboss with
White Sparkle embossing powder (or white opaque).
3. Snowmen - stamp Jake Snowman and
Johnny Snowboy on white cardstock. Color with colored pencils,
using light blue to show shadows on the snow areas. Color coordinate
the hats, scarves and mittens. Cut out the snowmen, leaving a
small white border around them.
4. Attach the snowmen to the card by
cutting a small slit in the card . For Jake, cut the slit with
an Xacto knife along the edge of the snow line. Insert the snowman,
and glue him down on the side and on the front of the
card also. Do the same for Johnny, but place him further to the
front, cutting a slit to match the bottom line of the image.
Glue both snowmen on the back side to attach them to the card.
5. Spread glitter glue (Crystal) on
the snow areas of the snowmen to give them a shimmery effect.
Let it dry.
6. Let It Snow - Using a silver gel
pen on navy blue cardstock, write "Let it Snow!" in
a loose lettering style with dots on the edges of the letters.
Add snowflake designs also, if desired. Cut out along the edges
with an
uneven look. Attach to the card with foam tape. You're done!
Stamp Artist - Carolyn Summers
Images: Desert Stamper
Stamp Artist - Jacci Flaherty Image: "Joy"
Stamp Bug
Stamp Artist - LC - AKA
Starfish Stamper
Images: unknown
"Grid Peace"
Stamp Artist - Martha Myers
Apply Post it Labeling and Cover up tape to white panel to create
grids. Apply Sky Blue pigment ink to grid sections using DTP
method. Remove tape.
Stamp images (Stamps Happen, Inc., Embossing Arts Co., Printworks)
and emboss with silver sparkle EP. Notch corners of panel and
edge with metallic silver marker. Mount to dark blue panel and
then silver card.
Tear Post it Labeling and Cover Up tape and apply to create square
sections on black panel. Paint sections with Lumiere Russett
and Metallic Green paints. Remove tape when dry.
Stamp and emboss Peace (Stamps Happen, Inc.) and small snowflake
(Embossing Arts Co.) with Egyptian Gold EP. Cut edge of panel
with deckle scissors and mount to gold panel. Mount to russet
card.
Lumeire Peace
Stamp Artist - Martha Myers
"UTEE Madonna" Stamp Artist - Martha
Myers
On cardboard panel, stamp Madonna (Stamp It!) and cut out. Cover
with three layers of Interference Green Ultra
Thick Embossing Enamel (UTEE). Add
layer of Stardust EP to third layer. While third layer is still
hot, impress inked stamp (ink stamp ahead with gold pigment ink).
Heat image to create smooth tile. Set aside.
Cover dark green background panel with gold and green pigment
inks. Brush with Pearl White Pearl Ex and Midnight Green Powdered
Pearls. Let dry. Stamp Starburst (Comotion Rubber Stamps) on
top with white, gold and black pigment inks. Layer to gold panel.
Apply embossing in onto
large panel (DTP) and cover with one layer of Interference Green
UTEE. While hot, cover again with Stardust EP. Heat set. Notch
corners and mount to gold panel. Punch hole in top left corner
and thread gold metallic embroidery floss through hole. Tie knots
in individual strands of floss.
On front of dark green card, swipe embossing pad and dust with
Pearl White Pearl Ex. Mount all panels to card.
Stamp Madonna (Stamp It!) on black panel with Versamark Watermark
inkpad. Brush on red, gold and green Powdered Pearls. Trim and
mount to gold panel.
For background, mix the same colors of Powdered Pearls with Perfect
Paper Adhesive. Stipple onto black cardstock. When dry, stamp
Peace (Impression Obsession) with gold pigment ink and cut 1"
strip off of edge with decorative edged scissors.
Mount background to black card. Cut right edge off of black card
with decorative scissors and edge with gold leaf marker. Mount
½" strip of background paper to inside cover of card.
Mount Madonna to right side of card and tie card with green ribbon.
