Saturday morning

Morning everyone,
I have just discovered challenges. I added a few of the ones I discovered on my sidebar. I plan to join in the challenges as often as I can or when the theme inspires me. From what I understand by checking out the blogs is that challenges are something you create whether it be a card or altering a paper mache box. After you create your project you leave a comment on the pertaining blog with a link to your blog with a picture of your challenge. Also letting everyone where the challenge started. I did my first challenge for Rainbow Lady (see sidebar for link) on Thursday. I posted a picture of a funky ole lady pop up card here on my blog. The theme was people. It has been fun checking out the comments and visiting other blogs with what they did.

On another note I'm preparing for my Rubber stamping course I am teaching at my local Adult Education at our high school. This is a four week course all about stamping, new & old techniques. This Wednesday is our first night and we will be making cards showing direct to stamp coloring with brush markers, a little masking and embossing. When I finish the samples I will post pictures here. All level of stampers are welcome to come to class. We always have fun!

Stamp It! Create It! Have Fun! stamping sue

Challenges!

This is new to me doing challenges through blogs. They sound like fun so I'm going to start with RainbowLady's thursday challenge for this week --- people. Here is a link to her site: http://rainbowladyschallengeblog.blogspot.com/

Here is my card ..... it's a funny lady pop up card. hope you like it.

Stamp It! Create It! Have Fun! stamping sue

Poll question

Just added a poll question. Please help me decide on a class name for upcoming class.
Should I call it All In One or Variety Show?
The class consist of creating quick & easy backgrounds that will be collaged stamped then made into cards, bookmarks, covers for mini composition books & bags. Go to the poll question in the side bar and vote. This poll question will close on March 10, 2009. thank you! stamping sue

Upcoming classes for April 2009

I'm creating new classes & updating old classes for the coming year. New class I have pending to teach in April at Beautiful Impressions, Westbrook, CT. I'm calling this class( see picture) Card Party. This is a class for intermediate to advanced stampers who want to learn how to create interactive cards like a ribbon pull card, waterfall or shakers.

Another class I call All In One or Variety Show can't make up my mind which I want to use.

This class is for beginners to advanced stampers. You will learn quick & easy backgrounds and collage stamping. After creating your background paper you will cut it up and cover mini composition book, make several card & more.

Stamp It! Create It! Have Fun!

Pirate Scroll card

PIRATE SCROLL CARD
February 2009
by Sue Wisniewski
stamps:
Playful Posh Pirates - #POSH-53
supplies:
double stick tape, mounting foam tape
scissors
Circle paper punch
Tab punch
mini brads
cardstock & text weight paper
post-its for creating masks
inks:
Brilliance Coffee Bean
Colorbox Fluid Chalks – Rose Coral, French Blue, Aquamarine & Wisteria
Sizes for card:
base card - 4 1/4” x 10 1/2”
score base card at 3”, 7 1/2” & 10”
TIP:
alternate scoring – score base card at 3” then flip card over & score at 1/2” & 3”
scroll (text weight paper) – 3” x 8 1/2”
pink layer – 2 1/2” x 4 1/8”
brown layer – 3 7/8” x 2 1/4”
Assemble card:
1. Score all score lines on base card.
2. Butt the 1/2” folded score line with other end of card.
3. Punch a 1/16” hole on both sides of the card while you are holding the card in place.
4. Apply on a strip of double stick tape on one end of the scroll.
5. Adhere the scroll to the opposite side of the 1/2” scored line of base card between the two
punched holes.
6. Fold the card up with the scroll inside the card and add brads in the two holes to hold the card
together. The scroll should just sit inside the card. The scroll should be resting on the 1/2” slot.
7. Test the scroll by gently pulling it out of the card base.
8. Stamp the scroll while it is pulled out of the card.
9. Multi ink the little parrot with Colorbox Fluid chalk inks French Blue, Aquamarine & Wisteria.
Stamp parrot on the scroll approximately an inch away from the bottom of the scroll.
10. Stamp the parrot onto a post-it note and cut it out to create a mask.
11. Place the parrot mask over the stamped parrot.
12. Ink the treasure chest with Brilliance Coffee Bean ink and stamp over half of the parrot.
13. Remove mask to reveal the parrot now sitting on the chest.
14. Create a mask for the chest the same way as was done for the parrot.
15. Place chest mask over chest with the parrot sitting on it and stamp two more treasure chests.
16. Next stamp word bubble by parrot's head with Brilliance Coffee Bean ink. Inside the bubble
stamp SQUAWK saying with Colorbox Fluid chalk ink French Blue.
17. Gently push the scroll back inside the card.
Pirate scroll card open - all images Sunday
International
18. Ink up Pirate with Brilliance Coffee Bean ink on his hat, face, hand, coat & pants. Ink his
feather & boots with Colorbox Fluid ink Rose Coral.
19. Stamp the inked Pirate onto a piece of cream cardstock. Color in his face, hand & pants with
Prisma color pencils. Cut Pirate out and set aside till ready to assemble outside of card.
20. Tape pink layer to outside of scroll card next to the two brads.
21. Stamp row of coins on the left side of the brown layer then tape to pink layer.
22. Mount the stamped & cut out Pirate with foam mount tape to the side of the stamped coins to
finish the card.
* saw this card on Dawn's Thoughts blog*

