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January's "Stamp Artist Of The Month" is
Stamp Artist Hanni van Ziel


"MEMORIES OF MY GRANDMA" Box with Memory Necklace By Stamp Artist Hanni van Ziel
Rubber Stamps Used: Maureen Blackman: available at Stamp Diva Memories: Limited Edition Remember: Stampa Rose US: Antique Collectibles set Supplies used: For outside box Bordeaux colored suede paper: 2- 4.5"x4.5" 1-6"x3"(Marco's Paper) 1-4.5x3 scraps to cover balsa wood frame Ivory cardstock: 2- 4 1/4 x6(67 lb)-Marco's board from cereal box: 2-4.5x4.5, 1-4.5x.5 pigment/dye inks in browns, reds, gold beige lace 6" 1 black bead black cord 2.5" balsa wood 1//2" sq.: 2-3" pieces, 2-4" pieces, glued together to make a 4" frame heart button without shank rose embellishment For inside necklace (booklet:) board from cereal box: 2-2"x2", 1-2x1/3" industrial black tape 1.5-3 and 1.75x1.5 (for spine) 18" black cord black beads: 2 larger, 1 smaller ivory card stock: 2-2"x3" and a strip of 2"x10" for accordion style pages pigment/dye inks; browns, reds, gold embellishments	Instructions for Box: All pieces that need gluing are run through a Xyron Burnish all areas that have been glued with a bone folder Decorate the 2 4 1/4 x 6" pieces with DTP using above mentioned inks, stamp randomly with darker colors with the above mentioned stamps; stamp separates pieces for attaching to front of box, using star dream paper (dk. red), and scrap of gold. Put flat the 6x3 piece of suede paper, glued side up; attach .5x4.5 piece of board to center leaving equal space on top and bottom; attach the 2 pieces of 4.5x4.5 board to each side of spine board, leaving 1/4" space between boards; fold the extra suede paper to the inside of box cover; Place lace on front cover with ds tape and black cord on back panel (for closure attach the 2 prepared pieces of card stock to outside covers of box. leaving extra cardstock on top, bottom and outside, fold to inside. Glue the 3x6 piece to the inside of the inside spine, lining it up with the outside piece. Attach the 2 4.5 square suede pieces to the inside of cover, covering the raw edges of lace and black cord. Cover balsa wood frame with scraps of suede paper, 4" long, 1.5" wide; attach 4 embellishments to corners and glue to inside of back cover; attach separate stamped pieces to front cover and glue on black bead. Inside booklet (necklace) Use instructions as above; punch 2 holes in spine, tread 2 larger beads through ends of 18" black cord, thread through hole, tie a knot on each end. For inside pages decorate the 2x10" piece of ivory paper the same way as the covers of the box, score piece every 2 inches and glue the first and last piece inside the small book cover; embellish the front cover; place booklet inside box. embellish inside of box with a rose.

Stamped Just For Fun Mona near center in black. Stamped Hero Arts, available from StampDiva, Buon Appetito tomatoes & pizza in Color Box Mosaic pad red, the wine & salad in lavender and cake in gold, coffee in black around the Mona leaving 1/2" space. Measured 1/2" x 1/2" boxes as border. Put in 1/8" border inside of side borders. Painted boxes with Hookers' green watercolor in check pattern. Painted 1/8" border and thin brush border on top & bottom in same color.	"What Does Mona Love" Stamp Artist Susan Mortensen
Stamped with green & Stampscapes texture stamp around the food. Painted from borders with thicker Hookers' green at borders to lighter paint towards center of card. Painted in food & Mona's hair with matching watercolor and green watercolor for green touches, yellow & sienna for coffee cup & cake, lavender for Mona shading. Black pen for dark shadows.

"America's Hero's" Stamp Artist Sally Spelbring	I used Marco's Paper Silhouette paper for this project, sponging the paper with Color Box fluid chalk in dark moss and olive pastel. I then randomly stamped on Perfect Medium by Ranger using a small brush, applied gold and bronze Perfect Pearls. I had old family photos along with other WWII items color copied at my copy center. I then placed the copy face down onto some card stock applying nail polish remover with a cotton ball. When the copy dried (this can be sped up using a heat gun) gently lift off photo copy.
These items were applied to the card with glue stick. I then stamped a map from Stamp Out Cute using Brillance graphic black pigment ink onto a coffee stained filter. Tearing this into a smaller map I glued this on with glue stick. The gas ration stamps were glued onto a junk mail credit card that had been sponged using Posh metallic rainbow ink in bronze and gold. The back was sponged with Plaid folk art teal acrylic paint I put a hole using a needle tool through the ration stamps and card and attached this with a gold star brad. Using my black Marvy marker I outlined the Office of Price Administration and the ration stamps.

