New Beginning for the Discoverer

A New Beginning
By: Christine Candora-Hickey, Artistic Guide

Finished card size:  4.25″ x 5.5″

Using non-traditional and unexpected materials as your embellishments can add great impact to a simple card.  This wedding card uses a metal tag as the focal point and very few embellishments otherwise, while creating a sense of elegance.
 Supplies:
Stamps: (All Stampin’ Up!)
Love stamp
Flower stamp
Flower and [...]

Square Wedding for the Discoverer

For Your Wedding Square Card
By: Regena, Artistic Guide 
Finished card size: 5″ x 5″
Supplies:
Stamps:
“All White” Bride (Penny Black)
Old French Writing (Hero Arts)
Text (PSX)
Inks:
Onyx Black Versafine (Tsukineko)
Starlight Silver Brilliance (Tsukineko)
Papers:
10 x 5″ White cardstock (for 5 x 5″ cardbase) (Bazzill)
8.5 x 11″ plain white, silver Al Fresco and white Al Fresco card stock (The
Paper Company)
Other:
Detailed Clear Embossing [...]

Anniversary Card for the Discoverer

Happy Anniversary Card
By: Marcia Mattos, Artistic Guide 
Finished card size: 5.5″ x 5.5″
Vellum is a very elegant paper and sometimes we just forget to use it. It offers tons of possibilities. Here I stamped with versamark and embossed with white embossing powder.
Supplies:
Stamps:
Flower Stamp (Outlines Rubberstamps)
Happy Anniversary (Unknown)
Ink:
Versamark (Tsukineko)
Paper:
White Vellum
Turquoise (Gaia Papiers)    
Other:
White Ultra Detail Embossing Powder (Stampendous)
Heating tool [...]

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 stamped “Happy Birthday” [...]

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 and resist techniques [...]

Faux Marble Technique for the Discoverer

Faux Marble Technique
By: Marcia Mattos, Artistic Guide
Finished card size: 6.5 x 4.75″
Supplies:
Stamps:
Floral Favorites (The Angel Company)     
Ink:
Groovy Gauva Dye Ink Pad (Stampin’ Up!)
Riding Hood Red Dye Ink Pad (Stampin’ Up!)
Frost White Ink Pad (Colorbox)     
Purely Pomegranate (Stamping’ Up!)        
Paper:
White glossy paper (unknown)
Purely Pomegranate Cardstock (Stampin’ Up!)    
Black cardstock (Bazzil)
White Cardstock (Bazzil)     
Other:
Polka dot ribbon (unknown)
Waxed paper (3 pieces)
Very fine brush
Water
Copy [...]

Textured Waves for the Discoverer

Textured Waves
By:  Kittie Caracciolo, Artistic Guide 
Finished card size:  5.5″ X 4.25″
Supplies:
Stamps:
Boatloads of Love (Stampin’ Up!)
Paper: 
White (Papertrey)
Real Red (Stampin’ Up!)
Baja Blue (Stampin’ Up!)
Ink:
Real Red (Stampin’ Up!)
Baja Blue (Stampin’ Up!)
Brilliance Black Graphite (Tsukineko)
Accessories: 
Grosgrain (Stampin’ Up!)
Scalloped Decorative Scissors (Paper Shapers)
Cuttlebug Swirl Embossing Folder (Provo Craft)
Oval Nestabilities Die (Spellbinders)
Paint Brush (Loew-Cornell)
Paper Snips (Stampin’ Up!)
Mounting Tape (3M)
Dimensionals (Stampin’ Up!)
Ink Blending [...]

Spring Card for the Discoverer

SpringFlowers Card
Stephanie Loomis, Artistic Guide
 Finished card size: A2 (5.5″ x 4.25″)
Supplies:
Stamps:         
Paisley (Stamp Francisco)
Paper:                       
Green and pink cardstock (unknown)
A2 note card  
Ink:                
Memento: New Sprout (Tsukineko)
Blending Blox: Shades of Sunrise (Marvy)
Other:
Paper crimper
Die cut or punch of stems/leaves (I use my Silhouette by QuicKutz)
Matte accents dimensional medium (Ranger)
Dragonfly ribbon (Michael’s Stores, Inc)
Grid-Fine Mesh (Pergamano)
Perforating Mat (Pergamano)
Perforating tools: arrow and needle [...]

