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 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: [...]

Sue T.’s Valentine’s Day Series: Day Three

 
 
OK !! Not all Valentine’s have to be red or pink. We can try to shake it up a bit! One of my staff asked me to make a card for her 15 year old son- guitar hero extraordinaire! I was sure he wouldn’t like a red or pink card.
Here is nontraditional Valentine’s card for [...]

Sue T.’s Valentine’s Day series: Day Two

 
 
Welcome back Readers. Here is Day Two in my week-long Valentine Series. I am going to make you work a bit today. This is a very special card for you to give someone very special. You know who will be getting this card  from me, and it won’t be my sweet cat Pinkie!
 
 
 
  Finished card [...]

January 2010 Map

In keeping with our theme of quests, trails, hiking, scenic by-ways, we are changing the name of our sketches! 
To find our way during our journeys, we generally need a map to help guide us to our destination.  Sketches help guide us in our creative journey, beginning at the trailhead (a few stamps, ink, paper) and ending at our destination [...]

Sue’s Advent Series – Week Four, Christmas Found Elements: Day Four

Finished size: 4.25″ x 5.5″
Supplies:
Stamps:
Christmas Found Elements. C-8449 (Stampington and Co.)
Merry holiday borders LL113 (Hero Arts)
Papers:
Cream card stock (unknown)
Decorative papers (Memory Box)
Black card stock (unknown)
Inks:
Tuxedo Black Momentos ink pad (Tsukineko)
Other:
Glue Stick
Foam Tape
Metallic Chalks (Pebbles)
Diamond Screen Embossing Folder (Quickcutz)
Oval  and Scalloped Oval Nestabilities (Spellbinders)

Directions:

Cut the  cream card stock to 5.5″ x 8.5″ and fold in half to [...]

Sue’s Advent Series – Week Three, Owl Christmas: Day Five

 
 
 
Here we are at the end of week three! Aren’t those owls just so much fun! Boy it is amazing those owls seem to have staying power in the stamping world. They are just as hot this year as last year.

 
 
 
 
 
Finished size: 4.25″ x 5.5″
Supplies:
Stamps:
Owl Christmas -CL238 (Hero Arts)
Holiday Messages LL958 (Hero Arts)
Papers:
Cream card stock( [...]

Sue’s Advent Series – Week Three, Owl Christmas: Day Four

Finished size:  4.5″ x 4.5″
Supplies:
Stamps:
Owl Christmas -CL238 (Hero Arts)
Papers:
Matte White Card Stock( unknown)
Red card stock scrap (Die Cuts With A View)
Inks:
Mementos ink pads:  (Tsukineko)
     Tuxedo Black
     Rhubarb Stalk
Other:
Square and Scalloped Circle Nestabilities (Spellbinders)
Snow flake Embossing Folder (ProvoCraft)
Liquid Pearls White Opal (Ranger)
Glue stick
Colored Pencils (Prismacolor)
Sheer Red polka Dot Ribbon
 Directions:

Cut a 8.5″ x 4.25″ piece [...]

Sue’s Advent Series, Week Three, Christmas Owls: Day Three

Finished size: 3″ x 5.5″
Supplies:
Stamps:
Owl Christmas -CL238 (Hero Arts)
Three Holiday Messages-LL956 (Hero Arts)
Papers:
Matte White card stock( unknown)
Red card stock scrap (Die Cuts With A View)
Green card stock (Die Cuts With A View)
Decorative paper (Basic Grey)
Inks:
Mementos Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko)
Other:
Circle and Scalloped Circle Nestabilities (Spellbinders)
Glue stick
Colored Pencils (Prismacolor)
Foam tape
 Directions:

Cut a 6″ x 5.5″ of white card stock [...]

Sue’s Advent Series – Week Three, Owl Christmas: Day Two

Finished size: 4.25:’” x  5.5″
Supplies:
Stamps:
Owl Christmas -CL238 (Hero Arts)
Papers:
Brown Recycled paper (unknown)
Cream card stock scrap (unknown)
Green card stock (Die Cuts With A View)
Decorative paper (Basic Grey)
Inks:
Mementos: (Tsukineko)
     Tuxedo Black 
     Cottage Ivy
Other:
Circle and Scalloped Circle Nestabilities (Spellbinders)
Glue stick
Top Note Die(Stampin’ Up!)
Corner Rounder (unknown)
Red Gingham Ribbon (unknown)
Colored Pencils (Prismacolor)
Foam tape
Directions:

Cut a piece of recycled brown paper to [...]

Sue’s Advent Series – Week Three featuring Owl Christmas by Hero Arts

 
Week Three-Yikes!! It’s beginning to look like Christmas around here! I am frantically putting my holiday cards together. I look around my studio and there are cards waiting for glitter glue to dry, ribbons strewn all over, card scraps littering my desk, and amidst it all sleeping serenely is my Pinkie cat. If you haven’t started your [...]