Background - Shing Stones

Background fun - This background is called Shining Stones. I believe the creator for this technique is Julia Andrus who has a very informative book, Paper Transformed. Here is what I did:

Apply ink with brayer on glossy cardstock. Use waterbrush to add Perfect Pearls after misting colored cardstock with water. Mist a second time with water then move color around by dabbing with a crumbled up piece of paper towel. Allow to dry.

You can stamp directly onto the background paper or use it as a background paper. It's a fun & easy background. Stamp It! Create It! Have fun! stamping sue

stamping class

Hello!
Just a reminder that my stamping class is almost here and there is still room for you to come play!
The first night we will touch on heat embossing and tools of the trade after that we will create fun cards. Then for the next three Wednesday nights we will create different types of cards like and explosion, split negative, joy fold card and more. I hope you can come join the fun. Call Denise at Adult Ed. to register for class. Below is all the information you need for class:
Milford Adult Education, Parsons Complex, 70 West River Street, Milford, CT
06460 --- Telephone: #(203)783-3461
www.milforded.org/adult_education

Stamping for Fun
Come join in the world of rubber stamping and have fun in an atmosphere of creativity whether you have experience or not. This course will enhance your ability to create distinctively stylish cards for your gift giving pleasure. Projects with instructions will be provided but there will also be “free” time if you would like to use your own imagination. My extensive eclectic collection of rubber stamps will be available along with cardstock and inks. Students must bring basic supplies: scissors, metal edge ruler, small cutting mat, double stick tape or favorite adhesive, brush markers/color pencils and foam mounting tape.
Limit: 10 students. A $15 supplies fee is payable to the instructor at the first class.
Four weeks.
Suzan Wisniewski
Law HS Room 114
Wednesday/Mar.4-25/6:30-8:30p.m.
Residents: $39, Non-residents: $49, Milford Seniors: $29

Background fun!

Let's talk about backgrounds. Last year I started this notebook thinking I would just keep adding to it whenever I wanted to remember a background I had done. Showing here is the cover of my notebook and a page showing the instructions for playing with fun foam along with samples. Fun Foam is just a fun product found in the kids section of the craft store. Here I cut shapes out of the fun foam then painted it with Gesso. After the gesso dried I painted acrylic paints on it. Allow it all to dry. After dry I collage stamped images all over it with Brilliance Black ink pad but you could use any good permenant ink pad. That's all there is to it.

I'll add another background soon.

Have fun and experiment!

