tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9210094062068751732012-01-27T01:03:41.885-08:00Rubber Stamping Samples, Tips and Tricks.Jamie Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14167869143243620729noreply@blogger.comBlogger1341100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-921009406206875173.post-44683700923707777072012-01-18T17:08:00.000-08:002012-01-18T17:08:32.407-08:00

We have just moved to Oklahoma from Southern California and what a big change it is.  Never would I have thought I would move away from where I was born and raised!  My husbands job got transfered and we had to go where the job was, so we packed up the house, kids and my mom and here we are!  I think we will really enjoy it, the people seem very nice and the pace of life is slower...now just to

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I love this stamp set from Stampendous and I use it all of the time! To make this card I started with a brown paper bag, cut it to the size I needed. Then spritzed it with water, crumpled it up real well then opened it and lay it down without flattening it. A mushroom colored ink pad was rubbed over the top of the paper and then lightly spritz with water again but not too much. Let dry (you can

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Hello all of my blogging friends! Here is a cheerful card for you, all stamps are by Stampendous. You should go check out their website and there great blog. The flower was stamped with black VersaFine ink, heat set and colored with water color pencils. You can't tell but there is glitter on the petals and dots. Both the black and white papers were cut using a Coluzzle. Thank you was

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Here is a card I made quite a while ago and thought I would re-post it. The stamps are from Stampendous and the flower is watercolored. It is a real simple card with great decorative papers.What have I been up to? Well my MIL has now been in the hospital for 28 days and she will probably get moved to a nursing home within a week. We don't know if she will get well enough to go back home or

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This card was made for my "glossy card" class and it is using a crayon resist technique that is super easy! I used this wonderful clear stamp set from Stampendous and stamped the words in black StazOn ink, then stamped the leaves and let dry a few seconds. Using a clear or white crayon, color in the leaves. Then stipple or sponge on the cranberry and lettuce Adirondack inks diagonally, when

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I was in a brown and blue mood when this card was made. The background is a resist technique on glossy paper. The flowers by Great Impressions were stamped on glossy white paper with VersaMark ink and then mushroom Adirondack ink was brayered over it. If you try this be sure to rub with a paper towel after you brayer. Fluffles by Stampendous was stamped on white matte paper with brown

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This card was made using glossy paper, it's one of my favorite techniques and it's oh so easy.1. Cut glossy paper to 5 1/4" x 4" and mask the bottom with torn paper.2. Brayer with butterscotch Adirondack ink and then stipple or sponge the edges with caramel Adirondack ink.3. Stamp the butterfly from a Stampendous clear stamp set and the word "Comfort" in black dye ink first then fill in the

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Here is another acetate card using the Petal Plus Set from Stampendous. I stamped the petal five times with blue Brilliance, cut them out and colored the little flowers with a glitter pen and a white gel pen. The center of the flower was stamped with VersaMark and embossed it with white. The petals were glued to a white circle that was glued on the front of the acetate card and the dark blue

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Stampendous has this super cute little stamp set that has a bunch of small images and saying to go along with them. So I stamped this little ant three times on white squares with black VersaFine ink, layered them on to red and black papers. These were glued to the front of an acetate card and the checkered, red and black papers were glued to the inside of the card. Inside to write on is a

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Last week I went to a baby shower so I got to make a cute little card. I love making baby cards but don't get much of a chance to make them since my friends are past that stage of their lives. For this card I used a baby set from Stampendous and used generic colors since she doesn't know if it is going to be a boy or a girl.Be sure to check out the Stampendous link, they have a new blog that

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Wow it's been a long time since I've blogged! I have been busy, busy, busy. I am in charge of the Girl Scout cookie sale for our troop and we have 15 booth sales scheduled for March, just became the snack bar coordinator for the swim team, and had a stamp class last week. I think the worst is behind me and now I can blow the dust off of my stamps and get to work.This card was made for my

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This is a crimped envelope which is yesterdays TLC210 challenge over at SCS and the colors pink green and brown are from today's CC208 color challenge. The envelope was stippled with pink and brown inks, stamped the the flower in brown and glitter glue is in the center of the flowers. I wasn't intending to place the happy birthday on brown paper but I forgot to stamp it in brown on the

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Today I knocked out three challenges with this one card! So the SCS challenges are SC217 a sketch challenge, CC207 a color challenge and WT207 a frugal finds challenge. The colors used are mustard, orange and olive. The flowers were stamped using all three colors onto white squares, thanks is stamped on the mustard piece in black, then VersaMark was "patted" (don't rub or the ink will smear)

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Here is a card I made just because, no reason just playing around. I love this color combo and have been wanting to make a card using it. I got the great tan paper a while ago and haven't really used it to much but now watch out, I love it!Stamps- background by Great Impressions, word and oval by MSE (My Sentiments Exactly)Ink- white Brilliance, latte and denim Adirondack, VersaMarkPlus-

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Now here is my green St Patty's Day card, the color is a sage green but it looks a little washed out in the photo. Maybe my next hobby will be to learn how to take good pictures. I made a four leaf clover out of a really cute flower stamp set from Stampendous. I used one of the flower petals to make the clover and the flowers are colored in with a VersaMark marker. The image is stamped with