Sue’s Advent Series – Week One, Tree Border: Day Five

 
 
This wraps up the first week of my Advent series.  I hope you returned each day and were inspired by the variety of ways I used  the tree border stamp by Memory Box. Come back on Monday for Week Two!
Finished size 4.25″ x 5.5″
 
 
 
Supplies:
Stamps:
Tree Border -D1277 (Memory Box)
Snow flake backgrounds – CL117  (Hero Arts)
Papers:
Matte white cardstock
Decorative [...]

Sue’s Advent Series – Week One, Tree Border: Day Three

Finished card  4.25″ x 5.5″
Supplies:
Stamps:
Tree Border -D1277 (Memory Box)
Merry Holiday Borders- LL113 (Hero Arts)
Night Before- CL141 (Memory Box)
Papers:
Matte white cardstock
Decorative paper (Memory Box)
Blue paper (Die Cuts With a View)
Hot Press water color paper (Arches)
Inks:
Memento: Tuxedo Black  (Tsukineko)
Distress Inks: (Ranger)
     Broken China
     Faded Jeans
     Weathered Wood
Other:
Glue stick
water brush (unknown)
Directions:

Stamp trees on water color paper with [...]

Gratitude Card for the Adventurer

By: Christine Candora-Hickey, Artistic Guide
Finished card size: 4.5″ x 6.5″
Supplies:
Stamps:
Pumpkin Patch (Great Impressions)
Time of Gratitude (Hero Arts)
Words: family, celebrate, thanks, together (Stampin’ Up!)
Paper:
Speckled cream cardstock (Stampin’ Up!)
Mustard cardstock (Bazzill)
Rust cardstock (Paper Source)
Tan cardstock (unknown)
Chocolate mulberry paper (PSX)
Ink:
Black Memories permanent ink pad (Stewart Superior)
Coffee Archival ink pad (Ranger)
Garden Green dye ink pad (Close to My Heart)
Other:
Sweet Apricot Radiant Pearls [...]

Holiday Blizzard Project – Autumn Leaves Pencil Cup

Welcome Autumn and Happy Thanksgiving!
 As a certified custom framer working at Michaels Arts and Crafts, I see a lot of frames.  Some made of wood, metal and even acrylic (such as those box frames).   I can’t tell you how many times I’ve restocked the little swivel photo pencil cups and never gave any thought to [...]

Holiday Blizzard Project – Joy Coasters

By: Sue Trembeth,  Artistic Guide
Finished Size: 4″ x 4″
Supplies:
Stamps:
Find Joy- C3065 (Hero Arts)
Upsy daisy (Stampin’ Up!)
Papers:
White Tissue paper (your choice)
Scrap glossy card stock (your choice)
Inks:
Tuxedo black- Momento (Tsukineko)
Adirondack Brights alcohol inks: (Ranger)
     Raspberry
     Sunset orange
     Watermelon
    Ssunshine yellow
Other:
Alcohol Ink Applicator (Ranger)
Alcohol Ink applicator felt (Ranger)
Stone tile 4″ x 4″ (home improvement store)
Thin sheet of cork trimmed to 3.5″ [...]

Saying Goodbye for the Discoverer

Floral Remembrance Card
By Janice Ellis, Artistic guide 
Finished Card Size: 4.25″ x 5 .5″
Supplies:
Stamps:
Words (Inkadinkado)
Potted Plant (Hero Arts)
Paper:
Cream and pink matte cardstock (Marco’s Paper)
Specialty Asian paper (The Paper Place)
Other:
Light and medium pink, dark brown and green markers (Marvy)
Directions:

Use markers to colour in the potted plant as shown.

Huff to reactivate the colours, then stamp onto a  scrap of [...]

Switch Plate Memories for the Inventor

Switch Plate Memories
By: Sue Trembeth, Artistic Guide
This project was inspired by Shari Carroll from her book- Layers
 
Supplies:
Stamps:
Smile Moments- D3042(Hero Arts)
Your History – C2712 (Hero Arts)
Moments- C2768 (Hero Arts)
Papers:
Chloe’s Closet paper pack (Making Memories)
Matte white card stock
Inks:
Momentos Tuxedo Black dye ink (Tsukineko)
Other:
3 electical outlet or switch plate covers of your choice
Glue stick
Red line tape
PVA glue (Lineco)
Foam brush
Craft knife
Pearl [...]

Memories Mini-book for the Inventor

“Memories” Mini-book
By: Marcia Mattos, Artistic Guide
 Finished size: 6” x 6”
As I mentioned before this month’s theme is “remembrances”.  So, I decided to honor the memory of my mother, who passed away 15 years ago. I made a little Keepsakes mini-book, where I intend to add some of her photos and some written messages and cards [...]