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 [...]

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 things: stamps, paper, [...]

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

Finished size: 4.25″ x 5.5″
Supplies:
Stamps:
Christmas Found Elements (Stampington and Co.)
Merry Holiday Borders LL113
Papers:
White Matte card stock (unknown)
Decorative papers (My Mind’s Eye)
Brown card stock (Die Cuts with a View)
Inks:
Distress Inks Walnut stain (Ranger)
Tuxedo Black Mementos ink pad (Tsukineko)
Other:
Glue Stick
Foam Tape
Rectangle and Scalloped Rectangle Nestabilities (Spellbinders)

Directions:

Cut out the scallop rectangle using the brown card stock with a [...]

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

Finished size 4.25″ x 5.5″
Supplies:
Stamps:
Tree Border -D1277 (Memory Box)
A Wintry Hello (Cornish Heritage Farms)
Papers:
Recycled brown paper (unknown)
Decorative paper (Memory Box)
Green paper (Die Cuts With a View)
Inks:
Whisper White (Stampin’! Up)
Distress Inks- Walnut Stain (Ranger)
Other:
Colored pencils (Prismacolor)
Glue stick
Foam tape of your choice
Corner rounder punch (unknown)
Rectangle and scalloped rectangle Nestabilities (Spellbinders)
Directions:

Die cut rectangle and scallop piece with the Nestabilities and [...]

Gratitude Card for the Discoverer

Gratitude Card for the Discoverer
By: Stephanie Loomis, Artistic Guide
Finished card size: A2 (5.5” x 4.25”) 
Supplies:
Stamps: 
G is for Gratitude (The Angel Company)
Paper:                       
A2 note card: 5.5” x 4.25” (Georgia Pacific cardstock)
White cardstock: 2.5” x 2.875” (Georgia Pacific)
Patterned paper A: 3.25” x 3.5” (unknown source—pulled from scrap box)
Patterned paper B: 3.25” x 5.5” (unknown source—pulled from scrap box)
Patterned [...]

Thank You Card Set for the Adventurer

 
By: Stephanie Loomis, Artistic Guide
Finished card size: 5.5” x 4”
 When making multiples of the same card, it’s easier to set up an assembly line and do each step on each card at the same time. Pull together all the supplies and do all the cutting and stamping together. Then simply assemble and go!

 
 
Supplies:
Stamps:         
Box Words: “Thank [...]

Using Your Brayer for the Discoverer

Do you have a brayer that sits in your drawer because you don’t quite know what to do with it?  I generally use mine with the multi-colored ink pads, such as the Kaleidacolors because it’s easy to create great backgrounds.  There are so many other things you can do with a brayer!  Don’t want to [...]

Autumn Traditions Card for the Discoverer

By: Christine Candora-Hickey, Artistic Guide
Finished Card Size: 5.5″ x 4.25″
Supplies:
Stamps:
Leaf Square (Rubber Stamps of America)
Tradition Definition (Seaside Stampin’ Ink)
Paper:
Eggplant cardstock (Stampin’ Up!)
Blue Stardream cardstock (Paper Source)
Grey cardstock (unknown)
Black cardstock (Stampin’ Up!)
Ink:
Platinum Planet Brilliance pigment ink (Tsukineko)
Perfect Medium (Ranger)
Other:
Jewel Set, Perfect Pearls (Ranger)
Gemstone brads (Stampin’ Up!)
Skeleton leaf (Stampin’ Up!)
1/8″ hole punch
Paper trimmer (Fiskars)
Paper crimper
Trio adhesive (JudiKins)
Silver [...]

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 [...]

Inky Fingers

To Copic or not to Copic—that is the question. Whether ’tis nobler in art to suffer the pangs of being last among friends to participate in  the latest trend, or to empty the bank account in a sea of purchases… To color, to create…perchance to dream (apologies to Shakespeare.)
Copic markers are the current rage in the [...]

Easy Collage Card for the Adventurer

By: Melanie Smith, Artistic Guide
Finished Size: 4.25″ x 5.5″
This card was inspired by the grapes that grow in the beautiful Hawkes Bay region where I live.  There are vineyards absolutely everywhere – even on the former site of our local 1/4 mile drag strip (much to my husband’s dismay).  But so many people get such [...]

