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February's "Stamp Artist Of The Month" is Stamp Artist Melissa Woolsey  "Dancing with the Muse tunnel book" Stamp Artist - Melissa Woolsey  Construction of the book Covers Cut 2 cover bases from foam core measuring 5.25 inches by 5.25 inches. Cut scrapbook paper measuring 5.5 inches x 5.5 inches. DTP Tim Holtz Destressing Ink in Tattered Rose, Mustard Seed, Weathered Wood, Milled Lavender and Peeling Paint. Attach paper to foam core covering edges. DTP Vibrant Violet and Olive green to coin frame. Overstamp in Black Stazon with Signature Back ground. DTP tattered rose ink to text weight paper. Stamp Dancing with the Muse with Stazon ink in black. Attach Quote to coin frame. Attach that to a scrap of foam core for height. General Construction of pages Cut 10 pages from art stock paper measuring 10 in x 5 in. Color wash 2 pages in each color with Tim Holtz Distressing ink . Cut out circle in center of 5 pieces, one in each color. Stamp single image in the middle of the solid pieces. Stamp the circle cut pages. Outline pages and circle with black paint pen. Fold solid pages in half in valley fold. Fold circle pages in forths. Attach cirlce page to solid page by short edges. Attach pages together by matching half of the solid pages back to each other. Connect all pages this way. Supplies & Rubber Stamps: Cover Rubber Stamps: Jody Posey Stazon Vibriant Violet, Olive Green, Black 1st Page Rubber Stamps: Cherry Pie - goddess, checkered corner, literature squares Jody Posey - create Ma Vinci - Muse Postmodern Design - desire, thoughts, passion, art (2) Vap Scrap - dream, believe Black Stazon Weathered Wood Distressing inks 2nd Page Rubber Stamps: Cherry Pie - venus image, background harlequin, butterfly quote, Da Vinci words Postmodern Design - Venus word Stamper's Anonymous - Princess Post Ma Vinci - Vision Black Stazon Weathered Wood Tattered Rose Vintage Photo Disressing inks 3rd Page Rubber Stamps: Stampington - The Saint (Stamp Diva) Rubber Stampede - Music Background Stampsmith - Fleur dis lis (4) Judikins - Arabic flourish Ma Vinci - Art Black Stazon Peeling Paint Vintage Photo distressing inks 4th Page Rubber Stamps: - Frida, Dream Butterfly, Frida Eyes Cats Life Press - I dream Vap Scrap - Dream Stampington - Measuring Tape (Stamp Diva Holiday Trims x 4) Ma Vinci - Muse Judikins - Signature Background Black Stazon Mustard Seed Peeling Paint distressing ink 5th Page Rubber Stamps: Ma Vinci - Mona eyes, Mona collage, Davinci script, Muse, Paper artsty - flower woman (Stamp Diva Petals Plate 4) Rubber Stampede - Crackled Background Black Stazon Milled Lavender and Vintage Photo distressing ink  Finishing book Attach ribbon to the blank side of the first and last page. Attach first and last page to the front and back cover. Cover the binding with satin ribbon. For cover embellishment. top view page 1 page 2 page 3 page 4 page 5 "The Glorious Griffin" Stamp Artist - Evelyn Kennedy Duncan  Supplies Rubber Stamps Griffin – Third Coast Rubber Stamps Jesus Background – Biblical Impressions Inks: Versamark Brilliance Graphite Black Other Items: Glossy White Cardstock Black Detail Embossing Powder Clear Embossing Powder Color Laser Printer Transparency Film Alcohol inks & 91 % Alcohol Stickles Glitter Glue in Platinum, Patina & Yellow Iridescent loose glitter Pop dot Gold Leafing pen Felt pad applicator Craft misting bottle I was inspired to create this card upon after reading various legends about the Mythical Griffin.   I felt this would make an unusual Easter card and I would include the following information about the griffin inside the card: The Glorious Griffin In ancient times the dual nature of the griffin led it to be associated with Christ as king of heaven and earth; the eagle half of the griffin signified Christ's divinity and the lion half represented His humanity. The griffin also symbolized the strength and wisdom of God with the lion portion representing strength and the eagle portion representing wisdom. Then during the Middle Ages, griffins were used symbols of Christ's resurrection. Directions: I started by creating a polished stone effect background on a piece of glossy white cardstock. This wash achieved by dotting gold leafing pen a few times on the glossy cardstock, misting the entire surface with 91% rubbing alcohol and applying teal, green and plum alcohol ink with the aid of a small felt applicator. Then, I stamped the background image with black brilliance ink and heat embossed it with clear embossing powder. I trimmed the panel, matted it with metallic teal cardstock and attached it to a black card. Next I stamped the griffin image with VersaMark ink onto a piece of color laser transparency, added