I used a piece of watercolor paper and dabbed it with copper Lumiere paint then used Verdigris embossing powder
and embossed it with a heat gun.
I took a black Zig pen and outlined the paper. I then used a piece of mauve quilted paper and out lined it with a gold
pen. I stamped Tatiana from Stampsmith's Russian plate in black permanent ink on glossy white cardstock and I
lightly tinted her with watercolors.
I rolled a snake of red polymer clay and formed it to fit around the stamped image freestyle. I took an old jewel
box that had floral accents and buttons on it and used it to make an imprint in the clay. I then used pigment
powders in various metallic shades and dusted the red clay. I rolled a ball of clay out and used a rose shaped button
to imprint in to it. I used this to cover the ends where the clay met in the bottom corner of the clay frame and
baked the clay as per the instructions on the package.
I added a butterfly button and a pink heart button to the piece. I stamped Tatiana on a small piece of quilting
metal and layered it to a small piece of leather look paper in black. I attached them with two black eyelets.
- Tatiana image and name rubber stamps (Stampsmith)
- India Ink Black permanent inkpad (Stewart Superior)
- Polymer clay, Red (Sculpey)
- Super Copper Lumiere acrylic paint (Jacquard)
- Antiquities Verdigris Embossing Powder (Ranger)
- Metallic Mauve quilted paper, Black leather look paper (Hobby Lobby)
- Gold, Bronze, Copper, Interference Perfect Pearls (Ranger)
- Butterfly and heart charms (Jesse James)
- Gold leafing pen (Krylon): Black permanent pen (EK Success)
- Gold quilting metal (Comotion)
Dyan Cross
Tape a piece of decorative paper to a folded olive green card and attach two dark red eyelets in the upper corners.
Stamp Olga in black Memories ink on white glossy paper, trim, and tear the bottom. Lightly sponge with olive
pigment ink. Layer to dark red, then olive card stock that has been torn at the bottom, and attach to the card
with foam tape. Using clip art, print Nutcracker, Swam Lake image and St. Basil's cathedral on cream card stock and trim into tag
shapes. Lightly sponge with olive pigment ink. Print Russian writing on cream card stock, tear edges and sponge with
olive ink. Tape to two of the tags. Layer all three tags to olive card stock and trim. Attach tags to card with dark
red eyelets.
- Olga from From Russia with Love plate (The Stampsmith)
- Clip art from Click ARt 300,000 (Broderbund)
- Floral Decorative Paper (Michaels)
- Olive, cream, dark red and glossy white card stock (A. C. Moore)
- Anna Griffin All Night Media Green Pigment Ink (Plaid)
- Memories Black dye ink (Stewart Superior)
- Double-sided tape (3M)
- Dark red eyelets (Making Memories)
- Eyelet-setting kit (Making Memories)
- Double sided foam tape (3M)
Heather Strenzwilk
 Measure and cut Confetti Brown cardstock into a 5 x 7 inch card. Measure and cut 6.5 x 4.5 inch rectangle of
Hunter Green cardstock. Spritz a piece of sheet music with walnut ink and allow to dry thoroughly. Cut 2 corners
of the cork paper and 2 corners of the marbled paper so the bias has a wavy edge. Adhere the green layer onto the
card and the sheet music onto the green layer. Layer the corner pieces so that the sheet music is visible in the
center. Trim sentiment from Russian parchment images sheet and layer on top of thre card. Stamp the
Stampsmith image with green ink onto a scrap of the Confetti Brown cardstock and heat set. Rip around border of
image for a unique look. Pleat a scrap of the marbled paper into a fan and secure with a brad. Assemble collage
elements onto card into a pleasing arrangement and adhere with glue stick or Perfect Paper Adhesive.
- Rubber Stamp (The Stampsmith)
- Russian parchment images (Altered Pages)
- Colorbox Evergreen Pigment Ink (Clearsnap)
- Walnut Ink (Anima Designs)
- Brass Fan Charm (Olive Wimple)
- Sheet Music (Unknown)
- Paper Backed Cork (Evolving Images)
- Hand Marbled Paper (Skycraft Decorative Papers)
- Fox River Cardstock Confetti Brown (Fox River)
- Hunter Green Cardstock
- Brass Brad
- Glue Stick
- Perfect Paper Adhesive (USArtQuest)
Another beauty by Heather
In addition to the Russian stamps, Heather added designs from the Stampsmith Medieval Collection.
