Stampington & Co.
stampington stampington stampington
Your One-Stop-Shop
for Creativity
.
stampington
Stampington Inspirations
Holiday 2003


Holiday 2003 Issue
$4.95 per issue plus S&H
Shopping Cart

Stampington Inspirations™ is a quarterly magazine for stampers featuring samples, techniques, projects, and ideas using Stampington & Company® stamps and accessories. Each issue is 68 to 84 pages and features the excellent full-color photography and design you've come to expect from Stampington & Company.

 
Inspirations Table of Contents

Cover Art

Cover art created by Carolyn Waitt.

Lady's Desk Organizer
Cover a cigar box and line inside with tapestry fabric. Paint a large slide holder with green, pink and gold acrylics. Attach gold brads to the corners of the slide. Stamp Lady and Lute (R3155) repeatedly on white paper. Copy the images onto transparency film. Cut out the images. Glue a transparency cutout and a gold panel to the back of slide. Glue beaded trim onto the bottom of slide. Apply glue and multi-colored foil randomly to the slide and along the inside edges of the box lid. Glue the slide to the inside of lid. Attach two lengths of chain and tiny nails to the sides of the box and lid.

Notepad & Holder
Notepad: Paint the cover of a notepad with gold and copper acrylics. Using an alphabet set, stamp the word notes on a copper strip. Attach strip to a black panel. Stamp Lady and Lute (R3155) on the cover. Attach black panel to the notepad.
Notepad Holder: Stamp Lady and Lute (R3155) repeatedly on white paper. Copy the images onto transparency film. Cut out the images. Glue a transparency cutout to the inside of the opening in the front of a purchased black corrugated notepad holder.

Lady's Journal
Paint a kraft panel and a deckle-edge strip with copper and gold acrylics. Using an alphabet set, stamp the word journal on strip. Attach strip to a black panel. Attach two Gold Small FlatTop Eyelets (5SDSMFLATGD - Discontinued) to the panel. Paint a large slide holder with green, pink, and gold acrylics. Attach gold brads to the corners of the slide. Stamp Lady and Lute (R3155) repeatedly on white paper. Copy the images onto transparency film. Cut out the images. Glue a transparency cutout to the back of slide. Glue a length of beaded trim to side of slide. Mount slide and black panel to the painted kraft panel with foam tape. Attach the panel to a purchased journal.

Lady's Notepad
Paint a kraft panel with copper and gold acrylics. Using an alphabet set, stamp the word notes on a deckle edge strip. Attach strip to a black panel. Attach gold brads to the panel. Paint a small slide holder with green, pink, and gold acrylics. Stamp Lady and Lute (R3155) repeatedly on white paper. Copy the images onto transparency film. Cut out the images. Glue a transparency cutout to the back of slide. Glue a length of beaded trim to the bottom of slide. Glue slide and black panel to painted panel. Attach panel to a purchased notepad. Embellish the notepad with two coordinating beaded tassels.

Metallic Pencils
Paint four pencils with gold and copper acrylics. Stamp Recommendation (K5520) with permanent ink on the prepared pencils. Spray pencils with a sealer.

4
Possibilities

Lady and Lute (R3155)
Poinsettia (M4731)
The Collection (M4741)
Large Folk Art Santa (K5100)
Elegant Christmas (M4728)
Madonna (R3154)

19
Ringing in the Season

Discover elegant napkin rings to adorn your holiday table

25
Stocking Up

Stocking stuffers crafted quickly and easily with stamps

30
Seasonal Spheres

You'll be reaching for this versatile ornament template again and again this year

35
Gifts from the Heart

Special hand stamped creations make one of a-kind offerings

48
Outside the Christmas Box

Explore unexpected images and colors of the season with the Stampington & Company collection

52
Artful Amulets with Carolyn

Tiny glass bottles to protect and preserve

55
Notions to Stamp

Inventive concepts for cards that are sew much fun!

60
Impressive Memories

Fresh ideas for scrapbooking with rubber stamps

68
A Second Look

Take another peek at some of the extraordinary details in this issue

71
Index of Images

 

rect rect rect rect rect rect rect