Sunny Spray Butterfly for the Adventurer

Sunny Spray Butterfly
By: Jennifer Willis, Artistic Guide
Finished card size: 4.25″ x 5.5″
Supplies:
Stamps:
Open Wing Swallowtail (Northwoods)
Small Butterfly (Northwoods)
Paper:
Purple Glossy Card Stock (Unknown)
White Card Stock (Unknown)
Ink:
Chalk Ink Pad – Charcoal (ColorBox)
Pigment Ink Pad – Canary (ColorBox)
Other:
Embossing Pearl – Pearl Blue (Ranger)
Iridescent Accents – Delirious Blue (Dr. Ph. Martin’s)
Gelly Roll Pens – Pink, Blue, Green (Sakura)
Souffle Pens – [...]

Decorative Tile for the Inventor

Decorative Tile
By: Chris Herrmann, Artistic Guide
 Finished tile size: 4″ x 4″
Supplies:
Stamps:
Dancers (Another Stamp Company)
Sun (Another Stamp Company)
Words (Another Stamp Company)
Ink:
Archival Jet Black ink pad (Ranger)
Adirondack pens: (Ranger)
     Stream
     Wild Plum
     Butterscotch
     Red Pepper
Other:
Tumbled marble tile (any home improvement store)
Craft Sheet (Ranger)
Wide paint brush
Mini Mister (Ranger) or fine spray bottle
Heat It Craft tool (Ranger) 
Directions: 

Wipe tile with [...]

Ooh-La-La for the Adventurer

Ooh-La-Lah
By: Chris M Herrmann, Artistic Guide 
Finished card size: 4.25″ x 5.5″
Supplies:
Stamps:
Dress (Rubbernecker Rubber Stamps)
Ooh-la-la (Another Stamp Company)
Papers:
Red card stock, 8.5″ x 11″, folded at the 4.25″ mark
Small piece of white glossy card stock, 3″ x 6″
Ink:
Jet Black Archival ink pad (Ranger)
Clear embossing ink pad (Ranger)
Meadow and Cranberry Adirondack pens (Ranger)
Other:
Tiara Puttin’ On the Glitz (Suze [...]

Distressed Butterfly Night Light for the Inventor

Butterfly Night Light
By: Jennifer Willis, Artistic Guide
Supplies:
Stamps:
Sulfer Butterfly on Coneflower (Northwoods)
Single Butterfly (Northwoods)
Paper:
White Card Stock (Unknown)
Ink:
Chalk Ink Pad – Charcoal (ColorBox)
Pigment Ink Pad – Canary (ColorBox)
Chalk Ink Pad – Lipstick Red (ColorBox)
StazOn- Olive Green (Tsukineko)
Other:
Metal Craft Paint – Magenta (Dr. Ph Martin’s)
Ready Tex – Fashion Orange (Dr. Ph Martin’s)
Mod Podge – Matte (Plaid)
Blender Pen (CTMH)
Mister [...]

Embossed UTEE Magnet

Embossed Magnet
By: Jennifer Willis, Artistic Guide
Supplies:
FS-9096 – Pretty Pixies Stamp
Ultra Thick Embossing Enamel (UTEE): Black
Embossing Powder: Tarnished Gold – Ranger
Embossing Powder: Red Dragon – Unknown
Embossing Ink – CTMH
Metal Juice Lid – Found Object
E6000 Adhesive – Eclectic Products
Silicone Baking Sheet – Wilton
Heat Gun – Marvy
Melting Pot – Suze Weinberg
Directions:

Heat the melting pot to the UTEE temperature, [...]

Creativity from Chaos

The studio is clean and orderly. Yay!  As promised, here’s the first project I made after finishing up the room.  I found embellishments I forgot I had!  And I finally dusted off the new Cricut Expressions my hubby bought for me a year ago and gave it a good work-out! 
This project was created for our local stamp [...]

