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magazine remains in tiptop shape while we recruit and train up a new editor. Last time I was here I was pregnant with my daughter (who’s now 6) and so sad that I couldn’t take on Craft Stamper permanently as I was about to go on maternity leave. Almost 7 years later I return after a second maternity leave with my son, who is now almost 18 months, hasn’t time flown!

I’ve worked for Traplet for 14 years editing Practical Crafts, Scrapbook Magic, Beads & Beyond, Sewing World and more recently working on the website and special issues. It’s funny how my latest craft craze directly relates to the magazine I’m working on, so now it’s time to move the fabric and beads aside and get back to some serious stamping, it feels like a home coming, my craft career started over 20 years ago working for a rubber stamp company as a designer! I even designed a project for the very first issue of Craft Stamper!

I’m so excited by the great products featured this month, we have a letterpress project on page 26 where Lydia Brooke Evans uses a simple kit to create the deeply embossed look of traditional letterpress. On page 42 Liesbeth Fidder has used an adorable die cut to create cute mini milk carton boxes, I can think of so many uses for these, I’m sure you will too! And Brushos! – Wow where have they been all my life! Take a look on page 10 to see how Kay Carley has created beautiful summer skies with these little pots of magic, more to come on Brushos next month too!

We have a great Masterclass on Texture paste, beautiful Ocean inspired Ready Set Stamp cards and be sure to check out Jenny Marples stunning stitched journal cover, it sure is a neat idea, you can slip the cover off when working on the pages inside so that you never get accidental spills and spats spoiling your cover artwork. Sewing is so popular at themoment too; it’s great to combine simple sewing and stamping!

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Regular & Features6 Distress to Impress By Anna-Karin Evaldsson

Create a clever shadow effect with double stamping or stencilling to give 3D looks without the bulk.

34 Free Stamp Makes Riikka Kovasin has designed an adorable doll face stamp for you this

month, and we have some great ideas on how to use it.

40 Around the House By Trish Latimer Next time you get a take away, look a little closer at those leftovers,

maybe you have new art tools to use!

45 Essential Embossing with Sara Naumann A fabulous technique this month for creating the look of cracked glass

just using embossing powder, great for the vintage feel.

48 One Stamp, Three Ways By Elizabeth Borer Elizabeth gets to work creating three different looks from a true

English rose stamp design.

51 Over to you Our chance to see what you’ve been up to. Gorgeous artwork made

by you, inspired by us!

62 Ready, Set, Stamp! Life on an Ocean Wave is this month’s theme for our quick card

round up!

70 Masterclass: Texture paste By Trish Latimer Get messy and try out these fantastic techniques using texture paste!

76 Just One Layer By Jenny Mullens Go retro with this quick and simple card that uses dies to cut custom

masks.

Projects10 Summer Skies By Kay Carley Create stunning summery cards, with dreamy watercolour skies and clever

‘die cut and stamp’ flowers.

16 Stamped Stitches By Jenny Marples Stitch and stamp a beautiful journal cover that can be slipped off when you

work on the journal page to keep inky marks and spills away!

20 Stunning Stained Glass By Helen Chilton Stamp magnificent cathedral stained glass window style art and cards with

colouring, paint effects, collage and lashings of embossing!

26 Letterpress Love By Lydia Brooke Evans Make beautiful Wedding stationery with a deeply embossed letterpress print

technique.

30 Bold and Bright By Anna-Karin Evaldsson Don’t be afraid to use those big bold stamps with brighter colours, to create

projects that really pack a punch.

42 Mini Milk Maid By Liesbeth Fidder Create the cutest mini milk carton gift boxes using a die cut shape with

stamped decoration.

53 On Watercolour Wings By Helen Chilton Short on supplies? Learn how to use your pens to stencil beautiful watercolour

backgrounds and ink your stamps.

60 Sublime Ceramics By Emy Buxton Blend a custom colour palette with Fimo Liquid to create a gorgeous glaze for

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80 Paint my World By R. Maria Sabina Learn how to get delicate painted strokes perfect for colouring feather images

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Distressed Shadow Stencilling & Stamping

Distress to Impress:

Create a clever shadow effect with double

stamping or stencilling to give 3D looks without the bulk.By Anna-Karin Evaldsson

“I love to give dimension to my projects and the shadow stamping or stencilling technique lets me do that without

adding any bulk. It is amazing how a simple shadow can create such a three dimensional look. The technique is also easy and

works with a large range of stamps and stencils.”

MaterialsStamps Alix used... • Stamper’s Anonymous Tim Holtz:

Mercantile, Tiny Things

Other materials... • Sizzix Tim Holtz: Labels Thinlits

• Ranger Archival Ink: Jet Black

• Distress Ink: Cracked Pistachio, Spiced Marmalade, Walnut Stain, Antique Linen, Pumice Stone, Embossing Ink

• Distress Paint: Cracked Pistachio, Antique Linen

• Distress Marker: Black Soot

• Ranger Embossing Powder: Clear

• Stamper’s Anonymous Tim Holtz: Cargo Stencil

• Core’dinations Tim Holtz: Kraft-Core Cardstock

• Ranger: Manila Cardstock

• Bazzill Basics: Kraft Cardstock

• Tim Holtz idea-ology: Chit Chat Stickers, Sprocket Gears, Long Fasteners, Number Brads, Borders Industrious Stickers

• Sizzix: Big Shot, Magnetic Platform

• Tim Holtz: Spritzer Tool, Paper Distresser, Mini Round Ink Blending Tool

• Heat Tool

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Regular: Distress to Impress

Position the stencil over a piece of kraft cardstock. Sponge Antique Linen through the stencil with a mini round Ink Blending Tool. Avoid having too much paint on the tool so that it doesn’t seep underneath the stencil.

When the paint is dry, position the stencil again, making sure you move it a little bit to the side and down, so that you get a shadow. Sponge embossing ink through the stencil.

Cover with clear embossing powder and pour the leftovers back into the jar. Melt with a heat gun.Now you will clearly see the cool shadow effect.

Ink the edges with Walnut Stain and distress them with a paper distresser tool. If you want a less distressed look, skip this step.

Mix a tiny bit of water into Cracked Pistachio paint and splatter on the background. Pick the paint up with a paintbrush and tap the handle of the brush to create the splatters.

For even more texture, use the Spritzer tool and a Black Soot marker to airbrush black ink here and there on the background. Wipe the ink off from the embossed areas.

S hadow stamping or over-stamping is a favourite technique of mine, which can be done in several different ways and using various inks and paints. It works great both with stamps and stencils, as I will show you in this article.

Shadow stamping is a great technique that creates texture and dimension, without adding any bulk. The shadow effect makes the image or letters appear almost three-dimensional. It is also very easy to do and you probably already have the supplies needed at home.

Because of the time of the year, I made two Father’s Day cards, but if you change the sentiments, the cards can work for many occasions. Or try the techniques in your art journal or on a scrap-booking page. I used stamps; stencils, ink and paint by Tim Holtz, but you can try the technique with many different types of stamps and stencils.

If you use wood or cling mounted stamps, particularly if they are detailed, a stamp positioner is a great help for this technique. With a stamp positioner you can easier control the second stamped impression and make sure that it ends up where you want it to be. With clear stamps, bold stamps and stencils, you don’t need a positioner, and sometimes the unpredictability of the second impression might be just what you are looking for.

The backgrounds here are done on kraft and manila cardstock, but the technique works well on many different surfaces. Experiment to see what you like the best. If you are working on a light surface, stamp the shadow with darker ink as in the second example, instead of heat embossing it with clear powder, which might not show so much on a light paper.

I’ve done some heat embossing on these cards and, as always, please take care when you use a heat gun so that you don’t burn yourself.

Step–by–step... shadow stencilling

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Distressed Shadow Stencilling & Stamping

To finish the project:Die-cut labels from manila cardstock and stamp with images using Jet Black ink. Colour and ink the images and labels with Distress Ink and finish by spritzing Black Soot ink on them, as for the background. Distress metallic gears and a number brad with Cracked Pistachio paint. Layer the stamped labels, Industrious stickers, and metallic pieces on the background and mat on kraft-core cardstock. Distress the edges of the cardstock, as well as of the folded kraft-core cardstock base. Use a Chit Chat sticker as a sentiment.



Go Shopping!Ranger products are widely available from good craft retailers worldwide. For more information on Ranger products visit www.rangerink.com

Sizzix embossing folders and dies fromwww.sizzix.co.uk, 0844 499 8181

Stamper’s Anonymous stamps and stencils, Tim Holtz idea-ology available from Country View Crafts, www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk 01767 262 304

FURTHER IDEAS:

Remember the nowFor this card I have used a stamp instead of a stencil. Smear Distress Inks on a craft sheet, mist with water and press the manila cardstock into the ink. Leave to dry and die cut a Postage Stamp from the inked paper. Stamp the number stamp twice with embossing ink and heat emboss with white embossing powder.You can also stamp it with paint, as in the first example; just remember to immediately clean your stamp. Use a stamp positioner for exact placement and stamp again with Pumice Stone ink, giving a shadow to the right and below. Stamp the background with a postage stamp image and Cracked Pistachio ink. Add texture with the Spritzer tool.

Die-cut two labels from the inked manila cardstock and stamp with a sentiment and a hand. Stamp an inkbottle on another piece of cardstock and cut out. Adhere the postage panel on folded and distressed kraft-core cardstock and embellish with the die cut labels, gears, a Game Spinner and Industrious stickers.

Other materials... • Stamper’s Anonymous Tim Holtz:

Hashtags

• Tim Holtz idea-ology: Game Spinners

• Sizzix: Postage Stamp Frame

• Ranger: White Embossing Powder

• EK Success: Stamp-a-ma-jig Stamp Positioner

DESIGNER TIP...

Use the shadow stamping technique for

backgrounds, focal points or titles. It works great

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MaterialsStamps Kay used... • Sheena by Sheena Douglass: The Country

Life (Perfect Partners rubber stamp set)

Other materials... • Sheena Douglass Metal Dies: Willowherb;

Loosestrife

• Sheena by Sheena Douglass Decorative Stencils: Wildflowers; Clouds

• Brusho: Prussian Blue; Lemon

• Distress inkpads: Bundled Sage; Weathered Wood

• VersaMark inkpad

• Crystal embossing powder

• Stampendous: Shabby Green embossing enamel

• Versafine inkpad: Onyx Black

• Spectrum Noir pens: CT2; DG3; HB1; HB2; HB3; LG2; PL1; PL4

• Sponge wedges

• Paintbrush and water

• Fine mist water spritzer

• Crafter’s Companion: Watercolour card

• Plain black card

• Die-cutting machine

Create stunning summery cards, with dreamy watercolour skies and clever ‘die cut and stamp’ flowers. By Kay Carley

Summer Skies

Masterclass:


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Project: Stamp and Die Cut

Place the Cloud stencil at the top of a 10cm x19.5cm watercolour card panel. Choose one of the cloud formations and sponge VersaMark ink through it. Thoroughly emboss with Crystal embossing powder.

Sprinkle a little of the Prussian Blue Brusho overthe top two thirds of the panel then heavily spritzit with water. Use a wet paintbrush to move the paint around.

Whilst the panel is still wet sprinkle a tiny amount of the Lemon Brusho onto the base of the panel. Spritz with water and spread it out with the paintbrush that still contains Prussian Blue from the last step (these two colours will mix together to form a nice light green).

