Elephant Birthday

Finished card size:  A2, 4.25″ x 5.5″
  
Supplies:
Stamps:
 Take Pride T-1102 (The Angel Company)
Paper:
Recess (Basic Grey) – *use a different pattern for each piece -Cut one piece to 5” x 2” and cut the other piece to  4.25” x 2.25”
Hollo’s
     Cream A2 size card base and a piece to stamp main image on
     Brown 5.25” x 4” [...]

Stamping with Objects using March Map

Beautiful

 
Finished card size:  4.25″ x 5.5″
Supplies:
Stamps: 
Crafty Secrets
Paper:
Worldwin
Ink:
Adirondack ink pads (Ranger)
StazOn ink pads (Tsukineko)
Other:
Tin can with ridges
Victorian image (1886 Ladies Journal)
Lace (Wright’s)
Border punch (EK Success)
Sewing machine
Silver beads
Markers (Copics)
Corner rounder (Zutter)
Directions:
Directions:

Start with a brown base card that measures 4.25″ x 5.50″.
Using the Round-It-All, round the top two corners.
Cut a piece of red cardstock to measure 4″ x [...]

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 [...]

Smile! It’s your birthday.

Finished Card Size: 5.5″ x 4.25″
Supplies:
Stamps:
Oh Yeah #T-2586 (The Angel Company)
Changito Bouquet #M207 (Stampendous)
Paper:
Cardstock: (Hollo’s) 
     White 5” x 3.75”
     Brown 5.25” x4”  (Plus scrap used inside card)
     Green A2 Card Base
Ink:
Bouquet Kaliedacolor ink pad (Tsukineko)
Rich Cocoa Memento ink pad (Tsukineko)
Other:
Speedball Brayer
Ribbon (Really Reasonable)
Markers E57 & E33 (Copic)
VersaMarker (Tsukineko)
Clear Embossing Powder (Gary M. Burlin)
Adhesive of choice [...]

Just Because Jar

Supplies:
Stamps:
Just Because #T-2899 (The Angel Company)
Paper:
Hollo’s
9” x 3” rectangle and 1.25” circle for lid (Use patterned paper of choice) (Joann’s Paper Pack) 
Miscellaneous matching patterned paper for flower die cut
Ink:
L’Amour Red Palette ink pad (Stewart Superior)
VersaMark (Tsukineko)
Other:
Clear Glass Jar Cleaned and Steralized (Heinz Gravy jar used in this sample)
Clear Embossing Powder (Gary M Burlin)
Heat Embossing Tool
Miscellaneous Die [...]

BUT…it’s all about the present!

February and March are big birthday months in our family. I generally try to make several extra cards to have on hand so  this week I will share some birthday ideas for cards with you.
Today lets start with a small card you can tuck into a gift bag for a child. Even though we all [...]

Fairy Wishes

Finished card size: 4.25″ x 5.5″
Supplies:
Stamps:
Precocious Pixies (Faerie Song Art Stamps)
Paper:
Once Upon A Time Stack (Die Cuts with a View)
Copic Marker Pad (Favni)
Pink Mica Card 4.25″ x 5.5″ (California Paper Company)
Ink:
Memento Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko)
Mocha Mama Powder Puff (Quick Quotes)
Copic Markers:
     Chamois
     Sepia
     Eggshell
     Baby Skin Pink
     Lavender
     Baby Blossoms
     Lipstick Natural
     Coral
     Green Gray
     [...]

Product Review – Scor-It Vs. Scor-Pal

By: Kim Parkinson, Product Guru
Most of you stampers out there don’t just stamp and color images.  Many of you put these images onto cards or other projects.  In keeping with the Stampers Quest theme of “Special Folds” in February, I’m going to review the Scor-Pal and the Scor-It. 
I was lucky enough to receive the Scor-Pal as part [...]

And the Winner is…

Are you ready to see who won the Sweet Grass Africa stamp set? I used random.org to pick the winner. 
!!!!!!Linda Diamond!!!!!!
you are the lucky winner of the stamp set!
Please email me your mailing address (stampersquest@yahoo.com) and Barbara will get those stamps right out to you!
Congratulations. Have fun creating with thes great stamps. You will have many [...]

Is Spring Near?

Finished Size: 4.25″X5.5″
 
Supplies:
Stamps:
Bird (The Stamping Studio)
Sentiment (The Angel Company)
Paper:
Penelope patterned paper  (The Angel Company)
ColorMates, Medium Grassy Green (WorldWin)
Classic Solar White Cardstock (Neenah)
Scalloped Oval and bottom mat – Kleenex Tissue Box
Inks:
Memento ink pad, Tuxedo Black (Tsukineko)
Material:
Glitter Dots (Jesse James)
Mesh (unknown)
Glue (TomBow Mono)
Ribbon attached with Ribbon Adhesive (K&Company)
Large Scalloped Oval (Spellbinder)
Copic Sketch Markers
Directions:

Cut the following paper:
    4.25 x 11″  [...]