Purnima
  Create portfolio by starting from the inside. Score green, gold-speckled cardstock to create matchbook-style
portfolio, making a 1/2 inch in-folded flap at the right, and then a doubled-score (1/4 inch apart) at the center of
the folded piece, as viewed from the inside. Staple the first, scored flap close to the fold. Round the portfolio’s
left corners. Round the corners of the 1 X 3 1/2 inches scrap of embossed gold cardstock, score down the length
at center, and adhere over stapled flap. Stamp “Nicholas” in olive green on this piece as shown. Placing right sides
of green embossed cardstock squares together, cut a wavy, diagonal line to create matching pockets for the inside
of the portfolio. Tape to either side of center fold at sides and bottom to attach pockets. Outline swan lake oval
picture with black paint pen and glue to left pocket. Write “AP” in script with black gel pen on small round
Nostalgique sticker tag and apply to pocket. Cut out sepia clip art photos of girls and glue to right portfolio pocket.
Trim a 4 3/4 inch length of metallic mesh wired ribbon (save scrap) and tuck into right pocket like a bookmark.
To create the portfolio cover, stamp oval portrait on ivory glossy cardstock and trim out with lacy edge scissors.
Layer to corner rounded scrap of green, gold-speckled cardstock. Use seagull punch on the corners of the
embossed gold cardstock piece and insert portrait into photo corners. Layer to sage green specialty paper with
eyelette punched corners. Adhere layered pieces to front of portfolio. Embellish with shield button and emerald
faux jewel as shown. Create four tags to tuck into inner pockets. (1) Angels Tag: Trim the gold tag with lacy edged scissors at top and
bottom, saving bottom cut. Glue on scrap art Angels and embellish with ivory ribbon and aqua vinyl jewel.
(2) Alexandra Tag: Glue floral tissue wrap with text over ivory tag and trim neatly. Using the portrait stamp, ink
only the woman and stamp twice on tag in StazOn black as shown. Stamp “Alexandra” in the same ink. Embellish
with gold trimming from (1) at bottom, blue jewel and tiny floral scrapbooking stickers. Thread and knot gold yarn
in flower button and glue to tag at hole, backing the hole with metallic mesh ribbon scrap. (3) Russian Smoker Tag:
Glue the yellow smoker ad from Russian clip art sheet to ivory tag. Trim to fit tag and punch hole. Thread hole with
sheer teal ribbon. (4) Russian Royal Tag: Glue clip art of Russian royalty to an ivory tag. Rip out portion of red
smoking ad from the same sheet and glue to tag as shown. Over the clip art, glue torn sections of text from floral
tissue paper. Trim papers neatly to tag and outline in gold paint pen. Punch out hole and thread with black-edged,
metallic gold ribbon. Glue on emerald jewel at upper left. Tuck tags 1 and 2 into the left portfolio pocket, and tags
3 and 4 into the right, allowing ribbons to trail out the top. To close portfolio, tuck front cover into the stapled
fold.
- Oval portrait , “Nicholas” and “Alexandra” stamps (Stampsmith)
- StazOn jet black and olive green (Tsukineko)
- Luna Lights galaxy gold paint (Stamp Oasis)
- Stamp-n-Stuff Boss Gloss embossing ink (Mark Enterprises)
- Green, gold-speckled cardstock (7 3/4 X 4 inches) and scrap
- Glossy ivory cardstock scrap
- 2 squares forest green embossed cardstock (3 1/8 inches)
- Sage green specialty paper panel (Frances Meyer, Inc.)
- Floral embossed gold cardstock scraps (3 X 2 3/8 and 1 X 3 1/2 inches)
- Floral wrapping tissue paper with text (Marvel Products, Inc.)
- Parchment Russian clip art sheet (Altered Pages)
- Swan lake oval scrapbooking clip art (Fiskars)
- Floral scrapbooking stickers (Fiskars)
- Clip art sheet with two sepia portraits of girls (Queen of Tarts)
- Victorian scrap art Angels (Queen of Tarts)
- 3 ivory tags and 1 floral embossed gold tag (3 1/4 X 1 3/4 inches)
- Small round Nostalgique sticker tag (Stickopotamus)
- Sticker Charm vinyl jewel stickers (Amscan)
- 3 faux jewels – 1 round blue and 2 square emerald
- Sheer teal ribbon (Offray)
- Wired metallic mesh ribbon
- Wired ivory ribbon
- Black-edged metallic gold ribbon
- Lamé metallic yarn – gold (Lion Brand)
- Gold shield and flower buttons (Jesse James & Co.)
- Corner rounder punch (Carl)
- Eyelette corner punch (All Night Media)
- Seagull photo corner punch (Fiskars)
- Gold and black paint pens (Gangy)
- Black gel pen
- Lacy edge scissors
- 1/4 inch hole punch
Also by Purnima, a pin
Robin Willis
Stamp cathedral on white glossy cardstock with Memories black ink. Trim to size of image. Stamp sentiment on
separate piece of white glossy cardstock that measures 3.5"x.75". Mix Walnut Crystals according to directions and
rub on the images with cotton ball to age them. Layer the sentiment on black cardstock. Layer the cathedral onto glossy white cardstock and trim edges with
decorative scissors. Layer onto black cardstock. Write the symbol in the corner for Russian postage with Sharpie.