Dry the panel with a heat gun and if necessary blot with kitchen towel to either lift off excess water or paint. Position the Wildflower stencil so that the tall wildflowers are in the bottom right corner and sponge through Weathered Wood and a little of Bundled Sage ink.

Stamp the tall flower along the base of the panel using Bundled Sage and lightly colour with HB1, HB3, CT2 and LG2. Colouring them so that they are behind the sponged wildflowers.

Stamp two images of the tall flower and one image of the row of flowers onto watercolour card using Bundled Sage ink then use the corresponding dies to cut them out. Colour these flowers using the Spectrum Noir pens.

E arlier this year Sheena Douglass launched her Perfect Partners rubber stamp sets and corresponding dies – not only can you use them separately you can also team them together to speed up the cutting out process. This project features The Country life set with matching dies, Willowherb and

Loosestrife.

The normal way of using stamps and dies together is to stamp your image, place the die over the top and run it through a die-cutting machine, however with these Sheena recommends die-cutting your image first, inking up your stamp and placing it on the table rubber side up and then placing your die-cut down onto the inked surface and pressing with your fingers, as it’s easier to line it up perfectly this way. So although in my instructions I’ve said to stamp your image and then die-cut it you may actually prefer to do it the other way around to achieve a better alignment. Try it both ways and you decide!

You may have already noticed that there are no black or brown outlines to the stamped images and this is because I wanted the flowers to look as if they had been painted as opposed to stamped. This was achieved by stamping the flowers with the Bundled Sage inkpad and then colouring over this ink with Spectrum Noir markers. I also chose not to blend my inks in order to give an ‘impressionistic’ feel to the flowers.

All of the stamping, colouring and painting was created on watercolour card which you don’t normally associate with alcohol markers. But as I wasn’t trying to achieve a smooth blend with my colouring it meant that I could still use my favourite colouring medium and combine them with my current love of Brusho which works fabulously on watercolour card!

Brusho are little pots of watercolour powders and are just such fun to use – many of the pots have a few different colours of powders within the one pot which give the most amazing effects. For this project I used Prussian Blue, Lemon and Violet and these have just one colour of powder in the pot.

Summer Skies “Having never used matching stamps and

dies before when I saw the new Perfect

Partners stamps and dies by Sheena Douglass I

couldn’t wait to try them out! I am normally quite good at cutting out, but

even I would think twice about tackling that row of flowers (Willowherb) so to have such a detailed corresponding die is

fantastic!”

Step–by–step... Stamp and Die Cut

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DESIGNER TIP…

When using Brusho only sprinkle a small

amount of powder, you’ll be surprised how little

you need! You can always add more if

you need to.



To finish the Project:Trim the wording panel to size, edge it with Weathered Wood ink and add to the flower panel. Layer this finished panel to a slightly larger black panel and adhere to a folded card blank.

Using the two green Spectrum Noir pens add some freehand grasses to the base of the panel to give the flowers somewhere to sit then stamp a couple of birds into the sky area using Weathered Wood ink.

Sprinkle Shabby Green embossing enamel around the base of the panel and heat it from underneath. Stick the tall flowers to the right side of the panel, snip a few flowers from the row and stick these to the left side.

Stamp the wording with black Versafine onto a piece of watercolour card, sprinkle a small amount of Prussian Blue Brusho and move it around with a wet paintbrush. Blot with kitchen towel if needed and dry with a heat gun.

FURTHER IDEAS:

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All In A RowThis is the simplest card of this set as this one doesn’t contain any die-cutting or layering of imagery. Begin by stamping the row of flowers at the base of a watercolour panel using Bundled Sage ink, then colour the flowers, grass and base of the panel with Spectrum Noir markers. Sponge and emboss some clouds into the sky area as in step one of the main card and then sprinkle a small amount of Prussian Blue Brusho onto the top third of the panel. Heavily spritz with water and use a wet paintbrush to bring some of the blue down over the flowers keeping the intense colour at the top. Whilst the panel is still wet, sprinkle a tiny amount of Lemon Brusho just under the clouds and use the wet paintbrush to blend it.




Additional materials...• Brusho: Violet

A Field of FlowersFor this card not only did I want to elongate the flowers but I also wanted to create a slightly denser look. Begin by sponging and embossing the clouds onto your panel and then adding the Brusho watercolours, this time adding Violet Brusho to the bottom third of the panel. Stamp two rows of flowers onto watercolour card, die-cut them and colour with Spectrum Noirs. Cut one of the rows of flowers into a few pieces, avoiding cutting the overlapping flowers. Place the uncut row onto the base of the panel (roughly in the middle), and then arrange the larger cut pieces to either side of it and the smaller pieces behind some of the middle row. When you are happy with your arrangement stick into place. Don’t feel that you have to use all of the flowers.

Tall and SmallWith this creation I started off in the same way as ‘All In A Row’ but took it a step further by bringing in the tall flowers too. Once you have stamped and coloured your row of flowers, sponged and embossed your clouds and added the Brusho watercolour, stamp one of the birds with Weathered Wood and then dab over it with a damp paintbrush to fade it into the background a bit. Stamp three images of the tall flower with Bundled Sage ink, die-cut them and colour with Spectrum Noirs then add them to the panel.





BookmarkThis is really just a smaller version of the main card, but I wanted to show that you can still add quite a bit of imagery to a small panel without overpowering it if you do it in a harmonizing way. After preparing your background with the clouds and Brusho watercolours, take the Wildflower stencil and sponge through some of the small flowers using Bundled Sage ink. Add just a few freehand grasses using the DG3 marker. Stamp, die-cut and colour the flowers and just snip a couple of the flowers off the row and add these to the bookmark allowing the tall flower to take centre stage.

Go Shopping!Chocolate Baroque stamps available from Chocolate Baroque,www.chocolatebaroque.com, 01833 631321

Steampunk Gelatos and Sizzix Frameworks dies available from That's Crafty, www.thatscrafty.co.uk, 01708 344146

PaperArtsy Grey-White Board available from PaperArtsy,http://shop.paperartsy.co.uk/, 01277 212911

Additional materials...• Blue sheer ribbon


TOP TOOL…When using dies you

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cutting machine such as the cut ‘n’ boss is

absolutely ideal.



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MaterialsStamps Jenny used... • Limor Webber Signature Range by

IndigoBlu: Rugged Edge, Limor Circles.

Other materials... • English Cottage Artist’s Acrylic Paints:

Post-box Red, Townhouse Teal, Burning Bonfire

• Gee-Sso Good! Gesso: Black

• Phat Foam

• Plain Calico

• Cotton Wadding

• Black Thread

• Sizzix Bigz XL Alphabet Die: Block Talk Lowercase

• Trims

• Mount Board

• Elastic

This stitched and stamped slip cover will always stay pristine, slip it off, make the messy pages and replace looking as good as new. By Jenny Marples

Stamped Stitches

Masterclass:

“I wanted a vibrant and exciting journal cover that would look great and also inspire me to create more art on the pages inside. It’s great that this cover

is sturdy, flexible and easily removable too so that there is no danger of me ruining it when more inks, paints, pastes and sprays come out to play!”

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Project: Stamp and Stitch

After cutting a piece of pre-washed and ironed calico (larger than your journal cover) apply black gesso to honeycomb edge stamp using a piece of Phat Foam and a spatula.

Stamp horizontally along both of the longer edges of the calico in a random pattern. Repeat this process using the stitched edge design (having bent it on the stamping block).

Mix some of the first colour of paint with a little water, then paint onto the calico following the stamped lines. Repeat using the other two colours creating uneven stripes.

Spray the surface of the painted calico with water and allow the painted lines to blend into each other. Where they blend new colours will be created. Allow to dry.

Randomly stamp large, medium and small honeycomb and open circles onto the dried calico (using the method from Step 1) with the same paint colours as the painted stripes.

Cut wadding to the same size as the cover, andcut a piece of the painted fabric slightly larger.Pin together, stitch using black cotton followingthe stamped stitched lines.

W hen you get a new journal it's fun to personalise the cover, but when you start working on the pages inside there’s a danger that this decoration may get damaged. It’s also better to be able to have the journal lying flat when using the inner pages. So I decided to create a removable, padded, stamped and stitched fabric cover for mine.

I love how acrylic paints blend together and bleed into each other to create new colours when you add water to them, even when applied to fabric.And why choose to use calico? It’s readily available, affordable, and with a close weave to it, those finer images will show up much better when stamped.

I made sure the calico was washed before I got started to remove any size (coating) that might adversely affect the application of paint. The calico was also ironed flat as you are likely to get imperfect stamping if the surface is wrinkled or creased.

When adding the mount board sections to the reverse of each side I deliberately allowed for a gap along the centre of the cover. This meant the spine remained as flexible as possible to help the journal close properly and make removing the cover much easier too.

Adding wadding to the reverse of the cover gives your journal extra protection from those knocks and bangs when you’re out and about. Using it on the reverse of the stamped circular embellishments gives them extra dimension and added texture too.

Stamped Stitches

Step–by–step... Stamp and Die Cut

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To finish the Project:I cut lettering from the spare mount board and painted it with black gesso. The letters were then glued to the front cover.

Stamp honeycomb and open circles onto a separate piece of calico using the same colours used previously. Stitch each one to some separate wadding and cut out these circles.

Stitch or glue your choice of trims and the circles onto the front and add further paint splatters. Fold the excess painted calico onto the reverse side of the wadding and adhere with glue or stitching.

Cut two pieces of mount board cover sized. Cut four pieces of elastic. Sandwich the elastic between board and fabric, going diagonally at each corner and glue the stitched piece to the mount board.

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FURTHER IDEAS:

Sew Lovely CardI glued the leftover painted and stamped fabric onto some plain black card and stitched through the layers (as in Step 6). Using the ATC die, I cut three shapes from this fabric covered card and another three from plain black card (alternatively you could cut simple rectangles and finish with a corner punch). I stitched buttons to the fabric shapes, then layered with the black card and glued to the card blank. Splatters of the same paint were used over the whole card. The lettering was cut from mount board covered in black gesso and attached.

Other materials... • IndigoBlu: Black stamping card

• Sizzix Bigz Die: ATC and Corners

• Buttons

• Black embroidery thread





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DESIGNER TIP…Leave the painted

fabric to dry for at least 24 hours to ensure any excess

moisture is completely vanished before you start adding the stitching and

trims.

“The good thing about creating an informal and

random design like this is that your stitching doesn’t need to

be perfect; only limited sewing skills are needed here!”

random design like this is that random design like this is that your stitching doesn’t need to your stitching doesn’t need to

be perfect; only limited sewing be perfect; only limited sewing




Reminisent of the magnificent cathederal stained glass windows, this project combines colouring, paint effects and collage with

lashings of embossing! By Helen Chilton

StunningStained Glass

Masterclass:

“Stained glass designs, what more could you ask for? Whether you work on glossy, matte card, or acetate, they're sure to spark ideas. The more you look at the stamps the more

elements you find and the designs echo each other across the range.”


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Project: Collage Art

Materials Stamps Helen used... • PaperArtsy: Lynne Perrella Collection

LPC034

• Kaisercraft: Texture Clear Stamp – Lattice

Other materials... • StazOn ink: Jet Black

• Tando Creative: Chipboard Grid: Moroccan; Mask Moroccan

• Greyboard two 12x12 sheets

• Stampendous Frantage Embossing Enamel: Aged Silver

• Glossy white cardstock

• Spectrum Aqua markers: Peach, Scarlet, Sunflower, Kingfisher

• Silver wire

• Silver brads

• Fine line permanent black pen

• White highlighting pen

• Mod Podge or PVA glue

• Patterned paper for back

• Staples

Cut two arched windows and two arched aperture frames out of grey board, also cut two arches out of glossy white card to fit.

