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Stamp Artist Of The Month contest was sponsored by smARTworks August's "Stamp Artist Of The Month" is Stamp Artist Kim Tedrow "Button Card Tag" Stamp Artist - Kim Tedrow  Supplies Rubber Stamps smARTworks BG-09 Screen smARTworks BG-12 Weave List of supplies & tools White polymer clay Clay rolling tool Bamboo skewer Round shape clay cutter 1/2" diameter Acrylic paint - Golden Cerulean Blue Stamp ink pads: Colorbox Fluid Chalk: Prussian Blue, Wisteria, Olive Pastel, Pink Pastel, & Yellow Ochre White scrap paper Cardboard Coordinating rick-rack and fibers Directions: The Buttons 1) Roll out a small amount (about 1/2 a "block") of white polymer clay to about 1/8" thickness 2) Press the smARTworks "Weave" stamp into the clay 3) Cut four circle shapes from the clay with a 1/2" diameter circle shape cutter 4) Create two "button holes" in each circle with a bamboo skewer 4) Bake according to manufacturer's directions 5) Brush a thinned wash of Golden Cerulean Blue acrylic paint onto the buttons -- paint should be thin enough to run into the crevices created by the stamp. Let dry. The Card 1) Stamp smARTworks background stamps "Screen" and "Weave" onto scraps of white paper in the following colors: Colorbox Fluid Chalk Prussian Blue, Wisteria, Olive Pastel, Pink Pastel, & Yellow Ochre 2) Cut the stamped images into small scraps, and arrange them in a "crazy quilt" fashion on some plain cardstock, adhere into place. 3) Cut the "crazy quilt" cardstock into a 5 x 2.5" tag shape, and punch a hole at the top. 4) Using direct-to-paper technique, edge the card with the Prussian Blue ink pad. Assembling 1) Adhere a piece of coordinating blue rick-rack onto the left side of the tag. 2) Affix the buttons to the right side of the tag with white thread. 3) Finish with a light coat of Krylon Matte Finish spray 4) Affix coordinating fibers through the hole in the tag. Supplies Rubber Stamps: Trees,wolf pup trio, lg wolf, clouds/Third CoastRS Tree branches/Stampscapes Wolves on ledge/Coronado medium wolf howling/Sutter Enterprises Grass/StampFrancisco weeds,stones/Joan Wear "Who's There?" Stamp Artist - Beverly Shupp/ Primodragonfly Directions: Large wolf was stamped using a permanent black ink and masked. Pup duo stamped in the same ink and masked. Trees, again using permanent black ink, were stamped and masked. The small duo pup on the right was inked and partially stamped between the trees and masked. Then, still using permanent black ink, the medium wolf was stamped and masked finishing up with the two wolves on the cliff. Keep everything masked, the sky was sponged in a light blue and stamped in the same color dye ink. Grass area was sponged in a light green dye ink and then stamped in a darker green dye ink. All masks are now removed and the coloring is done with markers. The tree branches are now stamped once with light green dye ink and then over stamped with black dye ink. Weeds are stamped in a forest green dye ink. Frame was mounted on a black card stock. "Life is a Journey " Stamp Artist - Emily Seidel  Supplies Rubber Stamps Life is a Journey collage - Stampers Anonymous Happy Birthday - unknown Cardstock & background paper, unknown Fibers and cream ribbon, unknown Vellum - Kodak Parchment cs - Memories Forever Sepia Ink - Archival Ink/Ranger Sew Crafty Mini Deckle Edge scissors - Fiskars Eyelets Double sided tape - 3M All purpose glue Directions: Cut and adhere background paper with double sided tape Stamp collage stamp on a piece of tan parchment and cut out with deckle scissors Adhere parchment to tan vellum with double sided tape. Tear vellum out. Glue fringe yarn to card Set eyelets through collage piece Stamp Happy Birthday on cream ribbon Sew to card with the Sew Crafty Supplies Rubber Stamps: lady playing harp and design elements from Posh-51, Etruscan set. marvy markers shimmer chalk pink vellum white cardstock burgundy ribbon Stamp Zia's colorwash sprays Krylon gold webbing spray Coluzzle oval template glue Blending Blox-mauve and purple "Lady Playing Harp" Stamp Artist - Cathy Peper Directions: make background. Spray 2-3 colors of Zia's colorwash onto cardstock. When dry, spray w/ Krylon gold webbing spray. glue background to card base color w/ Marvy markers directly onto the stamp of the woman playing the harp from the Etruscan set. Stamp onto white cardstock. Color w/ shimmer chalks. cut out image using Coluzzle oval template cut an oval of pink vellum one size larger than your image w/ Coluzzle template. mat image w/ vellum and adhere to background. stamp 2 design elements from Etruscan set w/ mauve and purple Blending Blox ink. cut out design elements and adhere to top corners of card staple length of ribbon in a "v" shape to lower right had corner of card. "Number 1 Friend" Stamp Artist - Eli Persson Supplies Rubber Stamps Paper Artsy - The Cats Meow - Dog Bazzill - brown and red cardstock Karen Foster – pattern paper Watercolor paper, vellum Distress Ink – Tea Dye, Vintage Photo, Spiced Marmelade, Tattered Rose, Worn Lipstick, Black Soot ColorBox Fluid Chalk – Charcoal and Lipstick Red Archival Ink – Jet Black Fiskars - star template, rubons Fiber, eyelet, heart brad, edge scraper Directions: cut out a panel from the pattern paper edge the panel with Lipstick Red ink use a template to cut out a star ink the stars edges with red ink apply rubons to the star and to the panel mount the star to the panel stamp dog with Archival Ink on watercolor paper, cut out color the image using several colors of Distress Ink] cut out a bone from the pattern paper, ink with black and red ink. stamp star with Tea Dye ink and overstamp Friend with black ink use a sponge and ink the edges of a red card with Spiced Marmelade ink use a edge scraper and distress the edges of a brown panel, mount the panel to the card mount the pattern paper panel to the card apply a heart rubon and stamp the word dog! on the heart with black ink, attach brad cut out a tag from the pattern paper, attach eyelet and fiber, mount to the card glue the bone to the card and then the dog image Supplies Rubber Stamps: Stamps Posh Impressions Ming Vase and Small Sprig Watermark or Embossing Pad Clear Embossing Powder Color Box Pigment Ink Pads (Cyan, Blue, Harbor) Gold Detail Embossing Powder 2 Colors Mizuhik Cord (Gold & Teal) ¼ sheet White Cardstock Navy Cardstock Teal Cardstock Small piece of White Vellum Gold Metallic Marker Double Stick Adhesive Sheet or Wide Tape Dimensional Dots & Tassle "Ming Vase" Stamp Artist - Daylene Strickland Directions: Emboss with clear powder the vase and sprig images in random fashion on white cardstock. Use DTP method of coloring the paper using all three Color Box pigment inks beginning with the lightest and ending with the darkest. Add more color as desired to achieve look. Wipe away excess ink well to reveal white cardstock below clear embossed images. Trim this piece into 3 even sections and layer on navy cardstock. Emboss vase with gold powder on piece of vellum. Trim narrow piece of navy cardstock the same height as the navy panel being used for card. Trim vellum leaving enough to center the embossed vellum piece and wrap around it securing it in the back. Edge top and bottom with metallic gold marker and secure on navy cardstock. Use double-sided adhesive sheet to cover exposed ends of small navy/vellum piece. Layer Mizuhiki cord in random pattern fashion trimming ends loosely until finished. Once each side is completed, trim for an even edge. Use dimensional dots to adhere to card. Add tassel before securing to final teal card.