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I have this great stamp set from stampendous "Hugs Topper" that is a pail topper, it's designed to fit on the clear pails that they carry. Well I don't have any pails but wanted to use it so here is what I came up with.I knew I wanted to make an acetate card and this stamp set just happened to be perfect for it. The red outer circle and the pink inner circle is all one stamp that I cut apart

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Today's Limited Supply Challenge (LSC206) over at SCS is to make a card using only one sentiment stamp and no others. I had this great St. Patty's Day stamp from Stampendous that hadn't been used yet and I thought it would be perfect for this. The sentiment is stamped with black VersaFine, heat set and colored with pencils. The squiggle on the top and bottom are stickers from Stampendous and

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Last week over at SCS on of the challenges was to make a clean and simple card (CAS). I loved this challenge and you don't realize how hard it is to make a CAS when you are used to layering, coloring and added embellishments. To make these cards I inked up the raised side of a CuttleBug folder with lettuce and currant Adirondack and brown VersaFine then ran it through the machine and you have

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This card is for SCS sketch challenge SC213. I don't usually use orange I really liked this color combo. 1. Fluffles was stamped on white paper with brown ink, heat set and colored with water color pencils. 2. Circle stickers were added to the center of some of the flowers and to the corners of the paper after the edges were sponged with stonewashed ink. 3. Two way glue was used on the

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I'm ready for spring, I haven't been able to warm up my hands all day. This spring card is for todays SCS color challenge CC203, the colors we had to use are Garden Green, Baja Breeze and Pacific Point. Well I don't have any of these SU papers but these are pretty darn close. I used my new spring stamp from Stampendous. It is stamped with VersaMark ink and painted with Twinkling H2O's, I love

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I now have more Valentine's Day cards than I need but this was made for a sketch challenge over at Paper Craft Planet and it called for a big heart. The stamp set is "Light Heart Set" by Stampendous. It is stamped with VersaMark ink on light green paper and embossed with amethyst powder. The heart is stamped again on decorative paper which is then cut out and glued onto the center of the heart

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The card I made today takes care of three challenges! Two challenges are over at Paper Craft Planet, one for the sketch and one for mojo cafe, to use your favorite stamp. The next challenge is over at OCC to use and emboss resist technique. Now on to how the card was made.1. Stamp the butterfly from the Butterfly Beauties set by Stampendous on white glossy paper with VersaMark ink and emboss

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Oh I'm busy, busy, busy. This week Melanie has had waterpolo practice everyday and has had two games, in one she got punched in the nose and got a nose bleed. She was pulled out of the pool until the bleeding stopped and back in she went and hasn't had any problems with it. Greg has had basketball practice and a game this week, there sports activities seem to fall on the same days. Thank

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SCS has a limited supply challenge LSC202 today to use hearts and red, so here is my submission. I used a clear set "Mega Love" from Stampendous, I love this set, the font is really nice. The love is inked with rocket red Brilliance and the to you is inked with black Versa Fine. The heart is a Sizzix die that is popped up on foam squares, the corner punch is a SU punch and I don't know the

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I have a drawer that I throw my stamped scraps into that didn't get used. Usually it is because I think I'll make two or three cards so I stamp multiples but don't get around to making the extras. I found this stamped flower in the drawer and thought it was time to use it and the decorative paper was a scrap also. I decided to use purples because of my friend Shelia, I was reading her blog a few

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For this card I broke out the Twinkling H2O's, they blend so nicely. To begin with, the cake by Stampendous was stamped on watercolor paper with VersaMark ink and embossed with disco black. The image was then painted with Twinkling H2O's and blue chalk was used to add a shadow. Then the Twinkling H2O's were painted directly on the confetti stamp and randomly stamped at the top. Now for the

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I don't know about you, but I never have enough birthday cards, we seem to go through them so fast! So here is a quick and easy one I made up for several challenges, LSC201 (limited supply) challenge over at SCS The challenge was to use some of your favorite things. So my favorite things on this card are, the ribbon, corner punch by SU, stickers and the stamp company Stampendous. There is also a

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Here is another Valentine's Day card, my daughter liked the last one posted but wanted to see one that was more elegant. I'm happy to say she loves this one :) I used my Light Heart Set by Stampendous, inked it up with VersaMark and embossed it with Disco Black on pink decorative paper. It is then cut out, glued to black paper and cut out with mini scalloped scissors. The words on the heart are

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Hi, welcome back after the holidays, hope everyone had a nice Christmas! Now I'm done with the Christmas cards and moving on to the next holiday, Valentine's Day. This card was made for two challenges over at SCS, the IS160 challenge which was to do anything other than Christmas and we couldn't use red or green on the card. And the LSC200 challenge which is an inspiration challenge. To make

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Oops I did it again, I made another Christmas card! This was made for SCS Limited Supply Challenge LSC199 "Holiday Blues". The card has to be 3/4 blue and you can only use one none paper embellishment and it had to be a holiday card. The blue paper I used is a steel blue that almost looks gray. For the background I inked up one side of a CuttleBug folder with iced blue ColorBox Chalk ink and