Stamp the two main images in black StazOn onto glossy card and colour with the Spectrum Aqua pens. Add highlights in white pen.

Colour one of the large stamps quickly with the Spectrum Aqua yellow and stamp several times onto glossy arch.

Repeat with the yellow pen and then rub over quickly with a wet wipe to spread the colour.

Next colour the stamp with red, stamp off onto scrap paper once and then stamp all over background. Do not rub over with a wet wipe this time. Repeat with the blue pen.

Ink up the Lattice stamp in black and press through the Moroccan grid stencil to create a rough pattern.

A s soon as I saw the latest Lynne Perrella stamps I knew I had to create something with them.The designs follow a stained glass theme, which naturally makes you think of arched windows, jewel colours and lots of texture.

I've coloured the stamped images in as if they were made up of separate pieces of glass, but they work equally well coloured and blended more randomly. I've stamped on glossy card to create a glass effect but stamping on acetate and colouring on the back or allowing the background to show through also works very well.

For the background I've used a very simple technique: stamp the main image over and over again in different colours until the whole area is covered. I used Spectrum Aqua pens, which have got a lovely broad nib to colour on my stamps, starting with yellow, then red, then blue. The same colours were used to colour the focal image. By creating a background like this, you know it's going to match the main image in design and colour palette, keeping it all well coordinated. I then added some stencilling with the coordinating Tando Moroccan stencil just to tie everything in.

As for the arches, wow, I had fun. I used a Tando grid, Moroccan design, all pre-cut for you, tissue paper, brads and wire, and I covered the lot with Mod Podge and Stampendous Frantage embossing enamel in Aged Silver. This embossing powder is very textured as it's made up of several different powders of varying colours and consistencies. I don't have the recipe for it, but just looking with the naked eye I could see silver, flecks of gold and finer black powder. When you add heat it melts to different degrees according to how long it's under the heat gun.

To hold all the layers together, I used staples, which worked very well as the arches are quite heavy and need a strong bond. As the staples are silver they just disappear into the background, especially if you add some embossing powder over the top.

Step–by–step... Arched Windows

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Sprinkle quickly with Aged Silver embossing enamel, tap off the excess, return to the jar and heat to emboss.

Lay the stencil over again and draw sketchily round the shape using a fine permanent black pen.

Take the Moroccan chipboard grid and start cutting it into smaller sections to fit around the frame.

Tear strips of tissue paper, crumple and crease it up to add texture to your frame. Stick it all down with Mod Podge or PVA glue.

Do the same on the other frame so they look like this. Remember to leave room for the brads where the arches are going to be hinged together in the centre.

When you are happy with the look, coat the whole frame in glue and emboss it with the Aged Silver enamel.

FURTHER IDEAS:

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Mini Triple ArchCut out three smaller arches, frames, back pieces and glossy card as before. Stamp the backgrounds in the same way but use two colours only on each arch: red/blue, red/yellow and yellow/blue. Stamp the small faces, colour in using the background colours as the main shades and highlight in white. Add Moroccan chipboard fragments and tissue paper to frames as before and emboss in silver. Staple it all together and then add wire hinges and decoration. Neaten with patterned paper on the back.

To finish the Project:Stick the main images to the background. Staple the frames, glossy card and backboards together. Add brads. Hinge using the silver wire. Add touches of embossing to hide the staples and cover the brads if you want to. Neaten up the backs with patterned paper.



Project: Collage Art

DESIGNER TIP...

Cut your chipboard grid up into different shaped pieces and fragments to create the look of aged crumbling stonework.

Tall Arched Window TagMake the background on a piece of glossy cardstock. Stamp the image once and then repeat stamp the border top and bottom to make a longer arched window. Colour and highlight as before. Cut out a long narrow frame, add texture and emboss. Finish as for the main project.

“Cut your arches yourself. The edges

don't have to be perfect (especially

the aperture) as by the time

you've added the tissue paper and

embossing powder you're not going to

notice.”



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WHY NOT TRY?...stamping on

acetate and letting the background shine through.

Other materials... • Turquoise cardstock

Arched Window CardCreate the background as before and then stamp and colour your image. Add stencilling as in Steps 6 to 8 of the main project. Stick down some of the Moroccan grid frame and emboss in silver. Also emboss round the edges of the card. Mount onto folded turquoise cardstock trimmed into a matching arch shape.



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Get the look of letterpress stationery for a fraction of the cost using a simple kit that works with your die cutting machine. By Lydia Brooke Evans

Letterpress Love

Masterclass:

"I just love the fact that with just the Letterpress starter kit, a few basic extras and a stamp you can make beautiful and intricate stationery.”

By Lydia Brooke Evans

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Project: Letterpress technique

MaterialsStamps Lydia used... • Altenew: Magnolias for Her

Other materials... • Lifestyle Crafts: Letterpress Starter Kit

• Lifestyle Crafts Letterpress Ink: Gold

• Delicata Ink: Golden Glitz

• Hero Arts Shadow Ink: Charcoal

• VersaMark Ink

• Derwent Coloured Pencils: Jade Green, Orange Chrome

• Wow Embossing Powder: Bright White

• Wplus9: Clear Cut Circle Stackers

• Turquoise card

• Vellum

Open up the Letterpress and place the piece of card to be inked on the base piece. Add some of the included foam spacers to the sides of the card piece so it stays in place.

Place the adhesive-backed floral printing plate on the 'lid' of the Letterpress. Use the grid lines on both the base and the lid to make sure that the base card piece will be fully covered by the printing plate when the letterpress is closed.

Add some of the gold letterpress ink to the included ink block. Use the brayer to roll back and forth through the ink until the brayer is evenly coated.

Roll the inked up brayer over the floral printing plate until it is evenly covered with the gold ink.

Close the lid of the Letterpress, and run the whole piece through the Big Shot or other die cutting machine. Remove and leave to dry.

Cut a circle window from the letter-pressed piece using the largest of the circle dies. Cut the second largest circle die from a piece of turquoise card. Add the turquoise piece behind the window in the gold letter-pressed piece.

L etterpress wedding stationery is very popular, but very expensive. You can get the same look at home with this letterpress starter kit, and it’s a lot more friendly on the pocket too! All of the equipment that is needed to get started is included in the box and there are lots more

beautiful printing plates available to add to the system. You can create beautiful letter-pressed stationery easy and quickly in your own home just using the products in the box.

You can create any kind of stationery or cards using this kit, if you are after wedding stationery,it can do everything from the invitations, place settings, and thank you cards to everyday greetings cards and writing sets. When I first came across this product I was so excited that I could quickly create lots of wedding stationery and card sets that I could give as gifts.

Although you can use the Letterpress with normal cardstock you will get better results and a deeper impression using letterpress cotton paper. This paper has a softer and thicker texture and is just prefect for the deep embossing of the letterpress and has a luxurious feel. Letterpress ink is very sticky so make sure your workspace is clear around your ‘ink base block' and brayer. There are some cleaning clothes included in the starter kit but I advise you have some baby wipes on hand for quick clean up if needed. If extra cleaning is needed use some clear stamp cleaner (like the Hero Arts Ultra Clean Clear Stamp Cleaner) and a micro-fibre cloth.

Letterpress Love

Step–by–step... Letterpress embossing

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DESIGNER TIP…

Make these cards in bulk by swapping out the

card when letter-pressed and then adding in a clean piece of cardstock and re-apply ink to the printing plate. Creating more than one of the same

card will save lotsof time.



Stamp the large magnolia flower on to white card using grey ink. Stamp the image again onto vellum and heat emboss using white embossing powder.

Add colour to the flowers using coloured pencils, for a softer feel add the colour to the back of the vellum flower. Once coloured fussy cut out both flowers and attach the vellum flower on top of the cardstock one.

Attach the letter-pressed piece to your card blank, stamp the sentiment and attach the flower using some foam adhesive.

FURTHER IDEAS:

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Top Heavy LetterpressTo cover just part of your card with the letterpress design, simply alter the position of the printing plate so that when it is closed the bottom part of the card will not be covered. Ink up the printing plate in the same way as for the Thank You card. Add a strip of turquoise card just above the bottom of the gold letterpress pattern and stamp the sentiment. Create the flower as before and attach to the card.

A Little LetterpressFor this variation move the printing plate so that when the Letterpress is closed the plate will only cover the bottom third of your card. Ink up the floral printing plate as before. Add a strip of turquoise card where the gold letterpress pattern ends and stamp the sentiment above it. Create the flower as before and attach to the card.

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DESIGNER TIP…

Don't add too much ink to the printing plate, if you add too much the image may bleed and

not dry properly.



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Don’t be afraid to use those big bold stamps with brighter colours, to create projects that really pack a punch. By Anna-Karin Evaldsson

Bold and Bright

Masterclass:

Materials Stamps Anna-Karin used... • Stamper’s Anonymous Tim Holtz: Numeric,

School Desk, Typography, Classics #5

Other materials... • Ranger: Specialty Stamping Paper• Die Cuts With a View: Adhesive Cork

Stack 6 x 6

• Ranger Archival Ink: French Ultramarine, Chrome Yellow, Forget-Me-Not, Venetian Orange, Leaf Green, Vermillion, Viridian, Jet Black

• Distress Paint: Tumbled Glass, Broken China, Black Soot, Barn Door

• Sizzix: Artful Arrows Bigz die, Labels Thinlits Set, Life Made Simple Basics Thinlits set, Happy Day Thinlits Set;Big Shot Machine

• Ranger: White Embossing Powder, Matte

Multi Medium, Dina Wakley White Gesso, Glossy Accents

• Tsukineko: Versamark, Stazon Jet Black• Tim Holtz idea-ology: Film Strip Ribbon,

Symphony Tissue Tape, Elements • Tissue Tape, Alpha Parts Framed,

Grungeboard• Tim Holtz Tonic Paper Distresser • Canvas Board 25.4 x 25.4cm (10”x 10”)

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Project: Stamped Canvas and Cards

To finish the project...Glue the number squares to the canvas with Matte Multi Medium. Die-cut arrows from Grungeboard using the Artful Arrows die, paint them red and coat with Glossy Accents. Stamp a sentiment with black ink on a die cut label. Also die-cut stars and a heart from cork. Matte a photo on white cardstock, or use a stamped or vintage image instead. Glue everything down on the canvas with Matte Multi Medium.

Cover a canvas board with white gesso using a palette knife. Use the lid of a Distress Paint bottle to make some circle impressions into the gesso. Leave to dry.

Paint the canvas with slightly watered down Tumbled Glass and Broken China Distress Paint. Start with the lighter colour and drop in the darker shade. Leave to dry.

Add tissue tape to the canvas, and stamp rows of stars with Stazon Jet Black ink. Dry brush Black Soot paint around the edges for some punch.

Cut the Specialty Stamping Paper into 6cm x 10cm rectangles and stamp the numbers with bright Archival Inks. I used seven colours of ink, but you can use less too.

Ink an alphabet stamp with embossing ink and press randomly on the numbers, hold the cling stamp in your hand (not on a block) to get just patches of the image. Heat emboss with white embossing powder.