I started out making a 1/2 sheet of Serendipity cardstock. I pasted all sorts of scraps from previous projects(some with stamped images from various companies..Beeswax Rubber Stamps and Denami are 2), candy wrappers(what's Valentine's Day without candy?!), punched shapes, mulberry paper, wrapping paper and mesh I colored with a gold Krylon pen, to my cardstock with Yes! glue. Once all the pasting was done, I filled in some areas with gold Krylon pen in various pattern. I cut the finished cardstock into 1 1/4" squares and mounted 3 of them on gold glossy cardstock (available at Marco's) After cutting an opening the same size as my mounted squares on the front of my red folded cardstock, I glued the squares on the right inside of the card so they lined up with the opening.	"Valentine Serendipity" Stamp Artist Linda Gordon
With a Versamark Watermark pad I stamped "love" , Good stamps, Stamp Goods), Key to my heart, Love is...(Stampin' Up) and Squiggle hearts, a favorite stamp of mine(Denami, Gone Stampin I know sells them) on the front and inside of my card. I brushed Pearl-Ex Brilliant Gold (Ink-links sells it among others, I'm sure) over the versamark and wiped with a soft cloth to remove excess powder. For my gold corners that I glued at the corners of the opening on the card front, I used the remnants from the Punch Bundh Venezia jumbo punch(Gone Stampin'). I've bought fibers from all over, including the Card Ladies, but I'm not sure where the particular ones I used come from. The wood heart I dabbed on embossing ink and some Crimson Lake Marvy and then embossed with clear powder. While still hot, I added Suze Weinberg's clear UTEE in 2 or 3 more layers and sprinkled Brilliant Gold Pearl-Ex on it and heated again to embed and distribute the powder. The key is cardstock I punched with a Punch Bunch key, impressed into embossing ink and sprinkled with more gold Pearl-Ex. Fibers were folded in 1/2 and tied into a knot and hot glued to the card front along with the UTEE heart. Various beads were added to the fibers.

"Music of the Heart" Stamp Artist Barbara Sporcic	Rubber Stamps Used: Cupid rubber stamp – Rubber Stamp Tapestry (OR-01- Mini Ornamentum) Curl design rubber stamp – Sunday International (FS92 – Myth Tarot) Cream card stock Rose wine and music design papers Color Box Verdigris pigment ink Ink Expressions copper embossing powder Vivid Dye Inks – Tea Rose & Taupe Heart button Glue stick Design template for fold out card. Trace on card stock. Cut wine colored paper slightly smaller with design edging scissors and glue to card stock. Lightly rub tea rose and taupe inks on "music" paper. Glue "music" paper to card. Cut out card and fold.
Cut heart shape from wine paper and edge with scissors. Glue to center heart. Cut smaller heart from "music" paper and glue. Computer generate "words", tear and brush with inks. Glue to heart. Stamp curl design and Cupid on paper and card stock and emboss. Cut out and adhere to card. Glue heart button in place.

Supplies
Cardstock:
Cherry 4" x 5-1/2"
Black 3-1/2" x 5"
Heather Green 3-1/4" x 4'3/4"
White 3" x 4-1/2"
Stamp Pads:
Memories Cherry Red
Memories Black
Memories Soft Leaf
Color Box Gold
PSX Forest
Rubber Stamps:
Shadow Stamp #IRS C4548 by Impress
Floral, Leaves, and "Key to My Heart"
from Hand Painted Petites set by Stampin' Up
Sketch of My Heart #Z024F by Posh Impressions
Corner stamp by Family Treasures
Heart and key charms from Just Jhone
Fiber from theCardLadies
Frosted shrink plastic by Comotion
Hole punch
Gold embossing powder

