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August's Stamp Artist Of The Month contest was sponsored by Marco's Paper
September's "Stamp Artist Of The Month" is
Stamp Artist Sandra Porter

Supplies & Rubber Stamps:

  • Rubber Stamps
    Wrought Iron Shrine
    Leaf Column Shrine
    Both from ATC Set SATC5 by Lost Coast Designs
    Individual Letters and the word MEMORY from M317 Tiled Words 1 by Melanie Sage, from Creative Chaos Artistic Rubber Stamps
  • "Photograph of the World Trade Center, sized with Adobe Photoshop to 1" x ¾", this one if from www.GreatBuildings.com
  • Inks:
  • Blazing Red and Stone Gray Staz On Solvent Ink Pads
  • Jim Holtz Distress InkTM
  • Vintage Photo Dye Ink Pad
  • Sharpie® Ultra Fine Point Permanent Markers in Yellow, Blue, Red, and Green
  • Paper:
  • White and Natural Heavyweight Recycled Cardstock
  • Front Page Newspaper Pictures of the World Trade Center tragedy of 9/11/2001
  • Fabric:
  • Black Sheer Organza Ribbon in ½" and ¾" widths
  • Sheet of Acetate or Clear Vinyl
  • Decorative Accents:
  • Word Beads
  • Black Self-Adhesive Acid-Free Photo Corners
  • Glue stick, Personal Paper Trimmer, Ruler, Scissors, Double-sided Tape, Post-It®s, Masking Tape, Glue Dots

"Fifth Anniversary of 9/11/2001 ATCs"
Stamp Artist - Sandra Porter

Inspiration:

In the midst of tragedy, the selfless heroism shown during the events and aftermath of 9/11, the need to honor our lost ones, and to remember that day forever have inspired me to try to forge art out of our pain, something I couldn't do when it was freshest. I invite all of you to find catharsis in making ATCs and other art based on this theme. I have begun making these as a series. I hope to create one in number for each known victim and display them as a group.



Directions:

  1. Cut white cardstock to ATC size, 3 ½" x 2 ½", by measuring with a ruler or tracing around a standard size playing card and cutting with a personal paper trimmer or very sharp scissors. Alternately start with an actual playing card as your base
  2. Cut out or rip evocative image of the Twin Towers from newspaper.
  3. Affix newspaper image to card with glue stick.
  4. Press Wrought Iron Shrine Stamp on Distress Ink Pad and stamp onto natural cardstock.
  5. Cut out shrine once dry.
  6. Glue shrine onto card framing newspaper image.
  7. Mask parts of Tiled Words 1 stamp that surround the Y in KEY with Post-Its cut to size or masking tape.
  8. Ink the Y with Stone Gray Staz On Ink Pad and stamp onto the card.
  9. Name, date, and sign the back of the ATC.

    Steps 1 - 3 as above.
  10. Press Leaf Column Shrine on Distress Ink Pad and stamp onto natural cardstock.
  11. Cut out and glue onto card framing newspaper image.
  12. Mask Tiled Words 1 other than the word MEMORY.
  13. Ink MEMORY with Blazing Red Staz On Ink Pad.
  14. Stamp MEMORY onto white cardstock (a fresh piece).
  15. Cut MEMORY out, cutting the word into pieces.
  16. Use glue stick to attach the pieces of the word MEMORY to the card, making the word spill down on the ATC.
  17. Name, date, and sign the back of the ATC.
  18. Print 1" x ¾" sized image of the WTC onto the middle of an ATC card with your computer printer.
  19. Press Wrought Iron Shrine Stamp on Distress Ink Pad and stamp onto natural cardstock.
  20. Cut out shrine once dry and glue shrine onto card framing WTC image.
  21. Rip 9/11 from newspaper and use glue stick to affix it to the card under the WTC.
  22. Cut two pieces of ½" black organza ribbon the same length as the pillars of the Wrought Iron Shrine.
  23. Apply glue stick to the pillars, and then press the ribbon pieces on top of them to affix the ribbon.
  24. Cut a piece of ¾" ribbon the same length as the top pediment of the Wrought Iron Shrine, and glue it over the top part of the shrine the same way.
  25. Glue, or attach with double-sided tape, an appropriate word bead over the newsprint 9/11. I chose "lost", but many other are equally or more appropriate.
  26. Name, date, and sign the back of the ATC.
  27. Cut out or rip evocative image of the Twin Towers from newspaper.
  28. Affix newspaper image to card with glue stick.
  29. Attach one of the self adhesive black photo corners to each of the four corners of this ATC card.
  30. Print 1" x ¾" sized image of the WTC onto another piece of white cardstock with your computer printer and cut it out.
  31. Stamp the word MEMORY as above in Stone Gray Staz On Ink on another piece of white cardstock and cut the word out in one piece.
  32. Press Wrought Iron Shrine Stamp on Stone Gray Staz On Ink Pad and stamp onto white cardstock and cut it out, this time leaving card attached to the shrine's right pillar, cutting along the edge of the left pillar and the bottom of the top of the shrine so a door is created.
  33. Measure the size of the door with your ruler and cut a piece of acetate or clear plastic that size.
  34. Also cut out a newspaper picture the size of this door.
  35. Color the acetate with Sharpie® Markers in a pattern like a stained glass church window.
  36. Use glue dots to affix the "stained glass" onto the door, sharpie side down. (Alternately, leave out the acetate steps and just color the cardstock front of the door with the Sharpies in a stained glass pattern.)
  37. Glue the door sized newspaper image onto the back (inside) of the cardstock door with glue stick.
  38. Glue the Wrought Iron Shrine onto card framing newspaper WTC image, sliding its' corners into the photo corners. Try sliding into the corners first and trim with scissors before gluing if necessary.
  39. Affix the ME of MEMORY to the inside of the door. Fold the word MEMORY so the door can shut.
  40. Tuck the computer printed 1" x ¾" picture of the intact Twin Towers into the bottom inside photo corner of the ATC.
  41. Cut two pieces of ½" black organza ribbon, about 7" - 8" long.
  42. Wrap one piece of ribbon around the door vertically and knot.
  43. Wrap the other piece of ribbon around the entire ATC to hold the door shut and knot.
  44. Name, date, and sign the back of the ATC.