"Powdered Pearls Madonna"
Stamp Artist - Martha Myers
"Caught in a Crystal Christmas"
Stamp Artist - Martha Myers
Stamp image (Stamp Camp) with black Document Ink onto thermal
transparency. When dry, turn over and tape all edges to scrap
paper.
Pour a puddle of Future Floor Finish onto transparency and spread
with brush. Sprinkle glitter and cover with crumpled white tissue
paper. Smooth out and cover with another layer of Future Floor
Finish.
Drop alcohol-based reinkers onto tissue paper and blend colors.
Dry with heat gun. When dry, apply another layer of Future Floor
Finish and heat set to dry.
Cut image off of scrap paper and mount to gold panel. Attach
eyelets and mount to sage panel. Edge red card with gold leaf
marker. Stamp and emboss Merry Christmas (Stamp Francisco) to
top of card with gold detail EP and mount image to front of card.
Stamp image (Stamp Camp) on acetate with black Document Ink.
When dry, turn over, tape all edges down to scrap paper and spritz
with water.
Dribble Dr.
Ph Martin's Calligraphy Colors inks
over image and cover with crumpled white tissue paper. Brayer
to flatten paper and blend inks.
Let dry and cut image off of the scrap paper.
Layer to gold panel and dark green card. Attach Italian Paper
Clip to top of card and tie with green fibers.
"Doc Martin's Calligraphy
Colors Christmas" Stamp Artist - Martha
Myers
"Dangling Ornaments"
Stamp Artist - Martha Myers
Create two background panels with Posh Impressions Rainbow Sponges
and Inks. On larger white glossy panel,
drop spots of red and green inks onto sponge and stamp onto panel.
On smaller white glossy panel, edge sponge with red and green
inks and create background with small "twists". Stamp
"Joy" (Impression Obsession) on smaller panel with
coal Ancient Page ink. Cut smaller panel into several pieces.
Adhere crumpled green tissue paper to white
cardstock panels with spray adhesive. Adhere rainbow panels to
tissue paper panels. The smaller one was "pieced together"
onto the tissue paper to create grid lines.
On scrap white glossy paper, apply red and green rainbow inks
with compressed sponge. Stamp ornament (Stamp Francisco) three
times with coal Ancient Page ink. Cut out and thread with silver
embroidery floss.
Lay ornaments on smaller
panel and glue strip of silver ribbon over top of the embroidery
floss so that the ornaments dangle. Tie with fiber bow and more
floss. Adhere all panels to white card and stamp and emboss Merry
Christmas (Stamp Francisco) across top.
Stamp large snowflakes (Stamp Francisco)
with Dr. Ph Martin's Sequin's Blue inkpak. Emboss with Stardust
EP. Cut out. Apply white Liquid Applique to white portions of
snowflakes and heat to rise.
Stamp and emboss Season's Greetings (unknown) to white panel
with the same blue ink and Stardust EP. Stamp small snowflake
(Embossing Arts Co.) randomly on panel with silver pigment ink
and emboss with Stardust EP. Apply Liquid Applique to center
of flakes and heat set.
Apply Dr. Ph Martin's Sequin's Blue inkpak to white panel (DTP).
Emboss with Stardust EP and notch corners.
"Season's Snow"
Stamp Artist - Martha Myers
Stamp and emboss snowflake
background (Printworks) on white card with same ink and powder.
Mount panels to front of card. Mount large snowflakes with foam
tape to top of card and embellish with paper strips tied with
white and silver fibers.
"Fresco Christmas" Stamp Artist - Martha Myers
Stamp and emboss image (Stamp Camp) on
kraft panel with gold detail EP.
Stipple around edge with Olive Grove Fresco ink. Edge panel with
Giovanni's Garden Fresco ink.
Mount to gold panel and adhere eyelets to four corners.
Mount panel to dark green card. Punch holes in to top of card
and thread gold ribbon through.
