April's "Stamp Artist Of The Month" is
Stefani Kelley
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"Sea Glass Pendant"
Stamp Artist Stefani Kelley
Image from Time To Stamp |
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regular dye-based black ink, I stamped the image onto a piece
of "sea glass". When it dried I sealed it with 2 layers
of clear nail polish. This changed the look of the glass from
frosty to smooth. Then I painted the back of the glass with white
acrylic paint, and sealed it with acrylic varnish when it dried. |
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took a small oval papier-mâché box and painted it
with blue acrylic paint, and sponged on pearl and silver acrylic
paints. When all layers dried, I sealed it with acrylic varnish. |
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silver colored crafting wire and some beads (silver seed beads
and lapis lazuli beads) I wrapped and embellished the sea glass,
gluing the ends of the wire to the back of the piece. (I used
a high-temp glue gun, but E-6000 glue is what I probably should
have used instead.) To make the wire design surrounding the sea
glass, I took another piece of silver wire and coiled it around
a small paintbrush handle. I then alternated stringing silver
and blue seed beads on the coil, stretching out the coil, smushing
some of the coils, and twisting others different directions until
I got the look I wanted. When I was happy with it,
I glued the two ends to the back of the bottom of the glass and
a bit in the middle of the coil was glued to the back of the
top of the glass. Then I glued the sea glass with surrounding
wire to the top of the papier-mâché box. |
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a small hole-punch I punched holes in the top and the bottom
of the box base. (I now wish I had punched them a little closer
to where the lid would fit, to compensate for the weight of the
sea glass.) I took a long piece of silky black cord and tied
a knot in it about 6 inches from one end. I threaded the cord
through one of the top holes so that the short end dangled inside
the box and the long end was outside the box. I then threaded
2 big blue beads onto the cord so that they would rest by the
outside holes when I was finished. ( I also ended up gluing the
beads onto the box at an angle, trying to compensate for the
weight of the sea glass) Then I threaded the long end back into
the box on the other side, and tied a knot so that the box can
now hang by its cord. |
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fed both the short ends of cord through the bottom hole (I had
to double-punch the hole to make it big enough- I should have
just used a larger hole punch! LOL) I tied them in
a knot, threaded another bead on, and tied another knot. Do not
cut the excess cord! For the fringe I took a bunch of fibers
I liked and cut them to twice the length I wanted the tassel
to be. I took the two excess bits of cord and tied them around
the middle of the bunch of fibers using a double knot. THEN I
trimmed the excess cord, and put some glue on the knot to make
it stay. I arranged the fibers in the tassel so they would hide
the knot, and trimmed them across the bottom. Whew! :) |
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"Vintage Style"
Stamp Artist Cherylynn Moser |
Fold white
cardstock into a 5x7 card. Set aside.
Stamp Marble background (Stampendous) onto purple cardstock with
Brilliance Pearlescent Lavender; Victorian Violet and Graphite
Black.
Tear edge and set aside.
Cut oval out of white cardstock. Edge with black paint pen. Stamp
woman (Hero Arts) inside oval with Brilliance Graphite Black.
Sprinkle with Stampendous Stamp n Bond powder. Lightly heat.
Sprinkle image with Art Glittering System Ultra Fine Black glitter.
Set aside. Cut slightly larger oval out of lavendar suede paper;
cut out slightly larger oval from black cardstock. Layer
as shown.
Affix stamped purple cardstock to white card. Mount ovals onto
stamped purple cardstock. Embellish with rhinestones. |
Stamps:
Woman by Hero Arts - Available from A Country Welcome
- Marble Background Cube - Stampendous |
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Materials:
All images used were from Just
Jhone,
Plate 2007, The Amazing Graces.
Inkpads: Rangers Adirondack Lettuce, Ginger and Butterscotch
and Memories black
Other supplies: Stipple brush, acetate sheet, post-it notes,
artist sponge, glossy paper, colored cardstock in black, ginger
and yellow-green (Lettuce) |
"Deco Dreams"
Stamp Artist Linda Ritter |
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Directions:
I used the Grid
Technique to create this card.
I started by masking an area for the
center image by using 4 post-it notes to form an opening framed
by the post-its. I stamped the portion of my image in black in
this window. Remove the post-its. Using an acetate sheet, I aligned
the edge of the acetate with the right edge of my image, the
acetate covering the stamped image. Using an art sponge and lettuce
ink, I sponged lightly along the edge of the acetate. I try and
start on the acetate and sponge off onto the paper to avoid dark
spots on the paper. After ink is nicely sponged, carefully remove
acetate and let ink dry. When dry, move acetate to the next edge
of the stamped image. I did the bottom next. This time I used
ginger ink to sponge. Once again, remove acetate, let ink dry
and reposition along the left edge. Sponge again in ginger. Repeat
for the 4th side (the top) this time using lettuce again.
You now have the grid colored. Now I
stamp my other images in black ink in each of the grid chambers.
I frequently use post-its to mask along the grid lines to prevent
the image to be stamped from overlapping the grid. Be sure to
let the ink dry in between each stamping.
When every grid chamber is filled, I
went back with butterscotch ink and lightly and selectively sponged
color over the center image to blend it into the color of the
card.
Mount on black cardstock, then ginger
cardstock and finally the yellow-green card.
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“The Magic of Shells”
Stamp Artist Carolyn Summers |
- Using Encore Ultimate Metallic TEAL
pad, stamp scallop shell image three times on white cardstock
(do not re-ink the stamp) and emboss with clear embossing powder.
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- Cut out images and set aside.
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- Affix the seahorse background paper
(Quadrants by Paper Adventures) to a slightly larger grey cardstock.
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- Mount the scallop shells starting with
the lightest image as shown.
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- Run gold wire through the top two layers
of the card near the top of the main shell. Add a bead and shell
charm as shown.
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- Attach completed image to a folded
white card.
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| IMAGE: PSX G1445 Scallop
- Available from A Country Welcome |
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"Primitive Dreams"
Stamp Artist Lena |
- Tile stripes of mulberry, glue center
to paper and rip all outer edges.
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- Stamps and emboss with terra
cotta embossing powder.
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- Glue to mulberry and cut a thing
frame.
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- Glue to the mulberry-tile and
attach eyelets.
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- Glue everything to cardstock.
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Stamps:
Primitive Rabbit (C 036-ES) and Primitive Coyote
(C 030-ES), both from My
Heart Stamps For You |
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- Stamp face, arms, and legs on heated
tan Fun FoamÔ using Ancient Page InkÔ in sienna.
The stamp will “sink” into the foam and leave an cool
impression
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- Stamp female face repeatedly on pattern
paper (Provo CraftÔ Watercolors) with Ancient Page InkÔ
in cardinal
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- Tear out face print in a heart shape,
chalk edges with brown Craf-T chalksÔ
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- Tear out mat for heart of faces from
red cardstock and use same method to chalk edges before matting
print heart to solid heart
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- Assemble doll using thread and tying
the arms on top and the legs on bottom with the feet pointing
in the same direction.
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- Glue on head and wire hangerGlue on
head and wire hanger
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"He Ran Away With Her Heart"
Stamp Artist Norma Anne Chattin
Just Jhone-Plate 2005 Body and Soul
Dolls
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