September's "Stamp Artist Of The Month"
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Stamp Artist France Chevalier
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Supplies
- Rubber Stamps:
Egyptian collage from Sunday International (from plate Postal
- FS42)
- Memories Black ink
- Adirondack Pesto inkpad
- Black card (21 cm x 14.5 cm folded in two, or in inches:
approximately 8 1/4 x 5 3/4 folded in two)
- Piece of vellum slightly larger than the stamp
- Bazzil cardstock (in colour to match background card) 10
cm x 14 cm (or in inches approximately 5 1/2 x 3 7/8 inches)
- Krafty Lady Art Mould® #AM030 Xlge
- Opals in Franklin and Tarkine
- Sandpaper
- Vellum tape
- Toaster oven
- Sponge
- Clear adhesive (Dimensional Magic, Diamond Glaze, Crystal
Lacquer)
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"Egyptian Collage"
Stamp Artist - France Chevalier |
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Directions
- Stamp image onto background and onto vellum using the black
ink.
- Cut image on background around the outside border of the
image, following, more or less, the texture of the outside of
the line.
- Cut the lady and hieroglyphics behind her, and the postage
stamp, from the vellum piece.
- Affix the postage stamp and the lady over the background
with 3M Vellum tape.
- Sand the sides and edges of the piece of Bazzil card stock.
Sponge edges lightly with Pesto Adirondack ink.
- Affix to black card.
- Affix main image to card at an angle.
- Preheat your oven at 130°C (or approximately 260°F)
- Place your Krafty Lady Art Mould® onto a piece of aluminium
foil.
- Pour a bit of the Franklin Opals in the mould, and a bit
of the Tarkine to almost fill the mould to the top. And place
onto an oven proof surface (the tray in the toaster oven should
be fine). The Opals will melt and you will then need to add a
bit more Franklin Opals to the Art Mould® wait for it to
melt, and add some more until the Art Mould® is full.
- Let cool. Unmould and affix to the card with a clear adhesive.
Note: if your background card is a different colour than
mine, which it will probably be, use Opals colours which will
match your card. The more Franklin (clear) you add, the more
transluscent your piece will be, you may prefer going with a
solid colour or a mix of various colours.
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"Autumn-Serenade"
Stamp Artist - Beverly Shupp/Primodragonfly |
Supplies
- Rubber Stamps
Corner Design/Ink-N-Rubber Expressions (top of a key stamp)
Pan/Beeswax
Mountain/StampFrancisco
Tree/QKR
Fern/Unknown
Directions
Corner of red card was stamped in embossing ink and gold powder
was used. CD was etched. Pan stamped in
Black Staz-On ink, colored with markers. Silver gel pen used
for pipes and horns. Tree was stamped in Adirondack Mushroom
and colored with markers and re-inkers. Fern stamped in Adirondack
Black, lightly, to make it muted and colored in light and dark
green markers. Sky was sponged on as everything was masked, as
was the "field" grass. Image was edged with a gold
paint pen, then layered on red cardstock ( cut out with decorative
scissors) and then mounted to the CD, which was then mounted
to the final red card.
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Supplies
- Rubber Stamps
After Midnight Art Stamp (Woman in Vertical Frame)
- Old CD disk
- Alcohol Inks:
- Adirondack---bottle, stream, butterscotch, terra cotta, wild
plum, blending solution
- Pinata---Sante Fe red, lime green
- UTEE: clear, gold
- Cardstock: (all measurements in inches)
- Cardboard---5 x 5¼
- Black---5½ x 5¾, 2¼ x 8½
- Aqua---8½ x 11
- Gold metal---1½ x 5
- Paper cords
- Decorative scissors
- Large piece of glass act
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"Lady on a CD"
Stamp Artist - Barbara Brooks |
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Directions:
- Cut out cardboard to size and then trace it onto the larger
piece of black cardstock.
- Lay the CD inside the traced square and trace the CD also.
Remove the CD go around the drawn circumference drawing randomly
veering more outside the circle at the corners and inside of
it at the sides. Cut this out starting from the center.
- Cover the underside (shiny) of the disk with alcohol inks
and blender solution putting them on randomly to your liking.
Cover with a layer of clear UTEE.
- Put three coats of gold UTEE on the cardboard. Press the
disk into the final coat while it is hot.
- Put another coat of gold UTEE on the cardboard allowing some
to get on the outer edges of the disk.
- Cover the disk with the cut out frame folding the ends over
to the back and taping it.
- Stamp one side of the glass act. Flip it over and cover with
alcohol inks thinning it with the blender. Trace the glass on
a piece of white paper and attach it to the bottom. Add the finished
glass piece to the center of the CD.
- Cut the edge of the gold metal/foil with decorative scissors.
Put this strip through a crinkler. Pinch the crimped strip at
the bottom and wrap it with tacky tape. Bind it with the cords
and tie ends into a bow. Fan it out to get the finished fan.
