October's "Stamp Artist Of The Month" is
Stamp Artist Mary Garvey
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"Tic-Tac-Toe
Game Board & Pieces"
Stamp Artist Mary Garvey
Watch for this to be
a future Project
of the Month
All rubber stamps from Stampsmith |
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Supplies
Matchbox for template
x2 A4 black cardstock for matchboxes
Strips of Decorative Paper
Pink and Purple Washi paper
Black and Violet ink
Stampsmith rubber stamps
Paper roses
Gold embellishments (beads and charms)
Dry glue
Strong glue
Base cardboard
Red specialty paper
Black paper
Black marker
Using a matchbox holder as a template, create 9 boxes using black
cardstock. Before assembling the boxes, prepare 4 pieces of pink
and 5 pieces of purple washi paper to fit the base of the boxes.
Stamp Heroines (Cleopatra and Friends & Olivia and Friends
stamp plate) in black ink onto the washi papers. |
"SHAKESPEARE'S BEAUTIES"
Stamp Artist - Heather Crossley |
| Mask images and then stamp Background text (from
Cartolina Postale stamp plate) in violet ink. Attach stamped
papers to base of boxes and then assemble the boxes. Cut strips
of decorative papers and glue to the sides of each box. Mount
paper roses and gold embellishments with strong glue into each
box. Prepare a base cardboard which has been covered with red
speciality paper in the front and black paper at the back. Use
a black marker to darken the edges. Mount boxes closely onto
base to finish. |
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Created from Stampsmith's 'Silvia'
rubber stamp
from the Shakespeare's Heroines plate and the Medieval Ornament
designs plate 2 also from Stampsmith.
Using Colorbox chalk inks in Chestnut Roan, Amber Clay and Brunt
Sienna, I stamped the parts on ivory cardstock, cut out and assembled
the angel
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Her wings were folded and sewn on a sewing
machine. Her belt is two fibers tied with a charm
decoration. |
" Angel in the Architecture"
Stamp Artist - Rachel L. Cron |
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"In Season"
Stamp Artist Ginelle Tiritilli |
Supplies:
Cream colored card stock
Library pocket
Versa Magic Chalk Inks - Night Sky, Perfect Plumeria
Memories - Black, Soft Celery
Archival Ink - Mustard
Inkredible! - Madonna Blue
Caran D'Ache watercolor crayons
Tombow Markers - Yellow-Green, Redwood, Yellow, Red-Orange
Marvy LePlume - Brilliant Yellow
Sparkling H2O's - Solar Gold
Krylon Gold Leaf Pen
Xyron - Permanent Adhesive
Rubber Stamps:
Stampsmith - Fruit Crate Labels
A Stamp in the Hand - Small Pear Border |
Instructions:
1: Stipple Soft Celery, Perfect Plumeria, and Night Sky on
front of card.
2. Outline card with Gold Leaf pen.
3. Using Tombow and Marvy markers, color in two of the pears
on the Pear Border stamp. Stamp on cream card stock and cut pears
out. Set aside.
4. Cut the top flap of the library pocket off the back. Stamp
Carillon label on library pocket using Perfect Plumeria. Color
bell with Solar Gold, and use light brown watercolor crayon to
paint wooden bell holder. Set aside.
5. Stamp Victorious label on cream card stock with Mustard ink.
Cut out label. Rub edges with Night Sky ink. Set aside. |
6. Stamp Glamour Girl label on cream card stock
with Madonna Blue ink. Paint image of woman with watercolor crayons.
Cut out label. Rub edges with Madonna Blue ink. Set aside.
7. Stamp Embarcadero label on cream card stock with Black ink.
Paint pears and leaves with watercolor crayons. Cut out label.
Rub edges with black ink.
8. After choosing placement, run each piece through xyron machine.
Place small pears first, then Victorious label, then Carillon
label overlapping the Victorious label. Put Glamour Girl and
Embarcadero labels inside library pocket. |
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"Arabesque"
Stamp Artist - Kerri Kowal |
Instructions:
1. Stamp fan shape from Stampsmith's Arabic Islamic Designs Plate
five times onto medium turquoise cardstock using "Harbor"
Petal Point pigment ink pad (Orient).
2. Heat emboss using Ranger's Holographic embossing powder. Cut
out shapes.