Stamp and emboss image (Stamp Francisco)
on cream panel with gold detail embossing powder. Set aside.
Swirl toothbrush in embossing ink and sweep across cream panel.
Emboss with gold detail embossing powder.
Cut edges of panel and mount to red card. Save the cut edges
to make paper strips for embellishment.
Cut strips of red corrugated paper. Mount to cream panel. Adhere
green abaca fiber to panel and mount stamped image on top.
Tie red and green fibers to paper strips. String beads to fibers
and mount to left side of card.
"Red & Gold
Glad Tidings" Stamp Artist - Martha Myers
"Gold Leaf/Faux Momi Good Tidings"
Stamp Artist - Martha Myers
Stamp Good Tidings (Second Star on the
Right) on acetate with black Document Ink. Apply Xyron adhesive
to back side of image and cover with Amy's Magic Sea Spray gold
leaf flakes. Wipe off with soft sponge. Mount to black panel
and trim with deckle edged scissors. Mount to gold panel. Set
aside.
Make faux momi paper by crumpling brown kraft paper and spritzing
with water. Brayer Lumiere paints (emerald, russet and metallic
gold) onto the paper and let dry.
Adhere strip of faux momi paper to black card and mount stamped
image on top. Cut off right edge of card with deckle scissors
and adhere second strip of momi paper to inside cover of card.
Load wheel
and ink cartridge into handle for stamping. Get the ink started
by rolling it several times on scrap paper until you see a clear,
crisp image.
2.
START AND
END OFF THE CARDSTOCK! In other words, start rolling on your
mat, continue across the cardstock, on to the mat on the other
side. Roll in one direction, only one time.
3.
If there are
any light spots, you can ink them in with the same color ink.
If there are too many to ink in, start on another card
and do it again. This
time, you might want to place two fingers on the top of the wheel
handle, on either side of the wheel, and apply light pressure
so that the wheel won't "rock" with your wrist as you
roll across the paper.
4.
Color in the
desired areas. Stamp a greeting between the rows of rolled stamping.
Viola!
A quick and easy card!
Merry
Christmas
In red ink, Stamp Posh
Impressions Duet Poinsettia randomly
over white card stock. Leave a small space where you can stamp
"Merry Christmas". Take black Magic Mesh, ink
with gold ink and emboss with gold powder and layer onto card
stock. In red ink, stamp another poinsettia on white
card stock, cut out and using double sided thick foam tape mount
to your card stock for a dimensional look.
Stamp Artist - Verna Angerhofer
Dry Embossing
on Vellum
"Christmas Angel" Stamp Artist - Kaye Herweg
Image: "angels UMP68" Impressions of Faith
Supplies ---
1) card stock vellum paper 2) white or white diamonds embossing powder 3) stylist 4) colored pencils
I embossed the angel on the vellum using white diamond powder....cut
it out...used a stylist on the back side to push the wings up...colored
the face and arms in flesh. Used double side stick tape to place
it on the card that I had embossed the corners of.
Christmas
Card
Materials
Stamps: By Magenta
Papers: mirror blue card stock and light blue cardstock,
glossy white
cardstock
INKS: All were Ancient Page made exclusively for StampinUp.
Colors included Night of
Navy, only orange, and Baroque Burgundy.
Other: Colorbox stylus tools, glue stick
Stamp Artist - Kathy LaRocco
Instructions: This is the permanent ink technique described
on the Colorbox video for
Permanent inks (Ancient Page). AP inks were blended on glossy
panel using the stylus tool.
The Magenta Church scene was over stamped with back permanent
ink. That was it! Cool
scene and a neat way to use those artist type stamps.
Holiday Cards
Stamp "Season's Greeting" image
onto white card stock and emboss in your choice of color. This
example was embossed in black, but I have crated the same card
embossing in silver and gold for Christmas. The image was colored
with markers and then layered on red card stock, and then onto
forest green card stock.