"Key to my Heart"
Stamp Artist Cheryl McElwain

Steps

Fold cherry cardstock in half to form card. Layer black c.s., centered, on top of card.
Use the corner punch and hole punch on all four corners of the white c.s.. Affix white c.s. on top of heather green c.s.. Using a single hole punch, punch a hole in each corner of the layered white/heather green c.s. Layer this on top of black c.s.
Ink the shadow stamp with soft leaf and stamp slightly above center on white c.s.
Ink leaf stamp with forest and stamp on top of shadow image trailing the stem slightly outside of shadow image. Ink the solid floral stamp with cherry red, stamp once on scratch paper and stamp the second image, without re-inking, at the top of the stem, creating the base for the flower.
Ink the overlay floral stamp with cherry red and stamp over first floral image to create shading appearance.
Affix your finished image, centered, on the heather green c.s..
Prepare a small piece of shrink plastic for stamping using very fine sandpaper. Ink Sketch of My Heart stamp with gold pigment ink.
Carefully stamp image on shrink plastic.
Punch a hole at the top of the image being careful not to smudge the ink.
Shrink the image using a heat gun.
Press top side of heart onto gold ink pad. Dust with gold embossing powder and emboss.
Tie coordinating fiber around folded side of card tying the knot approximately 1/2" from top. Attach shrink plastic heart and charms to fibers.

"Sparkle Valentine"
Stamp Artist Martha Myers

Materials used:

Black Document ink
Acetate
Shaved Ice
Clear UTEE
Lumiere paints and Doc Martin's Calligraphy Colors inks
Wooden heart shapes
Fibers (theCardLadies)
Black glossy paper (Marco's Paper), pink and gold cardstock
Gold marker

Rubber Stamps Used:
Stars and Hearts (Stamp Camp)
Alphabet (Stamp Camp)
Twinkling Stars (Posh Impressions)

Directions:

Stamp image on acetate with black Document ink. Let dry. Run through Xyron adhesive and cover back with pink, white and red Shaved Ice. Mount to black glossy panel and set aside.

Run pink panel through Xyron adhesive and cover with white Shaved Ice. Mount to black glossy panel and then to gold card. Mount Stars and Hearts image to top of pink panel.

Paint 2 wooden heart shapes with Lumiere paints and Doc Martin's Calligraphy inks. Edge with gold marker. When dry, stamp "love" and Twinkling Stars with black Document Ink. Cover both hearts with one layer of clear UTEE. Adhere wooden hearts together. Attach fibers to back of hearts and adhere all to top of card.

Supply List: Rubber Stamps Used: "O", "V", "E" from DaVinci alphabet/Diffusion Artistamps (sold by Stamp Diva & Cards N Stamps) heart stamps (largest and smallest)/Rubber Stampede heart stamp (near bottom of card)/Inkadinkado "love" stamp/Denami Design swirl punch/All Night Media 2 sheets beige Parchment cardstock/Marco's Paper 1 sheet gold Venicelux/Marco Papers 1 sheet medium blue cardstock Top Boss clear embossing ink pad/Clearsnap Golden Ocean embossing powder/Stamp'N Stuff Double sided tape Scissors & Paper Cutter	"True Blue Love" Stamp Artist Barbara Riley
Directions: Cut large "L" (6 1/8 high, 4 1/8 wide) from beige parchment cardstock. Stamp "love" and three heart stamps as shown in clear embossing ink. Emboss with Golden Ocean powder. Stamp "O", "V", "E" in same manner on small piece of beige parchment cardstock. Emboss as above. Set aside. To beige parchment card (5 ¼ x 7 ¼) layer gold Venicelux, blue cardstock, and beige parchment into which you have punched swirl design in top and right sides. Adhere the large "L" to blue cardstock, and gold Venicelux cutting each into the shape of the "L". Set aside. Cut out the "O", "V", "E" letters leaving a margin of beige parchment around the letters. Adhere them to blue cardstock then to gold Venicelux. Position the prepared "L" near the left side of the card and the other letters to the right of the "L".

"Key To My Heart"
Stamp Artist Lynn M. Wallace

Stamp heart on dark paper using watermark ink pad.
Pick up some powder silver PearlEx & brush over design. Take a Kleenex & wipe off all extra. Trim around heart and glue to heart doily.

Put dark mulberry paper on white card using spray adhesive. Glue heart on top of Mulberry paper.