Distress the edges of all the rectangles with an edge distress tool to add great additional texture. Specialty Stamping Paper looks lovely with distressed edges.

I t can be such fun to go really bold and bright with your stamping, get out those big chunky stamps and the brightest coloured inks. Bold stamps can sometimes be a little hard to use, since they easily take over a project and become the focal point. But you can also use them to create a background. Or how about

making them the focal point, let them be bold and really shine?

Bright colours always make a project look happy and cheerful, something that works great for summer stamping. This project uses Ranger’s Archival Inks that come in a wonderful range of colours, they are permanent and waterproof. I stamped on Specialty Stamping Paper, which is a great matte coated paper, but you can use any other smooth papers too. Smooth papers work much better than textured papers with bold stamps as they often have a large solid surface, which you’ll want to stamp clearly and solidly.

For this tutorial, I made a canvas board using bold number stamps by Tim Holtz to create a background. Because the numbers are so bright and bold, not much more is needed to complete the canvas. I used a photo as a focal point, but you can instead use a stamp, a vintage image, die-cut or anything else you can think of. The same techniques would look great on a scrapbook page too, or use the numbers to make a background in your art journal.

I’ve also done some heat embossing on top of the stamped numbers, for extra texture. Since I’ve used Archival Inks and wanted the embossed text to remain white, I stamped with Archival first and then heat embossed with a second stamp. Always be careful when using a heat gun so that you don’t burn yourself.

These bold number stamps are great for birthday cards too, where the number really can be the focal point. This works especially for men's or boy’s cards, when you may have less image stamps that are suitable.My variation projects show how the numbers can steal the show!

“I often reach mainly for my black, brown

and neutral inks when stamping, but the

brightly coloured inks really give punch to a

project and are so fun to use. By going bold and bright you can create

very happy and cheerful projects, perfect for

summer time.”

Step–by–step... Bold Number Canvas

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FURTHER IDEAS:

Happy Birthday TagCover a manila tag with various tissue tapes. Coat with gesso and when dry paint with Distress Paints. When the paint is dry, stamp with the star and alphabet stamp using Archival Jet Black Ink and add some more tissue tape. Make a number panel as for the main project and mount. Stamp a sentiment on a die cut label and mount using foam dots. Paint an Alpha Parts arrow with Peeled Paint and die cut more shapes from cork to embellish the tag.

Other materials... • Stamper’s Anonymous Tim Holtz:

Hashtags

• Distress Paint: Dried Marigold, Spiced Marmalade, Peeled Paint

• Tim Holtz idea-ology: Crinkle Ribbon, Sketchbook Tissue Tape

• Archival Ink: Jet Black

• Manila Tag



Project: Stamped Canvas and Cards

Other materials... • Ranger Sticky-Back Canvas

• Ranger Manila Cardstock

Canvas CardFold a piece of manila cardstock (10cm x 14cm) and cover the front with sticky backed canvas, fraying the edges of the canvas slightly. Paint the canvas with gesso and when dry with Distress Paints as in the main project. Stamp a number on Specialty Stamping paper. Instead of embossing the alphabet stamp on top in white use Jet Black Archival Ink. Cut the number out leaving a thin white border. Paint a die cut arrow in orange and coat with Glossy Accents. Stamp a sentiment on a label and mount with foam dots on top of a small piece of Film Strip Ribbon.

Go Shopping!Sizzix dies available from www.sizzix.co.uk, 0844 499 8181

Ranger products are widely available from good craft retailers worldwide. For more information on Ranger products visitwww.rangerink.com

Stamper’s Anonymous stamps and Tim Holtz idea-ology are available from Country View Crafts, www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk, 01767 262 304

WHY NOT TRY?...

Bold number stamps work great for birthday

cards, especially for children who will love to see their new age displayed big

and bold on a card.



DelightfulDoll Face

Free Stamp MakesRegular: Free Stamp Makes

Isn’t she adorable, with a head full of curls and piercing eyes our doll face free stamp this month has been designed by Riikka Kovasin. Did you

see in last month’s issue Riikka has made a fabulous art doll and this doll head image stamp would be just perfect to create your own miniature version.It also lends itself wonderfully to creating those doll

head brooches, stamped on felt and adorned with beaded flowers and gems.

Alternatively you could make a little flower fairy doll or

use her to embellish cards and canvasses. I’m sure you will come up with many ideas of your own, be certain to share your creations with us by email [email protected]

Our Angel Policy: You are free to use these stamps in any handmade projects, including those for commercial sale, provided images are hand-stamped.Rikka Kovasin owns copyright over the original artwork so you may not use the artwork to manufacture stamps or other products for personal or commercial use.

with beaded flowers and gems. Alternatively you could make

a little flower fairy doll or use her to embellish

cards and canvasses. I’m sure you will

Riikka Kovasin has designed an exclusive stamp for us,

a darling doll face, see what our designers created.

You Are The Best By Rikka Kovasin

For my first project I created one of my typical cards – a mixed media styled background, layered papers and stickers and the stamped image on top.

First I added some purple acrylic paint to a kraft colored card. I also added a few splashes of mist and pencil doodles. Then I started to layer pieces of patterned papers and random stickers using this month’s color palette. I also added a few pieces of washi tape.

I stamped the lady onto a piece of white cardstock and coloured her using Copic felt pens. For the strong yellow locks of hair I also added touches with a crayon. I then added the image to the card using 3D foam dots. I finished the project with a stamped greeting.

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Regular: Free Stamp Makes

Kiss Kiss By Rikka Kovasin

I kept my second card quite simple just using a few mediums and one layer.

First I stamped the lady onto a white card. Then using the edge of a piece of paper I created the rays around her. I placed the paper on top of the card and used Distress Ink in two colours, ‘Spiced Marmalade’ and ‘Mustard Seed’, inking along the edge of the paper. Thus the other side of the ray is more heavily coloured than the other. I moved the paper after every ray and went over the whole card.

After I finished the background I then coloured the stamped image using Copics including the purple to her hair. To finish the card I added a few stitch lines with a black thin felt pen and stamped the greeting.

Fleur de Lis LadyBy Rikka Kovasin

For my third project with the stamp I created a miniature canvas. For this piece I used just the face of the lady and created the hair using different buttons and charms.

As the first step I painted the tiny 4x4 inch canvas using acrylic paints and mists. On top I then added a dress cut out of a book page. I stamped the face first to a piece of cream cardstock and then cut it out. I covered the face with a layer of Soft Matt Gel to prevent the colour mediums I was planning to use on her hair from soaking into the face.

Using Gel Medium I then glued different bits and bobs and embellishments to form her hair. I used buttons, a coin and also a flower. After the medium had dried I then added a few squeezes of mist. I also added some Micro beads placed a big “fleur de lis” embellishment to her dress. I then finished the piece with some drawings using Stamper’s Big Brush White pen, pencil and black felt pen.

“It was unbelievable to be able to design a stamp for the magazine! I’ve been doing mixed media ladies for a while now andnow I’ve made one of them into a stamp.

Really amazing! I hope you find the stamp inspiring and find use for her! I can’t wait to

see the stamp in use!”



Warm HelloBy Christine Stokes

The hair on this lady’s face reminded me of petals and so I stamped it twice in Versamark, embossing in gold and rotating through 180 degrees to make a flower shape.

I added some pearls, coloured with an alcohol marker, to make the centres. The image was used in its original form, also embossed in gold and cut with a stitched tag. A simple sentiment was added. The ribbon was coloured with the same alcohol marker to match the flower centres.

For YouBy Christine Stokes

To make the Bokeh background, I spritzed a piece of card with water and added drops of Aqua Tints in yellow, orange and purple, using a pipette and allowed the colours to mingle. When dry, I stamped circles of white acrylic paint through a stencil to produce the dappled light effect. Some small circles were added merely using the sponge dauber. When totally dry, the face image was stamped with Versamark and gold embossed.

The background mount was coloured with an alcohol pen and then stamped with Stampin’ Up Gorgeous Grunge splats and also embossed in gold. The ribbon was coloured with the same marker. The small tag from Lili of the Valley was attached to the ribbon and kept in position with a dimensional pad.



Regular: Free Stamp Makes

Simple FaceBy Christine Stokes

The Cuttlebug ‘Swiggles’ border embossing folder seemed redolent of the hair in this image and so was used to echo the flow of the lines as a backdrop in the vertical panel. The image stamp was stamped twice to make a flower shape, gold embossed and set in juxtaposition to the dry embossing. The image itself was simply stamped and gold embossed, cut with a Sizzix square die and mounted on a contrasting square of card.

The Cuttlebug ‘Swiggles’ border embossing folder seemed redolent of the hair in this image and so was used to echo the flow of the lines as a backdrop in the vertical panel. The image stamp was stamped twice to

DESIGNER TIP…

Just by changing the colours and the hairdo you

can mould the stamp to your needs! Try cutting the hair of or adding locks to the hairdo. Make her into a brunette or

blond or even rainbow-coloured hair!


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The gorgeous new colour ways on offer include the spring fresh Triple Meadow Greens, the fabulous fruity Triple Berry Purples or the earthy toned Triple Vintage Browns perfect for all your favourite techniques. Creating beautiful ombre effects is now quick and easy for everyone with these juicy ink pads!

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5Go Galactic!Get ready to take your stamping out of this world with these funky new spaced themed

background stamps which will be so useful for so many projects! These gorgeously thick clear photopolymer stamps are deeply etched to create perfectly stamped images and range from a grungy inky splat to a galaxy star all of which make the perfect background stamp to use behind quotes, sentiments and images. Designed and made by Visible Image you won’t want to miss getting your hands on these hand-cut ready to use stamps!

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Quintessentially English range of mounted rubber stamps designed by the incredibly talented Limor Webber. These high quality, detailed designs are etched on red rubber with designs such as the Industrial Lamps which are perfect for background stamping or the beautiful Lotus which would make for a truly captivating focal stamp.

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Around the House

Masterclass:

“Messy, painty and a bit bonkers…sums me up nicely! Using vegetables

to make marks in your art work is definitely a bit off the wall, but it’s

really good fun!”

Raid your fridge and get creating with corn! By Trish Latimer

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Project: Around the House

MaterialsStamps Trish used... • Prima Finnabair ‘Don’t Forget To Fly’

Other materials... • Paint: White, Sky Blue, Lavender,

Hot Pink, Grey Blue

• Black Acrylic ink

• White Sharpie pen

• Dymo label maker

• White UTEE

• Brayer

• Corn on the cob

Brayer (or spread out with your fingers) an area of paint. This needs to be even, so an equal amount of paint covers the sweetcorn.

Gripping either end of the corn, roll the sweetcorn in the paint.

Roll the sweetcorn over your already prepared background, taking care not to slide it!

Baby sweetcorn works too! Roll the corn inthe paint.

Roll the baby sweetcorn over the background.This gives a smaller design.

Once you have finished, you can then decide which bits of your background you like best, then cut out and stamp!

A dding that extra little detail to a background is always something I love to do, trying to find something fun and unique that will give

my backgrounds a different look! I was looking for interesting things to print with, and I suddenly had a ‘lightbulb’ moment! Sweetcorn! It’s already cylindrical (sort of), so it would be easy to roll straight onto the project, and the pieces of corn have a great geometric shape to them. I definitely think paint works best for this technique, you need a nice big area of colour to roll the sweetcorn around in first, before you print with it, which would be tricky with an ink pad. The consistency of paint works well too, ‘sticky’ enough to give good coverage over the sweetcorn, which then means you get a nice opaque print onto your chosen background.

