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 [...]

Sweet Grass Stamps – Ken’s View

Friends
 

Finished card size: 4.25″ x 5.5″
Supplies:
Stamps:
‘Elephant’ stamp from Sweet Grass stamps
‘Friends’ stamp from Hampton art stamps
Paper:
White cardstock
Ink:
Tuxedo Black Mementos ink pad (Tsukineko)
Kaleidacolor Pastel dye ink (Tsukineko)
Other:
Transparency film
Brayer
Gold Leaf
Xyron machine
DIRECTIONS:

Brayer white cardstock with the Kaleidacolor ink.
Stamp Elephants on transparency film.
Run transparency through a Zyron and cover with Gold Leaf.
Cut out Elephants and place on card.
Stamp ‘Friends’ and [...]

February Map Master Project

Love is in the air. Love is friendship set on fire, and all that stuff. It’s also ‘Healthy Heart’ month, so lets make a red card using Regena’s February Map.

 The February map:

Supplies:
Stamps:
Big kiss (Rubber Stampede)
Tiny kiss (All Night Media)
Love sheet (Stampabilities)
Paper:
Paint chips
Red and white card stock
Patterned ‘heart’ paper
Inks:
Marvy Matchables dye ink: (Uchida)
     Pink
     Red  
Red pigment [...]

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: [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

More Stampscapes

We owe Ken a HUGE apology!  He participate in our last Stampscapes challenge and his cards were inadvertenly omitted from the feature.  We are hanging our heads, Ken. So, so sorry!
When you think Stampscapes, do you automatically think humor cards? Most of us don’t, but our very own Ken Schneider does! Get ready for some [...]

The Outfitters Team Debut

Did we tell you that Stamper’s Quest has a new team?  Yep!  In our survey held last August you stated you would like to see more mixed media projects. We listened! Today our first team member debuts with a super cute, super easy peasy (his biker friend’s words) project.
Grandpa Ken, as we lovingly call him here on [...]

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 really make them pop.
 
 
 
 
 
Check [...]

November Sketch

 
 
Ovals, squares,rectangles, a ‘film-strip’ look, all make up the November sketch created by our own Artistic Guide, Regena.  Check out or Artistic Guides’ interpretations, then share yours with us!  Send us a scan or photo of your sketch card to stampersquest@yahoo.com and we’ll publish it for everyone to see!  (please keep your file to 100kb)
 
 
 
 
Stamps: [...]

VIVA LAS VEGAS

My intention was to drive out to Las Vegas two days early and win enough money gambling to pay for the trip and a bunch of rubber at the Stamp Expo.  But when I arrived they said they needed my money for their electric bill.  Anyway, the show was fun but aren’t they all?  My fave [...]