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” [...]

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 [...]

March Trail Map

The March map has a lot going for it.  Create a lovely window to showcase your artwork, or put someone in jail! 
Grab a cup of your favorite beverage, sit back, relax, and enjoy the gorgeous artwork the Stamper’s Quest Artist Guides have created for you this month.
After oogling at all the inspiration, show us what your [...]

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″  [...]

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 – 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, [...]

February Trail Maps

February 2010 Trail Map by Regena

Good things come in threes!  Rectangles, triangles and a circle (or is that an embellishment?).  Where can you go with this map?  Let’s see what trails the Artistic Guides were led down this month to inspire you to follow your own trail map!
Stamps: Another Stamp Company
Stamps: Hampton Arts
 Stamps: Stampin’ Up!
Stamps: GG Designs
Stamps: [...]

Gift Card

Gift Card
By: Penny Yoder    , Artistic Guide
Finished Card Size: 4.25″ x 3″
Supplies:
Stamps:
The Angel Company
Paper:
Bo-Bunny:
1 –  4.25″ x 10″ base cardstock, scored at 3″, 4″, 5″, 8″, see the template below.
Designer paper for the inside:
2 – 4″ x 2.75″
1 – 4″ x 1.75″
2 – 4″ x .75″ (for each side of the mountain fold on the [...]

Joy Fold Card

Joy Fold Card
By: Penny Yoder, Artistic Guide
Finished card size:  4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″
Supplies:
Stamps:
The Angel Company
Paper:
1 – 4 1/4″ x 8 1/2″ cardstock
1 – 3″ x 8 1/2″  cardstock
4 – 2 3/4″ x 4″ designer paper
1 – 4″ x 5 1/4″ designer paper or cardstock
Ink:
Palette ink: (Stewart Superior)
     Toile Pink
     Jardin Moss
     Moulin Rogue
Versafine Onyx [...]

More on Masculine Cards

Penny has three more masculine cards to share with you today.  As you can see, most of the cards shared by Penny and Melanie these past two weeks show that muted tones work well for ‘guy’ cards.  Color palettes of creams, browns, blues and greens  with a little bit of black thrown in,  evoke masculinity.   Combine these color [...]

Masculine Cards, continued

The Old Truck Masculine Card
We all do it! Keep the tiniest scraps of precious paper, rather than tossing it in the bin. Some of them are too nice to throw away and I’m never sure that I can get that paper again if it’s one of my favorites. So, it’s nice to use supplies of [...]

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 [...]

Holiday Splendor Photo Book

Altered Photo Book
Stephanie Loomis, Editor/Artistic Guide
Everyone likes a photo album, and there are a million of them out there. However, you can make an inexpensive book into a personalized work of art that just happens to hold favorite photos. The best thing is that it can be done in an evening!
Supplies:
Stamps:
Musical Staff (Great Impressions)
Scribble Set (The [...]

Holiday Splendor Penguin Card

 
 
 
 
By Marcia Mattos, Artistic Guide 
 Finished card size: 4” x 6”
 
 
 
 
 
 
Supplies:
Stamps:
Perky Penguins (The Angel Company)
Ink:
Jet Black StazOn (Tsukineko)
Red StazOn (Tsukineko)
Paper:
Christmas Patterned Paper (Angel Company)
Red and Green Mi Teintes Paper (Canson)
White Cardstock (Bazzil)
Other supplies:
Watercolor pencils (Derwent and CaranD’Ache)
Pop Dots (Ranger)
Red Voil Ribbon
Red glittered brads (Making Memories)
Stickles (Ranger Industries)
Adhesive Stones (Brazilian)
Directions:

Cover the card front with a piece of [...]

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 [...]

Holiday Splendor Pillar Candles

Fancy Candles
Stephanie Loomis, Editor and Guide
Candles are a great hostess gift, but the fancy ones in the stores are outrageously priced. With some creativity and inexpensive stickers, you can customize less expensive candles and create personalized gifts.
Supplies:
Inexpensive pillar candle : white or colored (Old Time Pottery is where I got mine, but wherever you can [...]

November Sketch

 
 
Ovals, squares,rectangles, a ‘film-strip’ look, all make up the November sketch created by our own Artistic Guide, Regena.  Check out or Artistic Guides’ interpretations, then share yours with us!  Send us a scan or photo of your sketch card to stampersquest@yahoo.com and we’ll publish it for everyone to see!  (please keep your file to 100kb)
 
 
 
 
Stamps: [...]

It’s All About Nature; Marcia’s Fat Book Page

 
 
By: Marcia Mattos, Artistic Guide
Finished size: 8.5″ x 4″
  
When I first read the theme for our fat book pages I remembered my love for nature. Although I have a lot of favorite things, everything related to it really activates my senses.  I love nice smells, nice sounds, nice tastes…like: birds singing; the colors and scent [...]

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 [...]