I decided to use a masterboard for this idea, creating a background on an A4 sheet of card. As the sweetcorn printing can be a bit hit and miss, if you use a masterboard you can choose the best bits of your printing to use in the actual project! Have a go, it’s really fun!

Around the House

Step–by–step... Corn Creation!

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Go Shopping!Prima Finnabair Stamps available from Art From The Heart,www.afth.co.uk, 01423 873739

To finish the project:Sketch flowers onto the printed background, then draw them in with black acrylic ink. Doodle and add white dots to add detail. Add splatters to the stamped circles by melting a tiny amount of white UTEE onto them, then glue into the centres of the flowers. Sew the panel onto a black mat, then add to a blue card blank.

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Mini Milk Maids

Masterclass:

“This cute die cuts adorable mini boxes in the shape of tiny milk cartons, it’s great how a design we are so

used to seeing as functional can also be beautiful.”

Die cut an adorable mini milk carton box shape and stamp to decorate. By Lisbeth Fidder

Materials Stamps Lisbeth used... • PaperArtsy Lynne Perrella Collection

032 and 033

Other materials... • Sizzix: Thinlits Die Box, Milk Carton,

die cutting machine

• White cardstock

• Blending tool

• Distress ink: Wild Honey, Picked Raspberry

• Mini mister

• StazOn ink: Jet Black

• Bleach

• Small synthetic brush

• Adhesive tape

• Hole punch

• Piece of string

• Small clothes peg

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Project: Stamping Milk Cartons

Cut the milk carton box net out of white cardstock using the Sizzix die and your die cutting machine.

Sponge some areas with Wild Honey ink, use plenty of ink to create a beautiful bright intense colour.

Sponge the remaining areas with Picked Raspberry ink, let the colours overlap a bit so you create a third colour (in this case orange) where the two inks are applied.

Spray a little bit of water into your hand, and clap your hands above the paper. Dab the water drops off with kitchen paper, wonderful drip spots will appear.

Stamp the entire piece with the key images, use the same two Distress ink colours as used for the sponged background to keep the effect subtle.

Stamp the castle image twice along the bottom and the text image at the top, all using black StazOn ink.

T his Thinlets Die from Sizzix makes the cutest little milk carton, just 5cm square on the base and about 9cm tall, they make great gift boxes for smaller presents or fabulous treat boxes for parties or a wedding.

The Thinlets Dies are chemically etched carbon steel and hence you can get a lot more detail in the die. The thing I really love about this one is that it not only cuts the shape but it also creates the score lines so it is such a doddle to complete the box. If you struggle to get the die cut shape out of the die, add a piece of waxed paper between the die and your card before cutting, this will help the cut die slip out easier.

Paint, stamp and decorate your flat box net straight after cutting, don’t be tempted to fold first as this will give you an uneven surface for stamping. If you’re not to worried about design placement you could also decorate the card first and cut when fully dried.

To add some highlights to my stamped images I’ve painted areas with bleach. I prefer to load a water brush with undiluted bleach for this as it is easy to control and you don’t have to worry about knocking the open dish of bleach over. Always take great care when using bleach and remember to fully wash out your brush when you have finished.

I’ve added a sisal string and a mini peg as my closure at the top of the box, but ribbon or yarn also looks lovely. For a more industrial look you could staple the box closed, or use wire or sandwich bag ties. For a sleek line use a single large brad through the top lip to close the box. To see more of Liesbeth’s work visit www.liesbethart.blogspot.com

Step–by–step... Stamping Milk Cartons

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Now carefully paint some parts of the images with undiluted bleach. Don’t use too much, as you don’t want to make everything snow white, just some accents. I always work with a bleach-filled water brush. Dry well.

Fold on the score lines and add double-sided tape on the tab as shown. Fold into a tube. Glue or use double-sided tape to fix the bottom of the milk carton and fold down the shaped top.

Holding both sides together, punch holes in the top edge and finish the piece with a string and a mini peg.

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FURTHER IDEAS:

Stained Glass Box This milk carton with the stained glass image is made exactly the same way as the step-by-step project. I used Distress inks Wild Honey and Broken China, along with some other stamps from the two PaperArtsy sets. I stamped fragments of the text with Broken China Distress ink in the background.

Pink and Blue Box This time I used Picked Raspberry and Broken China coloured Distress inks.This box is very similar to the step-by-step one, but I have used different stamps and also added some key images stamped in black.

Pink and Blue Box

Go Shopping!PaperArtsy Stamps are available from www.paperartsy

co.ukSizzix dies are available from Sizzix, www.sizzix.co.uk

Additional materials...• Distress Ink: Broken China

Additional materials...• Distress Ink: Broken China



Regular: Essential Embossing Series

Cracked Glass Embossing

Create a faux crackled glaze or cracked glass

look using embossing powder to capture the vintage feel.

Essential Embossingwith Sara Naumann

“This technique is super-fun to do and I love how the embellishment almost looks as

though it’s coated with resin! It’s a sturdy, eye-catching card focal that adds a lot to a vintage-

inspired design.”

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M ama, why did you have your artwork in the freezer? asked my daughter as I madethis card. Because she is used to craft activities taking over every room in the house,my response of "Oh, I’m just doing some cracked glass stamping” seemed to make

perfect sense.

The cracked-glass embossing technique is easy, fun, and the process might even catch the attention of your family members! More important, it’s a great way to give an old-world, vintage look to just about any stamp design.

For this technique, you’ll start with a stamped image and add layers of clear embossing powder on top. I experimented with a few and found the most effective to be the Clear Gloss Ultra High embossing powder from WOW. Because it’s ‘ultra high’ you get nice thick application right away.

A few more tips I discovered along the way are to cut or die cut your stamped image before you apply the embossing ink and powder. This ensures that you’re not wasting powder on a large piece of card, only to cut it down later.

Second, I experimented with both matte and glossy card and both work perfectly. For this project I used glossy card as I wanted to create a really soft sepia-toned background with Distress ink. The little hints of colour on the woman’s gloves and hat add a touch of contrast. Be sure to do all of your inking and colouring before you start embossing, and be aware that the colours will be slightly less vivid underneath all the layers of melted powder.

Lastly, pop the piece into your freezer right after you finish the last blast with the heat tool. Wait a few minutes then remove it and bend it gently, repeating the process until you have the look you like. It’s easy and you’ll have mastered a technique that will intrigue all that see it.

Stamp, die-cut and colour the image. I’ve used Tea Dye on glossy card, stamped with Walnut Stain and coloured with Distress pens.

Press the embossing inkpad on the stamped cardstock, covering the entire surface.

Immediately cover with Clear Gloss Ultra High embossing powder. Tap off the excess powder and return it to the jar.

Heat-set the image. Let the piece cool for a moment as it will be too hot to handle. Then apply more embossing ink.

Repeat the process three more times to build up a thick very layer of melted embossing powder.

Place the piece in the freezer for five to ten minutes. Remove and bend gently to achieve a cracked look.

Step–by–step... Cracked Glass Embossing

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To finish the project... Paint the white matte card with Bora Bora; when dry, sand the edges and surface. Mount on red card. Attach washi tape to white card, trim and glue vertically on the right side. Stamp and emboss “carte postale” with Bark on a Tea Dye coloured piece of glossy card. Stamp and emboss “simply beautiful” with Bark on kraft card. Glue them to the painted background as shown; add a small piece of washi tape below. Mount the cracked glass embellishment on a red circle die cut, using foam tape.Add a gingham bow at the bottom.

MaterialsStamps Sara used... • Hot Off The Press: Eclectica ESN16

Other materials... • WOW! Embossing Powder: Clear Gloss Ultra High,

Primary Bark• Distress ink: Tea Dye, Walnut Stain• Distress Markers: Peacock Feathers, Gathered Twigs • Fresco Finish paint: Bora Bora• Washi tape plain blue• Blending tool or cosmetic wedge• VersaMark embossing ink• Spellbinders Nestabilities Blossom cutting dies• Card: White glossy, white matte, red, brown, kraft• Red check ribbon• Foam tape• Sanding block

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One Stamp, Three Ways

We all want more from our stamps, so in this regular feature we put their versatility to the test by challenging one designer to use one stamp in three different ways! By Elizabeth Borer

Rose Blush

MaterialsStamps Elizabeth used... • IndigoBlu: Rose Blush

Other materials... • Ranger Archival ink: Jet Black• PaperArtsy Fresco Paints: Nougat;

Lake Wanaka; Space Cadet; Rose; Guacamole

• Colouring pencils• Matt Glaze• White Gesso• Black and White Card• MDF plaque• Hessian

• Tissue Paper• Embossing folder of choice• Treasure Gold: White Fire• Krylon Gold leafing pen• Lace, pearls and ribbon

(embellishments of choice)

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Lace PlaqueEmboss your card and stick it to the front of the MDF plaque. Paint with Lake Wanaka paint mixed with a little Space Cadet. Once dry, rub Treasure Gold over the raised areas, also around the edges of the plaque. I always paint the back of items like this too. The paint acts as a seal on the wood and the final finish is nice.

Fray the edges of the hessian and paint with two to three coats of Gesso and dry. To add the design to the hessian stamp it onto tissue paper and colour the tissue paper with pencils. It's better to colour the back of the paper so that the design remains crisp. Tear the excess tissue away from the design. The tissue can then be attached to the hessian by painting a layer of Matt Glaze onto the hessian and laying the tissue carefully onto the glaze. Paint a coat carefully over the tissue to seal it and to spread out any wrinkles. Wash areas of colour around the tissue with colours from the palette.

To complete the plaque add lace to the top and bottom. Glue on the hessian panel using Pinflair glue then finish the design with a metal butterfly.

Butterflies and laceThis stamp is large enough to cut up and use in smaller pieces, using parts of a stamp design can create interesting effects and extend its use. Create the background by embossing a piece of card, painting it with a Lake Wanda and Space Cadet mix, then rub Treasure Gold over the embossed areas as before. Then cut the card into three equal strips to fit across the card base. Cut strips of pale blue lace to fit across the card in between the embossed card.

Stamp the design twice onto card painted with Nougat paint. Cut out the parts of the design you want to use and colour the flowers with pencils. Draw around the edges of the card with the gold leafing pen.

Cut out squares of hessian slightly larger than the card and fringe the edges. Paint the hessian with two to three coats of Gesso and when dry rub some treasure gold onto the fringing. The stamped card squares can then be attached to the hessian and then stuck onto the card base as shown. Add two butterflies and some pearls to finish.

One Stamp, Three Ways

Regular: One Stamp, Three Ways

card squares can then be attached to the hessian and then stuck onto the card base as shown. Add


“I think that this stamp is lovely, it appeals to my love of “I think that this stamp is lovely, it appeals to my love of anything floral and is large enough to colour, cut and use anything floral and is large enough to colour, cut and use

as smaller pieces. I wanted to make some pretty items as smaller pieces. I wanted to make some pretty items with the stamp and I felt strongly that the flowers should be with the stamp and I felt strongly that the flowers should be coloured in shades of pink. However, by adding blue into coloured in shades of pink. However, by adding blue into the background I found that the overall effect was pretty the background I found that the overall effect was pretty

without being 'sugary'. The three designs I have made are without being 'sugary'. The three designs I have made are intended to show different ways of using texture to create intended to show different ways of using texture to create

backgrounds and add interest to the overall design.”backgrounds and add interest to the overall design.”



