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December's "Stamp Artist Of The Month" is Stamp Artist Michi Michaelson Supplies Rubber Stamps: All stamps are made by Stampsmith: Audrey Hepburn portrait, Sitting on a stool, and Breakfast at Tiffany's White glossy cardstock, Dark purple cardstock Archival Berry Purple stamp pad ColorBox Chalk stamp pads in Alabaster, Peach Pastel, Pink Pastel, Wisteria, and Lime Pastel ColorBox Mica Magic Yellow Gold Large post-it note Pressed flowers and leaves Gold skeleton leaf Blow pen Gold fine tip marker PVA glue Double stick tape Exacto knife, Trimmer, Metal ruler, Small flat brush "Audrey" Stamp Artist - Michi Michaelson Directions: Ink Audrey portrait with Archival Berry Purple, stamp in the middle of white glossy cardstock and large post-it note. Smudge some Chalk ink around the white cardstock with a cosmetic sponge in Pink Pastel and Lime Pastel. Mask portrait with post-it note. Randomly stamp Audrey on stool, in Wisteria. Remove post-it note. Randomly stamp Audrey from Breakfast at Tiffany's in Pink Pastel and Lime Pastel avoiding too much overlap with central image. Let dry. Using an exacto knife and metal ruler, carefully cut out the central image and mount onto dark purple cardstock leaving approximately 1/4" border around the central image. Double stick tape image onto rest of card. Trim stamped white cardstock to approximately 3 3/4" X 5" and mount onto dark purple cardstock leaving a border all around. Using a gold fine tip marker and a metal ruler, draw a line around the outside of the white glossy cardstocks. Masking the central image, again, use blow pen to texturize background with pink and green sprays of ink. Remove mask. With cosmetic sponge, color in Audrey's face with Chalk ink in Alabaster, and then Peach Pastel. Highlight her cheekbones with Pink Pastel. Color lips with a toothpick and Pink Pastel. Color eyelids slightly with a Q-tip and Mica Magic Yellow Gold. Arrange gold skeleton leaf, pressed flowers and leaves until you are happy with the arrangement. Glue them down with PVA glue and a small flat brush. "Girl's Best Friend" Stamp Artist - ggburns  Supplies Rubber Stamps Girls with Dogs & words, (Best friend) by StampSmith's, "It's a Dog's Life" plate Lasting Friendship words by Lasting Impressions with Panache Friends stamp (placed in the tiny bottle) by Rubber Stampede StazOn Inks, Jet Black Ranger Inks, Archive Black ColorBox Pigment Stamp Pad, violet Ranger's Distress Ink, Milled Lavender stickers - "GIRLS" typewriter keys by Nostalguiques by Rebecca Sower. Metal flakes - "Mona Lisa" Products Web Spray paint, gold and black Krylon Perfect Paper Adhesive UNU glue stick E 6000 Industrial glue Poly-Glaze by Lisa Pavelka for the Polymer Clay embellishments Watercolor pencils Glossy paper and card stock 8 x 10 Canvas Cosmetic sponges tiny bottle, small buttons, beads, fibers, ribbon, foam and felt Directions: Created a textured background on canvas by mixing white and purple acrylic paint and rubbing it in with fingers with a medium size brush. You can add a fabric look by pressing Tulle fabric into the wet paint. Let dry and then gently remove. You may also stamp a few hearts or other designs with acrylic paint if so desired. Sprinkle silver flakes and attach with Perfect Paper Adhesive. Now, lightly spray with 1 or 2 colors of web spray paint for an overall artsy look. Add the "BEST FRIENDS" with 3-d dots. Stamp your words on velum and glued to a small piece of baked polymer clay, domino or other small embellishment. You can wrap it with colorful fibers or leave if plain. Later, I added Poly-glaze to give it a finished look. The tiny miniature dog, is an old charm off of a childhood bracelet. (Add something to show your love and friendship with the dogs!) Stamp the Stampsmith designs several times, with black Ranger Ink onto heavy glossy card stock. After they dry, apply several shades of purple and pink dye ink or distressed ink with a sponge. I also painted the girls' faces and hair with color pencils. Now glue the girl's photo and dogs to separate sheets of card stock. (Cut the dogs out separate from the girls.) Now, add fake fur, feathers, felt, ribbon and beads for more detailed fluff! I also used lots of 3-D dots to add dimension to the various elements. After all the fur and beads have been added and the girl's photos