Tag Archive for ‘April 2009’
I Brake for Stamps, Day 4
We’re nearing the end of our hike this week with I Brake for Stamps. These stamps are a joy to work with. Deeply etched, excellent quality red rubber that is available as cling mounted or unmounted. Whatever you prefer, you will enjoy creating with the crisp clean images. Remember that special going on for Stamper’s Quest’s [...]
Marcia shares a Mother’s Day card
With Mother’s Day just around the corner, Marcia’s beautiful card may help you with some inspiration. Mother’s Day Card By: Marcia Mattos, Artistic Guide Finished card size: 6.75″ x 5.25″ Supplies: Stamps: Manuscript Background (Hero Arts) Wreaths and Garland Floral Set (Impression Obsession) Floral Flourishes Set (Inkadinkado) Alphabet Stamp Set (Making Memories) Ink: Tattered Rose Distress Ink [...]
I Brake for Stamps, Day 2
More I Brake for Stamps for you today. Della’s designs are great fun, and come from years of loving the art: I used to stamp when my daughter was little, which was about 20 years ago. As of now, I have no time to stamp because of the business. I must say though, that I have [...]
April Featured Company – I Brake for Stamps
This month we feature samples from I Brake for Stamps, a “Ma and Pa” rubber stamp internet company that began in 2004. Della and her husband operate the business on a full-time basis. They boast over 3,000 images to choose from. Their stamps are excellent quality, deeply etched red rubber that you can order as cling foam [...]
Product Review – Sunday International EZ Mount
Sunday International EZ Mount By: Susan Wolf Caplan, Product Guru When I started stamping in the 90’s, the wood mounted stamps were affordable. As the years have passed the price of wood has increased, and as a result, the stamps mounted on them have begun to exceed stamper budgets. Many stampers now choose to purchase unmounted rubber stamps [...]
News on the Trail
Hi Folks! We received a great question from Lisa: I have a question. Where do you show the projects that were sent in for the Studio Quest-Calls? I’ve tried to locate them, but haven’t had any luck. I’m sure I’ve just overlooked something somewhere. I’d appreciate some direction whenever you might get a chance to write [...]
Meet Evelyn Spikes, April Guest Artist
I’m Evelyn Spikes, a retired high school English teacher who lives in the NE corner of Oregon. I began rubber stamping about 2 years before I retired in 2002. I’ve always loved the visual arts, but I certainly didn’t practice any. My mother gave me colored pencils when I was in junior high, and I [...]
April 2009 Sketch Card
We present to you a very versatile sketch this month created by our talented Regena…. April Sketch What can you create with this month’s sketch? If you send them, they will appear, in our Sketchbook, that is! All you have to do is send them to stampersquest@yahoo.com and we will upload them. Please be sure [...]
Flowers & Butterfly Thanks for the Adventurer
Flowers & Butterfly Thanks Card By: Melanie Smith, Artistic Guide Stamper’s Quest is all about the journey and I have been having a fabulous one! I would like to invite you on my journey as I adventure some more with colouring pencils. Finished card size: 5.5″ x 4.25″ Supplies: Stamps: Flowers (Luxe designs) Thanks (Hero [...]
Sonoran Sunset for the Discoverer
Sonoran Sunset By: Chris M. Herrmann, Artistic Artist Guide Finished card size: 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ Did you ever work on a card and when adding your finishing touches mess something up? Well that’s exactly what I did on this card. I decided it needed a little something else added to it so I [...]
Sunny Spray Butterfly for the Adventurer
Sunny Spray Butterfly By: Jennifer Willis, Artistic Guide Finished card size: 4.25″ x 5.5″ Supplies: Stamps: Open Wing Swallowtail (Northwoods) Small Butterfly (Northwoods) Paper: Purple Glossy Card Stock (Unknown) White Card Stock (Unknown) Ink: Chalk Ink Pad – Charcoal (ColorBox) Pigment Ink Pad – Canary (ColorBox) Other: Embossing Pearl – Pearl Blue (Ranger) Iridescent Accents [...]
Happy Place Frame for the Inventor
Happy Place Canvas Frame By: Melanie Smith, Artistic Guide This is not a hard project and doesn’t require any special equipment or products but with some time and careful cutting, produces a stunning 3D canvas frame that will really grab attention. Having played with these papers and stamps I wanted to make something fun and [...]
Decorative Tile for the Inventor
Decorative Tile By: Chris Herrmann, Artistic Guide Finished tile size: 4″ x 4″ Supplies: Stamps: Dancers (Another Stamp Company) Sun (Another Stamp Company) Words (Another Stamp Company) Ink: Archival Jet Black ink pad (Ranger) Adirondack pens: (Ranger) Stream Wild Plum Butterscotch Red Pepper Other: Tumbled marble tile (any home improvement store) [...]
Foam Board Jewelry for the Inventor
Foam Board Pendant and Earrings By: Bea Rosenleaf, Artistic Guide While playing with the Shaving Cream Technique, I wondered how it would work on foam core board. That’s the stuff you can buy at any hobby or craft store. It’s made with a styrofoam middle sandwiched by two pieces of cardstock. Here’s a description I [...]
Ooh-La-La for the Adventurer
Ooh-La-Lah By: Chris M Herrmann, Artistic Guide Finished card size: 4.25″ x 5.5″ Supplies: Stamps: Dress (Rubbernecker Rubber Stamps) Ooh-la-la (Another Stamp Company) Papers: Red card stock, 8.5″ x 11″, folded at the 4.25″ mark Small piece of white glossy card stock, 3″ x 6″ Ink: Jet Black Archival ink pad (Ranger) Clear embossing ink [...]
Color Blocked Butterflies for the Discoverer
Color Blocked Butterflies By: Jennifer Willis, Artistic Guide Finished card size: 6″ x 6″ Supplies: Stamps: Small Butterfly (Northwoods) Friendship Text (Auntie Amy) Paper: Bright Pink Card Stock (Unknown) Bright Green Card Stock (Unknown) Bright Yellow Card Stock (Unknown) Bright Turquoise Card Stock (Unknown) White Card Stock (Unknown) Ink: Versa Color – Lagoon Blue (Tsukineko) [...]
Vibrant Backgrounds for the Discoverer
Background Fun with Kitchen Supplies Wax Paper Resist By: Bea Rosenleaf, Artistic Guide Creating your own backgrounds is so much fun! No two are ever alike, which is my kind of creativity. Some backgrounds turn out muted and soft, while others can come alive with color. I think my favorite backgrounds are created with brayers [...]
Laughing Earth
All around my home in north Georgia there are daffodils and hyacinth in bloom. The red bud and pear trees are in full array, and the dogwood trees are budding. The change of season is a magical time. (Fall is equally magical. Albert Camus said, “Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a [...]
Happy Birthday Flowers for the Discoverer
Happy Birthday Flowers By: Melanie Smith, Artistic Guide StampersQuest is all about the journey and I have been having a fabulous one! I would like to invite you on the story of my journey as I discovered how I could achieve magnificent effects with colouring pencils. I have long admired the colouring that people do [...]
Bathroom Supply Backgrounds for the Adventurer
Adventures With a Bathroom Supply By: Bea Rosenleaf, Artistic Guide In the Discoverer project we learned how to use cheap wax paper as a way to create resist backgrounds. Did you enjoy learning that technique? If you did, you will love the Adventurer project even better! This technique uses a cheap product found in the [...]
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