"Allegro"
Stamp Artist - Eli Persson

Supplies & Rubber Stamps:

  • Rubber Stamps
    Penny Black - "Allegro"
  • Inks:
    Versamark watermark ink pad, Adirondack dye ink - Espresso, ColorBox Fluid Chalk - Chesnut Roan, Olive Pastel and Blush Rose
  • Paper:
    Brown, yellow and red cardstock, pattern paper, old book page
  • Other supplies:
    Brown ribbon, heart sticker, clear embossingpowder, brads, brayer, black pen, Cut `N Dry Pen Nibs

Directions:

Create a card from brown cardstock. Stamp "Allegro" with Versamark ink on an old book page, clear-emboss. Brayer Espresso ink over the image and wipe off the ink from the embossed image. Color the image with ColorBox Fluid Chalk using pen nibs. The ink will stick to the embossed area if it sits for a while. Wipe off excess ink. Edge the panel with a black pen and mount to a red panel, edge with the black pen. Wrap a brown ribbon around the panel and attach a heart sticker, mount brads. Tear the edges of a piece of pattern paper and a piece from an old book page, ink the edges with Chesnut Roan ink. Mount to a red panel and then to a yellow panel. Mount to the card. Attach the prepared panel to the card.


Supplies & Rubber Stamps:

  • Rubber Stamps
    Lucy Images (Viva Las Vegas, Rubber Nation, Rubber Stamp Avenue, Stamp Francisco)

Directions:

Stamp on white glossy cardstock (Marco's Paper) in black permament dye ink (The Angel Company.) Cut all images out. Stamp Lucy image repeatedly on a glossy pop-up pre-cut card (Neato Stuff), attach Pop-up card to a black pre cut card. Attach Lucy images to pop-up card. Stamp Lucy Logo(Rubber Nation) multiple times on white sticker paper. place stickers on border of the inside of the card. Stamp "Just for You" (Rubber Stampede) on a glossy white cardstock panel, adhere to front of card.


“Lucy”
Stamp Artist - Jennifer Satterfield


Supplies & Rubber Stamps:

  • Rubber Stamps
    Mountains (used as cave)/Stamps Galore
    Ladies/ThirdCoast RS
    Waterfalls, deer in grass/100ProofPress
    Spiders,Scorpion/PSX C-1200
    lizards,grass stippling/Stampin'Up!
    Clouds/Stampscapes
  • Premanent Black Ink stamped images
  • Coloring/markers and dye inks
  • Gold Paint Pen
  • Purple glitter
  • Clear glitter

"The Dare/ enter if you will.."
Stamp Artist - Beverly Shupp/Primodragonfly

Directions

Torch woman was stamped and masked. Second girl then stamped and masked. Top of cave stamped with the mountain image, upside down and masked. Right wall of the cave stamped and masked.Water and deer then stamped. Water flow was continued by hand using a permanent ink pen. Grass around ladies stamped. Sky was sponged in and then stamped with the clouds. All masks removed, scene colored. Now the scorpions and spiders were added with black ink. Some clear glitter was added to the torch flame. Purple glitter was added to the cave peaks. A Gold Paint Pen border was added around the frame. Frame then was mounted on black cardstock and then on purple. Two lizards were stamped on seperate paper, colored, cut out and added to the scene.


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