Stamp Credit: "DRS
rubber stamps"
Stamp Artist - Marilyn Gaugrahn
Monochromatic
Stamping
Sometimes one of the most striking techniques is monochromatic
(or one-color) stamping. Sometimes, this means a variety of different
shades and tints of the same hue; sometimes it simply means one
color for everything - in the same shade and tint. This card
illustrates the latter.
1.
Choose a color
which fits the "mood" of the stamp(s) you're using.
2.
Stamp and
arrange the layout, including layering with background papers,
etc. (This background stripe paper was made with just a marker
on white
cardstock - NOTHING could be easier!)
3.
Sit back and
enjoy the effect!
Stamp Artist - Janet Ciaramitaro
Homemade Mesh!
Stamp Artist - Janet Ciaramitaro
To make your own mesh, use wall repair
tape (get it at the hardware store). It's sticky on one
side, and you can use that stickiness to attach embossing powder
or glitter. Here, I used embossing powder on the non-sticky
side, then
embossed to get a full, rich color. It makes a GREAT new
and interesting background for your stamps - especially the "stitched"
and/or rustic types of stamps.
Simple
Christmas Cards & Rainbow Stamping
1.
Select the
side of the stamp to correspond with the portion of the rainbow
pad to be sure the ink is placed where you want it.
2.
Stamp on cream
card stock and cut out.
3.
Layer onto
coordinating cardstock. Easy!
Image By PSX
Stamp Artist - Janet Ciaramitaro
Stamp Artist - Janet Ciaramitaro
Dry Embossing
on Vellum
For this project, use the heavier
weight vellum, rather than the usual text weight paper. You'll
need the sturdy quality of this paper to get the most contrast.
There are two methods of using a stencil for dry embossing.
1.
Use a light
table and place the cardstock over the stencil, and use a stylus
to trace the lines of the stencil.
2.
Put two stencils
together, and sandwich the cardstock between. Be sure to use
low-tack masking tape to keep the cardstock and stencils from
slipping. I taped the stencils together at the top, then inserted
the cardstock.
Using a stylus, trace the outline of
the image, then "color in" with the stylus to create
solid white patterns on the vellum. If the ball tip drags,
run the tip over a white candle to lubricate.
In this example, I stamped the greeting
first, after determining where it should go by using the stencil
as a guide. Next, I dry embossed the ornament and bow and
snow to create a soft look. Both stencil and stamp are by Stampendous
Rubber Stamps.
Heaven
& Nature Sing
Stamp Artist - Debbie Shugerts Images:
Uptown Rubber Stamps "Heaven & Nature Sing"
PSX - Personal Stamp Exchange - "stars"
Stamp snowmen and stars in
black pigment ink on olive cardstock. Emboss using clear embossing
powder. Color using markers and colored pencils, then use a dove
blender to blend your colors.
Dip dove blender into Radiant Pearls Macropearl and lightly accent
the curves of the snowmen and the snow on the ground.
Apply 3D Crystal Lacquer over the Radiant Pearl accents and the
moon.
Mount olive green cardstock on charcoal gray cardstock and then
onto rust card.
Tie a small raffia bow and
glue to top-center of card.
Art Instructions
Sponge Lumiere metallic paints on black glossy cardstock. For
this card, I used gold and copper hues. Set aside to dry.
Stamp Artist - Suzanne Lamar Image: Denami Designs:
Tree Scene P31
Stamp and emboss christmas
trees image with copper embossing powder on black confetti cardstock.
Using a craft knife, cut away the inside of the trees. Mount
image on sponged background and then on a folded black
card.
Glitter Stamping
1. On
colored glossy cardstock, stamp an image
and emboss with foil & flocking EP.
2.
In this example, I sprinkled the top of the
ornaments with silver glitter, then stamped
the
bottom with a contrasting color.
3.
Emboss or Glitter Stamp a greeting, if desired.
Stamp Artist - Janet Ciaramitaro
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