Supplies:

• Red primitive heart punch
• Red ink (dollar tree)
• clear& Gold embossing powder (stampendous)
• Black embossing powder (stamp craft)
• versamark (tsukineko)
• 32 and 24 gauge wire
• black brads
• misc. cardstock scraps in neutral shades
  
  Rubber Stamps:
  Arms: Ivy Column - Beeswax # 598H
  Left Leg: Old Key - Beeswax #4 783F
  Right Leg: Old Key - Beeswax # 3 782F
  Torso: Greco Roman Archway # GR109
  Head and music sheet: Beethoven collage stamp - Inkadinkado # 90696-Y
  Crown: Crown stamp - Stamp craft # 440D136
  Hand: (office set) - stamp craft #2988Q

Directions:
All images are stamped with versamark and embossed with black embossing powder unless otherwise noted.

1. stamp Beethoven image, emboss, cut out head, leaving "neck" portion 1/2" wide, 2" long.
2. Stamp Roman archway, cut out larger rectangular portion, turn upside down
3. cut shape of shoulders and neck opening away from arch image
4. stamp top 1/3 of Ivy Column, cut around image.
5. stamp hands, cut out, leaving 1/2 " wrist length for mounting
6. stamp keys, cut out.
7. mount hands to arms, mount sheet music to hand.
8. punch 1/16" holes for each arm, each leg, and neck, assemble with black brads.
9. punch primitive heart, ink red, emboss with clear embossing powder, repeat embossing 3-4 times, until smooth and glossy. Trace heart with Versamarker, dip in gold embossing powder, heat set.
10. mount heart in place, covering up the brad that holds the head in place
11. stamp crown, cut out, mount to head.
12. use craft pliers to form two musical notes.
13. poke hole in right hand, string 32 gauge wire through hole
14. wrap 32 gauge wire around musical notes to attach them.

Supplies:

• Decorating chalks
• Memories acid free Dye ink pad
• Tsukineko clear embossing stamp pad
• Mark enterprises clear deep impression embossing powder
• Pink card from The Paper Mill (in the UK)
• Tsukineko Duo Daubers:
  amethyst/ raspberry / Royal blue / lavender
• Indian postoid and fancy swirl stamp from Cherry Pie stamps available through
  Stamp Diva
• Hindu Rite, mountains and waves from a Cherry Pie grab bag on ebay
• 3-D sticky pads

Directions:

I stamped the pink card with the royal blue dauber duo to create the background.

The mountain and waves were stamped in black ink onto printer paper. I then colored them with decorating chalks.

The lady and postoid stamps were stamped onto whit card and then stamped with clear embossing pad and covered with deep impression embossing powder and heated with a heat gun.

The scene was then attached to the pink card and the lady and postoids positioned with 3-D sticky pads.

Supplies:

• Assemblage: Acey Deucy from Stamp Diva
• Splendor: Acey Deucy from Stamp Diva
• Legatoria: Acey Deucy from Stamp Diva
• DaVinci Compass: Acey Deucy from Stamp Diva
• Think Art -- Catslife press
• Button closure -- Inkadinkadoo
• Partial face over script -- Judikins
• Script background -- Hero Arts
• Full eye -- Judikins
• Swirl/dot background -- Henko Designs
• Feather -- Happy Phantom
• Paint Brush -- Great American Stamp Store
• Charm -- Just Jhone
• Brad -- Boxer
• Eyelets - Unknown
• Inks -- Colorbox Cocoa, Chestnut, and Roussillon
• Fibers -- Fibers by the Yard

Directions:

1. Stamp swirl/dot background along left half of card.
2. Add Assemblage and Splendor, each stamped slightly off the tan cardstock.
3. Position the remaining four large stamps (Legatoria, Think Art, Partial face over script, and full eye) in remaining spaces.
4. Add Button Hole and paintbrush stamps in gaps.
5. Use stipple brushes to fill in color on unmarked areas.
6. Lay vellum over the stamped Splendor image and stamp it again, in the same position.
7. Tear vellum through the stamped image and adhere to cardstock so it lines up with the under image.
8. Adhere vellum to cardstock with eyelets.
9. Thread fibers through eyelets and secure with tape on back of tan cardstock,
10. Stamp an extra Splendor and heat emboss it. Cut it out and lay it over the original image. Adhere with foam tape.
11. Color in “a, r, t” letters with ink on a dabber.
12. Adhere charm with copper brad.
13. Mount on brown cardstock.
14. Card fits a 4.5 X 6.5 envelope.