are dry ... glue the cut-out dogs on top and apply more poly-glaze to give a 3-d glass look. I've glued a piece of purple foam for shading under the girls photos. For the words "Lasting Friendship" ... stamp into purple polymer clay, baked at 275 for 15 minutes. After they air dried, highlight with silver metallic ink. You can then add poly-glaze to seal the words if desired. Attach the finished pieces to the canvas with 3-d dots to raise them away from your background. To make the finished collage be a bit "over the top" ... glue on fun-fake fur as a frame! Supplies Rubber Stamps: Stampsmith "Blessed Are" sheet Heavy blue plastic file folder or white glossy card stock Adirondack Alcohol Ink in Butterscotch, Ginger and Carmel Alcohol Ink Applicator 91 % Isopropyl Alcohol in a "fine" spray bottle Krylon Gold Leafing Pen Xyron Machine Ultra Thick Embossing Enamel/powder "Mosaic Mother and Child" Stamp Artist - Mary Darling Directions: Using Alcohol Ink Applicator, put several drops of Butterscotch, Ginger and Carmel on the felt pad.  Pounce on file folder or glossy card stock. When completely covered, dab about 6 times with the Krylon Gold leafing pen - you need just a little bit Pounce again over the gold leafing. Lightly spray the center of the file folder with the alcohol. Wait a little bit before you spray it again for the alcohol will move the ink. You want the center to be light. Let dry completely Stamp Mother and Child with StazOn Black ink on blue file folder or glossy card stock that is cut 4 1/4" X 5 1/2". Make sure ink is dry. Enlarge finished piece at 120% on draft mode on a copier in color so that you know where to place your pieces. Run the enlarged piece through the Xyron face down. You want the adhesive on the image. I did the Mother and Child first, cutting them into mosaic pieces. I made sure that I didn't cut her face.  You really need to cut one piece at a time or it is to hard to figure out where the pieces go. Leave space between the pieces for the "grout".  You might need tweezers if you cut the pieces small. Emboss using the Ultra Thick Embossing Enamel/powder "Serena" Stamp Artist - Susan Chong  Supplies Rubber Stamps "Serena" by Stampsmith "dream your dream" and "ART" by Time to Stamp Red Cardstock Silver Glossy Cardstock 4 small round silver brads Kellogg's Corn Pops Cereal box liner Red and Black Craft wire Silver Bead Stazon-Black e-z Walnut Ink Tintz-Brick Stampin Up- Basic Black 3D foam tape Double sided tape Krylon Workable Fixative Matte Acrylic Sealer Directions: Cut red cardstock to standard card size (cut 8 1/2 x 11 in half) fold to make 4 1/4 x 5 1/2 inch base card. Take Kellogg's Corn Pops liner and cut out large piece. (larger than your card) Smooth with hand. Very lightly distress liner w/ black Stazon Ink. Stamp "ART" stamp onto liner with black Stazon ink. Allow sufficient time to dry. Trim to layer on base card leaving approximately 1/8-1/4 inch border. Affix to card using double sided tape. Stamp "Serena" image onto silver glossy cardstock using Stampin Up Basic Black. Slightly overink the stamp (using the stamp pad to rubber inking method) and push a little extra hard to give the image a softer look. Allow to dry. Trim to desired size. Cut a piece of red cardstock to layer under the Serena image. Leave approximately 1/8-1/4 inch border around main image. Affix Serena image to red cardstock layer with double sided tape. Attach small rou! nd silver brads to the corners of the layered Serena image. Affix entire Serena image to your main card at a slight angle with double sided tape.. Be sure to leave the lower 2/3 of your card open for the sentiment piece of the card. With your finger, smear a very little Stampin Up Basic Black Ink onto a piece of silver glossy cardstock. Then with your finger smear a very little e-z Walnut Ink Tintz Brick over the black. Allow to dry and seal w/ Krylon Workable Fixative. Then stamp "dream you dream" over the smeared inks. Allow to dry and very lightly seal with Matte Acrylic Sealer. Trim image around sentiment as desired. Trim a piece of red cardstock to layer under "dream your dream" piece. Trim the piece very close to the silver glossy piece.....leave only approximately 1/16 inch border. Affix silver glossy piece to! red cardstock using double sided tape. Take your red and black craft wire and wrap around "dream your