3. Stamp five-sided star shape from Stampsmith's Arabic Islamic
Designs Plate onto medium turquoise cardstock using "Harbor"
Petal Point pigment ink pad. Cut out star.
4. Cut a 12"x12" dark turquoise piece of cardstock
in half and fold into a 6"x6" card. Arrange pieces
as shown and adhere to card with gluestick.
5. Outline all pieces with silver paint pen. |
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"Mama and I"
Stamp Artist - Lise Steenerson |
Tear a page out of an old book. Lightly mist with Walnut Ink.
Let it dry.
Stamp 2 corners with the Stampsmith image in Archival Sepia
colored ink. Also stamp the Stampsmith image of Mama and I on
glossy paper with the same ink. Trim.
Use the template of a large feather to dry emboss the page
in 2 different location (right side going down and left side
going up). Use a soft hand as the paper is very fragile and tear
easily. Rub gently some Antique Brass colored Metallic Rub-Ons
on the embossed feather to make it stand out.
Stipple the same Sepia ink on the edges of the paper.
For the background paper, generously spray with water some
brown cardstock. Add some Perfect Pearls in metallic shade and
blend in. When done, lightly mist with alcohol. (This is a technique
taught by Julie from Stampers Anonymous)
Layer all your paper onto brown cardstock.
Add a gold and a brown eyelet in each corner
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"Box of Hearts"
Stamp Artist - Lorraine Raveneau
Rubber Stamps: All by The Stampsmith:
Shakerspeare Heroines~Ophelia and Friends & Medieval Tile
Sheet
Watch for this to be a future
Project
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Supplies:
- Premo Translucent Polymer Clay 2-2 oz. Bars
Ranger Archival Ink pad- Sepia
- Brilliance Pearl Beige Ink pad
- Maude Stamp (The Stampsmith)
- Lace Background Stamp (The Angel Company)
- Gold Leafing Pen (Krylon)
- Gold Teeny Tiny Marbles (Halcraft)
- Brass Tooling Foil
- StazOn Jet Black Ink pad
- Stylus
- Card stock
- E6000 glue
- Diamond Glaze
- Sculpey Glaze (Gloss)
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"Dream"
Stamp Artist - Monica Alvis |
| Condition clay by running it through a pasta
machine 20-30 times on the thickest setting. Then, run it through
again on the setting of your choice until it is the desired size
needed for lace background stamp. Make another piece big enough
for the Maude stamp. Ink lace background stamp with Brilliance
ink, and stamped into uncured clay. Set aside. With the second
piece of clay, stamp Maude with Archival Sepia ink. Place both
in oven & follow manufacturer's instructions to bake. When
cooled, go around the edges of both clay pieces with a Gold Leafing
pen (Krylon). Glue both clay pieces together with E6000 glue.
Set aside. Add Diamond Glaze all around the edges of the Maude
clay piece, and quickly add Teeny Tiny marbles all around it.
Seal with Sculpey Glaze. When dry, attach to front of card with
E6000. With a small piece of brass tooling foil and a stylus,
write "Dream", and the border. Go over brass piece
with StazOn Ink. Glue that to front of clay pieces with E6000.!
(I spray sealed the Brass piece with workable fixative.) Attach
fibers, and card is done!! |
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"Timeless Beauty"
Stamp Artist - Beverly Shupp |
First Anne Page was stamped in black Stazon in the lower right
hand corner of white glossy card stock. She was masked and Queen
Margaret was stamped to her left. Both ladies being masked now,
I added Portia above and in-between them. All in black Stazon
ink. Coloring them all in markers and gel pens, I then started
sponging corresponding dye inks around them with an eye shadow
applicator. Finally sponging the background yellow for highlight
and the blue for framing. The Stampsmith design was then added
in Stampit Daydream to the background and the Stampsmith "Les
Belles Femmes" was stamped in Black Stazon. A gold paint
pen border was added to finish the frame off. On purple card
stock I stamped Stampsmith's round playing card in Brilliance
Pearlescent Purple layering the framed image over it. The braided
gold trim was then glued on.