Supplies:

• Rubber Stamps: Floral Post, Tin Can Mail #TC-91600X
  (available from Stamp Diva)
  Manuscript Background, Hero Arts #HA-H2141
  (available from Stamp Diva)
  Spectra Art Tissue Paper: Red, Yellow
  Ink Pads: Ranger Archival Black, Adirondack Latte, Brilliance Coral, Brilliance Orange
  Watercolor Paper (90 lb.), Large Tip Paint Brush, Water
  Black and Coral Cardstock; Black folded card 5" x 6¼"
  (2) 3/16" Copper Eyelets, Copper Wire
  Beads, Clear Oval Pebble, Postage Stamp
  White Bond Paper, Deckle Scissors, Painter's Tape or Removable Tape

Directions:

Tear red and yellow tissue paper into different shapes and lay them across a piece of watercolor paper. Use wet paint brush to cover the tissue paper causing it to adhere to the watercolor paper and bleed. Completely cover the watercolor paper with tissue and overlap areas for darker saturation. Apply water generously with brush. Allow paper to dry completely. (May leave paper for a few hours then heat set with heat tool to speed up process.) Remove all pieces of tissue paper. If paper is slightly warped, gently iron between clean newsprint or bond paper with dry iron to flatten. Trim paper to 4¼" x 5½". Stamp manuscript randomly using latte ink. Stamp floral post with black archival ink. Tear one edge of paper. Center two holes vertically on opposite side of the torn edge of the paper and add eyelets. Use wire to add beads. Secure wire on back of paper with tape. Stamp manuscript randomly on larger piece of coral cardstock also using latte ink. Layer background, black and coral cardstock on black card to complete outside of card. Embellish with pebble and postage stamp. (Postage stamp was sponged with latte and black ink on edges.)

Trim white bond paper to 6"x 9½". Cut a strip of removable tape using deckle scissors. Apply to one side of paper leaving approximately 1/2" margin. Sponge Brilliance coral and orange ink on small border section. Sponge latte ink next to the tape for shading. Stamp manuscript background completely filling border. Note: mask remaining paper on other side of tape to protect while stamping background image. Remove tape and adhere liner to card.

Supplies:

• single slide mailer*
• microscope slide*
• Lumiere paints: Metallic Olive, Super Copper, Metallic Bronze
• Diamond Glaze glue
• Glue stick
• Bitty beads - gold
• Black detail embossing powder
• Glass cabochon (from Rubber Baby Buggy Bumpers)
• Butterfly and dragonfly charms (from Dreamcottage)
• Melanie Sage collage sheet image*
• Wrought Iron rubber stamp (Stampington)*
• Dream rubber stamp (Hampton Arts)*
  
  * Available from Stamp Diva
  
  

Directions:

1. Paint slide mailer with Metallic Olive Lumiere paint. When dry, lightly sponge with Metallic Bronze paint, and allow to dry. Then lightly sponge with Super Copper paint and dry.
   
2. Emboss 'Dream' rubber stamp on front of slide mailer, and Wrought Iron rubber stamp on inside.
   
3. Cut out collage sheet image, and glue to slide mailer with glue stick. Cover image with microscope slide. Apply Diamond Glaze around edge of microscope slide and apply Bitty beads. Add a dot more Diamond Glaze and finish with the cabochon. Lightly apply Diamond Glaze to the backs of the butterfly and dragonfly charms and adhere to front of slide mailer.

