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April/May 2004

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departments
1 Letter from the Publisher

4 Artful Calling Cards–embellished business cards by our readers

6 Take Ten–great ideas for quick and easy cards in less than 10 minutes

11 Finders Keepers–found items that make great art

38 The Place to Be–conventions, fairs and excursions for stampers everywhere

39 The Place to Create–classes, workshops and demonstrations around the globe

41 Classic Sampler–uninterrupted pages of stamped samples

75 The Stamper’s Creative Resource Guide–your source for great stamping products, services, new ideas and information

88 The Basics of Stamping–a glossary of stamping terms

90 We Challenge You–show us your stuff with these upcoming themes and stamping challenges

91 Submission Guidelines–how to get a free Stampers’ Sampler

93 Tempting Template–one in every issue! Pick your favorite and show us what you can do

94 On the Horizon–coming in our next issue

96 The Finishing Touch–ideas for adding a final touch to your cards and projects

features
12 Enveloping Special Occasions
Using an envelope as her base, Susan Swenson, crafts beautiful and memorable cards.

14 A Tisket, A Tasket—A French Fry Basket
Our Tempting Template challenge yields clever results from our readers.

18 Box with a View
Create a shaker window in a paper-mache box for souvenirs and mementos.

19 Grounds for Book Art
Learn to construct a book with coffee filters and tuck stamped treasures inside its pages.

22 Tulips Times Three
Bob Pennycook’s hand-carved designs blend with his love of decorative painting for three tributes to tulips.

26 Mixing it Up—Blending Your Personal Palette
Make your own blended ink pads using products readily available from the craft store.

29 Pockets Full of Wedding Wishes
A wedding card like no other, Beryl Taylor stitches memories and love into this tag quartet.

33 Guest Artist: Kelly Burton
Her clean collage style makes Kelly Burton a favorite pick of The Stampers’ Sampler®.

 
Below are pages from The Stampers' Sampler, April/May 2004.
In honor of our Celebrations Extravaganza call for art, Susan Swenson of Mahomet, IL turned to a favorite paper item - the envelope! Using a small envelope as her pattern, Susan created a series of spectacular cards commemorating birthdays and anniversaries. She cleverly tucked in items needed to make each a happy occasion: stamped card, floral elements, and a gift. Whether tickets to the big game, a diamond tennis bracelet, or a dainty hanky, Susan has the event covered.
Honestly, we don't get many submissions from men at The Stampers' Sampler®. In fact, to be quite fair, it's downright seldom. That's why we were honored to receive Bob Pennycook's tulip series submitted for our hand-carved stamp challenge, Carve Your Own. Honored because the pieces represent the quieter sect of our readership, but also because of the obvious talent behind the carvings, layout, design, color palette and blending of mediums.
Sometimes subtle details make the biggest impact. Now you can custom blend your own stamp pads by slightly overlapping ink colors and swirling your own unique hues. Design original blends of color by combining bottles of Soft Shadow Colors by Hero Arts on Cut n' Dry felt by Ranger in your own combinations using two or three colors.
Kelly Burton has long been a contributor to The Stampers' Sampler®. Lately, you can find several cards created in her clean collage style in almost every issue. When Kelly submits art, Kelly submits art. Quantity follows quality in Kelly's work. She loves the challenges we offer in each issue of TSS and responds in spades. Working in a specific color palette, she plays around with each challenge we publish, creating several variations on a theme.