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Here is a nice spring looking card to enjoy while we are having bad winter weather. This was made for the Paper Craft Planet sketch challenge, I thought this image would fit the sketch perfectly and it just screamed spring. This is a clear stamp set, Sunny Flowers by Stampendous, it is listed under their new stamps from summer. Be sure to hop on over and take a look at their great new stamps!To

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Yesterday was my nephews 3rd birthday party and I got this great new stamp set "Hot Rocketz" from Stampendous just in time to make a card for him. To make it, the rocket was 1. Stamped in a black embossing powder that I added glitter to and then water colored it with watercolor pencils. 2. Then I colored over it with a VersaMark marker and embossed it with clear. I was worried that it would

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Let It Snow... but not here in southern California where I live! That's only something I dream of.I made this for the sketch challenge over at Paper Craft Planet, and yet again I am using my new Christmas decorative paper.To make this card, the snowflake was stamped three times on white squares with sepia VersaFine and embossed with a clear glitter powder. They are painted with Twinkling H2O's

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Hope everyone is having a wonderful weekend! I got a card done this morning while my husband was watching football. The sketch challenge is from Paper Craft Planet and the snowflake challenge is from SCS. And again I have used my new decorative paper.1. I stamped the snowflake on a cream card with latte ink stamping twice before re-inking. 2. The snowflake is stamped with blue and embossed

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Okay, I took these pictures outside to get good lighting. It was a bit challenging since we have a slight breeze, I would set up the card and just about take the picture and it would blow over. It took a few tries but I did it! The natural light is much better outside than in the house.I got some new decorative paper this week and had to use it so I made a card and a small note pad. I'm

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Today Melanie and I are going to a baby shower so I whipped this card up this morning. I don't have too many baby stamps so this is what I came up with. These little feet are soooo cute! Wish I had little hands to go with it. Now off to church, then the shower. Have a great week :)RecipeStamps- sentiment by Stampendous, I don't know where the feet are fromInks- stonewashed Adirondack, blue

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Happy Monday and woo hoo to a three day week! This card is a fun pop up gift card and it is for this weeks TLC196 challenge over at SCS. It is so easy to make I didn't even have to write down the directions, you can view the tutorial at the Hero Arts Blog. The paper I used were random scraps I had laying around, the colors are cream, dusty blue and cranberry along with the polka dot

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I just love the sketch challenges over at SCS! I made this on Wednesday and then thought I would make the same card with the decorative papers reversed. In person I like the top card but the way it photographed I like the bottom. Then todays challenge at SCS is limited supplies and the theme is chocolate. You can use chocolate color paper, embellishments or candy. Well both these cards just

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I made this card last week for two challenges and now I can't remember where the challenges were, oops! The day after I made this I got called in for jury duty and got put on a trial so I didn't get around to uploading it. I'm home today since it is a holiday but the trial should last until Friday. To make this card I started off with glossy paper and sponged it yellow in the center then

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To start off this week I was able to do the Monday Mojo challenge again. I have a new pack of decorative paper that I've had for a while and finally decided it was time to use it. This card was super easy to make since it only has one stamp. The swirl Cuttlebug folder was used to emboss the cream panel then mauve pigment ink was sponged over it. The Happy Birthday stamp is by Stampendous as are

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This was made for SplitCoasts Wednesday sketch challenge. I'm always in need of birthday cards so here is another one. I don't know if your husband is like this but mine will tell me in the morning before he gets into the shower that he needs a birthday card for someone at work TODAY, and can I make one before he leaves. Okay I'm good but not THAT good! Especially in the morning, not a morning

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This card was made for the Mojo Monday challenge over at Poetic Artistry, she always has such cute sketch challenges. Fluffles was stamped in black and water colored, then glitter was added for pizazz. A Cuttlebug folder was used at the bottom of the card to match the polka dots on the gift box. RecipeStamps- Stampendous and Hero ArtsInk- Black and blue VersaFine, lettuce AdirondackPlus-

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I have seen many people using this cute little spider on projects and thought he would be perfect for Halloween Treat Pails. To make the spider use the circle scallop punch (punches by SU) for the body and the photo corner punch for the legs, it's that easy. I used Fabri-Tac glue to glue him together and to the pail, I put a rubber band around the pail until the glue dries. He sticks great

Jamie Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14167869143243620729noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-921009406206875173.post-65830711850745377392008-10-20T09:35:00.000-07:002008-10-24T21:20:24.286-07:00

I'm stocking up on thank you cards for after the holidays and this is a quick and easy one to make. The "T" is stamped on decorative paper in black ink, cut out and layered onto goldenrod paper that was stamped with a swirl using ochre ColorBox Chalk ink. Thanks is stamped on cream paper with warm violet ColorBox Chalk ink, then cut into a tag shape. Ribbon is added using a brad, but the three

Jamie Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14167869143243620729noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-921009406206875173.post-83827263730335079132008-10-13T16:37:00.000-07:002008-10-13T16:58:24.173-07:00