Supplies:

• Large Portrait ~Beeswax
• Crying Baby~ After Midnight
• Piano Lesson, Holding Hands~ Cowtown
• Thank You~ Stampin'Up!
• Saying~ Beverly
  
  Directions
  Large Portrait was stamped in permanent black ink and colored in with markers and blender pen. Golden yellow and blue were sponged in around her to blend in with her hair and highlight her solely. The crying baby, holding hands and piano lesson were stamped in permanent black but not colored to look like a memory or dream.. Image was cut and then layered on purple cardstock which Thank You was stamped in a darker purple and Brillance Pearlescent Beige inks. Saying was layered on shiney metallic gold cardstock and added to the card.
  
  

 Supplies:

• Pink, black and white Cardstock
• Rose Print Decorative Paper
• Vellum
• Paper Doilies
• Florentine Rose Ink Pad (Fresco)
• Bisque Colorbox Fluid Chalk Ink Pad
• Brillance Black Ink Pad
• Memories Artprint Brown Ink Pad
• Metal Rimmed Round Tag
• Sheer Pink Ribbon
• Scrabble Tile Stickers
• Deckle Edge Scissors
• Access to Computer and Printer
• Your Favorite Adhesive – I use double-sided tape
  
  Rubber Stamps:
• Latin Parchment (Stampington & Co.) SC-C8233
  (available at Stamp Diva)
• Allegro (Stampington & Co.) SC-K5541
  (available at Stamp Diva)
• Halo and Laurel (San Jose) (The Stampsmith)
• Immaculate Heart of Mary, Small #SD083 (Stamp Camp)
• La Justice #SDT08 (Stamp Camp)
• Hand Carved Buddha (Time to Stamp)
• Dragonfly (Unknown)

Directions:

Cut a shrine shaped card from pink cardstock.

On what will be the inside of the card, stamp Latin Parchment in pink ink on the sides that fold in.

Attach a paper doily to the top of the center section as shown.

Print a vintage photo from your computer. Age the photo with Distress Ink, Walnut Ink, crumpling, etc. Cut the photo out with deckle edge scissors. Mount the photo to a slightly larger piece of black card stock using black photo corners.

Mount the photo to the center section of the inside of the card, offset to the left.

Closing the left side, carefully cut a window to reveal central subject of the photograph. Fold back and secure with a brad.

Stamp Halo and Laurel, Immaculate Heart of Mary, La Justice, Dragonfly and Buddha each with pink ink on scraps of white card stock. Trim each image closely.

Cut a border from decorative rose print paper.

Mount the stamped images and decorative paper as shown on the inside of the card.

With alphabet stamps,using Brillance black ink, stamp text “She was an angel among us” on vellum. Tear edges of the vellum. Layer over a second piece of torn edge vellum and attach to card as shown.

Stipple a metal edge circle tag with pink ink. Stamp Allegro on the tag with Memories Artprint Brown Ink. Stipple angel face with Colorbox Fluid Ink in Bisque. Thread sheer pink ribbon through the hole in the tag and attach the tag to the card as shown.

On the front of the card, attach additional rose print border.

On right front of card, spell the central subject of the photo’s name with Scrabble Tile stickers. Underneath, attach a few decorative buttons. In upper corner, attach a section of paper doily.

Computer generate definition text for “angel” and “kind”. Cut tag shapes from the text. Stipple tags with pink and bisque ink. Attach tags to card with an eyelet. On the inside of the card, the eyelet is covered with the Dragonfly image.

Attach “Caring” definition sticker (Real Life by Pebbles, Inc.) as shown.

Supplies:

• Black card stock
• White card stock
• Metallic silver cs
• white vellum
• color box black pigment ink
• ultra fine black embossing powder
• embossing ink
• silver detail embossing powder
• vellum tag
• black, grey and white fibers
• memory mates eyelet alphabet
• decorative edge scissors
• metallic silver marker
  
  Rubber Stamps:
  Dance Chart and Backward by Inkadinkadoo
  available at Stamp Diva
  My Mother's Dress, Inkadinkadoo
  Shoe: Stampin' Up!

