The Stamper's Mall July 2006 Newsletter

Thanks to all who took the time to send in submissions. I always love seeing what wonderful project people can come up with.

American Girl by Tami French

Stamp American girl (Photo art stamps) onto glossy Cardstock in black ink. Color the flag portion with Marvy markers. Mount to the red and blue background papers. Stamp God bless America (Stampington) in blue on glossy Cardstock and edge with a gold pen. Add a clipola to the side of your card.

Rockets Red Glare Card by Anita Faull

Lasting Impressions with Panache – Rocket 036-003D, Small Fireworks 007-001F, Calligraphy Alphabet 200-001K

Stamp Rocket on glossy cardstock with black StazOn ink. Mask rocket and use stamp positioner and Denim ink to stamp Fireworks upside down under rocket. Allow ink to dry.

Color windows and other rocket details with a China Marker. Use stipple brushes to apply Adirondack Cranberry and Denim inks. Wipe ink off areas over the China Marker with a tissue.

Add Denim ink to the edges of the Rocket panel with Denim ink (Direct to Paper) and mount on red cardstock.

For background: Add ink to white matte cardstock with stipple brushes and overstamp with Fireworks stamp in Cranberry. Adhere to red card base.

Stamp text with Calligraphy Alphabet set on white matte cardstock. Stipple with Denim ink and edge with Cranberry ink DTP.

Assemble card with Panache Fibers, adding Mounting Tape under text and rocket panels for dimension. (See sample for placement.)

God Bless America by Yara Baird

Glorious feeling HMUR1033 Stampabilities/House Mouse
God Bless America Stampin' Up

Stamp the House Mouse image on white cardstock with big and juicy black inkpad. Color the mouse with chalks. Color the flag with Tombow marker grey N95 and glaze pens red and blue. The God Bless America was colored/stamped with Tombow 535. Mount onto red cardstock, navy blue cardstock, the background paper and then red cardstock. Use Evo templates to cut around the rectangles and squares and the Evo perfect layer to mount them.

Stars and Stripes by Lisa Somerville

Stamp images (Artifact Images) in black on a red, white and blue panel. Layer them on top of each other and cut, to make them into mosaic pieces. Shift your pieces (this will give you 3 cards when complete) - layer onto silver cardstock - then navy base card. Silver emboss the star on the silver cardstock - using a versamarker - draw a border around silver piece and silver emboss. Layer onto mosaic piece as shown.

Stamps by Stampin' Up!

Colors by Rosalind Duckett

Stamp image (The Stampin' Place) in black onto sparkle cardstock. Color with markers. Layer onto sparkle cardstock.

Patriotic Card by Luella Philippi

Stamp credit Stampabilities company called Waving Glory.
The flag is colored in blue pencil and a red ink type pen with a little yellow on the pole. The flag was stamped and colored in on white cardstock. It was cut out and glue to homemade blue paper with silver flecked in. Three gold stars where put into the homemade paper. Kind of a fourth of July look.

Land of the Brave by Marge Miller

Cut 1/4" stripes of red and white cardstock then attach to a piece of scrap cardstock as shown in the picture.

Add drops of white glue then glitter onto blue cardstock. Attach to the flag.

Stamp saying (unknown) and layer that and the flag onto a black card.

More Patriotic Cards (From Our Gallery)

God Bless America by Kimmie

Use markers directly to stamp (Stampin Up) and color as desired. "Huff" on it then stamp onto white cardstock. Cut and trim. Outline with black perm. marker. Layer on red, white, and blue CS. Laminate and add a pin back.

Courage and Honor by Jenn Banks

Stampin Up Exclusive Stamp Set: Courage & Honor
Cs Colors: Confetti Tan
Ink Pd Colors: Close to Cocoa

Water Color pencils (highlight flag color)
Stamp Sponge (highlight color around edge)
To created the card: stamp the image of the large soldier several times re-inking each time. then stamp the image of the group of soldiers and word image tear around use sponge in the ink pad highlight the edges. Use the WC pencils and color flag.

Red White & Blue by ArtsyDeborah

Collage stamp by Stampourri. Image is stamped using red and blue ink onto white cardstock, which is layered onto red mulberry paper. This is then attached to white folded cardstock to complete card.

Freedom by Daylene

Stamp Credits: Beeswax; Posh Impressions

Parchment cardstock used and slightly aged with distress ink. Stamp Lincoln first; mask, then flag; mask flag (do not remove Lincoln mask) then constitution and seal. Layer.