Punch 2 holes in left corner. Put Fiber through holes
Add beads on yarn & tie heart & key on & glue them down. Add other embellishments

Stamp Happy Valentine's Day the same way heart was stamped. Outline with silver leafing pen & glue in top right hand corner.

Rubber Stamps Used:
Stamps Galore - Small Rose Fan MB837-N
Stamps Galore - Carved Single Rose MB 836-D Posh Impressions - Classic Brush Caps Alphabet Stamps

SUPPLIES:
Red and white card stock
White and clear embossing powder
VersaMark ink pad
Red folded card
Adhesive and/or glue and mounting pads
Decorative scissors

INSTRUCTIONS: On a piece of red card stock stamp the fan image in the center with Versamark ink and emboss with white powder. Mask the image and stamp the fan a second and third time (once on each side of the fan), embossing each as you proceed. On a scrap of red cardstock stamp the fan with Versamark and emboss with white embossing powder. Cut out the tri-fan image and set aside.

"Love"
Stamp Artist Carolyn Summers

Using the VersaMark pad stamp the letters, “L O V E” from the POSH alphabet set on red cardstock and emboss with white embossing powder. Cut out the letters in a square shape and mount over white squares that have been cut with decorative scissors.

On an oblong red card, approximately 4-3/4 by 8 inches, randomly stamp the single rose image using a VersaMark pad and emboss with clear embossing powder.

Mount the letters along the left-hand side of the red card; and, using mounting pads under the fan image, place it on the opposite side. Stack the single fan, using mounting pads, to the center fan. Glue the completed red card onto a slightly larger white card. Mount the completed front to a folded red card.

"Anticipation"
Stamp Artist Christine Gaffney-Peden

Rubber Stamps Used:
Stampington M4723 Forget Me Not
Stampington C8236 Handwriting
Available from StampDiva

1. Start with 51/2" by 71/2" black cardstock. Adhere vintage image of woman. Frame image with old dictionary pages. Computer generate poem "Send
me a line, Love If only to say That I am not forgotten On Love's special day" in 14pt. Font of choice, reversing so you get white text surrounded by black. Trim and adhere to mat around dictionary text frame. Set aside

2. Cut second piece of black cardstock to 71/4" by 10" Adhere color copies of old envelopes, an invoice, a receipt and sheet music to mat board. I use Xyron and run scraps through and then stick them down.

3. Stamp "Forget Me Not" by Stampington, available from Stamp Diva and "Handwriting" by Stampington on scraps of old dressmakers tissue. Trim. Tear the "Handwriting piece and adhere with mat medium to collage above and below where the central image will go.

4. Adhere the central image (from Step 1) on the card stock, leaving extra room on the left side. Adhere the tissue with the "Forget Me Not" image over mats with matte medium.

5. Computer generate the word "Anticipation" and reverse so the print is white on black (36 pt.). Cover with piece of dressmaker's tissue to soften, trim and adhere.

Stamp and punch-All Night Media - available from
A Stampers Dream

Stamp #580H08
Stamp triple heart design on burgundy card stock
using embossing ink and then emboss with pearl
luster Garnet.

Line up stamp and add one more stamp
to each row and emboss. Stamp once more on off white
cardstock and emboss. Cut into a strip and place in
the center. Use a deckle edge paper trimmer around
the edges and punch 1/8" circles once in each heart
on the left most row. To this add round letter snaps
and string a pretty fiber around each. Now attach
your panel to cream card stock and then to a grayed
purple. Then to another piece of off white to which
you have punched in the center with the ornate
corner punch. To do this you need to pull out the
plastic pieces that make it a corner punch. They may
be tight at first but should be easier to remove
after you have used it a couple of times. Fold a
full sheet of burgundy cardstock in half and punch
the corners. Then attach the panel you have made to
this and add an off white cardstock inside for
contrast.

"Love"
Stamp Artist Viki Banaszak

On an oblong red card, approximately 4-3/4 by 8 inches, randomly stamp the single rose image using a VersaMark pad and emboss with clear embossing powder.

