Tag Archive for ‘handmade 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 [...]
Crafter’s Companion: Linda’s View
Today Popcorn is celebrating a friend’s birthday. Wrapping all those presents makes him really tired…take a look at what happens during his day. The stamps I received for this challenge were both birthday bear sets, and how cute they are. These are the stamps I received: Making these cards was loads of fun! Here are [...]
Outside In: Floral Mail Art
Finished card size: 5.5 x 12″ Supplies: Stamps: Sketched Flowers 1 (Prickley Pear Rubber Stamps) Paper: 12 x 12″ Double Sided Card Stock, Black and Cream (Core’dinations) Card Stock, Cream (Unknown) Inks: Versafine Pigment Ink Pad, Sepia (Tsukineko) Archival Ink Pad, Russet (Ranger Industries) Other: Artistic Blending Chalks (Inkadinkado) Zip Dry Paper Glue (Beacon Industries) [...]
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: Chris’ View
By: Chris M. Herrmann, Artistic Guide It’s Not Easy Being Green Finished card size: 4.25″ x 5.5″ I received this great box from Club Scrap a few days and could not wait to dive in and get creative with whatever was packed inside. Oh my, what a surprise to see bright lime green card stock [...]
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) [...]
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, [...]
Inspiration
It’s midsummer in the northern hemisphere, and midwinter in the southern. A friend of mine in Denmark recently shared photos of the midnight sun. Watching the World Cup, I couldn’t help but notice the heavy coats and the blustery rain. Here in the Southern United States, it’s hot and humid–more so than usual. Extremes tend [...]
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 [...]
The Standards: Asian Beauty
Finished Card Size: 9″ x 3.5″ Fits a #10 business envelope I “shopped” in my scrap drawer for this lovely card—it’s amazing what those treasure troves contain! The card fits a standard legal sized (#10) envelope. Supplies: Stamps: Oriental Lady (Lasting Impressions with Panache) Paper: All from the scrap drawer and all unknown Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black [...]
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 [...]
April Trail Map
March definitely roared out like a lion here in Southwestern Montana. So far, April hasn’t been much better with any spring-like weather. It’s a good time to be in the tree house (studio) playing with all the trail maps leading us on the summer trails to our panoramic vistas! To get us started on our journeys for spring, this [...]
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 [...]
Sue’s Advent Series – Week Two, Season of Joy: Day Two
Finished Size 4.25″ x 5.5″ Supplies: Stamps: Season of Joy (Stampin’ Up!) Papers: Matte white card stock Decorative paper (Basic Grey) Multi-color paint chip (Lowes) Inks: “Frayed Burlap” Distress ink pad (Ranger) Other: Glue stick Snow flake border punch (Fiskers) Glue Pen (Sakura) Crysat ultrafine glitter (Art Institute) Corner rounder punch (unknown) Circle [...]
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