Over at Poetic Artistry there is a sketch challenge that I really liked so I thought I would whip something up. Here is my first try, since it is almost time to send out Christmas cards that's a good place to start. Next will be a birthday card, I'm always in need of those!To Make this first the resist technique was used for the snowflake piece and stonewashed and denim Adirondack inks were

Jamie Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14167869143243620729noreply@blogger.com36tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-921009406206875173.post-61122286962003440182008-10-09T12:54:00.000-07:002008-10-09T13:02:26.620-07:00

I received this wonderful award from my friend Curt forever ago but for the life of me I couldn't figure out how to get it on my blog! Well today was my lucky day and I finally figured it out, I don't know if I could do it again though. The only other award I have in my sidebar, by husband did for me because I was pulling my hair out, he's such a great guy. Curt's blog is a definite must see,

Jamie Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14167869143243620729noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-921009406206875173.post-70115065164401357282008-10-06T13:46:00.000-07:002008-10-08T18:13:31.020-07:00

I broke out the Scor-Pal to make a card and matching envelope. For the card a grid pattern was made, then it was lightly sponged with butterscotch and caramel Adirondack inks. The the flowers from Rubber Stamp Concepts were colored with markers, lightly spritzed with water to blend the colors and stamped. A hole was punched in the top left corner and a dragonfly brad was added. "Always" was

Jamie Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14167869143243620729noreply@blogger.com37tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-921009406206875173.post-35249251679129789102008-10-01T17:46:00.000-07:002008-10-02T07:40:27.308-07:00

Thank yous are always needed after the holidays so I thought I had better get started on those too. I used more glossy paper for this, I love this card but my family isn't so excited about it. Here is how I made it.1. On a glossy panel 4" x 5 1/4" mask off some of the bottom with torn paper.2. Brayer with stonewashed Adirondack ink and then sponge all four edges with denim Adirondack ink. Remove

Jamie Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14167869143243620729noreply@blogger.com33tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-921009406206875173.post-84685525692685897662008-09-30T08:18:00.000-07:002008-09-30T08:54:45.588-07:00

When I made this Christmas card I was going for a muted type of look. To do this the tree was 1. Stamped with VersaMark ink and embossed with champagne powder. 2. It was colored with chalks then green and red stickers were used as ornaments. 3. Glitter glue was place over the dots and star and the corners were punched with a ticket punch.4. This was then layered onto green and gold panels with

Jamie Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14167869143243620729noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-921009406206875173.post-87936294164327975762008-09-26T10:28:00.000-07:002008-10-02T08:19:39.263-07:00

Who needs background paper when you have stamps! I started with a cream panel and randomly stamped leaves (Stampendous) with butterscotch, lettuce and rust Adirondack inks, stamped the leaf two to three times before re-inking. Thanksgiving (Paper Inspirations) was then stamped with black VersaFine and the edges were sponged with butterscotch and layered onto clay colored paper. The card is cream

Jamie Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14167869143243620729noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-921009406206875173.post-10141571726744778442008-09-23T11:23:00.001-07:002008-09-23T11:31:39.700-07:00

Halloween is right around the corner and you never know if you might need a Halloween card, I never have but they are fun to make! This card is totally cased, I remember seeing it on one of the many blogs that I have visited but sorry can't remember where :( What I love about it was all of the white without a bunch of different prints, sometimes when we make cards we forget simple can be nice.

Jamie Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14167869143243620729noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-921009406206875173.post-36810627931809492682008-09-22T09:35:00.000-07:002008-09-22T09:46:25.525-07:00

Here is a quick and easy fall bookmark for today. Fall colors are so pretty, they are some of my favorite color combinations. For this I used Adirondack inks in lettuce, plum and butterscotch and stamped the flower from Great Impressions on cream paper. The edges are sponged with butterscotch and the words from Hero Arts are stamped in black. Glue the cream tag to clay, punch your hole and

Jamie Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14167869143243620729noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-921009406206875173.post-8222024840904638212008-09-18T10:25:00.000-07:002008-09-18T10:45:33.784-07:00

In my stamp room I have tons of glossy paper and decided it was time to use some of it! This is one of the things I just forget to use but the results are beautiful. To make this card yellow ink was lightly brayered over the paper, then a circle punch was used to make a mask out of a post it note and it was placed at the top right of the glossy paper. Yellow ink was then brayered again. Then

Jamie Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14167869143243620729noreply@blogger.com25tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-921009406206875173.post-20867945396708453432008-09-10T10:56:00.000-07:002008-09-11T21:26:04.163-07:00

If you are in need of a small box, here is a cute little pizza box style to make. I found the template over at Scor-Pal and it is very easy to follow. I stamped the grapes on a cream panel with VersaMark ink, embossed it with champagne powder and colored it with markers. To help with the shading on the leaf, a blender pen was used. The edges of the panel were sponged with mushroom Adirondack

Jamie Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14167869143243620729noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-921009406206875173.post-60957327317345045262008-09-01T21:20:00.000-07:002008-10-09T11:01:46.519-07:00

