Layered Collage Card for the Adventurer

Layered Collage Card for the Adventurer
By: Bea Rosenleaf, Artistic Guide
Finished Card Size:  5″ x 6.5″
I wanted to create a layered collage-type card, but didn’t want all the bulk of multiple layers of papers and embellishments, so I thought I would try to create something that looked multi-layered by using the masking technique. 
Note that the step-out photos showing [...]

Solitary Lion Card for the Discoverer

Solitary Lion Card for the Discoverer
By: Melanie Smith, Artistic Guide
This month I made three cards in different styles using the same basic technique (masking) and the same four stamps.  See my other designs for the Adventurer and the Inventor.
This card uses some simple masking of the horizon, with lots of ink-sponging, and blending for a simple and [...]

Shattered Glass Masking Technique for the Discoverer

Shattered Glass for the Discoverer
By: Stephanie Loomis, Artistic Guide
 Finished card size: A2 (5.5″ x 4.25″)

Supplies:
Stamps:         
Rollagraph wheel- Ignudo Border
Beethoven set (Artful Illusions)
Paper:           
Kromekote white glossy cardstock cut to 5.5″ x 4.25″ (Marco’s Paper)
A2 note card (I make my own by cutting an 8.5″ x 11″ sheet of Georgia-Pacific white cardstock in half
widthwise, creating two panels of 5.5″ [...]

Shattered Glass Tank Top for the Inventor

Shattered Glass Tank Top for the Inventor
By: Stephanie Loomis, Artistic Guide
 Supplies:
Stamps:          
Abstract Flowers (The Stamping Studio)
Ink:                 
Fabrico Black ink (Tsukineko)
Reinkers:  Brilliance (Tsukineko)
    Moonlight White
    Pearlescent Yellow
    Sky Blue
VersaMagic (Tsukineko)
    Aloe Vera
    Pixie Dust
Other:
Blue painter’s tape (home improvement store)
Fabric Medium (Liquitex)
Palette or plastic plate to use for paint
Make up wedge (discount store)
Paintbrushes of varying sizes 1″ and smaller
Iron
Pressing [...]

Happy New Year!

 
Fireworks over Sydney Harbor, the Watch-Night bell in Tokyo, and the dropping of the New Year’s Eve Ball in New York City: all over the world, people celebrate the entrance of 2009 with noisemakers, cheers, and Auld Lang Syne.  Here at Stamper’s Quest we celebrate the New Year with the first monthly edition of Stamper’s Quest Magazine.
This [...]

Our New Address Card for the Discoverer

Our New Address
By: Bea Rosenleaf, Artistic Guide
Finished Card Size:  6.5″ x 5″
Supplies:
Stamps:
Home Sweet Home stamp set (Dream Impressions)
Sentiment, “Our New Address” (The Angel Company)
Papers:
Prefolded White Card (6.5″ x 5″) (unknown)
Ultra-smooth 100 pound White cardstock, cut in half to 8.5″ x 5.5.”  Keep one half and set aside the other half for another project.(The Angel Company)
Pinecone [...]

Creating Masked Backgrounds for the Inventor

Creating Masked Backgrounds for the Inventor
By: Bea Rosenleaf, Artistic Guide
Supplies:
Stamps:
Butterfly and Definitions (The Angel Company)
Sentiment (Inkadinkado)
Real High Country Wildflowers (Hero Arts)
Solidago Sprig (Rubber Stampede)
Papers:
90 pound Watercolor Paper (Cranston)
Scrap piece of text-weight paper
Inks:
Palette ink pads: (Stewart Superior)
    Noir
    Sunflower
    French Lilac
    Reflection Blue
Other:
Masking Tape
Butterfly Masks (Heidi Swap)
Flourishes Grungeboard (Tim Holtz)
LePlume II Markers: (Marvy)
    #50 Ultramarine
    #49 [...]