the final week of stampsmith at gingersnap

There is a litte extra challenge at Gingersnap this week, to combine any of the previous challenges. This is very generously being sponsored by the stampsmith again, and there is a beautiful stamp to be won.
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"Coffee Gal" says Happy Birthday!

When I saw The Stampmith's "Coffee Gal", with her 1950's wide eyed perkiness (must be all that java), I just loved her! She's the epitome of the typical housewife of that era.

I stamped her on glossy paper with Adirondack Cranberry dye ink. The background paper, Wassail Falling Snow (was-1454) by Basic Grey, looks like a wallpaper that our gal might have hanging in her kitchen.

All of my submissions for The Stampsmith can also be seen on my blog:
http://www.fishintheatticstudio.blogspot.com/

I also sell my cards on Etsy:
http://www.fishintheatticstudio.etsy.com/

Wedding Themed Cards

This image is from the "Wedding Bells" plate. These two look like silent movie stars!

This card features the "Just Married" single stamp. I love this couple, they're too cute!

Hi! My name is Karen Fisher, and I've been invited to join the Stampsmith blog as a guest artist this month! I thank Kim for all of her kind words regarding my work. She posted my Audrey Hepburn card back in May. I thank Estelle for her fabulous stamps. She lives only 15 minutes from me, and I've been attending her local stamp show for years.

As an interior designer turned stay-at-home mom, I needed another outlet for my creativity. A friend introduced me to rubber stamping, and the rest is history. I find that my art reflects my training as a designer, in that I color coordinate my papers, ink and images as I would decorate a room with wallpaper, fabric and paint. I love collecting vintage ephemera and incorporating it into my work.

I am looking forward to participating with all of you talented artists. I hope I can keep up!

Star card

The Gingersnap challenge this week was stars and Betty Davis was certainly one of the stars of the silver screen. She also had that kind of tough cookie attitude that made her a standout.

Card details can be found on my blog.

gingersnap creations/stampsmith challenge: stars

This week is the last week of the challenges sponsored by The Stampsmith at Gingersnap creations, and the theme is stars. So go link your star art on gingersnap for a chance to win a fabulous Stampsmith stamp.

gingersnap creations: black white and silver

The Stampsmith is generously sponsoring the theme at gingersnap creations again this week. so go enter your black, white and silver creations for a chance to win a beautiful stampsmith stamp.

I used an image from the "kiss me you fool" plate, or as I like to call it "the snoggy plate"

Bling!

As Joanne has mentioned, the current Gingersnaps Creations challenge is Bling and nothing says that as well as the image from the Stampsmith by the same name. She is tastefully, heavily adorned with all the best bling.

Card details can be found at my blog.

The stampsmith at gingersnap creations again

The Stampsmith is sponsoring another challenge at gingersnap creations, this time the theme is bling!

I stayed with the movie theme and chose the blingiest shoes of all from the wizard of oz plate.

Make sure you take part in the challenge, there's a stampsmith stamp to be won!

Pirate Prince

The Gingersnap Creations challenge today was for chestnut movie stars. Johnny Depp is today's pirate prince, but Errol Flynn was the original swashbuckler. This stamp is from Estelle's At the Movies stamp sheet. What a smile he had, to capture the hearts of the ladies in the movie audiences!

Details of the card construction can be found at my blog.

Stampsmith month on Gingersnap Creations

This month The Stampsmith are teaming up with Gingersnap Creations to bring you a series of challenges where you can win Stampsmith products.
I have the enormous honour of being on both The Stampsmith and Gingersnap Design teams, so here is the piece that I made for the first of these challenges with the theme "movie stars" using an image from the Stampsmith's "kiss me you fool" plate.

Reasons to stamp.....

The Gingersnap Creations blog does a monthly post which gives you a reason to stamp every day of the following month.

Coming up on september 28th is "ask a stupid question day" So I made this card with one of my favourite stupid questions

"What if the Hokey Cokey really is what it's all about?"

Think about it, really what if it is?