dream" piece until you get the look you desire. Finish by curling the first end of the wire and then slipping a silver bead over the other end and curling the second end of the wire. To prevent the wire from slipping or shifting, secure to the back of your "dream to dream" piece with double sided tape. Using 3D foam tape, affix your "dream your dream" piece to the bottom 2/3 of your main card. Position as desired. "Blessed Are" Stamp Artist - Tonya Ashe  Supplies Rubber Stamps Stampsmith Blessed Are Plate Unknown Flower Border Unknown Spotted Background Jim Holtz Distress Ink -Old Paper PSX Designs - Stamper's Palette Pigment Ink Cubes - Black Delta Ceramcoat Gleams Acrylic Paint - Metallic 14K Gold Stampabilities Clear Embossing Pad Stamp-n Stuff Embossing Powder - Pirate Gold Opaque Stamp-n Stuff Embossing Powder - Clear Directions: Buy a dollar store picture frame that has a picture mat inside. Paint the frame with the Delta Ceramcoat Gleams Acrylic Paint - Metallic 14K Gold. Let Dry. Take PSX Designs - Stamper's Palette Pigment Ink Cubes - Black and lightly dab the edges of the frame. Use any type of flower border rubber stamp to stamp continuosly around the picture frame with the black ink. Spray frame with sealer and let dry. Decorate the mat with square, circle and rectangle cut outs from various papers. Glue the cut-outs to the mat. Paint mat with a light finish of the gold paint. Sponge any extra paint off. Let dry. Then glue butterfly cut-outs to the mat. Let Dry. Take a blank piece of cream-colored paper and stamp image on paper. Color image with colored pencils. Use a dotted background stamp with Jim Holtz Distress Ink -Old Paper and stamp all around the stamped picture. Then emboss with clear embossing powder. Take spotted background stamp and stamp over already embossed background with embossing ink again. Then emboss with gold embossing powder. Use the emboss pad to completely cover the stamped picture then emboss again with clear powder. Put everything together. "Thoughts of You" Stamp Artist - Beverly Shupp/Primodragonfly  Supplies Rubber Stamps Flowers/My Heart Stamps for You Marlene Dedrick/Stampsmith Tree/Beeswax Saying/Repeat Impressions Butterflies/Unknown Marlene was stamped in permanent black ink and masked. Flowers then stamped on either side of her, right side masked. Beeswax tree is stamped and masked as is one butterfly. Sky is now colored with a powder blue chalk ink. All masks removed. Saying is stamped with a dark blue chalk ink. Everything colored in markers.. flower centers, Twinkling H2O's used in shades of pink. The scene is mounted to a shocking pink card stock. Three additional butterflies are stamped in permanent black ink, colored and cut out. One is cut in half and used on the flowers. The other 2 are glued into position in the sky exceeding the image frame. Supplies Rubber Stamps: Pash 2823, Penny Black Penmanship 2410K, Penny Black Splatter 2240, Hampton art JustRite wheel, JB-07140 Ribbon Brads, screwbrads Gemstone Small tag Wellum Itty bitty brown buttons Brown/ivory cardstock Collage pictures, Art-e-zine Slide and coin diecuts, Sizzix Ranger Distress ink, Walnutstain/ Vintage photo Sponging Block "Family" Stamp Artist - Bibbi Nyheim Directions: Rub Vintage ink on ivory cardstock, slides/coin diecut with the sponging block to get an old look. Stamp splatter and penmanship with Vintage ink. Stamp Pash over penmanship with Walnutstain ink. Distress the edges of diecuts with DTP walnutstain ink Mount the collage pictures inside, before layer with brown/ivory CS. Make the words "family, mother, child, sisters, men, sons" with the writing wheel and stamp on the diecuts and torn wellum. Use the valnutstain ink for the words. Mount on CS and embellish with brads, buttons, tag/gemstones and ribbon "Sand On My Feet" Stamp Artist - France Chevalier  Supplies Rubber Stamps Stampsmith Plate Flappers 2 Memories Midnight Blue inkpad Clear translucent Penny Wise Art Micro-Beads Decorative paper (6 inches x 7 1/2 inches) Craft sand (light in colour or colour of your choice) White card (6 inches x 7 1/2 inches) White card (3 3/4 inches x 5 1/4 inches) Gold card, (8 3/4 inches x 6 1/4 inches), folded Acetate, overhead transparency (3 3/4 inches x 5 1/4 inches) Used dryer sheet Double sided tape Double sided foam tape Glue stick Crystal Laquer (or similar), Rub'n'Buff, Spray