To make this card I inked up my brand new Paper Inspirations clear stamp set that I absolutely love! It is a large set that has many different types of fruit and a long stamp with different words. 1. To make this card I stamped the words on a cream card with latte ink and over stamped it with the peach and berries stamps in the same color ink. 2. The pear is stamped with VersaMark and embossed

Jamie Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14167869143243620729noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-921009406206875173.post-83172667967027651972008-08-26T10:48:00.000-07:002008-08-26T10:54:30.008-07:00

To make this card it painted watercolor paper with three different colors of Twinkling H2O's, a green, pink and purple. After it dried, I stamped it with this flower stamp from PrintWorks using black VersaFine ink, heat set it and outlined some of the image with a white gel pen. It was then layered on to black and purple papers, I dotted the purple paper with the white gel pen, then mounted it

Jamie Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14167869143243620729noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-921009406206875173.post-63722681367460320752008-08-22T10:13:00.000-07:002008-08-22T10:26:18.643-07:00

As promised here is a card made using Twinkling H2O's! I love the look of this card and it is so easy to do. Here are the step by step directions.1. Stamp a light blue panel with script (Hero Arts) in beige Brilliance.2. Paint directly on a large butterfly stamp (Stampendous) with three colors of Twinkling H2O's, I used olive, brown and blue. Be sure the paint isn't too wet, you want it on

Jamie Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14167869143243620729noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-921009406206875173.post-57622100006850965192008-08-13T20:12:00.000-07:002008-08-15T07:13:48.799-07:00

This card was pretty easy to make (my favorite kind). Using a rectangle Coluzzle I cut a rectangle out and then the frame, discard the thin frame. Stamp the outer portion of the panel with the swirl image by Great Impressions with VersaMark and emboss with champagne powder then color in the leaves with a green marker. Stamp the rectangle with the aged paper stamp by Paper Inspirations using

Jamie Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14167869143243620729noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-921009406206875173.post-88141575355442633122008-08-07T16:40:00.000-07:002008-08-07T16:52:37.561-07:00

As promised, here is another Christmas card. This one is a little more time consuming than the others but I have a few friends that love snowmen. This card was made using just two stamps! The snowmen and sentiment are one stamp that I stamped with blue pigment ink and embossed with a clear glitter embossing powder. It was then painted with Radiant Pearls, cut apart and layered onto dark blue

Jamie Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14167869143243620729noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-921009406206875173.post-82622048108743561722008-08-01T14:50:00.000-07:002008-12-09T22:50:11.069-08:00

I had a Christmas card class last night at Stamp Fever in the city of Orange and this is one of the cards we made. I think it was the ladies favorite with the snowflake glitter strip which is so easy to do! Here is how it is done. Scor-Pal has a great double sided tape that is 1 1/2" wide, all you do is place the tape on a white strip of paper that is 5 1/2" x 2" (it doesn't matter if it is

Jamie Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14167869143243620729noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-921009406206875173.post-89822704432582225942008-07-28T17:50:00.000-07:002008-12-09T22:50:11.151-08:00

It's never to early to start on your Christmas cards! I know it's hard making Christmas cards when it is 100 degrees or hotter out, but don't put it off or you might end up having to buy some at the last minute like I did last year! When I design my cards for Christmas, the goal is to come up with an attractive design that is easy to mass produce since I make about 100. Of course I get board just

Jamie Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14167869143243620729noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-921009406206875173.post-2328597435642323342008-07-18T10:53:00.000-07:002008-12-09T22:50:11.932-08:00

This was a fun birthday card to make. First I picked out the decorative papers, I wanted something that could be used for a guy or a girl then I chose matching Twinkling H2O's to use. The cake stamp is by Printworks and it is a three layer wedding cake so I put tape over the first two layers, inked it up with VersaMark, removed the tape and stamped it onto watercolor paper and embossed with

Jamie Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14167869143243620729noreply@blogger.com28tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-921009406206875173.post-67540330827482134702008-07-13T23:31:00.000-07:002008-12-09T22:50:12.162-08:00

Well I'm trying to get back into a routine now that Greg is back in school even though Melanie won't start until September. I guess that is when I will really get back into my routine, which I miss and really like the structure of. Here is a card that was made and scanned before I knew how to get the camera pictures onto the computer. Pictures look so much nicer than scans! To make this card I

Jamie Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14167869143243620729noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-921009406206875173.post-17397476170068257162008-07-03T20:52:00.000-07:002008-12-09T22:50:12.527-08:00

My son Greg starts Jr. High on Monday, wow hard to believe! Even though Melanie doesn't start school until September, I will now have time to stamp and get some new things posted while she is at water polo practice. It is amazing that I haven't stamped for a week, I think that is a record. This is a card I had made for a glossy paper card class. Here is what I did,1. Using a page protector that

Jamie Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14167869143243620729noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-921009406206875173.post-60258636255043394482008-06-25T08:20:00.000-07:002008-12-09T22:50:12.824-08:00

Since the hubby is on vacation this week, I haven't had time to stamp so here are a couple of 4th of July cards I made awhile ago. I don't send out 4th of July cards but this chick by Stampendous is just so darn cute! The chick is colored with watercolor pencils, layered on a red panel and popped up. A red star sticker was placed in the center of the sparkler. The red and white is ribbon