Always On My Mind

Here's a card created for a "Favorite Board Game" challenge over at the Cutting Garden Blog who will soon be carrying the beautiful Stampsmith stamps - yay! This is based on my favorite board game - Cranium. In one category in this game, you get to act like a famous person and the other players have to guess who you are! Can you guess who this is... LOL!!!

dorothy notebook

I made this for the wednesday stamper theme of dogs. I used the quote and image from the stampsmith's wizard of oz plate.

Do you exercise too?

Hi everyone...

I hope you're enjoying a beautiful summer! The summer weather has finally arrived in Nova Scotia and we're having a little heat wave with 100% humidity - gasp! It's making me want to stay inside out of the heat so I've been up in the craft room a bit more lately. Here's one of my latest creations.
Cheers,
Val

groovy baby ATC

I have made this ATC for a couple of challenges using an image from the oh baby sheet.

Time for Memories...

Don't you just love Stampsmith's Serena stamp? I've used Stampsmith's Rose Background stamp using Versafine Vintage Sepia on cream cardstock. You can find the individual stamps here:

Main image, Serena #2 (The Stampsmith: http://stampsmith.net/singles2.htm)
Rose Background (The Stampsmith: http://stampsmith.net/singles2.htm)

The flower filigree stamp is from Magenta and the Woven Background stamp is from Rubber Soul. I added Dew Drop embellishments and cream and dusty pink flowers from Kaisercraft using Glossy Acents.

Then I decided to make a bookmark to help me remember my reading spot in my favorite novel. I used images from the following Stampsmith plates to create this bookmark:

Main image, Paris post and word stamps from “Paris” Plate (The Stampsmith: http://stampsmith.net/paris.htm)
Background stamps from “Medieval Ornaments #2” Plate (The Stampsmith: http://stampsmith.net/medieval2.htm)
Black flower image, from “The Great Wall of China” Plate (The Stampsmith: http://stampsmith.net/asia.htm)

Have a great weekend everyone!

Creatively yours,

Maria

friendship ATC

I thought that this image from the Wizard of Oz plate, was perfect for the friendship theme at the "think monday think ATC" challange

christmas card

I made this card for the winter wonderland challenge blog using and image from the "thank heaven for little girls " plate

atc

This is an ATC I made for a couple of challenges using an image from the stampsmith's "isn't she lovely" plate. you can see the details on my blog

Three New Video Tutorials ;-)

I was honored to be asked to create three video tutorials for Stamper's Quest: www.stampersquest.com. Of course I had to highlight The Stampsmith. I had so much fun putting these together. Hope you enjoy them and will try out these background and stamping techniques. Get out your Dye-ink reinkers and get ready to create!!!

Creatively yours,
Maria

An Introduction to Supplies: Part 1


Creating the Backgrounds and Stamping Techniques: Part 2


More Background Techniques & Putting it all Together: Part 3

a "witty" card

I made this for the "stamp something" challenge, which was butterflies, bugs pr other winged things. I found this stampsmith image on the "isn't she lovely" plate, and thought it needed a funny caption.

marlon brando inchie

I made this inchie (1" square) for the inchy by inch challenge. Where the theme is man. I used this image from the stampsmith "kiss me you fool" plate, the lettering is also taken from the same plate

This card is actually diamond shaped. To help it open, the top point is attached together and has a score across the back to help it open well. It looks fine sitting on its side, but it looks better when the bottom point is sitting in a stand :) This beautiful image reminded me of scenes from Pride and Predjudice (2005 with Keira Knightly). Sentiment and flourishes are by Quietfire Designs. It was fun to create a card representing a favorite movie - go ahead, give it a try!

America's Sweetheart

This card uses a Shirley Temple image, which is available as a single. The image is stamped in Memories black on glossy cardstock, coloured with waterbased markers used as paint and accented with die cut hearts from Spellbinders renaissance hearts pendant dies. The word phrases are done using a dymo label maker and vellum.

Further construction details are found at my blog.

moon ATC

I made this for the wednesday stamper and TMTA themes this week. I thought this image of a girl on the moon was just perfect for this ATC.