Set both pieces aside. Cut background paper 4"x5.25" and age with walnut ink the same way you did for the stamped images. Mount to a
red card with tape. Mount the cathedral image to the card with foam tape and mount the sentiment the same way. Tie fibers to the edge of the card.
- Onion Domed Cathedral stamp (Stampsmith)
- From Russia with Love stamp (Stampsmith)
- Memories black inkpad (Stewart Superior)
- Walnut Ink Crystals (Postmodern Design) purchased from (Hearts in Touch)
- Glossy white cardstock
- Deep red cardstock
- Postage background paper (Hot off the Press)
- Decorative scissors-postage stamp (Fiskars)
- Foam mounting tape (3M)
- Black fiber
- Double stick tape (3M)
- Fine tip black Sharpie (Sanford)
- Scissors
- Paper Trimmer
Suzanne Saupe
Cut the black 8 1/2 x 11 cardstock to 5 1/2 x 11 to make a square card. Swipe the card square with VersaMark ink.
Sprinkle on Amy’s Emboss & Stick Powder. Heat the powder, being careful not to overheat. Immediately pour on
Amy’s gold leafing. Press with fingers for good adhesion. Use a stiff brush to remove unneeded particles. (put in a
container;(these particles can be used again). Polish with an old clean sock or cloth. Stamp image onto glossy cardstock with Memories black dye ink. Cut window in frame to accommodate stamped
image. Use double sticky tape to keep in place. Stamp The Heir on red paper swatch. Attach tiny medallion with
glue stick. Attach gold foil letter to frame. Layer the items as shown using O’So Sticky Tape.
- Russian Couple with Child (Stampsmith)
- Photoart stamp (The Stampsmith)
- Word stamp (The Stampsmith)
- Red paper with yellow image (Altered Pages)
- Tiny medallion (Altered Pages)
- Russian type (Altered Pages)
- Frame (The Ephemera Book by Design Originals)
- Memories black dye ink (Stamp Craft)
- Amy's Emboss & Stick Powder
- Amy's Gold Leafing
- Found Russian jewelry
- Gold foil initial (Encore)
- White glossy cardstock
- Black cardstock
- VersaMark watermark stamp pad (Tsukineko)
- Glue stick
- Double sided tape
- O’So Sticky Tape (Penny Wise Art Supplies)
Sharon Solly
Stamp the Duchesses rubber stamp image onto the off-white coated cardstock using Amaretto Truffle Fresco
Chalk ink. Trim the image close using deckle-edge scissors.
Scrunch up a large piece of plastic wrap. Put a small amount of bleach into a small saucer and have a paper towel
handy. Lightly dab the scrunched up plastic into the bleach, just so it touched the top of the scrunches. Dab any
excess off onto the paper towel and then lightly tap the plastic onto the dark brown cardstock. Go very light with
the bleach; you only want some slight marks. Do this same procedure with the rust cardstock. Throw the bleach
plastic wrap away. Scrunch up another piece of plastic wrap and do the same technique only using Amaretto Truffle
Fresco Chalk ink onto the almond text weight paper. Make at least a half of sheet of paper for this, as you need to
print the word onto it as well as use it for background.
Run the Almond text weight paper thru your printer to print the word SISTERS sing a pretty font. Trim the
letters close. Color the jewelry tags with Amaretto Truffle Fresco Chalk ink using a sponge. Glue the letters to
the tags as shown using a glue stick. Trim a piece of the almond text weight paper to roughly 4"x 1 1/8" using a pair
of deckle edged scissors. Shade the edges with Amaretto Truffle Fresco Chalk ink and a sponge. Glue the tags in
place on this paper using a glue stick. Punch holes thru the holes in the tags using a 1/8" hole punch. Attach the mini
gold brads thru the holes, and bend the ends to secure them toe the paper.
Tear a piece of the Almond text weight paper to roughly 4 3/4"x 3" Shade the edges with Amaretto Truffle
Fresco Chalk ink and a sponge. Cut the dark brown cardstock roughly to 3 7/8"x 2 1/8". Glue the stamped photo
image of the duchesses onto this cardstock using a glue stick. Layer this panel onto the center of the torn almond
text weight paper panel using a glue stick or a cold adhesive machine. Cut the rust cardstock roughly to 5 1/4"x 5".
Shade the edges with India Ink Black permanent ink using a sponge. Layer the Duchesses panel onto the upper part
of the rust cardstock using a glue stick. Layer the tags panel to the lower part of the rust cardstock using a glue
stick.
Fold the black cardstock so that you have a finished card that measures 5 3/4"x 5 1/2". Apply adhesive to the
back of the rust panel with the cold adhesive machine. Layer this panel into the center of the black prepared card.