Supplies:

• Rubber Stamps used:
  Zulu woman: Postmodern Design., Klimt swirls, large: Cherrie Pie. Both stamps are available from Stamp Diva.
  
  Inks:
  Staz-on in pumpkin
  Memories in art print brown.
  Any dye ink in orange and yellow
  
• Krylon leafing pen in copper
• hole punch
• black thread, needle
• shrink plastic, ivory, not sanded, 3 1/4 X 4 1/2 inches
• black velveteen paper
• 2 different decorative papers in brown/ terra cotta colors
• embroidery floss in orange, lite brown
• seed beads in black and orange
• handmade paper beads in black
• white tacky glue

Directions:

1. Rub orange and yellow dye inks on unsanded shrink plastic, wipe excess off with tissue.
2. Stamp woman in art print brown ink
3. Stamp swirl in pumpkin ink onto shrink plastic
4. Punch a hole in all four corners
5. Shrink plastic in oven.
6. Edge piece with krylon leafing pen(copper).
7. Sew the piece of shrink plastic to a piece of velveteen paper with thread and needle, using the pre- punched holes.
8. Layer with decorative papers as shown
9. String paper beads(stippled with copper krylon pen)
10. alternating with seed beads, using colored floss.
11. Tie ends together.
12. Glue string with tacky glue around the piece of shrink plastic.

Supplies:

• 6 1/2" x 4 3/4" brownish - gold card stock
• 5" x 4 3/4" brown card stock
• 3 3/4" x 4 1/4" mango card stock
• 3 3/4" x 3 1/2" piece from a brown paper grocery bag
• 2" x 5 1/2" strip Confetti Rust card stock run through a crimper and trimmed to fit along edge of card, OR 2" x 4 3/4" pre-crimped card stock
• Vari-Tone ink (Coffee Break Designs)
• Heat gun
• approximately 29" of1/8" Leather lacing
• Synthetic Aged Bone Beads
• Feathers
• Elmers glue
• Chief Feathers stamp (Acey Duecy K2-802, carried by Stamp Diva)
  

Directions

Apply Vari-Tone ink to a cosmetic make-up sponge and brush sponge over stamp. Stamp onto paper bag piece. Tear edges around the image, then rub the inked sponge along the edges. Use a heat gun to activate the ink, being careful not to apply too much heat. Unless you have a very light touch with the heat gun, the edges will catch on fire in spots. I used a heavy piece of folded paper to douse the fire, just put the burning paper in the folded paper and press down firmly to suffocate. You don’t have to work quickly with this ink, you can even come back the next day and it will still be activated when heat is applied.

Tear edges of mango piece to layer behind Indian piece. Tear one long edge of the rust cardstock.

Take the gold piece length-wise and fold 1 1/2" over, so now the piece should measure 5" x 4 3/4". Score the brown piece 1 1/2" into the 5" side so that it fits over the gold piece, with the flap of the gold piece folded over top of the brown piece.

Use a strip of repositionable tape to hold the 2 pieces together while you punch 10 holes along the edge (I used a 3/16" eylet punch). Holes should be approximately 1" apart vertically, and 3/4" apart horizontally. Take 29" of leather lace and pull half of it through one of the top holes. Continue threading it through the holes to form half an x, until you get to the bottom, then work your way back up to form the other half of the x. Work laces through the top holes so they dangle on the front of the card. If you used tape to hold the pieces together, you can now remove it.

Using double stick tape, or stick glue, apply the rest of the prepared layers. Slide beads onto the leather laces, moving them around until you are satisfied with their placement, then slide them off and apply Elmer’s glue on the lace where you want to bead to be. Put bead back on and apply a dot of glue to the end of a feather, then slide feather up into bead. (You may want to put scrap paper between the laces and card to protect your work from any stray glue) Let sit a few hours for glue to dry, then cut off the ends of your lacing if you had some sticking out from the beads.

