"Pachyderm Paradise"
Stamp Artist - Deborah Shugerts
Image: Stampin FUNaddict |
Stamp Elephant on glossy
black card. Emboss gold.
Cut out elephant.
This next part uses a stylus with a diamond-shaped
black tip:
a) Using a heat gun, heat up the tip of the stylus.
b) While still warm, press the tip onto an interesting
part of the elephant image.
c) The image will be molded into the tip of the stylus.
d) Ink the stylus image with red dye ink and stamp the
image all over some red cardstock. Emboss clear. Punch
decorative corners into the red cardstock
Mount red cardstock onto gold cardstock and adhere to front of
a black card using double-sided tape.
Adhere elephant to from of red cardstock and tie tassel to upper
left corner of card. |
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"Goin' Bananas"
Stamp Artist - Robin Hall
Images: alota Rubber Stamps
Images stamped in black
dye based ink onto white cardstock. Images were colored with
watercolor pencils and blended with a dampened paint brush.
Trim images and mount on yellow cardstock.
Pop-dots were used for the 3-D effect. Stickles were used on
the banana in the monkey's hand. |
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"Magestic Tulips"
Stamp Artist - Verna Angerhofer
Images: Blackberry Creek Rubber Stamps
Using a Versamark watermark
stamp pad, stamp tulip image onto black cardstock, emboss with
black embossing powder.
Using a combination of Faerie Dust Powder colors and a blending-pen,
color in your image and seal your work with acrylic fixative
spray.
Mount colored image onto black cardstock, then layer onto purple
cardstock, embellish with a pale lavendar irredescent ribbon. |
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"Floral Postoids"
Stamp Artist - Linda Reid
Image: gg designs |
To make the
postoids, I used matte coated cardstock and an acetate template
that I made from a pattern in RubberStampMaddness magazine.
With the template in place over the cardstock, I stippled 2 colors
into each rectangle. Then I stamped the overall background in
a coordinating color with the chosen image.
With the template still in place, I stamped the central floral
image on each postoid and the "denomination" in the
lower right corner. Then I removed the template and perforated
the postoids with a small perforating wheel (used in sewing). |
I cut out 6 of them and
mounted them on black cardstock which had been stamped and embossed
with ggdesigns leaf border and embellished with sheer ribbon.
Images:
All flowers and leaf border - gg designs
Backgrounds for postoids: Judikins, The Paper Garden, Hero Arts |
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"The King"
Stamp Artist - Debra Griffith
Image: Stampin FUNaddict
| The lion was colored using chalks. The rest
of the card is colored with Marvy LePlume markers, accented with
metallic rub-ons. Background paper from Embossing Arts. |
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"Postage Collage"
Stamp Artist - Amy Haverkamp
Images: All available from StamperStudio
See card instructions here
July 1st |
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"Sparkling Rose"
Stamp Artist - Patty Neu
Image: RubberArt
See card instructions here
July 1st |
"Thank You"
Stamp Artist - Deb Foy
Image: gg designs |
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"Congo"
Stamp Artist - Linda Blackbird
Image: Stampin FUNaddict
See card instructions here
July 1st |
"Elephant Walk"
Stamp Artist - Debbie Givens
Image: Stampin FUNaddict
See card instructions here
July 1st |
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Supplies:
Dark blue cardstock, white matte cardstock, glossy white cardstock,
light colored cardboard or egg carton, photocopied map, postage
stamps, markers, pigment ink, dye ink, clear embossing ink, clear
& navy embossing powder, double face tape.
Tools:
Heat gun, craft knife, deckle edge ruler or sissors, brayer,
water spray bottle, computer.
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"London Days"
Stamp Artist - Sharon Dow
Images: Rubber Baby #8105-M-ME Large Satchel.
Rubber Poets #357B |
Technique:
1. Color "All week"
stamp with markers and stamp on matte white cardstock. Tear or
cut edges with deckle edge ruler or sissors. Color edge of square
with matching marker. Brayer clear embossing ink over image.
Sprinkle with clear embossing powder, heat image, let cool. Repeat
embossing process. Mount image on thicker paper torn to size,
edges colored in dark contrasting marker. I used egg carton which
has a nice thickness and is easy to tear.
2. Stamp satchel with clear embossing ink. Sprinkle with
dark blue embossing powder and heat set. Cut out center panel
of satchel, save panel. Use direct to paper technique to color
satchel. Use cut out center panel as a template and trace over
center of map. With a craft knife cut out shape to fit in satchel.
