December's
Stamp Artist Of The Month contest was sponsored by Marco's Paper
December's "Stamp Artist
Of The Month" is
Stamp Artist Marie Travers
"Simple Things"
Stamp Artist - Marie Travers |
Rubber Stamps & Supplies:
- Rubber Stamps
Stamp Zia - Forget-Me-Not Sphere
Stamp Out Cute - Crackle Background
Hero Arts - Take Time to Enjoy
Supplies
- Black matte and black glossy card stock
- Metallic gold and metallic copper decorative paper
- Clear embossing or watermark inkpad and black pigment inkpad
- Clear and black lame embossing powders and heat tool
- Pearl Ex powders: russet, copper, interference gold, sunset
gold and gold sparkle
- Dove blender pen
- Copper sheet
- Leaf punch
- Flower charm
- Decorative fiber
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Directions:
- On a square of black matte cardstock, stamp crackle background
with embossing or watermark ink and emboss with clear embossing
powder. Using a blender pen, apply russet, copper, interference
gold, sunset gold and gold sparkle powdered pigments. Blend slightly
with paper towel. Let dry. Glue to front of a glossy black card.
- On metallic gold paper, stamp Forget-me-not Sphere with watermark
ink and emboss with black lame embossing powder. Cut out in circle.
Layer onto a circle of glossy black cardstock. Mount onto crackle
background with foam mounts for added dimension.
- On metallic gold paper, stamp Take Time to Enjoy with black
pigment ink and emboss with black lame embossing powder. Cut
out and layer onto black glossy card stock, then onto metallic
copper paper. Glue to card front.
- Punch leaves from cooper sheet and use stylus to dry emboss
veins. Heat leaves with heat gun to add color. Glue leaves and
flower charm to card front. Tie yarn to spine of card.
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Rubber Stamps & Supplies:
- Rubber Stamps
Swallowtail “Junior” #8512 – Jim Stephan
Leaf - Impression Obsession
Warm Wishes (Contemporary Greetings #T773) – The Angel Company
Burlap backgrounder SL-1400T – Cornish
Heritage Farms
Supplies
- Dye inks: Adirondack Pitch Black, Denim, Stream
- StazOn Jet Black ink
- Clear plastic
- Mini brads
- Sponge
- Scrap paper for masking
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"Warm Wishes Swallowtail"
Stamp Artist - Dina Kowal |
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Directions
Stamp Swallowtail stamp in black ink on white matte cardstock.
Stamp a second image on a scrap piece of paper; cut out and mask
butterfly image. Using a large stipple brush, begin stippling
ink from the butterfly out toward the edges of the card, black
first, then Denim, then the lighter Stream. With mask still on,
stamp burlap background over the top in Denim ink. Stamp leaf
images several times in the corners using Denim ink. Sponge edges
in Denim ink. Color in butterfly using Prismacolor pencils.
On base card, stamp a few leaves and sponge edges. Stamp greeting
in Stazon ink on plastic (can use transparency – I used
a piece of clear plastic packaging from a CD case) and attach
with mini brads.
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Rubber Stamps & Supplies:
Rubber Stamps
- “Dragon” from After Moonlight Art Stamps
- Two Dragon Stamps from All Creatures Rubber Stamps
- “Entwined” Dragon Stamp from the Dragon’s
Lair Plate by Faerie Song Rubber Art Stamps
- “Terra Sancto” from Lost Coast Designs
Supplies
- White or light colors of acid-free cardstock
- Ink: black Staz On solvent ink pad
- Watercolor Pencils
- Mod Podge waterbase sealer glue and finish
- Paper Cutter
- Scissors or X-acto craft knife
- Image Editing Software, e.g. Adobe Photoshop
- Computer Printer and Flatbed Scanner
- Embellishments (beads, letters, ribbons) as desired
- Acid-free foam core cut 3 ½” x 4 ½”
as backing for display if desired
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“December Dragons” Pop-Ups Card
Stamp Artist - Sandra Porter |
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Inspiration:
The desire to create a microcosmal fantasy world of my own
with its' own archaic geography inhabited by unusual creatures.
Directions
- Cut acid-free cardstock to ATC size, 2 ½” x 3
½”.
- Stamp dragon images and map on more cardstock using black
solvent ink, allow to dry.
- Scan stamped images in black and white (newspaper setting).
- Shrink stamped images to fit your ATCs by changing your image
size.
- Print smaller images.
- Color dragons with watercolor pencils.
- Cut dragons and “Terra Sancto” map out with sharp
scissors or X-acto blade.
- Affix cutout colored images to ATC cards where desired with
Mod Podge.
- Cut two rectangular pieces of cardstock, a little less wide
than two of your dragons, one about 2” long, the other about
1 ½” long.
- Bend skinny flaps on each end of both rectangular pieces
of cardstock.
- Bend the rectangular pieces of cardstock in two spots equidistant
from their centers, making a small rectangle that sticks up that
is a little thinner than your dragons.
- Glue (with Mod Podge) skinny flaps of one piece of rectangular
cardstock close to each other on your card where you’d like
your dragons to be.
- Glue dragons of your choice to the rectangular parts that
have been bent to stick up. This will make your dragons pop-up
for a 3D visual effect that is very effective for flying dragons.
- Coat ATC with several thin layers of Mod Podge, allowing
to dry between coats. This will blend your watercolors as well
as add a protective layer to your ATC.
- Name, date, and sign the back of your ATC.
Besides making ATCs this project can create wonderful full
sized cards using the stamps life-size, and is especially eye-catching
if you glue the dragons in the oceans of old maps and old game
boards and add medieval calligraphy.
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"Wonderful"
Stamp Artist - Jennifer Satterfield |
Rubber Stamps & Supplies:
- Rubber Stamps
Stamp rose, You Are Wonderful, and Woman (The Angel Company)i
Directions:
In Royal Blue Permanent ink, (All Night Media) on glossy Cardstock,
(Marco Paper) using pink, blue and yellow ink, sponge background.
Mount glossy panel to blue panel then attatch to pink card
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