black embossing powder and heat set the image (laser transparencies can take the heat of embossing unlike most other types of transparencies). I colored the reverse side of the transparency with yellow, patina and platinum glitter glues by stickles and sprinkled a layer of loose ultra fine iridescent glitter over the still wet glitter glued surface to make sure the image had full glitter coverage. After the glue dried overnight, the image was carefully trimmed close to the stamped lines and attached to the lower corner of the card with pop dots. A computer text panel would be included inside the card giving the legend of the Griffin. Supplies Rubber Stamps: Grecian Lady Stamp from Cherry Pie Plate No 12 Building stamp for background (not sure who makes this one) Berry Blaze Kaleidacolor Ink Pad Oval Aperture Card White Semi-gloss Card Orchid cut from a Plant Catalogue Silver corner and border peel-offs Piece of Fabric Piece of blue decorative paper Double sided tape Pink, Green and Purple Felt Tip Pens "Dreaming" Stamp Artist - Chris Keys Directions: I stamped the Grecian Lady and the building onto white semi-gloss card, which had been sponged with ink from the Kaleidacolor pad, and then cut them out. I sponged the card in the same colours - this particular card had an embossed flower detail which I coloured in with felt tip pens. I also coloured around the rim of the aperture with a purple felt tip pen I stuck the material and the blue paper onto the aperture backing, using double sided tape, then stuck the Grecian Lady and the building onto the frabric and paper, ensuring that they were in the correct place to show through the aperture in a pleasing manner. Then, using double-sided tape again, I stuck the aperture down onto its backing. Next, I cut out the Orchid and as, it was from the cover of the plant magazine it didn’t need sticking onto card, as it rigid enough. I then stuck the orchid onto the front of the aperture, setting it to one side, again using double-sided tape. Using three corners from the peel off sheet, I stuck one at the top of the oval and then one each side of it and covered the edge of the opening with the decorative border. I then coloured in through the gaps using a purple felt-tip pen. "Maude" Stamp Artist - Eli Persson  Supplies Rubber Stamps "Maude" - The Stampsmith "Swirls" - Hampton Art "Dream" - The Stamp Barn ColorBox Fluid Chalk - Olive Pastel and Charcoal Archival Ink - Jet Black Bazzill sage cardstock White glossy cardstock Green cardstock Pattern Paper (K&Company) Wallpaper Brads Decorative flower Marvy Le Plume II markers Radiant Pearls Fiber and ribbon Directions: Create a card from sage cs. Stamp "Swirls" on the right side of the card with Olive Pastel ink. Tear a piece of pattern paper and adge with Olive Pastel ink. Mount to the card as shown. Stamp "Maude" with Jet Black ink on a white glossy panel. Apply&! nbsp;a pink Radiant Pearls color over the image with a sponge, wipe off excess color with a cloth. Color image slightly with markers. Stamp "Dream" with Charcoal ink on a wallpaper strip - mount to the card. Cut a rectangle from green cardstock and tear one side, edge with Olive Pastel ink and mount to the card. Adhere fibers and ribbon and mount the image. Embellish with brads and a decorative flower. Supplies Rubber Stamps: Marilyn,Antonio/Cherry Pie Plate 28 Clouds/Stampscapes 018E Dream/Beeswax unmounted alphabet Sm. Mts/StampFrancisco 61-054D Bushy Flowers/I Love Rubber Stamps 312-2 Stippling on Moon/Stampin'Up! 1992 Lg. Mts/Sunday International Directions: Marilyn was stamped in permanent black ink and masked. Floral bush stamped in the same ink and masked. Large mountains stamped and masked. Center small mountain stamped in permanent black and masked, then the left small mountain was stamped in Adirondack Mushroom and masked. Circle was punched in plain computer paper.. layed over sky area and sponged in bright yellow, shaded in a darker yellow.. Face stamped while circle paper still in place, as was the stippling. Paper removed and a mask was applied to the moon. Sky was sponged in a light blue dye ink and then clouds were stamped in a darker dye ink. Dream was stamped with a darker blue ink. Mountain masks removed and colored.. All other masks removed and colored with markers. "Marilyn's Dream" Stamp Artist - Beverly Shupp/Primodragonfly "Stargazers" Stamp Artist - Randi Richardson  Supplies Rubber Stamps Stamp--Sandi Miller S027 Stargazers by USArtquest Card stock--Rust and white Text weight paper--green patterned Watercolor brush Versamark watermark ink Black embossing powder Adhesive Directions: Fold rust card stock to make a card measuring 4 1/4 x 5 1/2. Mount the green patterned paper to the card front