Our Stampscapes Challenge Continues!

Yes! We have more eye candy for you today from our challenge issued by Kevin at Stampscapes!  Are you wondering how to use scenic stamps?  Check out the great tutorials at Stampscapes101.

By: Jennifer Willis
Stamps Used:  Symmetry #3 – Butterfly

By: Lisa Heusler
Stamps Used:  Unmounted Set: Cloud with Moon,
Lakeside Cove-small, and Solo Canoeist
 
By: Stephanie Loomis
Stamps Used: 215-G Country [...]

Featured Rubber Stamp Company – Stampscapes

We continue with our featured stamp company, Stampscapes.  The designers definitely had fun with these stamps! If you haven’t had a chance to check out Kevin’s website, take a side trail and stop by Stampscapes and check out all the cool tutorials and stamps.
While perusing the site the other day, I ran across Kevin’s news update. He wrote that he’s designing [...]

A Stampscapes Challenge

Chapel
By: Stephanie Loomis

Stampscapes takes rubber stamp artists away from the toil of the “real world” to a magical place where the beauty of nature reigns. Kevin Nakagawa, king of the Stampscapes world for more than 21 years, travels the world teaching his unique style using his magical images. 
Stampscapes images are available on the Stampscapes website (www.stampscapes.com) both mounted [...]

Holiday Blizzard Project – Kittie’s Mini Accordion Album

Mini Accordion Album
with Simple Masking Technique
By: Kittie Caracciolo, Artist Guide
Mini albums are such perfect little gift items. Everyone loves to carry pictures around of their children, grandchildren and even pets or keep them at their desk at work.  You can create a one strip album with four pages or extend it to as many strips [...]

Holiday Blizzard Project – Melanie’s Cardkeeper

Simple Card-Keeper
By: Melanie Smith, Artistic Guide
This project makes a lovely gift for the forgetful or very busy person, or those who love to take advantage of card sales and buy all their cards for the year in one hit.  I am making a few of these this year (I think I will need to make [...]

Thanks!

Our first Holiday Blizzard has come to an end, and what a Blizzard it was!  Our designers stepped up to the challenge and created some beautiful projects for you. We hope the ideas presented here prompted your own creativity and imagination in creating some fabulous holiday cards and projects of your own. Blizzard projects end [...]

Holiday Blizzard Project – Bea’s Paper Mache Hidden Treasures Book Box

Hidden Treasures Book Box
By: Bea Rosenleaf, Artistic Guide
All little boys like a hiding spot for their gathered treasures. This particular box is a Christmas gift for one of my grandson’s who loves pirates. You can take this box and create any theme with it. Make a photo journal of something special for yourself or a loved [...]

Holiday Blizzard Project – Shelly’s Vintage Christmas

Vintage Christmas
By: Shelly Newkirk, Artistic Guide
Finished card size: A2 – 4.25″ x 5.5″
Supplies: 
Stamps:
Merry Christmas (Rubber Baby Buggy Bumpers)
Crackle stamp (unknown)
Flourish stamps (unknown)
Ink:  
Distressed Inks (Ranger): 
Mahogany
Walnut Stain
Vintage Photo
Frayed Burlap
Brushed Corduroy
Black Soot
Antique Linen
Old Paper
Tea Dye                     
Paper:
A2 card base
White cardstock 4.5″ x 5.5″
Other:
1″ x 2″ pieces of Cut N Dry foam (Ranger)
Fine-line Black Embossing powder (Think Ink)
Glue (Crafters Pick Ultimate)
Heat [...]

Holiday Blizzard Project – Shelly’s Christmas Card Challenge

Christmas Card Challenge: Card 18
By: Shelly Newkirk, Artistic Guide
Finished Card Size: A2, 4.25″ x 5.5″
Supplies:
Stamps:
Poinsettia (Stampendous)
Flourishes (unknown)
Inks:
VersaMark Watermark ink pad (Tsukineko)
Black Soot Distress Ink pad(Ranger)
Paper:
Black cardstock (unknown)
Red cardstock (unknown)
Other Supplies:
Gold fine-line embossing powder (Think Ink)
Clear fine-line embossing powder (Think Ink)
Twinkling H2O’s - Green and Red (Luminart)
Directions:

Stamp Poinsettia with VersaMark, apply fine-line Gold embossing powder and melt [...]

Jennifer’s Pieced Poinsettia Ornament

Pieced Poinsettia Christmas Ornament
By: Jennifer Willis, Artistic Guide

This week Jennifer brings you a beautiful fabric stamped ornament to adorn your Christmas tree. Follow along with Jennifer and find how surprisingly easy it is to create this work of art!
Supplies:
Stamps:
Poinsettia Stamp (Inkadinkado)
Inks:
Versafine ink pad - Black (Tsukineko)
Other:
Fabric Scraps – Red and Green (Found Items)
Glass Ornament – Clear [...]

Holiday Blizzard Project – Stephanie’s Floating Coin Pendant

Floating Coin Pendant
By: Stephanie Loomis, Artistic Guide
Supplies:
Foreign Coin
2 (two) 1″ pieces of microscope slide glass (Pieces of Glass)
O’So Sticky Tape .25″ or .37″ depending on thickness of coin (Penny Wise Arts [PWA])
Small Scrap of  O’So Sticky Tape Sheet (PWA)
Gold and Silver no-hole glass microbeads (PWA)
4 mm jump ring (The Jewelry Shop findings)
Non-stick scissors (Tonic)
2.4 mm [...]

