Wonderful Webbing

Creative Impressions has a great product called Web Ribbon. This 2" wide woven poly-cotton blend is a nice way to add colour without too much weight. You can spray through this with your shimmer mists for a funky background pattern. It will also take embossing powders if you keep your heat gun at a distance. Simply lay your webbing on scrap paper, press your embossing ink pad down across the length of your webbing. Then move webbing to a new piece of scrap paper and pour on embossing powder, tap off the excess, and heat. You can go back and put embossing powder on your original scrap paper and heat it. It will create a broken embossed background. This product sells for $1 /yard and we presently have it in: Fuchsia, Lime Green, Aqua, Black, Brown and White. We also have a Christmas Red and Green on it's way in.The above card was made using Stamp Barn's Cone Flower by Sunshine Designs and some pink flocking.

This is a sample of the white mesh embossed gold, and a Magenta flower embossed and tiny happy birthday sticker words. To the right is the leftover scrap piece that I embossed.

Happy Stamping

Adding Cork to Your Creations

We have just had too much fun with cork recently.

This is such a nice change from using card stock. The fact that this cork sheeting is so thin allows us to use punches with it as well as using it as a layer. 8 1/2" x 11" @$1.25 a sheet, 12" x 12" @$2.00 a sheet.

Magenta has taken this a step further by offering pre-cut and adhesive backed cork. It is a fast way to use cork shapes when creating a card or page. I find it very user-friendly. There is opportunity to peel off and re-stick (8 1/2" x 11" @ $4.95 a sheet). Above is an example of using the small scalloped circle punch with a cork sheet to use as a backing for the word circle. The punches cut through the thin cork easily. Consider some cork flowers, buttons, or fish as embellishments.

I found the pre-cut cork very simple for a quick card layout. Try colouring the cork with your alcohol inks or permanent pens to change colour.

Welcome Back To Stamp Art's Blog

We're back from CHA with renewed enthusiasm, and so many ideas my head hurts. Here are a few of the make & takes to tempt you. Unfortunately, we won't see the new product until the end of August.

The Trees are from a new clear set from Hero Arts, simply coloured with the Tim Holtz blending tool & Peeled Paint Distress Ink. The felt snowflake, with layered gemstones creates a nice dimension to the card.

Bev made this Penny Black sample. 'Be Merry' is made with (4108k Christmas Usher), this funky Christmas gal has been stamped with Black Versafine. The new poinsetta (4104k Christmas Star), has been stamped with Platinum Metallic Staz-On, which has a nice tone on tone look. The colouring was done with Memento markers and the skirt has been cut out and lifted, before it was adhered with a sweet tiny ribbon knot.

Our hope is to have a new posting weekly. We'd like to continue providing inspriation for your stamping needs.

Thanks so much,

Nancy & Staff.

Last minute gift ideas***

If you are looking for some last minute gift ideas for those crafters on your list look no further that these cute buckets at STAMP ART!!!




They come in two sizes and are $2.95 and $3.95.
Stuff them full of some stamps and other goodies , decorate them with stickers , glitter and ribbon and you have a fabulous treat for someone on your list!!

These stickers from Penny Black work well as a quick decorative element on the bucket.

IN A PINCH THIS CHRISTMAS???

DON'T BE!!! If you need Christmas cards in a hurry then Stamp Art has the goods to make some gorgeous cards in a flash!

Check out these beautiful designer papers and the sticker sheet. They all co-ordinate with one and another and the results are just beautiful. All you have to add if you so choose is a bit of ribbon and any other embellishments that you have on hand.

Have fun with these ladies and thanks so much for stopping in...

Look you don't even have to use a punch. It's already done for you and so is the glittering.

All you have to do is use a little imagination and put the pieces together...

Let's Get Punch Drunk***

On punches that is!!!

Introducing EK Success border punches and Martha Stewart Snowflake punches at Stamp Art!

The border punches are fabulous with a clean crisp image. And they have a lock that will keep them flat for easy storage...

This is the Martha Stewart snowflake punch. Another wonderful image and the piece that gets left behind is one piece and can be used on your creation as well. On this card the leftover snowflakes are attached with a bit of glue beside their negative images. Some dot sparklers add accent to both cards.

Looks can be deceiving***

Check out these beautiful cards... You might think they have been inked or stamped but they haven't... This is a new line of cardstock at Stamp Art called "Coredinations".

It has an inner core that co-ordinates with the cardstock color instead of a white core.

One side is textured and one side is smooth!!

You can sand it, tear it, emboss it!! The first card has been sanded and torn and the next card has been embossed with a Cuttlebug folder and then sanded. The results are amazing.

Also there are some new Dew Drops on the market from "Robin's Nest".. Clear, pearl and champagne. Very pretty!! They would look lovely on a wedding or anniversary card.

And another new little thing out there are the new CuttleBug borders. Look at the fabulous crisp image that you get. Check them out the next time you are in STAMP ART!!!