"Kiss Mosaic"
Stamp Artist Bente C. Foyn

Rubber Stamps Used:
All rubber stamps are from Cherry Pie:
Kiss by Gustav Klimt (R8512)
Klimt Swirls.lg (R8504)
Crystal balls lg (Q8475-ml)
Crystal balls sm (J8309-ml

Description:
The "Kiss" was embossed in black on watercolor paper and painted with watercolors. A few dabs of Krylon Gold Leaf pen was applied to the image. The paper was torn close to the motif, and Straw Vivid ink was applied around the edges. The lg. Crystal balls were stamped onto purple cardstock with Versamark and brushed with gold Pearl-Ex. Cream cardstock was stamped with the Swirl stamp with Foliage Big and Juicy. Green cardstock was stamped with lg. Crystal balls in Green Marvy Ink and embossed with clear embossing powder. These were all cut into pieces in different shapes and sizes.

On a square piece of double sided adhesive sheet, (which had been fastened to a piece of cardstock to be easier to work with ) the pieces and "Kiss" the Kiss Some purple Magic Mesh was also added Gold detail embossing powder was applied and heated.

Two gold eyelets were set, and some wire with alphabet beads spelling "Love" was fastened through them.
The piece was then layered onto a purple card which had been stamped with the Swirl and Versamark.

Stampsmith's Classic Couple
#90002 and the words I love you and Happy Valentine's Day are from Stampin Up.
Confetti Tan Cardstock for Club Scrap
Red Floral cardstock from Golden Oak
Ink-Burgundy from Ancient Page
Gold Marvy Metallic Marker
Gold String from Wal Mart

I made my own tag with the Confetti cardstock
Stamped Classic Couple in the Burgundy AP and trimmed the tag and card with
Golden Oak Red Floral cardstock
I edged the card and tag with the Marvy Metallic Marker I stamped I LOVE YOU
all over the front panel with Burgundy AP and then mounted the Tag with two
sided tape
I stamped Happy Valentine's Day inside the card.

"I Love You Truly"
Stamp Artist Linda Morgan

"Valentine"
Stamp Artist Bonnie Muscavitz

Rubber Stamps and materials used:
Hero Arts stamp #1893, available at Stamp Diva
White cardstock
White mulberry paper
Red crepe paper roll
Fiskars punch
Glue dots
Brilliance inks-red and green

Cut 2 hearts from white cardstock
Cut a piece of mulberry paper to cover hearts.
Stamp and emboss Tulip. Color-I used Brilliance ink.
Cut a piece of quilt batting to cover heart. Place batting on 1 heart, and cover with mulberry paper-glue down on back. Punch crepe paper with border punch. Pleat loosely and glue to back of heart. Glue second heart to the back to finish off edges. Make bow, and glue dot to front. Place tiny hearts on ends of ribbons.


"Cozy" By Stamp Artist Linda Blackbird
Rubber Stamps Used: Magenta: Available from Cardsnstamps Flowers: 23112.E / 23085.G Leaf 14304.G Creative Mode: “Oh, the weather outside is frightful!” 524.D Stampendous: Mini Flake AA014 gg designs: Expresso Pot 51H, Demitasse CupB 71G, Vase 41F All Night Media: mini corner design	Supplies: Cigar box / hinge / ball knobs Assorted wallpaper Lasting Impressions brass stencils LG609 and B228 Acrylic paint Memories/ Black, Blanco/ white, Encore/ Silver Inkredible!/ Midnight Blue, Regal Burgundy Clear embossing powder VersaMark and Clear UTEE Foam core scrap, Ribbon scrap, Swarovski rhinestones Mini-brad
Instructions: Paint the box and the knobs. When dry, apply wallpaper to the top of the box and randomly stamp snowflake in white dye ink to the sides. Using tile stencil (LG609), dry emboss white c.s. to make window panes. With stencil still in place, randomly stamp snowflakes in silver ink. Apply VersaMark and UTEE. Remove stencil and heat to emboss. Dry emboss white c.s. with B228 to make a cornice and sill. Cut out all pieces. Adhere window panes and sill to box as shown. Cut coordinating wallpaper ‘curtains’ with decorative scissors and adhere. Mount cornice with mounting tabs. To make table top, cut a small strip of foam core and cover with coordinating ribbon scrap and wallpaper. Adhere to box. Stamp flower and leaf, in black, several times on scrap c.s. Cut out and DPT entire images with VersaMark and emboss with clear UTEE. Stamp vase in Regal Burgundy and stamp Pot, Cup and Saying in Midnight Blue, emboss all with clear e.p. and cut out. Adhere to box as shown, using mounting tabs for dimension where needed. Glue rhinestones to flower centers. Layer Saying and mount as shown. Make tiny journal out of scraps. Stamp and close with mini brad. Adhere to table top. Attach hinge. Glue ball knobs to the bottom of the box. Inside box: wallpaper, ribbon, library pocket, tea bags Stamp snowflake randomly on inside top. Line bottom with coordinating paper and ribbon. Cover library pocket with wallpaper and adhere as shown. Fill with tea bags. Journal: 140# paper, text-weight paper, wire, beads, glitter glue Cut 140# paper to cover pad of paper. Score to accommodate the thickness of the pad. Score again about ½ “ in on the front to allow easy opening. Fold cover and fit spine of pad snugly between scoremarks. Secure with office clips. ( heavy scrap paper between the clip and your project will prevent markings) Drill 5 holes and bind with wire. Remove clips and embellish with beads. Stamp ‘Journal’ (source unknown) onto white c.s. Layer to wallpaper and adhere to journal. Stamp flower several times onto wallpaper scraps and cut out. Mount to journal and apply glitter glue to flower centers.