Jamie Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14167869143243620729noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-921009406206875173.post-64128182695922207742008-06-17T14:23:00.000-07:002008-12-09T22:50:13.115-08:00

Here is a card I made for a stamp class I had a few weeks a go. The class was ways to use vellum and I really like how this card turned out! Here is how to make it.1. Stamp the dog on watercolor paper with VersaMark and emboss with alexandrite powder (Stampendous). Color using Twinkling H2O's, layer onto dark blue paper.2. Stamp the "woof" tag onto dark blue paper, cut out and tie to dog panel

Jamie Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14167869143243620729noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-921009406206875173.post-80184813978126249462008-06-12T15:39:00.000-07:002008-12-09T22:50:13.318-08:00

This card is for Mercy's Tuesday sketch challenge. This is a long card so it was harder to photograph. I used Hero Arts stamps and stamped the round birthday wishes three times, once in stonewashed, cranberry and lettuce Adirondack inks. Then they were punched out and layered onto orange paper which is the back side of the polka dot paper. The circles are glued to a polka dot rectangle that is

Jamie Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14167869143243620729noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-921009406206875173.post-35572639887062070192008-06-10T16:52:00.000-07:002008-12-09T22:50:13.726-08:00

Today I participated in a couple of challenges, Poetic Artistry has this really cute sketch challenge that I just loved and SCS has a color challenge that I wasn't thrilled with but I thought I would stretch myself. The colors are real red, regal rose and so saffron, my stamping friends know I really don't like pink and red together but I was happy with what I ended up with, what do you think?

Jamie Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14167869143243620729noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-921009406206875173.post-29092581371974970922008-06-09T16:29:00.000-07:002008-12-09T22:50:14.398-08:00

This is a quick and easy card to make, my favorite kind! It is called a two way fold card and the dimensions can be found here. I used papers by Bo Bunny, they are patterned on both sides. The word stamp is by Great Impressions and the alphabet stickers are by Stampendous. Here is how it looks after you untie the card. And this is with the card lifted up. I have left it blank so I can write

Jamie Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14167869143243620729noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-921009406206875173.post-33115533452868357942008-06-06T07:52:00.000-07:002008-12-09T22:50:15.661-08:00

Okay, we got a new computer last week woo hoo! So several days ago I figured out how to up load my pictures from my camera (something I don't know how to do on our old one). Yesterday I wanted to post on my blog but I couldn't find where the pictures were on the computer, isn't that pathetic! Well last night after I got home from teaching my stamp class, my DH found where they were and showed my

Jamie Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14167869143243620729noreply@blogger.com20tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-921009406206875173.post-48758948369281249872008-06-04T08:27:00.000-07:002008-12-09T22:50:15.887-08:00

In honor of Father's Day, I've made some masculine cards and here is one of them. My Dad and my husbands Dad are no longer with us but I still like to make masculine cards so I made them more generic so they could be used for different occasions. The decorative papers are by Provo Craft, the stamp is by Stampendous as well as the stickers. The medallion was stamped with VersaMark and embossed

Jamie Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14167869143243620729noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-921009406206875173.post-43960302944545901732008-06-02T08:46:00.000-07:002008-12-09T22:50:16.106-08:00

I made this Birthday Card for Beate's weekend sketch challenge WSC50, I didn't run across it till last night and I thought it looked like fun. The cake is a stamp from PrintWorks and it is a wedding cake but I only inked up the bottom of the cake and added candles to the top which are by Hero Arts. The image is stamped with VersaMark and embossed with a black glitter powder, then it is painted

Jamie Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14167869143243620729noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-921009406206875173.post-86801262549295139332008-05-30T08:19:00.000-07:002008-12-09T22:50:16.270-08:00

Here's a card that was inspired by the glitter cards over at the Scor-Pal site. I love glitter and they have really great rolls of double sided sticky tape that come in many different sizes. Here is how to make the card;1. Place a strip of the 1 1/2" Scor tape across your card and cut to fit.2. Remove the paper backing and punch with a large leaf punch.3. Place the paper backing back on the tape

Jamie Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14167869143243620729noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-921009406206875173.post-50333325605488695742008-05-27T14:18:00.000-07:002008-12-09T22:50:16.494-08:00

I made this card for Merci's sketch challenge and SCS color challenge which was to use sage, chocolate and vanilla. I don't have these Stamp n Up colors so I did the best I could. I used a stamp set from Hero Arts and the giraffe is stamped on vellum, embossed with chocolate embossing powder and colored with markers from the back. It's the first time I used the giraffe, he's pretty cute! The dots

Jamie Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14167869143243620729noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-921009406206875173.post-28317796347860900832008-05-26T15:21:00.000-07:002008-12-09T22:50:16.931-08:00

Happy Memorial Day, hope you all are having a great long weekend. Today I made this card for the Mojo39 sketch challenge over at Poetic Artistry. I stamped and embossed the sentiment which is from Stampendous in VersaMark ink and champagne embossing powder. Then it is over stamped with a stamp from Paper Inspirations in citrus Adirondack ink and the edges are sponged with wisteria ColorBox chalk

