January Map Project – Happiness

 
 
 
Our new Artistic Guide, Jan Hennings, created a card just for you using the January map!  Enjoy. 
 
 
 
 
 
  
Happiness
By: Jan Hennings, Artistic Guide
Finished card size: 4″ x 6″
Supplies:
Stamps:
7 Gypsies
Paper:
Worldwin
Making Memories
Ink: 
Timber Brown StazOn ink pad (Tsukineko)
Other:
Brads (Paper Studio)
Image (Paper doll vintage image from Germany)
Glue (Aleene’s)
Trimmer (Fiscars)
Hanger (unknown)
Muslin fabric (Hobby Lobby)
Clothes pin (Encore)
Sheet music (Old music book)
Acrylic paint (Plaid)
Sewing [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

More November Sketch Samples and a Reader’s Sketch Card

Sally Purvis sent us her wonderful holiday card using November’s sketch.  Love that reindeer!  Great job Sally. We hope to see more from you in the future!
And we received 4 fantastic cards from our designer, Sue Trembeth, that was missed in the monthly sketch article.  We’re sorry for the oversight, Sue.  Check out Sue’s interpretations [...]

October 2009 Sketch Card

It’s hip to be square!  A square card, that is.  What a fun sketch we have for you this month.  Parallelograms, rectangles, and more squares layered to create some cool eye candy.
 
This month our designers created their samples in pink to honor Breast Cancer Awareness month.  Please share with us your creations honoring those who [...]

September 2009 Sketch Card

September’s sketch is long and lean with layers of rectangles and an oval for added interest. What can you envision with this sketch?  It’s a dandy!

Here are our Artistic Guides’ variations of this month’s sketch. We hope their designs will help provide some inspiration to create your own interpretation for the September card.

By: Bea Rosenleaf
Stamps: The [...]

August 2009 Sketch Card

August’s sketch has a trio of tags with a scalloped border to set them off to inspire your creativity.  There are no limits to what you can do!

Go ahead, let your creativity run wild…check out our Artistic Guides’ interpretation of this super cool sketch.  Tags and more were used for their cards!

Melanie Smith
Stamps: Hampton Arts
 
Sue Trembeth
Stamps: [...]

May Card Sketch

The 10th of the month is here again, and we are rarin’ to go with a brand new sketch card and samples from our amazing Artistic Guides.
Regena created a sketch using a circle, squares and a rectangle to make a unique presentation. To help get your creative juices flowing, our Artistic Guides created some awesome samples!
We challenge you to use the [...]

April 2009 Sketch Card

We present to you a very versatile sketch this month created by our talented Regena….
 

April Sketch
What can you create with this month’s sketch?  If you send them, they will appear, in our Sketchbook, that is! All you have to do is send them to stampersquest@yahoo.com and we will upload them. Please be sure your .jpeg file [...]

March Sketch

The March sketch is finally here!  Regena created a fun and fantastic sketch this month.  You can layer it up, layer it down.  Make it long and skinny, or a little shorter and squatter.  There are sooooooo many possibilities with this sketch.  Our Artistic Guides have only scratched the surface with their ideas!
Are you inspired?  [...]