"Valentine" Stamp Artist Sara Ellefson
Rubber Stamps used: Stone Arch-Cow Town Stamps Grass-Beeswax Gazebo-Impressive Stamps Roses (on wall)-Designs Ink'd Basket and flowers-Designs Ink'd Wisteria Floral-Victorian Originals Trees, Girl, Leaves (vine on wall)-unknown Instructions: Front of card: Cut pink construction paper and cream cardstock. Stamp basket and flowers on cream cardstock, color with pencils, sponge pink ink around edges of cream cardstock and lightly over the rest of the cream cardstock. Print verse on computer, cut with deckle scissors, sponge with pink ink, layer on pink construction paper. Attach all layers to front of card.	Instructions: Inside card: Stamp scene behind wall with gazebo, trees, girl, grass, masking as necessary and coloring with pencils. On separate cream cardstock, score into four panels and stamp stone arch. Make stone wall by inking bottom row of stones from arch and stamping three times, offsetting second row slightly (looks more like a wall that way). Using gray chalk and Dove Blender, color stones. Stamp leaves across wall and over arch to create a winding vine. Emboss roses along vine. Cut out stone wall and arch. Stamp tall flowers and cut. Attach to back of wall, some with pop-dots and some with double-sided tape, to create dimension. Attach stone wall to inside of card with pop-dots. Print verse continuation, cut with deckle scissors, sponge with pink ink, layer on pink construction paper, and attach to inside of card.

"Love Letters - Valentine"
Stamp Artist Lynn Lim

Cut purple cardstock 4 1/2" X 6 1/4". Red cardstock 10" X 6 3/4". Score & fold in half.

Stamp French Script (Stampin' UP!) using Versamark pad on purple cardstock. Glue open weave white ribbon across center (2 3/4" W x 4 1/2") with PPA. Press release paper (or wax paper) across ribbon to pick up excess glue. Let dry.

Stamp LOVE (Second Star on the Right) in Brilliance-Victorian violet on white vellum. Let dry or heat set, then sponge edge with Brilliance-Coffee Bean.

Trace template (Stampin Up!) of small envelope on red mulberry paper. Cut out, fold & glue 3 sides in.

Stamp Rabbit (Second Star on Right) on Arches Text Wove paper with red dye ink & tear out around image. Stamp Alice (Second Star on Right) on Arches Text Wove in Brilliance-Victorian Purple & tear out around image.

Make torn edges on vellum "LOVE". Place glue on 4 corners of "LOVE" & place on purple cardstock at an angle over ribbon. Glue red mulberry envelope at angle overlapping LOVE (I used a glue stick). Slip rabbit in envelope & glue in place. Glue purple cardstock to red cardstock center.

Press wooden heart shape into red dye ink pad until fully covered. Rub Radiant Pearls candy apple red over top. When dry, paint edge with gold Krylon marker. Glue on top corner of vellum LOVE.
Punch hearts (EKSuccess) out of red & gold decorative papers, glue in corners & red envy, to hide glue spots.

Tie bow with red organza ribbon. Wrap middle with copper wire and coil ends around thin stick. Glue to cardstock over ribbon with diamond glaze. Hold with mini clothes pin until set dry.