Jamie Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14167869143243620729noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-921009406206875173.post-9895519948508218742008-05-20T12:24:00.000-07:002008-12-09T22:50:17.253-08:00

I really wish glitter would show up on scanned images! The whole background on this is glittery and beautiful, it just doesn't translate :( All stamps are by Hero Arts, circle stickers by Stampendous and the corner punch is Stamp n Up. After I stamped the background image, I added two way glue and glitter over the image, it's so pretty IRL.We had a beautiful weekend here and it was very hot. My

Jamie Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14167869143243620729noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-921009406206875173.post-30150695651106724542008-05-16T08:47:00.000-07:002008-12-09T22:50:17.598-08:00

I have this great clear stamp set from Paper Inspirations that have four sayings, sympathy, birthday, celebrate and thank you. This set is wonderful and it looks so elegant. The background stamp is also by Paper Inspirations and is called aged paper creases, it is also one of my favorites, you can instantly age anything!1. Stamp the sympathy on a cream panel with VersaMark ink and emboss with

Jamie Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14167869143243620729noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-921009406206875173.post-24898220166039776072008-05-12T09:23:00.000-07:002008-12-09T22:50:17.808-08:00

This is one of my favorite cards, I love cards with gold!1. Stamp small images, by Stampendous, onto pearlized card stock with VersaMark ink, emboss with champagne embossing powder and punch out with a square punch, then layer it onto gold paper.2. Stamp heart onto cream vellum with beige Brilliance (IRL it has shimmer to it), tear the bottom and tape to a pearlized square card using vellum tape

Jamie Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14167869143243620729noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-921009406206875173.post-54740208967844076422008-05-09T09:20:00.000-07:002008-12-09T22:50:17.951-08:00

I love this decorative paper so I made a card around the paper. My weakness is paper and seem to buy it every place I go so it wasn't a problem matching the decorative paper with paper I already had! The flower punches are from Michael's, the stickers are by Stampendous and the stamp is by Hero Arts.Well my daughter's birthday was yesterday and she is now 15 and letting me know she will be able

Jamie Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14167869143243620729noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-921009406206875173.post-47812563714944713242008-05-07T14:24:00.000-07:002008-12-09T22:50:18.185-08:00

I love making cards that have gold on them, either paper and/or embossing, I think they look so elegant. 1. Cut the ovals out using a Coluzzle, stamp the flower with Versamark ink and emboss with champagne embossing powder. 2. The background is stamped with a script with latte Adirondack ink, then the edges were stippled with mushroom ink. 3. Using a SU punch, punch the oblong strip out of

Jamie Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14167869143243620729noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-921009406206875173.post-39089802867423337092008-05-05T16:59:00.000-07:002008-12-09T22:50:18.940-08:00

My daughters birthday is Thursday and her party is in a couple of weeks, so I've been busy making invitations. I get bored making them all the same so I have made this one and the one below. Pink is her favorite color so that is where I started. The pink card stock is by SU and the decorative paper is from Provo Craft "The Slab". Corner punch and tag punches are by SU, the cupcake by Hero Arts,

Jamie Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14167869143243620729noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-921009406206875173.post-57669575741421959992008-05-02T09:13:00.000-07:002008-12-09T22:50:19.194-08:00

I love this flower image by Stampendous, it's so pretty but it is a little time consuming to color. I stamped the image on white card stock with black StazOn ink and colored it with watercolor pencils. After it dried, it was cut out and layered onto black and salmon colored panels.The card is stamped on the left side with a harlequin stamp from Hero Arts with VersaMark ink.The word stamps are

Jamie Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14167869143243620729noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-921009406206875173.post-21308101753003580142008-04-28T12:26:00.000-07:002008-12-09T22:50:19.393-08:00

Mother's Day and my daughter's birthday party are quickly approaching and I needed a cute little treat box. I was happy to find a template and tutorial for this criss-cross box at Nicole Heady's blog. It was super easy and if you're in a hurry and don't have time to stamp, you can even use a sturdy sheet of decorative paper to make the box!RecipeStamps- Great Impressions, StampendousInk-

Jamie Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14167869143243620729noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-921009406206875173.post-69035797238179779932008-04-26T11:49:00.000-07:002008-12-09T22:50:19.624-08:00

This card was made for the SCS Inspiration Challenge and it was a safari theme. So here is what I did.1. Cut a square of sticker paper, remove the backing and lay sticky side up on the desk. Take a piece of gold foil, crumple it up real well, open it back up and lay it down on the sticker paper with the shiny side up. Rub it down and remove.2. The foil has a crackled look to it with some of the

Jamie Martinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14167869143243620729noreply@blogger.com11tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-921009406206875173.post-12523546327811371352008-04-26T08:01:00.000-07:002008-12-09T22:50:19.832-08:00

It has been a long time since I have used my shrink plastic so I thought I would dust it off and shrink this great PrintWorks image. So here is what I did.1. Stamp "rough and ready" clear shrink plastic with black StazOn ink and coloring the rough side with chalks and a "chisel" type brush (the bristles are short and more condensed). Keep in mind the colors really intensify when shrunk so color