Go Shopping!IndigoBlu Rose Blush stamps fromwww.indigoblu.com, 01777 701980

Mdf Plaque from The MDF Man

PaperArtsy Paint from www.itscraftingtime.co.uk,01763 262417

Lace, ribbons etc. from haberdashers

Floral DreamTo create the main part of the card cut a square of white card and paint it with Nougat paint. This creates a wonderful smooth background to stamp onto and a warm background colour. The stamp is used twice in opposite corners to fill the square. I have found that the easiest way to stamp across two corners is to place the uninked stamp face down onto the card where the design should be. Then press the stamping block over it so that the edges of the block line up with the edges of the square. It is then easy to ink the stamp and line up the design into two opposing corners as I have done here.

Colour the roses and leaves with pencils, then use washes of Lake Wanaka, Guacamole and Rose around the design to add colour.

Stamp your chosen word onto another piece of card painted with Nougat and then wash the same colours onto the card as before. Emboss the card and paint it with Lake Wanaka with a little Space cadet mixed in to create the background. Once the paint is dry rub Treasure gold over the raised areas.

Finally, the whole card can be assembled as shown adding lace, ribbons and pearls as needed.

DESIGNER TIP...

When painting onto hessian lay it onto a non

absorbent sheet. The gesso soaks through the gaps

between the threads and can stick to the surface

behind it



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Project: Watercolour backgroundsProject:


Watercolour backgroundsWatercolour backgrounds

Short on supplies? Learn how to use your pens to stencil beautiful watercolour backgrounds and ink your stamps. By Helen Chilton

On Watercolour Wings

Masterclass:

“I enjoyed using these stamps because the designs are quite free and easy, but have lots of detail in the images, and so give a beautiful crisp image on the

glossy cardstock.”

Project: Watercolour backgrounds

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I 've chosen some of the latest stamps from Prima for these projects: they're collages with quite fine line areas, scribbles, text, and grids that lend themselves well to using watercolour markers and repeat stamping. Stamp them several times in different colours to add to your card.

Rather than stamping in black, I've coloured the stamps with the broad nib of Spectrum Aqua pens.This is an old technique that I'm revisiting, but I'd forgotten what fun it was. The benefits of colouring directly on the stamp are that you can pick out exactly the areas you want for each colour and you can also easily just colour and stamp a part of the collage – it makes it very flexible. I've also picked out the focal points by outlining them with the dark grey pen.

I then wanted to use the pens to stencil with, so I coloured over the stencil and then, placing the stencil over my card, spritzed it with water and then blotted with kitchen towel. At first it looks as if you've removed all the colour, but as soon as you lift up the stencil you can see you've created a lovely watercolour effect. I found the best stencils for this were ones with an overall repeating pattern so that when it gets a bit blurry, the eye already knows what the pattern should be. I've used two main colours on each project with touches of a contrasting colour here and there. As well I've used two shades of grey, the darker for outlining and the lighter for building up the background.

I also got out my clear embossing powder and embossed over whole sections of the image to create a focal point. Emboss it two or three times and you get a lovely glossy finish that goes well with the glossy cardstock. I'd forgotten what fun embossing was – I must get my heat gun out more!

To finish the project...Stamp the main images again, adding a touch of contrasting colour (in this case the orange)and emboss over whole image with clear embossing powder. Cut out and add to panel.Add embellishments and layer onto card. Spritz some seam binding with water, colour with thepens and crumple. Staple roughly to the card.

MaterialsStamps Helen used... • Prima Cling Mounted Stamp – Love Letter –

580179

Other materials... • Spectrum Aqua pens: Slate; Charcoal; Red

Violet; Sunset; Bud Green

• Glossy cardstock: white

• VersaMark inkpad

• Clear embossing powder

• Tando Creative Mask: Distorted Hive

• American seam binding

• Mini spritzer

Place your stencil on some scrap paper. Use the broad end of a Spectrum Aqua Red Violet pen to colour over the stencil.

Place the stencil over one corner of the glossy card, hold down firmly and spritz lightly with water.

Leave it for a few moments to let the colour from the stencil bleed a little onto the glossy card and then blot with paper towel.

Lift off the stencil and you'll have a watercolour stencilled pattern. Repeat in opposite corner and then use the Bud Green pen to stencil the other corners.

Colour the Butterfly Collage stamp using the Violet, Green and Slate pens, outlining the butterflies with the Charcoal pen.

Stamp centrally onto the glossy card and then add extra bits of background stamping in the Slate Grey.

Step–by–step... Butterfly Medley Card

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Butterfly Medley TagStencil the corners of the tag in Red Violet and Bud Green. Colour the image as before and stamp slightly off centre. Stamp extra butterflies and text. Make an extra embossed butterfly to go on top. Trim tag corners, layer onto card and add ribbon and embellishments.

DESIGNER TIP…

Wash your hands fairly frequently when

making these projects or you'll end up with dirty

fingerprints justwhere you don't

want them.

FURTHER IDEAS:





Additional materials...• Prima Cling Mounted Stamp -

Romanticism – 580148

• Spectrum Aqua pen: Kingfisher

• Tando Creative Mask: Grid Round

Additional materials...• Prima Cling Mounted Stamp – La

Mode – 580186

• Crafter's Workshop Template: Kaleidoscope TCW347 6x6

Birdcage and Poppy Card

Stencil as before through the circle mask using Red Violet and Sunset orange. Colour the stamp with the same two colours and both greys and stamp centrally. Add extra bits of background stamping to the glossy panel. Stamp the birdcage and poppy again and then clear emboss the whole image and cut out. Finish as before.

Elegant Lady TagStencil on the card using the Kaleidoscope template and the Red Violet and Kingfisher pens. Colour the stamp and stamp slightly off centre. Add extra background stamping. Stamp, clear emboss and cut out the lady again and layer up. Add embellishments and ribbon.





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Spectrum Aqua pens available from Crafter's Companionwww.crafterscompanion.co.uk, 01388 663251

Birdcage andPoppy ATCsCut two ATC size pieces of glossy card and stencil as for the Birdcage and Poppy Card. Colour and stamp just part of the collage onto each ATC. Add extra background stamping. Stamp, clear emboss and cut out the main images. Finish as for the Birdcage and Poppy Card.

Elegant Lady BookmarkCut card to bookmark shape and stencil as for the Elegant Lady Tag. Colour just the lady's head on the collage and stamp centrally. Next colour the scenic part of the collage and stamp underneath. Stamp the grid above. Stamp, clear emboss and cut out the lady again and layer onto card. Finish as for the Elegant Lady Tag.



TIME SAVING IDEA…

Do all the different stencilling first so that it's dry by the

time you're ready to stamp on the first

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Sublime Ceramics

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Simply blend a colour palette of your choice with Fimo Liquid to create a gorgeous glaze for your faux ceramic beads. By Emy Buxton

Materials Stamps Emy used... • Crafty Individuals : Floral

Circle CI - 293

Other materials... • Fimo Soft : White

• Fimo Liquid

• Alcohol inks: Pool, Citrus, Caramel, Watermelon

• Round leather cord: 3mm black

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Project: Stamped Clay Jewellery

Soften the white Fimo and roll out as a thick sheet and press the stamp firmly onto the clay. Use a knife or cutters to cut out the shape for the pendant and make a hole at the top using a cocktail stick.

To make the beads, roll small balls of Fimo and flatten slightly. Make holes through the beads with a cocktail stick and thread onto the stick while stamping. Re-shape the bead and remove fromthe stick.

Place the pendants and beads on the ceramic tile and bake in the oven at 110oC for 30 minutes. Leave to cool.

Pour a little Fimo liquid onto some kitchen foil. Place a few drops of alcohol ink onto the Fimo liquid and mix together using a cocktail stick.

Wipe the coloured Fimo liquid onto the baked Fimo using your finger to create the faux glazed effect. Remove any excess liquid with a clean finger or a baby wipe. More than one colour of Fimo liquid can be added to the baked piece.

Bake the glazed pieces again on the ceramic tile at 130oC for 20 minutes. Leave to cool before threading onto leather cord.

L iquid polymer clay is an intriguing material to work with.It has quite a few different applications and it can be used with regular polymer clay (e.g. Fimo) or with other materials. It can

be used as a glue, or for image transfers, or as a paint as it can be coloured with lots of different mediums. It can be baked on its own and can even be combined with fabric.

In this project Fimo Liquid is coloured with alcohol inks and used as a glaze to create a faux ceramic effect. Ceramic pendants and beads can be beautiful but can feel a little out of reach from most crafters as the process of using and firing clay can be time consuming and expensive. This faux ceramic technique is a fantastic, simple, quick method to create a similar effect. The use of stamps in this project results in beautiful intricate details easily added to the finished jewellery.

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MaterialsSTAMPS: Claritystamp – Fishing Boat, Small Birds in Flight. INKS: Archival Black; Stampin' Up! – Coastal Cabana, Marina Mist, Pacific Point and Soft Sky. OTHER: Claritystamp – Lone Tree Stencil, Stencil Brushes, Theuva card, Cloud Mask; Sharpie Pen – black; Stampin' Up! Marker Pens – Marina Mist, Soft Sky; make-up sponge; blue card; Post-it Notes; card blank

Our talented designers and readers have been shipshape

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Life on the ocean wave

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Boat On The Waves By Angela SimpsonCut the A5 white card to size (11cm square). Stamp the boat onto a Post-it note and cut out to form a mask. Stamp the boat using Archival ink onto the white card and cover with the mask.

Position and fasten the stencil onto the card so that the boat looks as if it's riding the waves. Using Post-it notes mask out the areas of the stencil you don't want to use. Stencil the sea using stencil brushes and a mix of Coastal Cabana, Marina Mist and Pacific Point ink. To add depth pull the colour from the stencil onto the card using a make-up sponge. Remove the stencil and using the cloud mask add the sky using Marina Mist and a stencil brush.Add the birds using Archival ink.

Remove the boat mask and colour the boat using Marina Mist and Soft Sky marker pens. Using a black Sharpie pen add a fine line around the card edge and then layer onto complementary card before adhering to the card base.

Big FishBy Susan WherryUse the Distress Inks to colour one piece of 14cm white card.Stamp compass and shells with Momento Teal Zeal as shown. Draw two curvy lines (to make the waves) and stamp the ship with Midnight StazOn. Colour waves with the pencils. Stick this piece onto card base.

On the other square of white card draw a further seven waves. Stamp seagulls and rope with Staz-on as shown. Colour waves as before and cut into two sections and use dimensional sticky pads to decoupage onto base.

On a scrap of card stamp ship, gulls, fish and rope with Staz-On ink, cut out and colour with the pencils. Decoupage these, tuck the fish behind one of the waves. Finally, use white gel pen to define the waves.

MaterialsSTAMPS: Viva – At the Seaside; Crafty Impressions – Fishing.INKS: Distress Inks – Chipped Sapphire, Peacock Feathers; Momento – Teal Zeal; StazOn – Midnight Blue. OTHER: 15cm Square White Card Base. Two 14cm square pieces of White Card. Pencils: Blue; Turquoise. White Gel Pen. Dimensional Sticky Pads

Happy Birthday, Old SaltBy Joanne AllisonStamping the focal image and sentiment on a die cut oval keeps this card quick to make and lends to the crisp, nautical feel.I wanted a very fine line to accentuate the oval so used a fineline marker to draw round it. Keeping the pen perfectly upright as you go round the shape ensures an even thickness line. A few clear droplets make perfect embellishments for a watery feel – you could use clear Dew Drops or Zoomz if you have them in your stash or do what I’ve done here and squeeze a few beads of Glossy Accents onto the card, just don’t be tempted to poke them too soon to find out if they’re dry!