leaving about 1/8 inch rust border on the right-hand side. Stamp the image with watermark ink on a white panel and emboss with black powder. Color image with watercolors by USArtquest. (TIP: To blend colors, first paint each petal, triangle or diamond with water and apply colors while area is still wet.) After image is colored, apply a wash to the background as shown. Tear the left edge of the white panel and mount at a slight angle to the card front. Supplies Rubber Stamps: Rubber Stamps from Cherry Pie: Mona Postoid, Cecilia Postoid, La Ferroniere Postoid, Leonardo’s Reversed Handwriting, Leonardo’s Signature Black Ink Maimeri Watercolors. Watercolor Paper, Black Cardstock, Club Scrap Cardstock: Stone Hearth Mirror Print and Plain Brick Gold eyelet Foam tape Large tag Jo-Ann scrap essentials gemstones Architexture (by Stickopotamus) Gothic Stone accent Embellishment "Davinci" Stamp Artist - Brandy Wickham Directions: Stamp Leonardo’s reversed handwriting several times on a piece of white paper in different directions. With the Watercolors, color each of the handwriting images in different coordinating colors. Adhere a piece of the finished Leonardo handwriting background onto the tag. Then Cut a piece of the Stone Hearth Mirror Cardstock the size of the large tag and tear one end leaving part of the handwriting background exposed. Mount the tag on black cardstock and the plain brick cardstock and add gold eyelet. Stamp Postoid and Leo’s signature images on watercolor paper and color in with watercolors. Cut out postoids and add a red stone to the Mona image and a blue stone to the La Ferroniere image. Adhere all three postoid images to the card. Using the foam tape, mount Leonardo’s signature. Add Architexture embellishment **for a crisper look, edge all of your pieces with Stazon black ink prior to layering together** "Floating Venice" Stamp Artist - Penny Hajiantoni  Supplies Rubber Stamps Cherry Pie rubber stamp 'Venezia' Cherry Pie rubber stamp 'Gondola' Lost Coast Designs rubber stamp 'travels' definition Hero Arts rubber stamp 'Italian Poetry background' acetate Basic Grey paper 2 small shipping tags Versafine black inkpad Colour Box fluid chalk blue lagoon inkpad Prismalo aquarelle pencils Making Memories ribbon Making Memories 'trademark' rub-ons 7Gypsies rub-ons  Directions: Score and fold a piece of A4 acetate in half Stamp Venice scene with black Verafine onto Basic Grey paper. Highlight with coloured pencils and ink edges with the blue chalk inkpad , adding some to the water area of the stamp. Stamp 'travels' onto BG paper with black Versafine , inking the edges with blue. Cover 2 small shipping tags and a smaller tag with BG paper on both sides , inking the edges with blue. Stamp with script stamp using black Versafine. Punch holes and add ribbon , a cut-out heart and rub-ons as shown. Stick the Venice panel onto the acetate , adding the 'travels' ,and tags fixed with foam pads. Cover the front panel inside with an identically-sized peice of BG paper to hide the adhesive For the inside panel , cut a smaller piece of BG paper than the front panel ( this is so it doesn't show when the card is closed ) and stamp the gondola using black Versafine, inking the edges with blue. Add an identically-sized piece of BG paper to the back side of the card as before. Supplies Rubber Stamps: Hand Reaching Out; Stamp off the Old Block, Filigree Hearts Fabric Stamp ; Joann Fabrics Purple Handmade paper card stock White, lightweight card stock White plain paper Pink paper Gold paper Pearlescent or metallic lavender acrylic paint Purple, blue & pink stamp ink Pink colored pencil Foil & Iridescent Hearts cut from wire Valentine garland Dimensional Heart gem stickers Star paper punch Magenta colored glitter Plastic bird from old greeting card The word LOVE cut from an old postage stamp folder Heart and cupid metal charms A length of fun fiber 3 1/2 times the height of the card A small piece of eyelash type fun fiber "A Handful of Love" Stamp Artist - Kathryn Hughett  Directions: Brush lavender iridescent or metallic paint onto the fabric stamp and stamp it onto the front of the card at the top and slightly askew to the left. Reapply the paint and stamp another heart at the bottom of the card slightly askew to the right. Stamp the hand in purple ink on white lightweight cardstock. Use a pink colored pencil to add lighter shading leaving some white as a highlight. Cut out the hand. Adhere it to the card just below the center of the card using ! pop dots to give it dimension. Using a direct to paper technique, lightly color a piece of paper using blue and pink ink and cut a heart out of it. Set it aside. Cut a slightly smaller heart from gold paper and glue it to the first