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Here is a purse card I made, it is a regular card that opens from the bottom. This card is cased from someone else, but I'm sorry I can't remember where I saw it :( But I thought this idea was wonderful and oh so easy! All you need is a circle Coluzzle and cut a half circle from light purple paper using the outer most line to cut on then do the same with decorative paper using one line smaller. I

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7 Things GameI was tagged by "Keri" for the 7 things game.The Rules for 7 Things:1. Link your tagger and list these rules on your blog.2. Share 7 facts about yourself on your blog, some random, some weird.3. Tag 7 people at the end of your post by leaving their names as well as links to their blogs.4. Let them know they are tagged by leaving a comment on their blog.So, here are my 7 things: 1. I

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Here is a card I made awhile ago, but it is one of my favorites and I'm sad to say this stamp by Stampendous is discontinued. I used a really great foil and glitter technique on the fish. What I did was 1. Stamp the fish on acetate with black StazOn ink then applied a piece of Peel N Stick to the back of the stamped image, leave the paper carrier on the exposed side. 2. Place the piece on a

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I made a spring card that could also be used as a Mother's Day card, using this really great PrintWorks stamp that is so versatile, I love it. I stamped it onto watercolor paper with VersaMark ink and embossed it with black glitter embossing powder. I then colored it with Twinkling H2O's that I am finally getting the hang of, I usually use watercolor pencils but I love the shimmer of the

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This doesn't happen very often, but I made a card without any stamps! I used stickers from Stampendous to make this Mother's Day card. First I placed the vase of flowers sticker onto white card stock and colored it with watercolor pencils, cut it out and glued it onto torn blue paper. It was then glued to a card and holes were punched along the spine and eyelet stickers (these are so much easier

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Here is a quick and easy card that can be made using a bunch of different color combinations and for a bunch of different occasions. I punched three squares out of white card stock and stamped the flower twice in pink pastel and once in french blue ColorBox chalk inks. Then I sponged the edges with sepia ink and placed a circle sticker in the center of the blue flower. Stamp a flower repeatedly

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Here is a card I made a while ago, but I love it's simplicity. I stamped the olive green paper with a flower stamp from Great Impressions with lettuce Adirondack ink and glued it onto a smokey blue card. Then I stamped the rectangle with denim Adirondack ink and stamped the word with lettuce onto a tan strip and sponged the edges, these stamps are from My Sentiments Exactly. Finally, I stamped

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I hope all of my blogging friends had a nice Easter! It was so early this year that it just snuck up on me, but we had a nice time with family over at our house to celebrate. Now for the card :)Twinkling H2O's are a lot of fun to use and give beautiful shimmering results. I stamped the frame with VersaMark ink on watercolor paper and embossed it with white. Using pink and orange H2O's, I painted

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Here's a really fun card we made at my stamp class last night. It is easy to make except the masking was a bit of a change for a few, I think it was because the monkeys are small so they were hard to cut out to make the mask. The stamp set is by Hero Arts and it is a clear set.1. Stamp the top monkey with VersaFine ink, mask and stamp the bottom monkey so the tail is in the hand of the top monkey

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This morning it is pretty windy outside so I decided rather than go for a power walk and risk aggravating my allergies, I would go into my drawer of scraps where I have a bunch of stamped pieces that have never gotten used. Well today is the day to use some! This card was made using a really great resist technique that is a crayon resist technique. All stamps and stickers are by Stampendous.1.

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I made this friendship card a while ago and love the colors, so I thought I would dig it up and post it. I stamped the sentiment with black StazOn and watercolored it with watercolor pencils (my coloring tool of choice). It is then layered onto golden rod and blue panels. The girl images are stamped in butterscotch ink, layered onto blue paper and the center image is popped up. Gold circle

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If you want to make a card with a lot of sparkle, this is the card for you! A great glitter and lace technique was used to make this card and the best part, it's easy. 1. First I used my Sizzix tag die to cut sticker paper and acetate into a tag shape.2. Remove the paper from the back of the sticker paper and place the tag down, sticky side up. Place a piece of lace on top of the sticky side of

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This is a real quick and easy card to make, with a little help from decorative paper! I used my new Hero Arts set and stamped the balloon in lime, coral and lavender Brilliance, then stamped Happy Birthday in black VersaFine. Then layer onto black paper and tie with a ribbon. Glue this onto a pink card that has rectangles of decorative paper layered onto black cardstock. Then I stamped the

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These Cris Cross cards are sooooo easy to make, you can view the tutorial over at SCS. I'm still making cards to use up my decorative paper and this is a great way to use it. The cupcake is another one from the new Hero Arts set along with the sentiment. The cupcake is painted with Twinkling H2O's and the decorative paper is from the Slab by Provo Craft.RecipeStamps- Hero ArtsInks- blue

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I have so much decorative paper I thought I better use some to make room for new! I'm just waiting for the Slab to come out with a new design, I find the Slab the most economical and you get so much paper. For this card I used my new Hero Arts clear set and inked it with black VersaFine which comes right off the stamps without staining as long as you clean them right away. When you use VersaFine

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