Photos On Cards

 
Photos On Cards
By: Shelly Newkirk, Artistic Guide
Finished Card Size: 5.5″ x 4.25″
Supplies:
Stamps:
“Just For You”  (River City Rubber Works)
Paper:
11″ x 8.5″ scrapbook paper (K & Company, Studio K, Meadow & Breeze paper pad)
Gray-green cardstock (unknown)
Ink:
Library Green Archival Ink (Ranger)
Jet Black Archival Ink (Ranger)
VersaMark (Tsukineko)
Other:
Black fine line embossing powder
Ticket punch (Stampin’ Up!)
Directions:

Attach the scrapbook paper of your [...]

Military Remembrance for the Discoverer

Remembering Our Military
By: Janice Ellis, Artistic Guide
Finished Card size: 4.25″ x 5.5″
Supplies:
Stamps:
Thinking of You (Rubber Stampede)
Paper:
Green and beige textured cardstock (DCWV Neutrals Stack)
Beige matte paper for words (Marco’s paper)
Background camouflage paper (craft store purchase)
Inks:
None
Other:
Markers: (Marvy)
     Green
     Dark Brown
Sakura Crystal Lacquer
Army stickers (Sticko)
Regular scissors
Glue stick or double sided mounting tape
Directions:

Remove stickers from adhesive sheet and apply to the camouflage background.
Cut [...]

Scenic Winners!!!

Seven amazing artists will move onto the NEXT round of the Trail Master contest. More than 230 of you voted, and these are the cards that topped the votes:

Debbie

Karyn

Ken

Kim

Kris

Mary Jane

Sharon
Artists who created these magnificent scenic cards win a prize from Kevin Nakagawa at Stampscapes!! The next round for these seven artists is MASCULINE cards! You [...]

Christmas in August

People usually think of  ‘Christmas in July.’ For me, Christmas starts in August. My husband and I are members of Oregon’s largest choir: Portland’s ‘Singing Christmas Tree,’ with 300 voices. We get our new music the first Monday of August every year, so our Christmas atmosphere starts early. We rehearse every Monday night as a [...]

Mysterious Wolf for the Adventurer

Mysterious Wolf
By: Shelly Newkirk, Artistic Guide
Finished card size: 4.25″ x 5.5″
Supplies:
Stamps:
Wolf stamp (Whispers)
Pine bough with pine cones (unknown)
Paper:
White card stock (Georgia Pacific)
Ink:
Jet Black Archival Ink (Ranger)
Other:
Sponge
Dark yellow and brown colored pencils (Rose Arts)
Glue (Crafter’s Pick Ultimate Glue)
Directions:

Cut white cardstock to 8.5″ x 5.5″. Fold in half to create a card measuring 4.25″ x 5.5″.

Sponge black [...]

Black and White Flower Card for the Discoverer

By: Michael A. Trent, Artistic Guide 
Finished card size:6.5” x 5” 
Something else I enjoy doing when using black and white images, papers, etc.  is to add just a dash of color to a project that is 99% black and white.  In this project the emphasis is black and white but I added some color to the [...]

Black and White Tulips Matted Art for the Inventor

Black and White Tulips Matted Art
Regena, Artistic Guide
Finished size:  11″ x 14”
Supplies:
Stamps:
Vase with Tulips (Inkadinkado)
Paper Texture Cube (Stampendous)
Tapestry (Great Impressions) 
Paper:
8.5″ x 11″ matte coated white cardstock (Marco’s Paper)
12″ x 12″ Black Glimmer cardstock (The Paper Company)
Ink:
Coal Black Ancient Page ink (Clearsnap)
Other:
11″ x 14″ White on Black Mat  with 2 two 5″ x 7″ openings (Michaels)
11″ x14″ [...]

A Tribute to Windmills for the Inventor

Windmills
By: Shelly Newkirk, Artistic Guide
Finished Card Size: 4.25″ x 5.5″
Supplies:
Stamps:
Border flourish (Magenta)
Crackle (JudiKins)
Old windmill ( B & J Art Stamps)
Paper:
2 pieces white card stock (Georgia Pacific)
Black text weight
Ink:
Jet Black Archival Ink (Ranger)
Soot Black Distressed Ink (Ranger)
Other:
Sp0nge
Water mister
Layering rulers
Heat gun or craft iron
Glue (Crafter’s Pick Ultimate Glue)
Directions:
There are two versions of this particular black and white [...]

June Sketch Card

Oh my goodness! Can you believe it’s June already?  Where has 2009 gone? 
This month our exclusive sketch card, designed by Regena,  is long and skinny with circles and squares. (And you thought you wouldn’t use geometry after high school!)

Our guides share a variety of interpretations with you.  Instead of all long and skinny, some are made [...]