3. For a watery look, ink brayer with dye ink and lightly
spray with water. Brayer over glossy card stock, let dry. Tear
or cut to size with deckle edger. Color edges with markers in
a similar color.
4. Print "you are here" from computer. Cut with
craft knife into arrow shape. Lightly sponge pigment ink on arrow
to tone down whiteness of paper.
5. For assembly use double face tape. Mount map on blue
cardstock. Mount brayered cardstock on top of map. Align cutout
map section under satchel and mount. Center panel of satchel
is mounted directly over map section. Place alligator, postage
stamps and you are here in a pleasing configuration and mount.
6. Finish with matte fixitive spray. |
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"Moth Dreams"
Stamp Artist - Mary Courtney
Image: Stampin FUNaddict
See card instructions here
July 1st |
"Elephant's Coat"
Stamp Artist - Judy Dahlgren
Image: Stampin FUNaddict
See card instructions here
July 1st |
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"Swim With The Stream"
Stamp Artist - Dolly Roit
Images: Available from StampDiva
Fred Mullett 001, River City Rubber Works
1209-J
See card instructions here
July 1st |
"Flight of Fancy"
Stamp Artist - Liz VanKeuren
Image: Stampin FUNaddict |
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"In The Jungle"
Stamp Artist - Mary Garvey
Image: Stampin FUNaddict |
Supplies:
kromecoat white & green cardstock
dye inks (Marvy & Kaleidicolors)
q-tips, make-up applicator
LePlume Markers
Document Black Ink
Colorbox Stylus - black shape - and a light bulb
fibers
glitter glue |
pattern sample made with Colorbox Stylus |
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Steps:
1. stamp the image w/ black
document on white kromecoat - and let dry. |
| 2. clean the stamp! and heat up the stylus w/
a black foam shape tip on the lit light bulb. |
| 3. pick something on the stamp you want to use
w/ the heated foam - I picked two different leaves . |
4. using the dye ink of your choice (I used the
Kaleidicolor pad w/various greens), ink the foam and stamp -
see sample insert. I played with creating
patterns and picked the one I liked best. (See sample above). |
5. by now the lion should be dry, and you can
start coloring - use various methods of applying color - I used
q-tips & the make-up applicator -
and then use light colored LePlumes to "fill in" |
| 6. make a tassel and attach as shown; add a little
glitter to the eyes and flowers |
| 7. tear the main image out and apply a dark green
LePlume to the edges |
| 8. layer as shown |
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"Cookie Lovin' Bear"
Stamp Artist - Lois Bleau
Image: Stampin FUNaddict |
"In A Garden"
Stamp Artist - Martha Myers
Image: gg designs
See card instructions here
July 1st |
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Stamp the
lion on white cardstock using brown dye ink and emboss with clear
embossing powder. Color the lion with pigment inks and and eye
shadow applicator. Use fin tipped watercolor markers on the veins
of the leaves, lions eyes and tiny flowers. Cut out and set aside.
On a piece of 5.5 x5.5 black vellum, stamp and gold emboss the
astrology wheel. Paint the astrology symbol with gold acrylic
paint. Stamp the word LEO on white cardstock, cut out with an
edger scissors and color with accent the edge with a with a small
ink pad.
Attach the lion and "LEO" to vellum. Stamp stars on
a piece of 14 x 7" cream colored cardstock, fold in half,
and attach vellum.
Images: Lion - "Stampin FUNaddict"
Stars "The Rubber Stamp Factory"
Astrology Wheel - "Judikins" |
"Leo Astrology Sign Birthday Card"
Stamp Artist - Kathryn Hughett
Image: Stampin FUNaddict |
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Step One: Stamp
image using the color box embossing pad. Emboss with eggplant
embossing powder.
Step Two:
I used Irridescent Medium which is made by Winsor and Newton.
Using Crayola water colors mixed in a palate with water, mixed
the Irridescent medium and painted the Magenta image. First color
used was blue and then the process of using the medium using
green.
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"Spring Time"
Stamp Artist - Kathy Novy
Image: Magenta - Available from A Country Welcome |
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Step Three:
Cut the image out and punch small holes randomly to thread the
stamens in the center. I also used several parts of the image
and mounted them with oridary 3M magic mounts on top of the image.
Step Four: Use
a sea sponge and left over water colors from the left over mixture
and ordinary water colors and sponged randomly to create a background.
Mount the image on that and then use color coordination background
paper.
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