fixative Directions: Stamp bathing flapper in Memories Midnight Blue onto the small white card and set aside to dry. Paint a toy crab (or other sea creature or ornament) with Lumiere Pearl Blue - set aside to dry. Cut out a window in the middle of the large white card fractionally smaller than the stamped flapper image. Trace a frame all around the opening measuring approximately 3/4 inch (all around). Score the frame you traced. Glue the decorative paper to the card. In the inside window opening, cut the decorative paper in a X shape, from corner to corner, so that you can fold the decorative paper towards the inside, and glue it to the back of the frame. Snip off any excess at the back. Allow to dry. Wipe your piece of acetate with the used dryer sheet to remove any static, on the front and back. Apply double sided tape all around the opening on the back of the frame. Affix the acetate. Place double sided tape around the opening of the frame (on the acetate but not so it will be visible through the window), leaving about 1/8 inch margin around the opening, making sure ALL EDGES of the foam tape TOUCH each other so there is nowhere for the beads/sand to escape. Place a piece of double sided sticky tape on the top flap of the frame. Remove the protective layer from the tape. Holding the frame in your hands, place your Flapper image where you would like to see it. Fold the top flap onto the back of the image.  This will ensure a good placement for your image. Open the frame. Place your frame, face down, onto your work surface. Carefully remove the protective layer from the foam tape. Carefully pour some clear micro beads and some sand onto the acetate ensuring you do not drop too much on the foam tape. Gently flip the image back onto the top of the beads/sand and affix to the foam tape. On the remaining three flaps of the frame, affix some double sided tape, and close up the frame onto the back of the Flapper image. Affix the shaker frame to your gold card. Highlight the crab with some Rub'n'Buff, apply some spray fixative to protect it. When it is dry, affix it to the card with Crystal Lacquer (or similar). Allow to dry thoroughly. NOTE: [I would like to acknowledge Penny Wise Arts for their templates and method for making shaker cards as the instructions here are based on what I learned from them.] Supplies Rubber Stamps: Stampland - Claire's dreaming couch 4206-39 - Clip Art Vintage Christmas Tree Victorian Curtain Valance Whispers Black Ink Foam Board (7 ½ x 6 ½ inches) Cardboard (7 ½ x 6 ½ inches) Variety of Pastel Pencils Artist blending stick – smudge stick Pink Cardstock Patterned Pink Paper Stickles Glitter Glue – Star Dust Gold Leafing Pen Wide 2 ¼ inch pink sheer ribbon Narrow white sheer ribbon Foam Tape 5” self-stick Easel Back – by Lineco Computer Font title – Christmas Dreams on pink cardstock "Christmas Dreams" Stamp Artist - Evelyn Kennedy Duncan Technique – Cut and Layer, Shadow Box, Easel Card.   This is fun non-traditional style card that is easy to display due to its easel back. Directions: Stamp Claire on her Dreaming Couch with soft black ink onto white cardstock. Color image using Pastel Pencils and use an artist smudge stick to blend and soften the colors. (I used forest green on the couch, yellow on the pillow and burgundy on the dress) Cut image out but leave a 1” tab of white cardstock below the right side of the couch ( this tab will be used to help secure the image to the inside of the frame later) Print clip art image of vintage Christmas tree and Victorian curtain valance. Color images with pastel pencils using the smudge stick to blend and soften the colors. Cut an opening out of the 7 ½ x 6 ½ foam board to create a foam board frame. Cover the frame with Pink cardstock Secure the front of the frame to the backside of the cardstock. Cut an “X” diagonally from inside corner to inside corner of frame Crease, fold back and secure the cut wedges to the frame – cut off the overlapping points Cut, fold and secure the cardstock from the four flat edges to the back of the frame Cut the cardboard slightly smaller than the finished foam board frame Wrap the cardboard with the patterned pink paper. Take a 12 inch piece of the wide pink ribbon and fold it in half lengthwise. Cut the folded ribbon resemble a curtain that have been drawn back (leave the left side straight and cut