Tag Archive for ‘greeting cards’
A Reflection
I don’t know about you, but September rolls around faster every year for me. When the kids go back to school, I like to take time to reflect about the summer and plan toward the holidays that I know will sneak up on me. This year, however, school started in August, so I’m a bit [...]
Crafter’s Companion: Stephanie’s view
It’s Friday afternoon and the weather is perfect. Popcorn decides that today is the day for a round of golf! After his game of golf he’s off for another celebration. My he’s a busy bear! Finished card size: A2 (5.5″ x 4.25″) My grandfather golfed three times a week until he had a stroke at 92. [...]
Crafter’s Companion: Roni’s view
Welcome back to day 3 of Popcorn’s adventures. After all his hard work wrapping presents yesterday, today Popcorn is taking a well deserved break and going fishing! He’s also celebrating a very special day. Popcorn the Fishing Bear Finished Size: 5″ x 5.5″ Supplies: Stamps: Fishing Popcorn Bear (Crafter’s Companion) Ink: Coffee and Black Archival [...]
Feeling “Owl” Over the Place
August is one of those transition months where life is all turned outside in. It’s still summer (and here in Georgia, that means hot and humid) but the stores are full of Fall–and even Christmas! My daughters go back to school August 5 (isn’t that unconstitutional or immoral or something?) and there are days I’m [...]
Club Scrap: Jennifer’s View
By: Jennifer Willis, Artistic Guide Masculine Birthday Card Finished card size: 5.5 x 4.25″ Supplies: Stamps: Love and Laugh Unmounted Rubber (Club Scrap) Paper: Pure and Simple Paper Pack (Club Scrap) Inks: Top Boss Clear Embossing Ink (Clear Snap) Versafine Onyx Black Ink Pad (Tsukineko) Opalite Nordic Ice Ink Pad (Tsukineko) Other: Pewter Brads (Unknown) [...]
Guest Artist: Kathie McGuire
Kathie McGuire, Artist What a treat we have for you this month. Kathie McGuire, of Gilbert, Arizona, is our guest artist. Kathie’s creative talent never ceases to amaze those who follow her. The creative process seems to come effortlessly to her! You will enjoy thewonderful project she is sharing with us this month. It uses [...]
July 2010 Trail Map
July 2010 Trail Map by Regena This month’s trail map has a lot going on! What to do with those three stips? Our talented Guides have figured it! Check out their beautiful and varied take on this month’s map. And you’re in for treats all week long. We not only have our Map Master’s rendition [...]
Inside Out with Silhouette
Finished card size: A2 (4.25″ x 5.5″) I love my Silhouette Personal Die Cutter. I know a lot of people swear by the Cricut, but I love the versatility of a machine that lets me create my own designs, cuts any TruType font, AND has inexpensive downloads as an option. I have the original machine, [...]
Inside Out: Panel Card
This month’s project is to make a card where the inside as well as the outside of the card is decorated. I chose to do a birthday card with floral designs in shades of orchid, green, and yellow. By changing just one of the sentiments you can make a card for any occasion you choose. Finished [...]
Rubbadubbadoo Rubber Stamps: Stephanie’s view
Note to self: never ask the Publisher which card to write up with detailed instructions. She’ll choose the most complicated one–and the one with no step-by-step photos! So, hang on, readers……it could be an adventure! First you’ll need to do some digging in [...]
A Summer’s Respite
I don’t know about you, but May is a crazy, busy month for me. Two birthdays, Mother’s Day, end-of-school year activities, camp preparations, finals, banquets–it seems like May comes and goes without a moment to breathe. June, then, comes as a relief for me. I have fewer deadlines, no birthdays, and time to catch up [...]
The Standards: My Blood Type is Coffee
Finished Card Size: 6″ x 3″ This card uses nothing but scraps and stamps and my Quick Kutz Silhouette. It’s a quick one to produce in quantity because the Silhouette will cut multiples of the primary image while I’m stamping the rest! This card fits in a standard (US) letter sized envelope. Supplies: Stamps: “My Blood [...]
Sunday International: Stephanie’s View
Finished card size: A2 (5.5″ x 4.25″) Supplies: Stamps: Love–MSET07 (Sunday International) Ink: Black Staz-On ink pad (Tsukineko) Prussian Blue Palette ink pad (Stewart Superior) Paper: A2 notecard Scrap white cardstock Scrap pink patterned paper Yellow patterned paper (from my scrap drawer, source unknown) Other: Watercolor crayons (Lyra) FlowerSoft-summer (FlowerSoft, Inc.) Small paint brush (for [...]
Happy National Loomis Day!
What a delightful month is the month of May! I learned that May 30 is National Loomis Day, so my family will celebrate!! The holiday recognizes Mahlon Loomis, of Washington D.C., who received a patent for his wire-free telegraph on that day in 1872. Most people, however, recognize May as a month of color–spring flowers [...]
Weird Holidays: National Hot Dog Day
Finished card size: 8.5″ x 5.5″ wide Supplies: Stamps: Hot Dog (Rubber Baby Buggy Bumpers) Banner (Posh Impressions) Alphabet Set (Studio G) Paper: 1 piece of 8.5″ by 11″ black cardstock -Marco’s Paper 1 piece of 8.5″ by 11″ cream cardstock- Marco’s Paper Ink: Dragonfly Black pigment ink (Colorbox) Other: Markers: (Marvy) #13 [...]
Sweet Pea Stamps: Stephanie’s View *B2B*
I thought I would use this vendor challenge as a *Back to Basics* special. I started simple and with each subsequent card I added a little more time and embellishment to make three very different cards from a single image. Supplies: Stamps: ©ching-chou kuik Bamboo Serenade image (Sweet Pea Stamps ) Paper: White Cardstock (source unknown) [...]
January Map Project – Happiness
Our new Artistic Guide, Jan Hennings, created a card just for you using the January map! Enjoy. Happiness By: Jan Hennings, Artistic Guide Finished card size: 4″ x 6″ Supplies: Stamps: 7 Gypsies Paper: Worldwin Making Memories Ink: Timber Brown StazOn ink pad (Tsukineko) Other: Brads [...]
January Map Master project
This year we have an addition to our monthly map offerings. Our new Map Master, Ken Schneider, will take you hiking on the creative trail showing you how he takes the monthly map created by Regena from conceptualizing an idea to the finished card. We hope you enjoy joining Ken in his Tree House (studio) each month as he interprets [...]
Basically, Thank You. *Back2Basics*
Fly-By Thanks by Stephanie Loomis, Artistic Guide and Editor Finished card size: 5.5″ x 4.25″ As promised, Stamper’s Quest will bring periodic “Back2Basics” projects to our readers so that we may all remember why we chose this art form! This particular card takes us to the very element of rubber stamp art. It requires four [...]
December Sketch Card
Have some last minute holiday cards to make up for those special folks in your life? Why not give our December sketch a try? What a card Regena has created for you this month. Long with many different shaped layers to show off all those gorgeous papers in your stash! The bonus…adding those stamped images that will [...]
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