Card sketches

Card Sketches are something that I avoided for a long time but I have grown to like them. Here are a couple of sketches I created for a class I taught a couple of years ago. It was really fun to see how students really liked the idea of having a "blue print" for them to follow. Although I prepared sketches they took my sketches, and did thier own thing. Unfortunately I didn't take any pictures of what they did in class. I have to remember to take pictures when I teach a class so I can share what they do with my ideas.

All images used on these samples are from Lasting Impressions with Panache.

Fuzzy Colors with a twist

I enjoy using my stipples brushes so I have them handy at all times. Stipple brushes come in all sizes and shapes from kids' versions to artist grade. I have them all! I can say it enough, "Stipple brushes are a stamper's best friend!" They are good for techniques like Fuzzy colors, adding a touch of color and best of all hiding smudges.

Now what I did different here from my normal Fuzzy Colors technique. I call this

FUZZY COLORS with a Twist!
All images by Lasting Impressions with Panache
Inks:
Ranger Adirondack Cranberry, Butterscotch & Lettuce
Staz-On Black

1. Stamp Eiffel Tower with Staz-On Black ink pad.
2. Create a mask by stamping tower on Post-It Note.
3. Place mask over stamped image.
4. Using a medium stipple brush add fuzzy color around the masked image with Adirondack Butterscotch ink to start. Add Adirondack Lettuce in other areas and last Adirondack Cranberry.
5. Leave some areas without color just for a little more depth in your project.
6. Remove Post-It note mask to reveal the Fuzzy Color effect.
7. Stamp Passport image on top of bookmark with Staz-On Black ink.
8. Cut out black cardstock approximately 1/2" bigger than stamped piece.
9. Punch out two corners with Paper Shaper corner punch.
10. Adhere all layers with double stick tape.
11. Punch out SU tab and adhere to top of bookmark.

CREATE IT

CREATE IT - crayon resist technique & fuzzy colors technique

All images Lasting Impressions with Panache

Stamp Create background and flower border images on glossy card stock with Staz-On Black ink pad and let it dry completely. After dry highlight areas with a white waxy crayon. Remember when you were a child and used to write names on Easter eggs with crayons then soak them in dye......and viola! The name would show up in white on the egg. This is the same idea.
Did Fuzzy Colors technique using Adirondack Citrus, Denim & Red Pepper for a colorful background. Fuzzy Colors is a technique using stipple brushes that I made up a several years ago. I wrote an article for Scrap & Stamp Arts, June 2007 on pages 48 & 49.

***To create Fuzzy Colors background:
Stipple colors onto a full sheet of 8 ½ x 11 cardstock, this way you can cut it up when done to make up to four cards.
Any ink will work, whether it be dye, chalk or pigment. This technique can be done on any light color cardstock.

1. Pounce your colors first with small to medium size stipple brushes to achieve the fuzzy looking color; then apply the last color using a large stipple brush and a swirling motion.

2. Using a large stipple brush and a swirling motion with a color like mustard gives a nice glow or vintage effect.***

Buff card with paper towel to reveal the magic.
Punch two 1/8” holes above flower border. Thread ribbon through holes and wrap around card. Secure to back of card with tape.
Using double stick tape attach stamped card to black (4x5 1/4”)card then to salmon note card.

Trash to treasures

Keep your "trash" because you never know when it will become a useful tool for another project. The background on this card was made with a piece of cardstock I had punched circles out for another project but here it is used as a stencil. Also with this card I got out my trustee stipple brushes ..... which I always say,"stipple brushes are a stampers' best friend!"

Basic instructions:

1. Place punched out stencil on white cardstock.

2. Using Adirondack ink pads Meadow & Butterscotch (scan colors differ from actual ink) stipple color on stencil.

3. Move the stencil to different parts of the cardstock to fill the card with colored circles.

4. Stamp Wizard (Faerie Song Art stamps) with any good black ink over the circles.

5. Wrap & tie ribbon around a piece of black cardstock then layer all pieces onto green note card.