January's
Stamp Artist Of The Month contest was sponsored by Marco's Paper
February's "Stamp Artist
Of The Month" is
Stamp Artist Eli Persson
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Supplies
- Rubber Stamps:
Paper Artsy UM plates - Kids, Plate 2
- Inks: Distress Inks - Vintage Photo, Scattered Straw, Frayed
Burlap, Walnut Stain, Shabby Shutters, Peeled Paint, Faded Jeans,
Black Soot, Tattered Rose, Aged Mahogany, Fired Brick, Dusty
Concord, Blue China and Spiced Marmelade, ColorBox Fluid Chalk
– Chesnut Roan, Archival Ink – Jet Black
- Paper: Beige, teal and green cardstock, 7Gypsies – patterned
paper, Canson – watercolor paper
- Other Materials: Design Originals / Tim Holtz – Distressables
and doo-dads, 0757 Numbers, Pebbles Inc. – tag sticker,
foamtape, star stickers, fiber, fishing lure, spritzer bottle
with water, waterbrush, shoe brush, corner rounder punch and
brads
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"Gone Fishin'"
Stamp Artist - Eli Persson |
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Directions:
- Apply Scattered Straw, Peeled Paint and Blue China Distress
Inks to a creme watercolor paper using DTP.
- Spray with water and use a shoebrush to mix the colors, let
dry. Stamp the background using Frayed Burlap, Blue China and
Walnut Stain ink. Cut the panel to size and ink the edges with
Chesnut Roan ink.
- Stamp the image on creme watercolor paper, color the image
using Distress Inks and a waterbrush, trim the image leaving
a small creme edge. Mount the image to the background using foam
tape, attach fiber and a fishing lure.Cut out numbers from the
Distressables sheet, ink the edges and mount to a small sticker
tag.
- Apply fiber to the tag and mount to the panel, attach star
stickers. Use a corner rounder punch on a teal panel, attach
to the prepared panel as shown. On harlequin patterned paper,
paint some of the diamons using Blue China ink and a waterbrush.
Stamp text from Kids, plate 2 using Frayed Burlap ink.
- Cut to size and round the corners of two teal scraps of paper,
mount to the prepared harlequin paper panel. Mount to a green
panel and then to a beige card, attach the prepared panel with
the image to the card.
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"Layers of Wishes"
Stamp Artist - Marie Travers |
Supplies
- Rubber Stamps
Inspiration Background, Inspiration Square and Blank Word Frame
- Outlines Rubber Stamp Company
"Sending You" and "Wishes for a" - Anna Griffin
by All Night Media
"Happy Birthday" - Rubbernecker Stamp Company
- White, red and metallic silver card stock
- Red, silver and black pigment inkpads
- Clear, silver detail and black detail embossing powders and
heat tool
- Craft knife and straight edge
- Small, medium and large heart punches
- Foam mounting tape
- Red and clear flat back crystals and adhesive
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Directions:
- Stamp and emboss Inspiration background three times using
the following color combinations:
Stamp with red pigment ink on white card stock and emboss with
clear powder.
Stamp with black pigment ink on silver card stock and emboss
with detail black powder.
Stamp with silver pigment ink on red card stock and emboss with
detail silver powder.
- Cut the red/white background out just outside the edge of
the design. Cut the black/silver background just inside the edge
of the design. Out of the black/silver background, cut out one
double square, one full square and one smaller square, as shown
on the finished card. Punch a small heart out of the smaller
silver square and reserve. From the silver/red background piece
cut one long four square frame and two small squares as shown
on the finished card. Punch medium hearts out of the two squares.
Punch two small hearts out of the waste and reserve.
- Stamp and emboss Inspiration Square three times using the
following color combinations:
Stamp with red pigment ink on white card stock and emboss with
clear powder.
Stamp with black pigment ink on silver card stock and emboss
with detail black powder.
Stamp with silver pigment ink on red card stock and emboss with
detail silver powder.
- Cut out the black/silver Inspiration Square. Punch a small
heart out of the center and reserve. Punch a large heart out
of the center of the red/white Inspiration Square. Cut out the
center of the red/silver Inspiration Square to make a frame.
Punch a medium heart from the waste and reserve. Layer the images
with foam tape, adding the punched hearts to the center.
- Stamp Blank Word Frame, "Sending You" and "Happy
Birthday" with red pigment ink on white card stock and emboss
with clear powder. Cut out all and layer the words on red card
stock. Stamp "Wishes for a" with silver pigment ink
on red card stock and emboss with detail silver powder. Cut out
and layer on silver card stock.
- To assemble, layer the red/white background on a piece of
red card stock cut ¼ " larger and then to a square
white card. Using foam tape, add the black/silver background
layer. Tape the layered Inspiration Square to the upper left
corner. With foam tape, add the red/white and silver/red frames,
squares, hearts and layered words as shown. Glue on the crystals.
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Supplies
- Rubber Stamps:
Lg. leprechaun/Enchanted Ink
Small leprechaun, wee fairy,flying fairy/ThirdCoastRS
Bubbles/Cherry Pie
Shamrocks/Stampin'Up!
grass, weeds/Joan Wear
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"Wee Fairies and Leprechauns"
Stamp Artist - Beverly Shupp/Primodragonfly |
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Directions:
Lg, leprechaun stamped and masked (images all stamped in permanent
black ink). Small leprechaun and fairires stamped and masked.
Shamrocks, weeds and grass stamped.Sky sponged in medium blue
dye ink. Grass sponged in green dye ink and dirt in butterscotch
dye ink. Bubbles stamped in Ancient Page Lime Ink. All masks
removed. Coloring done in markers. "Top of the Mornin""
computer printed, cut out and layered on black cardstock. This
was then added to the scene. The finished scene was mounted on
black cardstock and then on a nile green cardstock. Finally some
glue was added to the foreground and tiny gold chips were glued
down and extended a bit out of the frame.
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