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 [...]

Sweet Grass Stamps – Jennifer’s View

Finished card size: 4.25″ x 5.5″
Supplies:
Stamps:
Africa Set (Sweet Grass Stamps)
Papers:
Taupe Textured Card Stock (Unknown)
Silver Textured Paper (Unknown)
Green Handmade Paper (ProvoCraft)
Inks:
Onyx VersaFine Ink Pad (Tsukineko)
Grey Flannel Ink Pad (Close to My Heart)
Other:
Button (Recycled)
Paper Flower (Prima Mkting)
Rub-On Sentiment (Stampin’ Up)
Clear Ultra Fine Embossing Powder (Ranger)
Double Sided Tape (Scotch)
Glue Dots (Fiskars)
Heat Tool (Marvy)
Paper Trimmer (Purple Cow)
Directions: 

From the [...]

Sweet Grass Stamps – Bea’s View

Finished card size: 6″ x 6″
Supplies:
Stamps:
Large Elephant from the Africa set (Sweet Grass Stamps)
Crackle Background (The Angel Company)
Illuminata (Inkadinkado)
Love (The Angel Company)
Sentiment (The Angel Company)
Papers:
Light gray cardstock, 12″ x 12″, cut in half and folded to make base card of 6″ x 6″ (unknown)
Dark gray cardstock cut to 5.75″ x 5.75″ (unknown)
Pinata pink, orange peel texture, [...]

Sweet Grass Stamps – Penny’s View

Beauty in Nature
Finished size: 4.25″ x 5.5″
Supplies:
Stamps:
Images (Sweet Grass Stamps)
Sentiments (Stampscapes)
Paper:
Really Rust Card stock (Stampin’ Up!) 4.25″ x 8.5″
Close to Cocoa Card stock (Stampin’ Up!) 4″ x 5.25″
Ivory Card stock (unknown) 3″ x 4.25″ and 5/8″ x 2.25″
Inks:
All inks: Memento by Tsukineko
Images and sentiment: 
  Sweet Cocoa
Distressing:
   Desert Sand for the overall color
   Dandelion, Cantaloupe, and [...]

Sweet Grass Stamps – Kim’s View

  Finished card size: 5.5 x 4.25
Supplies:
Stamps:         
Elephant, border (Sweet Grass Stamps)
“Wisdom…” sentiment (Close To My Heart)
Paper:                       
Grey and Black cardstock (Bazzill)
Cloudy (Club Scrap)
Ink:                
Black StazOn ink pad (Tsukineko)
Other:
Humungo Adhesive (Ten Second Studio)
     Slate Metal
Brass Brush (Ten Second Studio)
Directions:

Start by cutting a piece of Slate Colored Metal to 3” x 3.25”.  Cut a piece of black cardstock to 3.25” [...]

Sweet Grass Stamps

Barbara DiPrizio, owner of Sweet Grass Stamps, has once again graciously, and generously, agreed to host another designer challenge!  This time all the designers received the same stamp set called Africa.  This stamp set is Barbara’s newest  design offering and consists of 26 deeply etched, quality red rubber images ranging from a postage stamp to a border [...]

Holiday Blizzard Project – Christmas Memories Handmade Journal

By: Stephanie Loomis, Artistic Guide
 Finished size: 6”x8”
Supplies:
Stamps:         
Joy of Christmas, Simply Christmas, Heart Sings, Joy (The Angel Company)
I Will Honor Christmas (Rubber Cottage)
Silent Night Plate #064 (I Brake for Stamps)
Fear Not, Angel Wreath (Sweet Grass Stamps)
Wonderful Counselor (Artful Illusions)
Paper:                       
Figgy Pudding patterned cardstock, 5-6 sheets of your preference (Basic Grey)
Ivory Stardust cardstock, 5-6 sheets   (Wausau)
Ink:                
Versafine: (Tsukineko)
     Onyx [...]

Shelly’s Pearl-Ex and Glue Card

Shelly’s beautiful card using Pearl-Ex and a Sweet Grass senitment stamp inspired us so much, we thought we we share how to make it!  If you are inspired to create something similar, please share with us!  As always, you can send us your artwork, to stampersquest@yahoo.com.  Please limit your .jpeg files to 150kb.

Sweet Grass Sentiment
By: [...]

Sweet Grass Stamps, End of the Trip

This is our last article featuring the stamps of Sweet Grass Stamps. The team thoroughly enjoyed creating samples for Barbara, and for you, showcasing Barbara’s stamps.  Sweet Grass Stamps are deeply etched, red rubber stamps, of excellent quality.  They come both mounted and unmounted. You can find Sweet Grass Stamps at the home of The Rubber [...]

Sweet Grass Stamps, Day 4

Barbara DiPrizio, Owner & Artist
Sweet Grass Stamps
More samples? You bet! And as a bonus, an interview with Sweet Grass Stamps owner, Barbara DiPrizio.
Q:  How did Sweet Grass Stamps and The Rubber Stamp Shack come into existence?
Barbara:  I think it was in 2000 when I went to my first Stampin’ Up! demonstration.  I remember thinking, “Inking a [...]

Sweet Grass Stamps, Day 3

Today we continue on the trail exploring Barbara DiPrizio’s Sweet Grass stamps, headquartered in the unique little Montana town, Big Timber.
After reading entries from William Clark’s journals (of the Lewis & Clark Expedition), a railroad official from St. Paul, Minnesota, named the town Big Timber. The entries he read about in the journals described an [...]

Sweet Grass Stamps at The Rubber Stamp Shack, Day 2

We continue our hike down the trail with our feature for Sweet Grass stamps. Yesterday I told you that The Rubber Stamp Shack is located in Big Timber, Montana.  In spite of its name,  Big Timber has a very small population: only approximately 1800 folks call Big Timber home.
Prairie land borders Big Timber to the north [...]

March Featured Rubber Stamp Company – Sweet Grass Stamps

The Rubber Stamp Shack
Home of Sweet Grass Stamps
This month we feature Sweet Grass Stamps, owned by Barbara DiPrizio. Sweet Grass stamps resides under the wide blue expansive skies of the Big Sky Country in Big Timber, Montana, approximately 90 miles west of Billings.  Barbara operates the company out of her home, saying she has inventory stacked everywhere!
Sweet Grass images are widely [...]