the right side something like the letter “K” – but do not cut the narrowest section less than 1 ¼ inches wide) Cut through the folded portion of the ribbon and flip on side over – this gives you your 2 matching curtain halves. Attach the curtain halves to the front top corners of the pink frame. Tie off the middle sections of the curtains with the narrow white ribbon and secure behind the frame with knots. Attach the clipart valance across the top of the frame and over the curtains. Add double sided tape to the front side of the tab you left earlier, below the couch. Fold the tab back and center the image to the front of the frame as seen Press the tab against the ledge of the frame opening and fold the remainder of the tab to inside back of the frame Line up the pattern covered cardboard behind the frame and position the clipart Christmas tree. Attach the Christmas tree with low rise foam tape to the pattern covered cardboard. Attach the pink frame to the patterned panel and add a thick foam dot behind the ladies head – creating a support bridge between the stamped image and the patterned background wall. Add Stickles Star Dust glitter glue over the ornaments on the Christmas tree and let dry. (looks really great in person - sorry the scan does not show it well) Use a decorative computer font to print Christmas Dreams onto pink cardstock. Trim title, edge it with a gold leafing pen, mat it with burgundy cardstock and attach it to the inside panel like a frame on a wall. Double mat the shadow box card with Burgundy and Metallic Gold Cardstock Attach the 5 inch self stick easel back to the back of the card Write your holiday message on the back of the shadow box card and it is ready to send and display. "Calendar of Friends" Stamp Artist - Denise Jones  Supplies Rubber Stamps: Stampsmith, Portrait of A Lady and Flappers #1 Old CD White cardstock SEI paper chocolate, pink and white stripes And polka dots 2006 mini calendar Lumiere HI lite Red DCMV alphabet sticker-pink 32 slide mounts Pink ribbon Remember word tag Scallop tag punch Glue Pop dots Red slide mount source unknown Versa fine stamp pad black Heart eyelet and tools to mount Directions: Paint slide mount with Lumiere. Measure CD at half way point. Cut half on each piece of patterned paper and glue to CD. Stamp ladies from UM sheets. Punch two ladies with tag punch and trim 2 others to fit slide mounts. Glue calendar to bottom of CD. Attach slide mounts on each side of CD with a tag underneath with clip. Cut a piece of ribbon and put friends on top of it. Tie ribbon around CD and make a bow in the middle. Place heart eyelet into Remember tag hole. Mount under the right slide mount. Supplies glossy cs black staz-on Walnut Tintz in Walnut and Stream colors Blender Pen Copper Krylon pen Copper wire embellishment Vellum tape crystal lacquer "Beauty Divine" Stamp Artist - Lisa Gifford Directions: Woman stamp is a Stampsmith stamp from the Flapper #1 plate. The words are from the Pin Up plate from Time to Stamp. Stamp Flapper stamp on glossy cs using Staz-On black ink. Use a blender pen and Stream colored Walnut Tintz ink to color in the flappers dress. Then using the Walnut colored Walnut Tintz and a blender pen, color in her hair. Trim image and mount onto black cs, trim and mount again onto teal cs. Use copper Krylon pen to edge the teal cs. Mount to the front of patterned paper. Use the copper Krylon pen to edge the background paper. Stamp words onto vellum in black Staz-On and tear around the edges. Using Vellum tape mount at an angle over the Flapper girl stamp. Take copper wire swirl embellishment and using crystal lacquer adhere to upper left corner of mounted stamp. Attach entire card front onto a black card. Supplies Rubber Stamps: Lucy stamp from Stampsmith Fame plate backround stamps Floral Stampin Up! Technique : Vintage Photo Stamping Stamp image in pink on glossy CS using stamp positioner. Clean stamp, reink stamp in green, and move your stamp positioner slightly, stamp again. Clean stamp. Reink stamp with brown ink, move positioner slightly and stamp. Add color with sponge daubers. Layer image stamp on black cards stock then carmel. Stamp hunter cardstock with floral stamp inked with hunter ink. Layer Image layers onto floral stamped piece. "Lucy" Stamp Artist - Lisa Somerville

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