Rubber Stamps Used:
Stamp Camp Bold Panel Sheet #S103
The Creative Mode 941J Postage Dots and FPS-Faux Postage Set
Hero Arts Cancellation Stamp
Creative Gifts Antique Initials

Stamp a card with the Bold Panel stamp using burgundy ink. Stamp the Faux Postage squares unto cardstock. Using a mask, stamp the Bold Panel image using burgundy ink unto the right 2 squares. Stamp the other images unto the squares and the postage dots stamp on the borders and between the squares. Trim and mount to burgundy card stock, mount to the card.

"Love Post"
Stamp Artist Amy Hughes

"Forget-Me-Not"
Stamp Artist Theresa Rasmussen

Rubber Stamps Used:
Postmodern Design - Molly TR1-108-E
Stampington & Company - Forget-Me-Not M4723
Both rubber stamps available from Cards 'N Stamps

Stamp Molly image on ivory cardstock with black ink and using a mask, stamp Forget-Me-Not image twice with burgundy ink. Re-stamp Forget-Me-Not with black in twice and cut out the saying. Mount this to the card using foam tape.

Punch Posh heart several times using decorative paper and randomly apply these to the border. Stipple the card to antique it with brown ink.

Apply the hand and heart charms. Layer with red and gray cardstock and apply to a black glossy card.

Rubber Stamps Used:
Layer red card with gold, then layer with white cardstock and use corner punch by McGill.

Stamp your next red layer with background stamp and versamark - watermark. I used Magenta stamp.

Next gold emboss "With Love" by Stamp Francisco, available from Stamp Diva. Gold mark edges and then insert into corner slots.

Stamp hearts, by Paper Inspirations, and cut out.

Outline them with gold and attach them together with brad and adhere to front of card.

"With Love"
Stamp Artist Susan Landreth

"Silver Pears"
Stamp Artist Beatrice Y. Stenta

EWFSO3East/West Harmony Sheet #3
Sunday International
oriental flower G8020 Ornamental Pear
Cards N Stamps

1.) Using silver ink stamp 4 pears (3 over- lapping to the left and 1 on right about ½" "- ¼" from bottom of cardstock and emboss with silver embossing power.

2.) Using the silver ink only ink the leaf on the pear stamp and randomly stamp the leaf on the bottom of magenta card overlapping onto the pear and emboss with silver embossing powder.

3.) Using pastel yellow ink stamp the oriental flower randomly on the back ground area of the magenta card overlapping onto pears.

4.) Stamp randomly with the oriental flower using pastel yellow ink on the navy blue cardstock. (The design may overlap)

5) Assemble by attaching the magenta paper with 3-D pop up GlueDots to the navy blue cardstock and attaching to the blank card.

Rubber Stamps Used: Non Sequitur, #43C "Across the Miles" plate Stampers Anonymous, "Creative Block #19" Acey Deucy, #K4-832 "Milano" The Angel Company, #T-526 "Scroll Borders" and #T-624 "Eclectic Images", available from Fat Cat Creations 1. Cut 6" x 6" piece of black cardstock. Stamp heart from "Eclectic Images" (The Angel Company) in bleach randomly. 2. Edge border with gold leafing pen. 3. Using red cardstock, stamp "Scroll Borders" (The Angel Company) randomly with Versamark ink. Tear into pieces to fit the 6" x 6" cardstock, allowing space for a small border. Glue onto black card, leaving spaces separating the torn pieces.	"Long-Distance Love Letters" Stamp Artist Julie Quandt
4. "Sew" the pieces together using gold metallic thread. 5. Cut out a large heart from red card stock with Fiskars "deckle" scissors. Bleach out center of heart. 6. Stamp man & woman collage from "Across the Miles" plate (Non-Sequitur) in center of heart. Color in with colored pencils. 7. Stamp crackle pattern in gold metallic pigment ink on edges of heart using "Creative Block #19" (Stampers Anonymous). Edge with gold leafing pen. 8. Stamp man from "Milano" (Acey Deucy) using black ink and cut out. Color with pencils and attach to bottom of heart. 9. Glue heart to black card and attach foreign stamp and heart charm. (Note: heart charm was made using Suze Weinberg's Melting Pot and mold made with Mold-n-Pour.)

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