Michael’s Basic Stampscapes Tutorial

Michael’s Stampscapes Tutorial
By: Michael A. Trent, Artistic Guide 
I received many comments about the projects I made using my Stampscapes stamps and several people asked me to explain how I made the scenes.  After discussing it with Stephanie and Bea, they suggested I put together a tutorial.    
Although I have loved, and have been in awe of [...]

Soft Flowers for the Adventurer

Soft Flowers
By:  Kittie Caracciolo, Artistic Guide 
Finished card size: 5.25″ x 5.25″ 
This scene full of flowers reminds me of spring where I grew up in West Virginia. I love the soft texture of the Flower Soft.
Supplies:
Stamps:
Cause a Scene Outdoor Master (Kittie Kits-Rubbernecker)
Cause a Scene In My Garden (Kittie Kits-Rubbernecker)
Paper:
Watercolor Paper (Arches)
Regal Rose (Stampin’ Up!)
Old Olive (Stampin’ [...]

Alcohol Inks and Resists for the Adventurer

Being Grateful Card
By: Marcia Mattos, Artistic Guide 
Finished card size: 7 x 5.5″
Supplies:
Stamps:
Pollen Dust (Fancy Pants Designs)
Sentiment Stamp (The Angel Company)   
Ink:
Not Quite Navy Dye Ink Pad (Stampin’ Up!)
Denim Alcohol Ink (Ranger Industries)
Lettuce Alcohol Ink (Ranger Industries)
Peeled Paint Distress Ink (Ranger Insustries)
Versamark Stamp Pad (Tsukineko)           
Paper:
White glossy paper (unknown)
Black cardstock (Bazzil)
White Cardstock (Bazzil)     
Blue Cardstock (Bazzil)
Other:
Green Grosgrain Ribbon (unknown)
Clear [...]

Faux Marble Technique for the Discoverer

Faux Marble Technique
By: Marcia Mattos, Artistic Guide
Finished card size: 6.5 x 4.75″
Supplies:
Stamps:
Floral Favorites (The Angel Company)     
Ink:
Groovy Gauva Dye Ink Pad (Stampin’ Up!)
Riding Hood Red Dye Ink Pad (Stampin’ Up!)
Frost White Ink Pad (Colorbox)     
Purely Pomegranate (Stamping’ Up!)        
Paper:
White glossy paper (unknown)
Purely Pomegranate Cardstock (Stampin’ Up!)    
Black cardstock (Bazzil)
White Cardstock (Bazzil)     
Other:
Polka dot ribbon (unknown)
Waxed paper (3 pieces)
Very fine brush
Water
Copy [...]

iPod Case Picture Frame for the Inventor

Spring is Coming!
By: Marcia Mattos, Artistic Guide 
Sometimes you look at an object before throwing it away, and think, “someday this will have another use”. Well, when I looked at this iPod case I was sure someday I would use it for a picture frame.  I used a texture transfer technique. You can use this technique [...]

Faux Everything Card for the Inventor

Faux Leather, Faux Snakeskin and Faux Gold
By:  Kittie Caracciolo, Artistic Guide 
Finished card size: 5.5″ X 4.25″
I wanted to demonstrate several different textures on this project by creating faux leather for the base and trim of the card, faux snakeskin to back the buckle and as trim   and faux gold for the buckle. These techniques are [...]

Embellished Lamp for the Inventor

Embellished Lamp
By: Stephanie Loomis, Artistic Guide
Supplies:
Stamps:         
Stephanie Standing at the Window (StampLand Chicago)
Paper:
Vellum (source unknown) four 5.5″ x 4.25″ pieces 
Ink:
Palette Noir (Tsukineko)
Other:
1 mm. Ball Tipped Embossing tool (SAR)
Grid-Fine Mesh (Pergamano)
Perforating Mat (Pergamano)
Perforating tools: arrow and needle (Pergamano)
Painter’s tape
I kan’ dee chalks: earth tones (Pebbles Inc.)
Matte acrylic sealer (Krylon)
Xyron 500 sticker maker (or similar)
Rectangle lamp (IKEA)
16″ length [...]

