
January's
Stamp Artist Of The Month contest was sponsored by Marco's Paper
March's "Stamp Artist
Of The Month" is
Stamp Artist Linda Nerothin

"The Lord Bless You"
Stamp Artist - Linda Nerothin |
Supplies
- Rubber Stamps
The Lord Bless You - Stampendous
Medallion - Holly Berry House
- White premade card
- Decorative paper
- Teal mulberry paper
- Canford gold paper
- Teal cardstock
- Gold trellis yarn
- Gold embossing powder
- Embossing ink pad
- Heat gun
- Foam tape
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Directions:
Cover the card front with the decorative paper. Stamp "The
Lord Bless You" on teal paper with embossing ink. Emboss
with gold embossing powder. Trim and mat with Canford gold. Stamp
the medallion 4 times with embossing ink and emboss with gold
embossing powder. Cut out the medallion 4 times using a smaller
outline design each time. Stack the medallion cutouts on top
of each other from largest to smallest. Mat stacked medallion
on Canford gold. Mat on teal mulberry paper. Attach stamped images
to card. Wrap the trellis yarn around the bottom of card
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Supplies
- Rubber Stamps:
- Children on Dock/VivaLasVegastamps
- Silhouetted children and dragonflies/100ProofPress
- Tall Grass/JoanWear
- Water/SundayInternational
- Fish/MostlyAnimals
- Clouds/Stampscapes
- Butterfly/Unknown
- Saying/Computer
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"The Simple Things in Life'"
Stamp Artist - Beverly Shupp |
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Directions:
Children and dock were stamped in a permanent black ink and
masked. Grass stamped in permanent black ink and partially masked.
The blades are hard to mask, but do as much as humanly possible.
Silhouettes then stamped in the same black ink. Water stamped
in a blue Marvy ink. Finally sky was sponged in a teal Marvy
ink and then stamped with the same ink. Water was sponged with
a lime green ink, masks removed and the rest of the images colored
in markers. The scene was mounted on the upper part of forest
green cardstock.
"Remember the Joys of Childhood" was computer printed
, cut out and centered on metallic gold cardstock. This was then
mounted below the scene on the forest green cardstock.
Fish was stamped in permanent black ink, colored with markers
and cut out. A piece of foam was glued to the back then the fish
affixed to the lower left of the card and overlapping the scene
itself. A piece of dental floss was glued to the tip of the fishing
pole and then to the underneath part of the fishes jaw.
Butterfly was stamped in permanent black, colored in markers
and the glued directly to the scene.
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"Angel of Harmony"
Stamp Artist - Donna Dempsey |
Supplies
- Rubber Stamps
Angel of Harmony - STAMPS HAPPEN, Inc
- watercolor markers and blending marker
- smooth watercolor paper
- black die ink
- blue and gold iron on ribbon.
- small clover iron
- gold sparkle glue
- soft chalk
- specialty paper for layering image.
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Directions:
- Stamp image on smooth water colour paper with black dye ink
- color angel using water color and blending markers.
- Chalk background with pale blue.
- Iron ribbon on dress while leaving a 3D ripple effect.
- Place metal star embellishment on waist of angel OVER the
ribbon edges.
- Embellish image using gold sparkle glue, confetti stars and
iron-on sparkle blue and gold ribbon.
- Frame initial white image with blue iron-on sparkle ribbon.
- Layer with gold/black marble paper, dark blue/black swirl
design paper on a white cardstock.
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Supplies
- Rubber Stamps:
Cherry Pie Stamps: Wiccan Rede, Fairy playing the flute, Farfalla
- Paper: light green, brown, diamond pattern
- Foreign book page
- Watercolors (I used Maimeri)
- Brown distressing ink
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"Fairy Page"
Stamp Artist - Brandy Wickham |
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Directions:
On the foreign book page, stamp fairy, farfalla butterfly,
and Wiccan rede and color in with watercolors. Then tear edges
of book paper and ink the edges with distressing ink. Mount the
completed book page on green paper, diamond pattern paper, and
the brown paper.
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"Sister altered board book"
Stamp Artist - Melissa J. Woolsey |
Supplies
- Rubber Stamps
Stampington and Company Background stamps C8418 - Collage Cube
Cats Life Press Sisters 195 E
Laugh 454 F
Judikins Wiggly Lines
Peddlers Pack Tracy Roos Fairy Sisters
River City Rubberworks Parasols Product #: 1687-N Savvy Stamps
dots Oxford impressions School Sisters Playful plate Paperbag
studio PBS-060-M On the Porch
- Sanding block
- gesso
- Ranger Adirondack daubers
- Permanent Ink
- White tissue paper
- Diamond Glaze
- Rub ons "Always"
- ribbon
- buttons
- rhinestones
- gummed stars
- label maker and label tape
- gel medium
- paper flowers
- children's board book
- Quotes about sisters from Quotegarden.com
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Directions:
- Sand all the pages to give them some "tooth."
- Paint all the pages with gesso. Allow to dry.
- On each page, stamp background using Adirondack dauber acrylic
paint. Let dry.
- Print out 5 quotes using label maker and tape.
- Place on every other page. Seal with gel medium and let dry.
- Stamp all stamp images on white tissue paper.
- Glue on to every other page using gel medium. Let dry.
- Decorate each quote page using ribbons, paper flowers, and
gummed stars. Adhere with Diamond Glaze.
Let dry.
- Decorate the cover with image stamped on tissue, ribbon,
button, and rhinestones. Place "Always" rub ons under
stamped image. Let dry.
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