Be Mine for the Discoverer

Be Mine for the Discoverer
By: Shelly Newkirk, Artistic Guide
Finished Card Size: A2, 5.5″ x 4.25″
Supplies:
Paper:
Pink or Red patterned scrapbook papers (unknown)
White card stock card base (unknown)
Black cardstock (unknown)
Other Supplies:
Heart punches: 2.5″, 1.25″, .5″ (Punch Bunch)
Circle punches (Punch Bunch)
Glaze pens: Black, Purple (Sakura) –Alternative, any felt marker in black and purple
Directions:

Punch out one large heart for [...]

I Will Bring You Flowers Card for the Discoverer

“I Will Bring You Flowers” Card for the Discoverer
By: Christine Candora-Hickey, Artistic Guide

Finished card size:  4.25″ x 5.0″
Supplies:
Stamps:          
I Will Bring You Flowers (Magenta)
Papers:                       
Black cardstock (Stampin’ Up!)
Red fleck handmade paper (unknown)
Gold textured handmade paper (unknown)
Black text on white, white cursive on black background papers (7Gypsies)
Inks:
Brilliance – Graphite Black (Tsukineko)
Color Wash Fabric & Paper Dye – Walnut-Scarlet [...]

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 [...]

Shells Card for the Discoverer

Shells Card
for the Discoverer
By: Michael A. Trent, Artistic Guide
Finished Card Size: 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″
Supplies:
Stamps:
Shells Image No. H1071 (Impression Obsession)
Papers:
Coral Red 2 Cardstock (The Angel Company)
White Cardstock
Black Textured Cardstock (DCWV)
Inks:
VersaMark Inkpad
Other:
Metallic Bronze Embossing Power (JudiKins)
Stamp Positioner
Tombow Permanent Adhesive
Directions:

Cut white cardstock 3  1/4″ x 5″.
Stamp shell image on stamp positioner, center on white [...]

Coral & Bronze Sea Glass Flowers for the Discoverer

Coral and Bronze Sea Glass Flowers
for the Discoverer
By: Stephanie Loomis, Artistic Guide
Inspired by Julia Andrus’ “faux sea glass” from her book Paper Transformed**
Supplies:
Color Box pigment ink: Coral 5498 (Clear Snap)
Mica Pigment Powders: Deep Coral, Ginger Peach (LuminArte)
Pearl Ex Mica Pigment Powders: Super Bronze 664 (Jacquard)
Chipboard flowers (Making Memories)
Ultra Thick Embossing Enamel: clear (Ranger)
VersaMark (Tsukineko), Perfect [...]

Coral & Bronze Sea Shell Card for the Discoverer

Coral and Bronze Sea Shell Card
for the Discoverer
By: Jennifer Willis, Artistic Guide
Finished Card Size: 4  1/4″ x 5  1/2″
Supplies:
Stamps:
FS10-ss Shell Square Rubber Stamp (Faerie Song Art Stamps)
Papers:
White Card Stock (Paper Goods)
Stardream A2 Cards:
Bronze and Coral (Paper Goods)
Inks:
Ultimate Metallic: Bronze, UM-24 (Tsukineko)
Other:
Double Sided Tape (Xyron)
Scissors
Paper Trimmer 
Directions:

Stamp shell image on white cardstock three times and trim out neatly.
Cut [...]

Coral & Bronze Autumn Pear for the Discoverer

Coral and Bronze Autumn Pear
for the Discoverer
By: Regena, Artistic Guide
Finished Card Size: 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″
Supplies:
Stamps:
Pear stamp (Diffusion - Hampton Art)
Leaf stamp (Rubber Stampede)
Pears Text stamp (A Stamp in the Hand)
Autumn Text stamp (Hero Arts)
Papers:
8 1/2″x 11″ White Matte Coated Cardstock-Utopia (Marcos Papers)
12″ Bohemia “Girlfriend” Pink/Floral double sided paper 
18″ Coral Pink cardstock (Martha Stewart)
Inks:
Versamark (Tsukineko) or Perfect Pearls Medium-Clear (Ranger)
Sandalwood Ancient Page Permanent [...]

Feel Better Soon: a Discoverer Project

Feel Better Soon
A Project for the Discoverer
By: Bea Rosenleaf, Artistic Guide
Finished Card Size:  6  1/2″ x 5″

Supplies:
Stamps:
   Cloissonné Pot (Michael Strong Stamps)
   Tag Tidbits (The Angel Company) (retired)
Paper:
   Light Coral (Bazzill)
   Dark Coral, Sundance “Our Sweet Home” Floral/Coral double-side (My Mind’s Eye)
   Metallic Bronze (unknown)
Ink:
   Palette Noir Black (Stewart Superior)
Other:
Turquoise Square Brad (Oriental Trading Company)
Marvy [...]