All rubber stamps from Stampsmith |
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Supplies:
- Stampsmith
Tarot Card Stamps Set #1
- old calendar
- green scrap paper
- embossed vellum
- Vintage photo
- 7 Gypsies paper for collaged background
- watercolor card
- walnut ink
- Yes Paste
- Golden Clear Tar Gel
- Sennelier pearl iridescent oil pastel
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"Tell Your Fortune?"
Stamp Artist - Deb Silva |
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Directions
First I stamped the Stampsmith's Italian Tarot Cards #1 onto
some calendar paper with pigment ink and mounted them on green
paper, then on embossed vellum for dimension.
Next I did a collaged paper background on a watercolor card,
then mounted a vintage gypsy photo and the tarot cards on the
collaged background.
I then brushed walnut ink over the background, and brushed
the whole thing with Golden's Clear Tar Gel Medium, while that
was still tacky I went over it with a pearl Sennelier iridescent
oil pastel, leaving the stamped images clear.
I rubbed the pastel in and let it dry with the gel medium.
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"Ophelia"
Stamp Artist - Hanni van Ziel |
Supplies used:
small felt square 2" x2"
Tria re-inkers in pink, magenta and blue
Krylon leafing pen in gold
rubbing alcohol, eye dropper
white glossy card stock
permanent ink, black
metallic paper, magenta
black velveteen paper
4 photo corners, gold
charm, glue
black card
Directions:
Use the Polished
Stone' technique as described in
"Tips
and Techniques" found on this website.
Apply this technique with the above mentioned inks
and a small amount of leafing ink, until desired effect is achieved.
(this needs some practice) |
Before card is completely dry, drop
1 - 3 drops of rubbing alcohol in the center of the card and
watch the frame appear!
Let dry completely. Stamp 'Ophelia' with permanent black
ink in center of frame, mask as needed. Trim card,
attach the 4 photo corners, layer on black velveteen paper metallic
paper and attach to black card. Glue charm in place. |
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Materials
- Board book
- Rubber Stamps: Domino Shrine and Small Doll Face by Lost
Coast Designs
- Wings from Art Parts Sheet #5 by Sunday International
- Cork sheets
- Black ink
- Clear detail embossing powder
- Cardstock
- Small oval frame
- Milegros
- Lace
- Fake "jewels"
- Old key
- Decorative paper
- Diamond Glaze
- PVA Adhesive
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"Shrine of the Key to Happiness"
Stamp Artist - Barbara Sporcic |
Directions:
Stamp shrine on board book and cut out center part of shrine.
Glue pages together and cover book with decorative paper.
Stamp shrine three times on cardstock and emboss. Adhere to cork
and cut out parts of shrine to enhance 3-dimensional look. Glue
shrine to board book.
Stamp face and cut out an oval section and glue to small frame.
Coat with Diamond Glaze. Glue frame to key. Stamp wings three
times and emboss. Cut out and overlap slightly and glue to back
of key. Glue key inside of shrine.
Adhere lace around the edges and glue milegros and "jewels"
in place. |
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"Be My Love"
Stamp Artist - Kathryn Hughett |
Supplies
- Glue stick
- Tacky glue
- 19 inches of gold ribbon
- 12 inches of sheer pink ribbon
- 1 skein of gold embroidery floss
OR a purchased gold tassel
- White and burgundy cardstock
- 1 Large Heart shaped paper lace doily
- Astroparche or ecru colored 20 lb. paper
- Gold and crystal Glitter glue
- Black and Burgundy Stamp Ink
- Scallop design edge scissors
- Fine Point black permanent marker
- Gold tinsel embossing powder
Directions
Using a burgundy, color ink and Stampsmith stamps, stamp Ophelia
and Love on astroparche. Cut around Ophelia in a heart shape.
Cut around the Love letters leaving a small border. Cut 2 small
hearts from the astroparche and stamp BE & MY on each one
using the classic stamp set. Using a sponge shade the edges of
the hearts with the same burgundy ink. Glue the "Love"
letters and the Ophelia heart to burgundy cardstock. Cut around
the letters leaving a small border. Cut around the heart using
a scalloped edge scissors and leave a small border. Add accents
to the "Love" letters with gold glitter glue, but not
on the letters themselves, and to Ophelias veil with crystal
glitter glue. Using a fine point black marker color the actual
letters in the designs spelling Love.