MaterialsSTAMPS: Waltzingmouse Stamps – Ocean Bound, Splat That. INKS: Versafine Majestic Blue; Memento – Bahama Blue and Summer Sky; Adinrondack Pool. OTHER: Spellbinder Nestabilities oval; Glossy Accents; black fineline marker; corner rounder



Moonlight Over the OceanBy Anna-Karin EvaldssonThis colour combination works great for a monochromatic night time scene set at the sea. Stamp the scene with Jet Black Archival Ink on glossy cardstock, starting with the lighthouse. Continue with the boat, rocks, moon and sea. Use a small wave stamp to build the sea around the boat and to extend the sea.

The scene was coloured with dye inks, using a Colorbox Stylus Tool and Ranger’s Craft Nib. Start with the lightest shade of blue and gradually build up darker colours. The darker colours are easier to apply if you already have a lighter shade underneath. Leave some of the paper white for highlights and to give life to the scene. Use a white gel pen to add additional highlights. Dry-brush white pigment ink around the moon for shine, and at the rocks and lighthouse for mist. It is easy to use a Q-tip for this, dabbing it off on scrap paper first. Mount the scene on white cardstock and finally on folded dark blue cardstock.

Make Waves & DreamBy Denise van DeventerWhen thinking about the ocean, I always think of walking along the beach, picking up shells and sitting and watching the waves. The ocean allows me tothink and be quiet. So this was the tie-in to Life onthe Ocean Wave.

I incorporated my ephemera bits, with my cut-out stamped pieces. Firstly I stamped the word stamps and then placed the torn corrugated board in the centre of the card, over this. I then positioned my items along the torn edges of corrugated board and coloured around them, using a paintbrush and pigment ink.The flower was stamped with StazOn and thencoloured again with pigment inks and a paintbrush,and some white acrylic paint.

MaterialsSTAMPS: Pink Paislee – Nantucket, INKS: Tsukineko – StazOn; VersaMagic – Midnight Black, Oasis Green, Night Sky; ColorBox – Pinwheel OTHER: Pink Paislee – Nantucket Ephemera; BoBunny Cardstock – Powder Blue Stripe; White Corrugated Board; White Acrylic Paint

MaterialsSTAMPS: Stampscapes – Nature Sheet 12 (Light, Rocks and Waves Sm. 306E, Seaside Cove Sm. 308G, Rocks and Waves 235E, Sailboat 153B), Waves Sm. 297C, Cloud with Rising Moon Lg. 198G. INKS: Ranger Distress Ink – Faded Jeans, Peacock Feathers; Ranger Dye Ink – Blue Ribbon; Ranger Adirondack – Aqua, Pool; Ranger Archival Ink – Jet Black; Clearsnap – Colorbox Frost White. OTHER: Ranger Glossy Cardstock; Tim Holtz Idea-ology Chit Chat Stickers; Clearsnap: Colorbox Stylus Handle with Oval Blender Stylus Tips; Ranger Inkssentials Craft Nib and Craft Nib Holder




Sea StoriesBy Claudia NeubacherCut some thin, wave shaped strips from printer paper to use as masks. Spread the first blue acrylic colour on the Gelli Plate using a brayer. Place wave strips as masks over the colour and pull your print. Pull the ghost print and put aside. Remove masks and add another blue colour to your Gelli plate. Put masks back on plate – this time in slightly different places – and print a second, overlapping layer of waves. Repeat the process with two more colours and the masks in different places.

Cut finished and dried print to size and cut off the upper part of the print along one of the waves lines. Stamp your sailing ship in black archival ink on a piece of card and cut out. Cut a wave shaped line into the ‘sea’ to insert and glue in the ship. Use one of your ghost prints as the sky. Distress the edges and glue onto a panel of white card. Add texture to your waves with partially stamped scripts. Add tiny dots using a white Sharpie. Stencil ‘Sea Stories’ with white acrylic paint and sponge. Add stamped and cut out ‘sea’ word panel. Distress the finished panel's edges and glue onto a white greeting card.

All At SeaBy Jennifer MullensWater-coloured brushstrokes make the perfect nautical background especially in these gorgeous blues along with some quick and simple paper piecing to make the boat stand out from the background. The stripes of colour also remind me of painted wood so I thought the bold brushstroke sentiment would be a good choice to layer over them too.

MaterialsSTAMPS: Flonzcraft – Vintage Machine Engravings; 7 Dots Studio – Destination Unknown, Oxford Impressions – The Deep. INKS: Ranger archival – Jet Black. OTHER: Gelli Plate; Stencil Red Lead – Sea Stories; DecoArt media fluid acrylic paints in white and four different blues; White Sharpie; Brayer; Make up sponge; Scissors; Fine detail cutting knife; Glue stick; Paper distresser tool; White card; Printer paper

MaterialsSTAMPS: Paper Smooches – Wicked Nauticool; Avery Elle – Brushed. INKS: Hero Arts – Pool, Tide Pool; Versafine – Onyx Black; Versamark. OTHER: Wow EP – White regular



Sail AwayBy Lydia Brooke EvansStamp the boat onto the acetate and also onto white cardstock. Colour the boat on the white card stock using Copic Markers – B00, B02 and B05 for the sails and B24 and B26 for the body. Cut the coloured boat pieces out and attach them to the outline stamped onto the acetate, then cut this out. This means that the ropes will be seen on the acetate piece and give a more realistic look.

For the waves cut these out of blue card stock using the Scalloped dies, but upside-down. This gives these fabulous wave shapes. Add to panels of white card stock onto the card black leaving a strip of empty space. To this strip add the die cut waves and then add the boat between the wave layers.

Carpe DiemBy Kerstin-Inga PetersMix together White and Bird Sand Gesso and spread over a wide area with a palette knife as your background, to represent structure sand, waves and sky then dry with hot air gun. Use colour spray inks (light and dark blue) and water to represent the sea waves. Stamp the main motifs with clear stamps and StazOn black ink, using the silver ink pad for the motif in the background. Cut out a vintage sailor picture and glue onto your card.

MaterialsSTAMPS: Avery Elle – Knotty. INKS: Ranger Archival – Jet Black; Distress Ink – Salty Ocean, Copic Markers – B00, B02, B05, B24, B26. OTHER: Lawn Fawn – Scalloped Border Dies; Mama Elephant – Landscape Trio; Dies; Acetate; Sticky notes

MaterialsSTAMPS: Pink Paislee – Nantucket, INKS: Tsukineko – StazOn; VersaMagic – Midnight Black, Oasis Green, Night Sky; ColorBox – Pinwheel. OTHER: Pink Paislee – Nantucket Ephemera; BoBunny Cardstock – Powder Blue Stripe; White Corrugated Board; White Acrylic Paint




A Little Hello By Chrissie StokesStamp the birds onto the card and paint with Rubber Cement to create a mask and dry. Apply the Distress inks in horizontal bands, using sponge daubers. Sponge the sky with Soft Sky ink, dry, then stamp in VersaMark, using the Sky background stamp and emboss with Sparkling Snow powder. Sponge Tumbled Glass ink over the top and then clean the embossing with a baby wipe. Stamp over the sea using Gorgeous Grunge splats with white ink and emboss with Clear Hologram Sparkle powder. Over stamp the stripey Gorgeous Grunge stamp with Salty Ocean Ink.

Remove the rubber cement with an eraser. Cut the front frame with rectangle dies and stamp the sentiment above the smaller rectangle. These dies have the ‘stitching’ on both sides of the cut line and so are perfect for both panels and apertures.

MaterialsSTAMPS: The Rubber Stamp Gallery – Wading Birds 2; Impression Obsession – Cover the Page Background Stamp – Sky; Penny Black – A little Hello from Friendship set; Stampin’ Up – Gorgeous Grunge. INKS: Ranger Distress Inks – Chipped Sapphire, Peacock Feathers, Salty Ocean, Tumbled Glass; Stampin’ UP – Soft Sky, Whisper White VersaMark. OTHER: Elmer’s Rubber Cement & small paintbrush; Eraser; Sponge Daubers; WOW Embossing Powders – Sparkling Snow, Clear Hologram Sparkle; Stitched rectangular dies from Simon Says Stamp


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Memory Box: Starfall• PaperBag Studios: Wish• The Artistic Stamper: Calligraphy Mat 19• Viva Las Vegas Art Stamps: Washi Grid Background•

Other materials...

Paint: Black; white; blue; purple; green; yellow; red• Texture Paste: Grungepaste; Decoart Modelling • Paste; Faber Castell Whipped Spackle; Wendy Vecchi Black Embossing PasteStencils: Memory Box: Zippy Dots; Starry Night; • Donna Downey; Dandelion Pods;This Is LoveRanger Texture Tools• Heart mould• Wood substrate• Gesso•

Creating texture in your art work is just one of the techniques you can utilise to create design features, interest and detail. Using texture paste is probably the simplest way to achieve this! The results from applying texture paste to your art are

far too numerous to mention. From a bold, almost artex look with thick chunky texture, to the complete opposite, delicate and detailed texture than can be achieved by applying the paste through a stencil.

Texture paste is essentially a gloopy, plaster like substance, so whatever patterns and shapes you create with the paste will be rock solid once dry. The dry paste can then be painted, inked or sprayed to suit your project.

Texture paste is designed to be used straight from the pot, but of course crafters are renowned for their experimental genius, so why not try colouring the paste, or adding your own inclusions such as glitter or microbeads to see the effects?

The sheer variety of pastes out there on the market is vast; coloured paste, glittered paste, paste with fibres, beads and sand included, the list goes on! My advice would be to get a couple of basic pastes from differing brands to see which you get on with best. Some people like runny, gloopy paste to work with, some like thick paste they can use almost like plastering a wall! I have preferences depending upon what I’m doing with the paste. For small embellishments, I love PaperArtsy’s Grunge Paste, for stamping into I prefer the ‘mousse’ like consistency of the Faber Castell Whipped Spackle. It's all a matter of playing and experimenting, something all crafters just love to do!

DESIGNER TIP...

It is best to use a thin layer of texture paste if

you wish to stamp into it, too much paste seems to ‘clog up’ the stamp and

detail is lost.



Technique 1: Texture Paste with Moulds Small embellishments can be created by adding texture paste plus paint to a mould.

Add texture paste (I have used PaperArtsy Grunge paste) and acrylic paint to a small dish. Use around twice as much paste as paint.

Fill a small mould with the paste/paint mixture and leave to dry.I left this heart on a radiator for 3 days to ensure it dried out completely. Remove and use on your art!

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Mix the paste and paint together. The paint helps to stop the paste from crumbling when it has dried out, as well as colouring the embellishment.

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Texture PasteMasterclass:

DESIGNER TIP...

If you have used acrylic paint (or any other permanent colour) as your

background for stencilling, any mistakes can be simply wiped away! Baby wipes will remove

any unwanted stencilling, then you can simply dry off

the project and have another go!

“My advice would be to get acouple of basic pastes from differing

brands to see which you get on with best. Some people like runny,

gloopy paste to work with, some like thick paste they can use almost like

plastering a wall!”