Wrapping Paper Flower *B2B*

by: Karyn Campbell, Artistic Guide

 Finished card size: 6″ square
 
Supplies:
Stamps:
Heart Strings (FireCracker Designs by Pamela)  
Paper:
Hollo’s Paper Store:
      Red 8″ x 4″
      Blue 3.875″ x 3.875″
     White 3.625″ x 3.625″
Left over Christmas Wrapping Paper - 6 pieces cut with the Marvy Super Scalloped Punch
Ink: 
Computer printed
Copic Marker R29 and  Spica Clear 
Other: 
Gelly Roll pen,  Metallic Blue (Sakura)
Fuzzy brad
Super Scalloped punch [...]

Chickie in a Bottle

Chickie in a Bottle
Supplies:
Stamps:
Spray of Flowers, Hearts, Stars and Happy Birthday (Another Stamp Company)
Ink:
Jet Black Archival (Ranger)
Denim Adirondack Pad (Ranger)
Assorted Adirondack pigment pens (Ranger)
Paper:
Large piece light weight white card stock (large enough to fit around circumference of bottle)
Large piece red card stock (large enough to fit around circumference of bottle)
Shredded paper for bottom of bottle
Other supplies:
2 [...]

Wrapping Hearts Shaker Box

Finished card size: 5.5″ x 4.25″
 
Supplies:
Stamps: 
Cabbage Flower (Savvy Stamps)
Tim Holtz Flourish  (Stampers Anonymous)
Paper:
Dollar Store Christmas tissue paper
Transparency Film (Arkwright)
Cardstock unknown
Ink: 
Color Box Lipstick Red ink pad (Clear Snap)
Other:  
Micro Beads (Pennywise Arts)
Clear Embossing Powder (Craft Essentials)
Heat It Heating Tool
Hearts (Dollar Store find)
Scotch Mounting Tape (3M)
Copic marking pens
Glitter Pens
Rhinestones (Studio 18)
Button (unknown)
Ribbon (Wrights)
Directions:

Cut 2 tissue, 2 white paper and 1 transparency [...]

Tote Gift Bag

Tote Gift Bag
Finished size: approx. 4.25″ x 5.5″
The nice thing about this tote gift bag, is that you can vary its size. The example here is large enough to put a few gift items in and you can also make it a size to put in some standard A2 cards for a gift. I didn’t use stamps [...]

All wrapped up with someplace special to go

Sometimes we make a card which is so special or has so much depth to it that we don’t want to just put it in an envelope to give it away.  A paper tole card is a perfect example of this.   Here are the instructions for how I make boxes for bulky or odd sized [...]

Embellishments *B2B*

by: Nancy Thaut, Artistic Guide
 
Embellishment is defined as:  a decorative detail or feature added to something to make it more attractive.
There are many embellishments out there we can purchase to make our cards stunning such as: rhinestones, stickers, flowers, brads, clay, glitter etc., but we can also use items that have no cost.
The card shown here  uses [...]

Scenic Stairsteps, A Lesson in Thinking Outside the Box

 
Thinking outside the box is not something I do well. What can you expect from someone who worked with numbers most of her life?  Left brain, right brain, definitely more left…um,  I think. And then, some may say no brains at all.  But I digress…
I was looking for inspiration for a great birthday card idea for one [...]

Sweet Grass Stamps – Stephanie’s View

Finished card size: 5.5″ x 4.25″ 
Supplies:
Stamps:
 Africa stamps set (Sweet Grass Stamps)
Paper:
Coordinating cardstocks-two patterns (source unknown)
Orange cardstock (unknown)
Notecard (A2)
Inks:
Palette ink: Burnt Umber (Stewart Superior)
Alcohol Base markers (Copic and Shihan Touch)
Other:
Map of Africa ephemera 
Directions:

Make a copy of the map and trim to 4.5″ x 3″.
Stamp lion and lioness with Burnt Umber ink on the map.
Color with the alcohol [...]

Sweet Grass Stamps Give-Away

We never heard back from the person regarding winning the sheet of Africa stamps from Sweet Grass stamps.  So…leave a comment on this post during the weekend and we will have a random drawing for a winner on Monday!
Just for fun, here’s a card I created earlier this week using some shrink plastic and the [...]

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 [...]