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lace doily as the template cut out a large heart from burgundy
cardstock. Glue the heart doily to it. Glue the Ophelia heart
with the scalloped edge to the doily heart. In the upper left
and right lobes of the doily heart glue the BE & MY hearts.
Cut a heart shape about a1/4 inch larger than the doily heart
from white cardstock. Emboss the outer 1-inch with gold tinsel
embossing powder. Glue a 1/4 inch wide and 13 inch long piece
of gold ribbon to a 1 inch wide and 12 inch long piece of sheer
pink ribbon. Glue this to the bottom and backside of the doily
heart making sure the gold ribbon is facing front. Glue the Love
letters along the ribbon allowing the 1-inch of gold ribbon to
hang past the E. Using a skein of gold embroidery floss make
a tassel or use a purchased one. Attach it at the bottom running
the gold ribbon through a loop on the tassel and fold the gold
ribbon back onto itself and glue in place. Using a 6-inch piece
of the gold ribbon attach a hanging loop to the back of the gold
heart. Glue the doily heart with the attached ribbon assembly
to the gold heart with glue. |
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Materials
- Stampsmith, ‘Not Again’
- Iridescent white vellum
- Small shipping tag
- Black cardstock, Silver cardstock,
Mulberry paper, white with silver and gold flecks
- 7 Gypsies Grenoble paper
- Silver fleur-de-lis charm (Art Chix)
- Ephemera sheet (Limited Edition)
- Collage sheet (Art Chix)
- Belles and Bonbons collage sheet (Foofala)
- Other ephemera, including canceled postage stamps, postage
stamp edging,
cigarette card, and canceled stock certificate (Limited Edition)
- Silver and blue fibers
- Black dye ink, Blue and green iridescent pigment ink (Dauber
Duo)
- 2-way glue pen
- Vellum tape
- Photo mounting tabs
- Black photo corners
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"European Elegance"
Stamp Artist - Gale Langseth |
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Directions:
Stamp ‘Not Again’ with black dye ink on iridescent
vellum. Set aside to dry; when dry, cut out with narrow border
around image and, using photo corners, mount on silver cardstock.
On remnant of vellum, print ‘Elegance’ with
computer printer, cut out, and set aside.
Stipple small shipping tag with blue and green inks. Affix
7 Gypsies Grenoble paper with glue pen and trim edges with Xacto
knife. Cut out woman’ s image from stock certificate. Affix
postage stamp edging, postage stamps, and stock certificate cutout.
Thread fleur-de-lis charm on silver fiber, and knot fibers to
shipping tag.
Tear mulberry paper to size and mount on black cardstock using
vellum tape.
Cut out images from ephemera and collage sheets. Arrange cutouts
with ephemera on top of mulberry paper. Mount images with glue
pen. Attach mounted ‘Not Again’ image and shipping
tag with photo mounting tabs.
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"My Kitty"
Stamp Artist - Denise Devers |
Supplies
- The Kitty rubber stamp from the Stamp
Adirondack stamp pad Espresso
- 3 x 4 piece glossy card stock
- 2 pieces brown Star paper
- 1 piece gold Stardream paper
- 4 1/2 x 7 1/2 piece of brown checkered paper
- Small piece of gold mulberry paper
- 7 metal button hole covers
- Nostalgia typewriter keys alphabet
- small Making Memories page pebbles
- Spray adhesive
- Double stick tape
- Pop dots
- Fibers
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Directions
Stamp The Kitty on glossy card stock. Trim leaving no border.
Cut a 3 x 4 piece of gold Stardream and 2 pieces of 3 1/2 x 4
1/2 piece of brown Stardream. Using spray adhesive, attach kitty
photo to gold Stardream and then to a piece of brown Stardream
leaving a small border.
Fold a piece of brown Stardream paper in half. Using spray adhesive
attach checkered paper on top. Wet the border of gold mulberry
paper and tear around it. With spray adhesive attach it to the
other piece of brown Stardream.
With pop dots, attach the kitty piece to the right side, leaving
a small border. With pop dots attach the mulberry piece to the
left side leaving a small border.
With the alphabet and metal button hole covers, spell the words
my kitty. Place the typewriter letters in the middle of the buttonhole
covers. Place a page pebble over each buttonhole cover. Attach
each buttonhole cover with double stick tape being sure to keep
them even but at an angle. Tie fibers to card. |
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