Technique 2: Stamping into Texture PasteDetailed design can be added to texture paste by pressing stamps into it!

Technique 3: Cling Film TextureBig, bold texture can be achieved by using household items such as cling film.

Spread a thin layer of texture paste onto your substrate.

Press the stamp firmly into the paste, then remove and wash immediately before the texture paste dries on it!

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Wet your stamp so it doesn’t stick too much to the paste. A light spray with water will work, or a rub with a wet baby wipe, as I have done.

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Spread a thick layer of Texture paste onto your substrate. A thick layer means we can really press down into it and get some deep grooves.

Paint or colour your finished piece of texture.

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Scrunch up some cling film, then unfold and press into the wet texture paste. Leave to dry. My piece took four days on a radiator before the paste was solid enough for me to remove the cling film. Be patient!

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Technique 4: Stencilling With Texture PasteThe prefect way of adding crisp, textural detail is by applying texture paste through a stencil.

I am applying coloured paste over a finished background, so my first step is to create the background! If you wanted to colour both the background and stencilling at the same time, then jump straight to step 2!

Scrape the paste through the stencil, then lift up carefully and set aside to dry.

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Position the stencil over the background, and tape it down to prevent messy ‘paste going under the stencil’ accidents!

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Technique 5: Using Texture ToolsBig, bold texture can be achieved by using household items such as cling film.

Apply a layer of texture paste to your substrate. Wet, gloopy texture paste will not hold detail as well as the lighter, more air filled brands, so experiment.

Once dry, if you find the substrate shows through where you have scraped deep into the paste, simply cover with Gesso to even everything out before you colour the finished piece.

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Use your chosen implement to make marks in the wet paste. I have used a Ranger Texture Tool, you could use anything at all!

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All Loved UpSmear paint on a cardboard square to create the background. Use red paint through a stencil to create a dotty effect, then overstamp using white paint. Apply black embossing paste through parts of the “This Is Love” stencil,and leave to dry. Glue on the Grunge Paste heart to finish.

Cover a piece of cardboard with text paper, then give it a wash of gesso. Create texture by stamping into texture paste on three areas, and using different texture tools to scrape designs into paste on the edges. Once dry, cover the whole piece with paint, blending the colours here and there to give a colourful background. Once the paint is dry, add small areas of stamped detail. As the surface is not flat, add these details by gluing stamped tissue to

the background, rather than trying to stamp on top of the texture. Once the glued tissue has dried, stencil part of the ‘Dandelion Pods’ design onto the background using black embossing paste. Once this has dried, add in the ‘wish’ word, again using stamped tissue. Add extra detail to the pods using punched out circles, tiny paste hearts and some printed dots.

Go Shopping!PaperArtsy Grunge Paste from PaperArtsy, www.paperartsy.co.uk,01277 212911

Faber Castell Whipped Spackle/Ranger Texture Tools from That’s Crafty,www.thatscrafty.co.uk, 01708 344146

Donna Downey Stencils from Carole’s Crafts, www.carolescraftsuk.co.uk,02392 318097

PROJECTS:Make a Wish

FURTHER IDEAS:

DESIGNER TIP...

It is best to use a thin layer of texture paste if

you wish to stamp into it, too much paste seems to ‘clog up’ the stamp and

detail is lost.


Go Shopping!Lawn Fawn, Avery Elle and Paper Smooches stamps available from Make the Day Special Stamp Store, www.makethedayspecial.co.uk

Distress Inks available from Country View Crafts, www.countryviewcrafts.co.uk

Mask it Sheets available from The Glitterpot, www.theglitterpot.co.uk

“To achieve the retro look for my blocks of inked colour I wanted them to have rounded corners. This is tricky to do without using the negative space of a die cut, I was also able to make the rectangles longer than the die allowed to by extending the negative space.”

MaterialsSTAMPS: Lawn Fawn – Stay Tuned, Clark’s ABC’s; Paper Smooches – Happy Birthday; Every Elle – Merry & Bright. INKS: Distress Inks – Broken China, Stormy Sky, Wild Honey, Spiced Marmalade, Rusty Hinge; Versafine – Onyx Black. OTHER: White Gel Pen; Woodware – Mask it.

Using the middle sized die from the set cut a mask from the Mask it paper. To increase the length of the rectangle you will need to move the die along, making sure you keep the edges aligned, and pass it through your machine again.

Adhere the mask to the front of your folded card blank, making sure it is level, centred and positioned at the top of the card.

Cover all of the card blank with scrap paper or Post-it notes so you don’t accidentally transfer ink to other areas of your card. Start to apply blue ink using a round ink applicator tool or sponge.

Remove the mask carefully and place it onto your craft sheet or a scrap of paper. Wipe off the excess ink with a paper towel; this will stop the transfer of blue ink to your next colour block.

Re-apply the same mask, ensuring it’s aligned with the first, but lower on the card and apply orange ink as in step 3. Allow both colour blocks to dry.

Stamp the TV and radio in black. Arrange your letters and stamp out the sentiments and diamond accents too. Add highlights with a white pencil or white gel pen.

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Useful information... When inking with masks you have to be extra careful you don’t transfer unwanted ink smudges onto the white areas of your card. Wipe off the excess ink on the mask and always keep your hands clean to avoid stray marks.

Just One Layer Simple die cut masks really add to the 50’s feel of this

quick and easy retro card.By Jennifer Mullens


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Regular: All in the Details

There is so much more to see when you take a closer look, here are some of the finer details you may have missed this issue…

All in the Details

Stamped Stitches on p.16Did you spot how beautifully Jenny Marples' designer look buttons matched the stamped fabric? She has added those pretty paint splatters to the buttons too, so that they tie in perfectly. Be sure to splatter a few extra buttons to add to your stash.

Summer Skies on p.10Those super fine dies cuts from Sheena Douglass really will save so much time cutting out your stamped images. Just imagin how long it would take to cut these fine stems. I just love how Kay Carley has created a watercolour look on her beautiful sky backgrounds and carried it through to her stamped and die cut flowers.

Bold and Bright on p.30Anna-Karin uses a great and speedy technique to get just patches of her text stamp to print (shown here in white embossing). Rather than mounting the flexible cling stamp on a block, she has held it in her hand and rolled sections of the inked image onto her card. You can achieve something similar by just colouring part of the image, but this method is fast and more varied.

Stunning Stained Glass on p.20The tiny flecks of gold mixed in with the Frantage Embossing Enamel really show up in this detail image. It’s amazing how the simple chipboard card shapes and tissue paper now look like centuries old, crumbling metal screening. We love how Helen has cut the chipboard to look as if it has broken away.

Distress to Impress on p.6We just love how Anna-Karin has painted her cogs to match her artwork and sanded them back to look distressed. The green colour she has chosen really looks like verdigris, but any shade would work well and allow all your design elements to sit together and match perfectly.

On Watercolour Wings on p.53The collage style stamps make it really quick and easy to create beautiful artwork. Here you can see how Helen has inked the various areas of the stamp with different coloured pens for a multi-shaded look. She has then cut out the butterfly image, embossed it and mounted it on foam pads for extra dimension.

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It is with a heavy heart that I have to tell you that there will be NO Artstamps Exhibitions this year.

Those of you who attended Artstamps England last year will remember my saying that I had been badly let down by new managers who had promised the earth; and then failed to deliver. You will also recall that, despite my best efforts to recover the situation in the last 6 weeks prior to the show, it was not a patch on previous shows; and for that I can only apologise.

Whether due to last year or to the fact that the internet and television is changing the face of the craft industry,I do not know, but exhibitors have not seen fit to commit to the shows this year. Without the exhibitors there is no show! As a consequence it is just not economically viable to run the shows; so they will not happen.

As a very significant birthday is now upon me, it seems sensible to take this opportunity to retire gracefully rather than struggle to re-build what had become a very successful series of rubber stamp shows.

May I say a heartfelt thank you to all the exhibitors who have supported me over the last 18 years and an equally grateful thank you to all of you visitors who have attended Artstamps Exhibitions in England, Scotland, Wales and Cornwall. So many of you I know by sight or by name and even more who have become good friends of the shows. I shall miss you all.

Goodbye from Artstamps Exhibitions.

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PRESS RELEASEIt is with a heavy heart that I have to tell you that there will be NO Artstamps Exhibitions this

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Those of you who attended Artstamps England last year will remember my saying that I had

been badly let down by new managers who had promised the earth; and then failed to

deliver. You will also recall that, despite my best efforts to recover the situation in the last

6 weeks prior to the show, it was not a patch on previous shows; and for that I can only

apologise.

Whether due to last year or to the fact that the internet and television is changing the face

of the craft industry, I do not know, but exhibitors have not seen fit to commit to the shows

this year. Without the exhibitors there is no show! As a consequence it is just not

economically viable to run the shows; so they will not happen.

As a very significant birthday is now upon me, it seems sensible to take this opportunity to

retire gracefully rather than struggle to re-build what had become a very successful series

of rubber stamp shows.

May I say a heartfelt thank you to all the exhibitors who have supported me over the last 18

years and an equally grateful thank you to all of you visitors who have attended Artstamps

Exhibitions in England, Scotland, Wales and Cornwall. So many of you I know by sight or

by name and even more who have become good friends of the shows. I shall miss you all.

Goodbye from Artstamps Exhibitions.

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The best combination is in Inktense pencils. The pigment is so rich and you don’t need to add too much water to pick up the colour.”

Create beautiful fine feathery looks using pigment rich Inktense colouring pencils. By R. Maria Sabina


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Project: Colouring feathers

Materials Stamps R. Maria Sabina used... • Free stamp Craft Stamper January 2014

Other materials... • Water brush

• Archival ink: Pale Ochre

Stamp the feather stamp using a very light coloured ink. To create the fine lines, pick the colour by touching the brush tip with the Inktense pencil. Practice a few strokes on some scrap paper.

To get a fine line simply touch the paper and drag the colour without putting a lot of pressure onto the tip of the brush. The more pressure you put, the thicker lines you get. Draw strokes around the feather edges.

For a more powerful look, add strokes of a darker colour between the lines. Use dark grey or an even darker shade from the same colour family.

Adding a shadow around the stamped images add another dimension. Use a soft grey with plenty of water. Adding splashes of colour flicked from the end of the brush is also a great way finish off the creation.

A dding dimension to feathers can be challenging. One great way to do this is by adding obvious brush strokes. You can mix the thickness and the colour combination to get the perfect natural look.

You can either use markers with a fine tip or Inktense pencils. They work perfectly by keeping the natural colour between layers of ink which will give a great dimension.

You have to keep in mind that even though Inktense pencils look like watercolour pencils, they are much more intense. Be decisive once you put them onto paper you are stuck with it. This is because no matter how much you try to blend the colour or wash it off with water, it will only stain the paper even more.

You don’t need more tones of the same colour family. You can easily add darker shades by adding the first layer of colour, let it dry and then add a second or third layer.

I always pick up the colour from the pencil tip, using a wet paintbrush. If you place the pencil straight onto paper you might end up with harsh lines and the water won’t blend the colour 100%. Also, Inktense pencils are based on ink. Once it is on paper you have to work with it as fast as possible, otherwise it will dry and you won’t be able to move the colour around.

Paint my world

Step–by–step... Colouring feathers

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adding obvious brush strokes. You can mix the thickness and the colour combination

to work with it as fast as possible, otherwise it will dry and you won’t be able to move the

Go Shopping!Inktense Pencils are available from www.pencils.co.uk

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