heart. Glue a pink foil heart to the center of the gold heart. Stick a dimensional heart gem in the center of the pink foil heart. Carefully glue to the outer edge of this layered heart that you’ve just created, a fringe of fun fiber. Glue this layered heart so that it appears just nestled into the hand and slightly askew to the right. Punch three stars from pink cardstock and glue some magenta colored glitter to them. Glue them in place on the card, as pictured, as wel! l as several foil and iridescent hearts and dimensional gem hearts. Glue the word “LOVE” at the upper part of the card and the plastic bird at the lower part of the card as pictured. Tie the metal charms to the ends of the longer length of fun fiber and tie this around the center of the open card with the knot at the top of the card. Supplies Rubber Stamps: About Art Accents AAA 107.11 Brushstroke Grass Krafty Lady Art Mould AM124-Lge Side Butterfly [this is sold by After Midnight in the USA] Creative Paperclay Memories black inkpad Beige greeting card, folded (I used a folded A5: 210 mm x 148 mm - you could use half a Letter size card) Slightly smaller piece of white matt card (I used 200 mm x 138 mm approx. a bit less than a quarter of Letter size) Adirondack Colorwash in Denim Diluted Walnut Ink Crystals Spritzer bottle of water Rub Ons in a light color, white, beige or grey Gel Medium or your favorite adhesive Double sided tape or other to affix the image to the card. "Butterfly Blues" Stamp Artist - France Chevalier Directions: Cast a butterfly from the Krafty Lady mould, using the Creative Paper Clay (this may take a whole day to dry). Spray a bit of water on the back of the white card, then turn over and place on your work surface and spray water on the front. The water on the back helps the card stay flat and not buckle. Spray on top of the water with walnut ink, and follow with a spray of Denim Adirondack Color Wash. Let dry. (I always make a few backgrounds at a time, usually using full pages, which I then cut in quarters to make quick cards) Spritz some Denim Colourwash onto the dried butterfly cast. Allow to dry. When your background is dry, stamp the Brushstroke Grass onto it, using the Memories Black inkpad. Mount onto the beige card with double sided tape or your preferred adhesive. Using the rub-ons, highlight the raised parts of the butterfly. Affix to the card using your favorite adhesive (I used Gel Medium). "Asian Beauty" Stamp Artist - Linda Carson  Supplies Rubber Stamps: Cardsnstamps Red & white cardstock Black Ink pad Crimper Black web stray Gold embossing powder Heat gun Radiant Pearls Chalk Adhesive Asian embellishments Post-it note Directions: Make a card using red cardstock. Spray with black web spray & emboss with gold embossing powder. Use heat gun to set powder. Set aside. Stamp Asian lady onto white cardstock using black ink. Mask using a Post-it note. Stamp willow stamp over the mask using black ink. Remove mask. Paint using radiant pearls & chalk as desired. When dry crimp the paper with crimper. Highlight the ridges with black ink. Attach to bamboo sticks. Attach to red card with adhesive. Attach any Asian embellishments you desire. Supplies Rubber Stamps: Cherry Pie Art Stamps--Stencil Decoration, Florence, Medium Rose (on left/discontinued), Sun, Marble Ballustrade, Poem by James Thomson. Delta--Large Rose 3749H, Small Rose A805B. Magenta--Spatter Dots H0181. 140# Watercolor Paper. Marvy Matchables Pink and Yellow Inkpads. Stewart Superior India Ink Black Inkpad (from Cherry Pie Art Stamps). Stewart Superior Palette Hybrid Inkpad in Orangerie (from Cherry Pie Art Stamps). Colorbox Pigment Inkpad in Frost White. Maimeri Watercolors (from Cherry Pie Art Stamps). Pure Sable #6 Round Watercolor Brush (from Cherry Pie Art Stamps). Gold Wonder Wash from Stubby Stampers). Marvy Calligraphy Deco Color Opaque Paint Marker in 125-S Gold. Rubber Gloves. "Rose of Florence" Stamp Artist - Regina L. Catron  Directions: Prepare background paper by randomly and lightly pressing the Marvy Matchables pink and yellow all over a sheet of watercolor paper. Spritz with a mix of 1 part Wonder Wash and 2 parts water. Spread around on paper by hand (with rubber glove on) to blend the colors. Let dry thoroughly. Stamp all images except sun with India Ink Black after "stamping off" one time onto plain paper to make the color less black. Stamp large roses first and mask. Stamp Florence (buildings) and mask. Stamp stencil decoration, sun, small roses, ballustrade, poem. Stamp sun and spatter dots with orange. Color with watercolors. Stamp spatter dots with white. Edge card with gold marker. Attach to light blue card edged with gold marker.

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