Product Review – Evo Templates

Evo Templates by Evolving Images
By:  Susan Caplan, Product Guru
 
Evo Rectangle Templates

Evo Square Templates
Ever hear of Evo Templates by a company called Evolving Images? If you haven’t, then I have a treat in store for you.  I have been using these marvelous acrylic templates for years and don’t know what I would do without them.
Evo Templates [...]

Cherish Pillow Ornament for the Inventor

Cherish Pillow Ornament for the Inventor
By: Christine Candora-Hickey, Artistic Guide
 Finished size:  2.75″ x 4.25″ 
Supplies:
Stamps:          
Collaged Art Heart (Lost Aussie Designs)     
Inks:
Staz-On – Jet Black (Tsukineko)
Other:
Printed ribbon – love theme (7Gypsies)
Satin ribbon (unknown)
Muslin (purchased at my local JoAnn’s)
Fabric remnants (I got mine from an old upholsterer’s sample book)
Journaling markers:
     Old Olive (Stampin’ Up!)
     Baroque Burgundy (Stampin’ Up!)
     More [...]

You’ve Got to Have Heart

Love is in the air and it’s time to pull out all the heart stamps and pink inks! February comes with a spark of hope that spring will indeed follow winter’s chill.  The weather hasn’t changed yet, but spirits begin to change this month and perhaps the crocuses and daffodils will begin to raise their [...]

I Will Bring You Flowers Card for the Discoverer

“I Will Bring You Flowers” Card for the Discoverer
By: Christine Candora-Hickey, Artistic Guide

Finished card size:  4.25″ x 5.0″
Supplies:
Stamps:          
I Will Bring You Flowers (Magenta)
Papers:                       
Black cardstock (Stampin’ Up!)
Red fleck handmade paper (unknown)
Gold textured handmade paper (unknown)
Black text on white, white cursive on black background papers (7Gypsies)
Inks:
Brilliance – Graphite Black (Tsukineko)
Color Wash Fabric & Paper Dye – Walnut-Scarlet [...]

Gift Box Card for the Discoverer

Gift Box Card for the Discoverer
By: Jennifer Willis, Artistic Guide
Finished Card Size: 5″ x 5.5″
Supplies:
Stamps:
Artsy Victorian Stamp Set (Innovative Stamp Creations)
Perfume Label from Christmas Past Set (Time to Stamp)
Papers:
Cardstock: White (Paper Goods)
Cardstock: Cream (Unknown)
Scrap Paper (Unknown)
Inks:
Pigment Cat’s Eye Queue: Rich Rustics (Colorbox)
Pigment Stamp Pad: Ruby (Colorbox)
Pigment Stamp Pad: Roussillon (Colorbox)
Embossing Ink (Close to my Heart)
Other:
Two-Toned [...]

Our New Address Card for the Discoverer

Our New Address
By: Bea Rosenleaf, Artistic Guide
Finished Card Size:  6.5″ x 5″
Supplies:
Stamps:
Home Sweet Home stamp set (Dream Impressions)
Sentiment, “Our New Address” (The Angel Company)
Papers:
Prefolded White Card (6.5″ x 5″) (unknown)
Ultra-smooth 100 pound White cardstock, cut in half to 8.5″ x 5.5.”  Keep one half and set aside the other half for another project.(The Angel Company)
Pinecone [...]

Make Your Own Background Paper Rose Card for the Inventor

Make Your Own Background Paper and Rose Card
for the Inventor
By: Michael Trent, Artistic Guide
I love the Floral Dingbats from The Angel Company and always wanted to use this as a background.  But, since the image did not come as background paper, I decided to make my own and layer the Rose Botanical image on it.  [...]