- Grand Duchesses Photo image rubber stamp (StampSmith)
- Amaretto Truffle Fresco Chalk inkpad (Gary Burlin)
- India Ink Black permanent inkpad (Stewart Superior)
- Off-White coated cardstock for stamped image
- Black, Dark Brown, Rust cardstock and Almond text weight paper
- 7 mini jewelry tags, 7 mini gold brads
- Personal paper trimmer, scissors, 1/8" hole punch and deckle edged scissors (Fiskars)
- Cold adhesive machine (Xyron 510)
- Scotch Craft Glue stick (3M)
- Sponge, bleach. Plastic wrap, paper towel
- Computer Printed Sister word
Also by Sharon, an altered board book
 
 
Snow Davidson
Stamp Anastasia on glossy paper with Adirondack eggplant dye ink. Color with chalks. Cut out, layer it on a piece of
gold metallic cardstock 1 7/8" x 2 5/8", layer this on a piece of black glossy cardstock 2 1/8" x 2 7/8". Stamp
Anastasia with galazy gold ink on a piece of black glossy cardstock 1/2" x 1 1/2" emboss with gold embossing
powder. Trim with gold leafing pen. Set aside. Cut a card out of dark purple cardstock 5 1/8" x 6". Spray with gold
webbing. Cut a piece of gold metallic cardstock 4 1/8" x 5". Layer it to the center of the card. Cut a piece of black
glossy cardstock 3 5/8" x 4 3/8" layering it on the gold. Cut a piece 4 3/8" x 3 3/8" of wallpaper or decorative
paper layer this on the black glossy. Glue your stamp picture in the center of the wallpaper. Add a decorative piece
of jewelry to the top and the name plate to the bottom.
- Anastasia photo and name stamp (Stampsmith)
- Adirondack eggplant dye inkpad (Ranger Industries)
- Brilliance galaxy gold pigment inkpad (Tsukineko)
- chalks (Stampin Up)
- Gold embossing powder (Personal Stamp Exchange)
- gold spray webbing (Krylon)
- Gold leafing pen (Krylon)
- Black glossy, gold metallic and dark purple cardstock
- wallpaper or decorative paper
- jewelry piece, heat gun, double side tape
Trish Bayley
1. Stamp both images onto a cd rom using Black Stazon Inkpad. Allow ink to dry for a couple of minutes. 2. Once ink is dry; cut out the section of the image you wish to use using sharp scissors, go along with edges of the
cd piece using gold leafing pen and set aside for later use. 3. Take the plastic ice cream lid, and onto the surface apply a small dot of each of the 4 Lumiere colour paints
specified in a row. You only need a tiny bit. 4. Take the fake plastic credit card, and dip the edge into the row of paint, hold the jigsaw piece in your other
hand, and quickly drag the credit card across the jigsaw to apply and move the paint. Set aside to dry. 5. Apply colour to the stamped cd piece using Adironrak Pens, I used cranberry for the dress and butterscotch for
the face. You do not need to apply a lot of ink; I applied a small dot of colour and used my finger tip to drag the
colour across the cd piece to give a subtle shade. 6. Once the Jigsaw is dry, press a versamark inkpad onto the surface, and apply a layer of clear embossing powder.
Place onto a sheet of non stick baking parchment. 7. Heat to melt, apply another layer of clear embossing powder, heat once more, and apply a final layer of clear
embossing powder and heat. In all you want 3 layers of clear embossing powder. 8. Next working very quickly, before the 3rd layer cools down, press the cd piece into the molten embossing
powder to seal it onto the jigsaw. 9. Sprinkle on a generous layer of clear embossing powder over the entire embellishment and heat once more, then
sprinkle gold wonder beads around the edges. Set aside to cool. 10. Once cooled, go round the edges using a silver leafing pen, let dry. Affix a self adhesive pin back to the reverse, your pin is complete.
- Large Children's Cardboard Jigsaw Puzzle
- Unwanted Cd
- Sharp Scissors
- Black Stazon Inkpad (Tsukineko)
- Adironrack Pens (Ranger) (Purchased from Innovative Stamp Creations) Colours Used: Cranberry and Butterscotch
- Versamark Inkpad (Tsukineko)
- Baking Parchment
- Plastic Ice Cream Lid
- Clear Embossing Powder (Stamps and Stuff)
- Heat Tool
- Gold Wonder Beads (Suze Weinberg)
- Fake Credit Card (i.e. free ones you get in the mail or mobile phone pay as you go cards)
- Lumiere and Neopaque Paints Exciter pack (Jacquard) Colours Used: Metallic Gold, Metallic Copper, Pearlescent Violet & Pearlescent Blue
- Gold and Silver Leafing Pen (Krylon)
- Self Adhesive Pin Back
- Marie Photo Art Stamp And Word By Stampsmith
Dawn Heath
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