Leather, beads & feathers from Walmart

Acey Duecy stamp & Rust cardstock from Stamp Diva

Other cardstock from Suburban Papers

Supplies:

• Tan cardstock, 5" x 6 ½"
• Cranberry Cardstock, 8 ½" x 11"
• Small piece of white cardstock
• Small piece of spotted fabric
• Dole blender pen
• Pearl Ex: super russet, sunset gold
• Red chalk
• Marvy markers: #65 cherry, #72 pine, #6 brown #18 dark brown, #2 red, #1 black
• Mosaic ivory tag from Paper Reflections
• Brown feather
• UTEE: bronze, gold
• Rub ‘n Buff: patina (blue), ruby
• Fun Fibers from Adorn-a-ments and sheer pink ribbon
• 22 gauge brown wire and copper eyelet
• Optional copper seed beads and gold beads
• Fiskars paper edgers: Imperial

Directions:

1. Color Gracious Lady stamp with black marker and stamp on white cardstock. Cut the lady out from the background script. Stamp it again and cut out only the hat. Color the lady's lips with the red marker and add blush to her cheeks with the red chalk using a small fine paint brush. Wrap the lady with spotted fabric turning in the top edge as you do it. Use double sided tape to hold it together. Using the Dove blender apply the gold Pearl Ex to the cut-out hat and trimming it with the russet. Glue the hat directly on top of the hat on the stamped lady.

2. Color the Small Liquid Amber stamp with the cherry, green and brown markers and set aside. Color in the leaf on the Skyland stamp with the cherry maker. You can use black marker here and there on the rest of the stamp if desired. Emboss the mosaic tag with the bronze UTEE. Emboss the tag a second time, this time sprinkling in some gold UTEE along with the bronze. While the UTEE is still hot press the leaf in the upper right hand corner. Press the Skyland stamp in the lower left slanting it slightly. Add a little blue and red Rub ‘n Buff to the lower right hand corner. Also add some of the red to the raised edge of the stamped leaf. Put fiber and ribbon through the hole.

3. After stamping, drawing or printing a capital "A"on white cardstock, cut it out and emboss it with bronze UTEE and rub some of the red Rub n' Buff on it. Insert the eyelet into the bottom right of the letter. Fashion the remainder of the word ‘Autumn' with the wire inserting (if you wish) seed beads as you go. Add the lettered wire to the "A" by way of the eyelet.

4. Cut the edges of the tan cardstock with the patterned scissors. Stamp the script to the right side of the Gracious Lady stamp in cherry and brown toward the upper left of the cardstock with a slant. (Actually, when you are coloring it with the markers, you will be coloring on the left.) Stamp the oak leaf in various combinations of red, cherry, brown and dark brown on the tan cardstock. Layer the tan cardstock on the folded cranberry cardstock.

5. Affix the lady to the left of the script and attach the feather to her.

6. Add the tag and the word "Autumn". Finish off with gold beads if desired.

Rubber Stamps Used:
Hero Arts Poetic Prints, LL684 Real Leaves (Sm Liquid Amber Leaf)
Hero Arts Poetic Prints, LL685 More Real Leaves (Poetic Pin Oak Print)
Hero Arts Artprints G2811 Gracious Lady from Stamp Diva
Hero Arts H2711 Skyland Bookmark from Stamp Diva

Supplies:

• Britannia AD-945 Acey Duecy,
  available from Stamp Diva
• Laminating paper
• Blue Stardream
• Gold glossy paper
• Blue cardstock
• Nostalique black typewriter letters
• buttonhole covers- 4
• Gold heart button
• Blue fibers
• Diamond glaze
• Pop dots
• Double stick tape
• Paper Shapers Iron Eagle/Wrought Iron
• Black Staz-On
• Metallic Markers
• Gold gimp 3/16"
• Gold wrapping paper