Holiday Blizzard Project – Shelly Newkirk’s Christmas Card Challenge

Christmas Card Challenge: Card 17
By: Shelly Newkirk, Artistic Guide
Finished Card Size: A2, 4.25″ x 5.5″
Supplies:
Stamps:
Poinsettia (Stampendous)
Delicate Flourish (Inkadinkado)
Bold Flourish (BLINE)
Inks:
Black pigment ink pad (Stampendous)
Jet Black Archival ink pad (Ranger)
Aged Mahogany Distress ink pad (Ranger)
Black Soot Distress ink pad (Ranger)
Paper:
White cardstock card base (Georgia Pacific)
Other Supplies:
Gold fine-line embossing powder (Think Ink)
Twinkling H2O’s (LuminArte)
Baby Powder
Heat Embossing Tool [...]

Holiday Blizzard Project – Shelly’s Christmas Card Challenge

Christmas Card Challenge: Card 16
By: Shelly Newkirk, Artistic Guide
Finished Card Size: A2, 4.25″ x 5.5″
Supplies:
Paper:
Debbie Mumm Holiday Mat Stack (Die Cuts with a View)
White cardstock (Georgia Pacific)
Red cardstock (unknown)
Other Supplies
Snowflake punch (unknown)Crafters Pick Ultimate Glue
Decorative Scissors (Fiskars)
Directions:

Cut a piece of Striped paper that measure about two-thirds of the depth of the landscape format card base. [...]

Holiday Blizzard Project – Melanie’s Butterfly Garden Clock

Butterfly Garden Clock
By: Melanie Smith, Artistic Guide
Another quick simple gift can be themed towards anyone.   This one was made in one hour, and that included making and discarding a whole clock-face which was not fabulous.
Supplies:
Stamps:
About Me (Innovative Stamp Creations)
Papers/cardstock:
Yellow copy paper – one sheet
Inks:
Carnation pink Archival ink (Ranger)
Olive Green and Blazing Red Staz-on solvent ink [...]

Holiday Blizzard Project – Marcia’s Holly Jolly Acetate Greetings

Holly Jolly Christmas Card
By: Marcia Mattos, Artistic Guide

Finished card size:  4.25″ x 5.5″
Supplies:
Stamps:
Christmas Critters clear stamp set (Penny Black)
Snowflakes (Studio G)          
Sentiment (Studio G)
Ink:    
White Opaque ink pad (Staz-on)
Jet Black ink pad (Staz-on)
Old Olive ink pad (Stampin’Up)        
Paper:
White (2.5″ x 3″ and 3″ x 3.5″)  and Red (2.25″ x 2.75″) Cardstock (Bazzil)
Other supplies:
Acetate Card (unknown)
Watercolor pencils
White puffy paint [...]

Holiday Blizzard Project – Shelly’s Christmas Card Challenge

Christmas Card Challenge: Card 15
By: Shelly Newkirk, Artistic Guide
Finished Card Size: A2, 4.25″ x 5.5″
Supplies:
Stamps:
Christmas Cheer (Stamping With Style)
Inks:
VersaMark Watermark ink pad (Tsukineko)
Papers:
Debbie Mumm Holiday Mat Stack (Die Cuts With a View)
Red cardstock (unknown)
White text-weight/copy paper (unknown)
Other Supplies:
Crafter’s Pick Ultimate Glue
Lacy Scallop border punch (Martha Stewart)
Decorative Scissors (Fiskars)
White fine line embossing powder (Think Ink)
Baby Powder
Heat [...]

Holiday Blizzard Project – Bea’s 12 Days of Christmas Banner

Calling all Cricuteers! Here’s a Christmas project using the Joys of Christmas cartridge and your Cricut Bug or Expressions die cutting machine.  And for those of you who have not joined the army of Cricuteers, no worries. You can make this banner, too, with a few adjustments and using other items to represent the theme [...]

Holiday Blizzard Project – Michael’s Penguin!!

Penguin Roasting Over An Open Fire

Penguin Christmas
By: Michael A. Trent, Artistic Guide
Finished Card Size: 5.5″ x 4″

 
 
 
Supplies:
Stamps:
Penguin Pandemonium (Inkadinkado)
Empty Block (Endless Creations)
Season’s Greetings Phrase (Endless Creations)
Ink:
StazOn Jet Black ink pad(Tsukineko)
Crystal Blue Dye Ink (Close To My Heart)       
Paper:                        
Blank white pre-folded cards 5.5” x 4”
Other Supplies:                     
Red, Green, Yellow, Orange, Light Brown and Grey markers (Tombow)
Christmas Red, Light Blue and/or Icicle Stickles (Ranger)
Yellow [...]

Holiday Blizzard Project – Shelly’s Christmas Card Challenge

Christmas Card Challenge: Card 14
By: Shelly Newkirk, Artist Guide
Finished Card Size: A2, 4.25″ x 5.5″
Supplies:
Stamps:
Christmas tree (unknown)
Various flourishes (unknown)
Inks:
Black pigment ink pad (Stampendous)
Distress Inks: (Ranger)
     Black Soot
     Vintage Photo
     Antique Linen
     Frayed Burlap
     Brushed Corduroy
     Tea Dye
     Old Paper
     Aged Mahogany
Paper:
White cardstock (Georgia Pacific) 4.25 x 5.5
Other Supplies:
Iron
Topiary or a Dark Green embossing powder, (Inkadinkado)
Mister spray [...]

Meet Artistic Guide – Marcia Compos de Mattos

My name is Marcia Mattos, I live in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and love all paper crafting techniques. I’ve been making cards since 2000. When I started, paper crafting materials were very rare around here.
I participate in many Yahoo groups relating to paper crafting. I am used to swapping my cards with friends from all [...]