March Map Master

Erin go Braugh, and Happy Easter Egg. Instead, let’s celebrate this month making a Birthday card from the March map. I’m not that good on color combinations but you get the idea.
Supplies:
Stamps:
Large frog (All Night Media)
Mid-size frog (Inkadinkado)
Small frog (Hero Arts)
Happy birthday (Viva Las Vegas Stamps)
Finger print (Viva Las Vegas Stamps)
Paper:
White card stock
Black glossy card [...]

March Trail Map

The March map has a lot going for it.  Create a lovely window to showcase your artwork, or put someone in jail! 
Grab a cup of your favorite beverage, sit back, relax, and enjoy the gorgeous artwork the Stamper’s Quest Artist Guides have created for you this month.
After oogling at all the inspiration, show us what your [...]

February Map Master Project

Love is in the air. Love is friendship set on fire, and all that stuff. It’s also ‘Healthy Heart’ month, so lets make a red card using Regena’s February Map.

 The February map:

Supplies:
Stamps:
Big kiss (Rubber Stampede)
Tiny kiss (All Night Media)
Love sheet (Stampabilities)
Paper:
Paint chips
Red and white card stock
Patterned ‘heart’ paper
Inks:
Marvy Matchables dye ink: (Uchida)
     Pink
     Red  
Red pigment [...]

February Trail Maps

February 2010 Trail Map by Regena

Good things come in threes!  Rectangles, triangles and a circle (or is that an embellishment?).  Where can you go with this map?  Let’s see what trails the Artistic Guides were led down this month to inspire you to follow your own trail map!
Stamps: Another Stamp Company
Stamps: Hampton Arts
 Stamps: Stampin’ Up!
Stamps: GG Designs
Stamps: [...]

Asian screen/shape card

Asian Screen Card
Finished card size: 10.5″ x  3.5″
Supplies:
Stamps:
Cherry Blossom Branch, Bamboo ( All Night Media Japanese stamp kit)
Kettle, Cup, Can of tea ( Inka stamps)
Small Asian alphabet (Bunch Of Fun)
Paper:
Cougar White ( Marco’s Paper)
Asian specialty paper (The Paper Place)
Ink:
Adirondack Earthtones Dye Ink-Lettuce
Other:
Fiskars Paper Trimmer
Blue gel pen(any brand)
Scissors
Pencil
Blue and gold Mizuhiki cord, pre-formed green and gold knot (The Paper [...]

More Stampscapes

We owe Ken a HUGE apology!  He participate in our last Stampscapes challenge and his cards were inadvertenly omitted from the feature.  We are hanging our heads, Ken. So, so sorry!
When you think Stampscapes, do you automatically think humor cards? Most of us don’t, but our very own Ken Schneider does! Get ready for some [...]

Holiday Splendor Joy Card

 
 
 
 
By Marcia Mattos, Artistic Guide 
Finished card size: 4” x 6”
 
 
 
 
 
 
Supplies:
Stamps:
Christmas Tree (Unknown)
Alphabet Set Stamp (All Night Media)
Ink:
Versamark (Tsukinelo)
Paper:
Ivory, Red and Green Cardstock (The Paper Company)
Other supplies:
Fine Detail gold Embossing Powder (Ranger Industries)
Embossing heat gun (Marvy)
Pop Dots (Ranger)
Golden Ribbon (Brazilian)
1” Circle Punch (Marvy)
Directions:

Using the Versamark inkpad, stamp the tree image and the letters on ivory cardstock.
Add [...]

November Sketch

 
 
Ovals, squares,rectangles, a ‘film-strip’ look, all make up the November sketch created by our own Artistic Guide, Regena.  Check out or Artistic Guides’ interpretations, then share yours with us!  Send us a scan or photo of your sketch card to stampersquest@yahoo.com and we’ll publish it for everyone to see!  (please keep your file to 100kb)
 
 
 
 
Stamps: [...]

New Artistic Designer – Janice Ellis

 Janice Ellis
Janice hails from Canada and rounds out our international team members. While an Asian style is found throughout much of her art work, Janice creates many more projects covering a multitude of styles and images. Here is what she shared with us about herself:

My name is Janice Ellis, a SAHM who got into rubber [...]