- Crease the aqua cardstock at the 6½ inch mark along
the top and bottom of the landscape view. Place the black strip
along the shortened front end overlapping the aqua by ¼
of an inch where they meet. Adhere both items to the front of
the card as desired.
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"Love diorama"
Stamp Artist - Katarina Maserak |
Supplies
- Rubber Stamps: Different stamps, depending on theme.
I have used: love text from PSX,
french lily from rubber trouble, pen and envelope from inkywings,
Love letters from inkadinkado,
Heart from Hero arts, Woman and train unknown
- 2 A-5 Red cards
- Black top folded card
- Double sided tape
- Gold micro beads
- Black button
- Gold Krylon pen
- Heart punch or sticker
- Heart stencil
- Glitter glue or other decorative tools
- Cutting tool and mat
- Black stamp pad
- Versamark stamp pad
- Gold embossing powder
- Post-it notes or similar
- Embossing tool
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Directions
- This card is made from two A5 cards - one for the back and
one for the front. Prepare the two cards first using the diagram.
I started by doing the front first. Choose a main stamp and a
couple of smaller ones. Here, the woman is the central part.
Stamp her and the smaller stamps in a circle, leaving the middle
clean. Cut out the middle using the cutting tool. If you notice
that the hole gets too big - don't worry. You can always glue
cut out images at the edges, hiding the hole.
- Mask the hole together with the images around it. Stamp up
the love text with a Versamark pad and stamp the whole card,
re-inking the stamp every time. Sprinkle it with gold embossing
powder, and heat. Put some double sided tape here and there and
sprinkle gold beads over it. Finish off by putting a heart sticker
or punch-out, and a button. Put some glitter glue on the pen,
put a gold bracelet on the woman using a gold pen and so on.
- For the back: punch out a heart shape in scrap paper. Put
the stencil on the back paper so the heart is in the middle when
you put the front over it. Stamp a part of the love text with
black ink. Take the punched out heart in scrap paper and put
it on top of the stamped image. Then ink the love text once again,
but now with Versamark. Do it so the whole paper is covered,
sprinkle with gold powder and heat. Edge the back paper with
a gold Krylon pen. Attach front and back according to the diagram.
Attach all of this to the black top folded card.
Tip: You can adjust this card to any occasion, using the
appropriate stamps. How about Christmas, wedding or a baby card!
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"Desert Flower Scrapbook Page"
Stamp Artist - Viki Banaszak |
Supplies
- Rubber Stamps: Scorpion-After Midnight Art Stamps
- Bandana Flat Paper- K&Co.
- Denim Seams Flat Paper- K&CO.
- Cowboy Red Gingham Flat Paper- K&CO.
- Tan Stripe- Amscan Inc
- Sewing machine and Gold thread
- 10 Antique gold brads or snaps 1/8"
- Antique silver flower eyelets 1/4"
- Antique copper Nouveau alpha- EK Success
- tan and cream diamond ribbon
- red Brickabrack
- Diamond hand punch
- cola bottle cap- Outside the Margins
- Small scrap of corigated craft paper
- a couple small pieces of narrow tan ribbon
- Folk Star Whale Punch
- A small scrap of craft paper/ cardstock
- Art Print Brown Memories ink
- Deckle ruler
- Distress inks in Tea dye, vintage photo. Walnut stain,
old paper, fired brick
- water spritzer bottle
- Trace a Tag- EK Success
- Sand paper
- Prismacolor pencils
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Directions
Tear the denim amd tan into strips using the deckle ruler
to keep it straight. Sew the strips together using a zigzag stich.
Cut several tags out of the Bandana print paper. Cut one tag
out of the denim paper and sew a pattern on it for a pocket,
then sew it onto one of your paper strips. Spritz your paper
strips that you have sewn together with water and crumple them
up. Flaten them out and rub them with the Vintage photo. Rub
the edges with Tea dye and old paper. Use the walnut stain on
the corners to make them darker. Lay flat to dry. Distress your
Bandana paper tags with various inks and attach a piece of corigated
craft paper to each. Distress the 2 pieces of tan ribbon and
attach to tags after you use the diamond hand punch to make holes.
You can distress that too. Punch out the Folk star using the
Gingham paper. I went around the edges with a brown pencil. Then
attach it to your smaller tag. Stamp your Scorpion stamp
onto the craft paper using
Memories Artprint brown ink. Color it in using Prismacolor pencils.
I used about 10 different shades in this piece. Dont forget to
give him a shadow for more depth. Trim and attach to your prepared
tag. Punch holes in the top of your pocket near the edge
for brads. Attach your sewn paper strips to a sheet of red gingham
paper. Punch holes in the corners for your brads. Attach the
alphas on the side spelling out
Desert. Attach scorpion tag on thelower right hand side.
Lay out your pictures and attach. Cover the bottom edges of the
pictures with the tan diamond ribbon. Punch a hole on each side
near the end of the ribbon and attach the flower brads. Put your
cola bottle cap in the middle. Distress some red brickabrack
and attach near the tops of the photos.
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