The artist’s story behind Granny’s Jewelry art stamp set…

Ever since my talented friend Heather made an incredibly beautiful gift for me that was decorated with costume jewelry, I’ve been looking for some to put on my artwork. She got hers at the dollar store, but my dollar store didn’t have any. And on I searched from thrift stores to E-bay. But all I could find were baubles that were much too pricey to stick to a card. Granny’s Jewelry stamp set is where I ended my search! They say that necessity is the seed of invention, (or something like that, LOL!) I spent hours researching vintage jewelry then sat down at the drawing table and created classic pieces that now I can use to adorn my cards and crafts to my heart’s content!

Today I’ll share more ideas on using this unique stamp set so you too can make your own custom sparkling trinkets!

Stamp with metallic ink, like Brilliance on black card stock and add gemstones and pearls. If the sticky doesn’t  work from the back of the gems, (which is often the case) I use the tip of a pin to dab on a touch of glue, pick up the stone and place it where I want it.

Gold metallic emboss stamping on black card stock with added rhinestones or nail bling.

Two stamp designs are stamped together with silver metallic embossing powder, then pearls with flat backs and colored Stickles glitter glue is mounded up to look like a precious jewel in the centers. Stickles by Ranger is the best glitter glue for mounding and they have a large range of colors. The newest colors in their designer series are soft romantic shades. I could totally see my Grandma wearing something like this. Imagine what a beautiful touch it would be on a card for your Grandmother!

Stamped with gold metallic embossing powder on ivory card stock with varied sized flat back pearls. I also chose to cut this one out, including in between the wings and placed it on foam tape to give it “flight”.

I LOVE copper! So this one is embossed with copper metallic embossing powder and cut out. The royal purple glitter glue is Stickles and the amber jewels are stick-on rhinestones.

VersaFine Onyx Black ink with rhinestones on a metal edged tag.

The hole on this tag is decorated with Granny’s Jewelry stamped in purple hue pearlescent embossing powder then flat rhinestone stickers were placed around the design. Flat rhinestone stickers are hard to capture in photographs, but believe me, this is a delicate, sparkling and easy effect.

This remembrance ribbon stamp can be stamped with pink ink, as it is here, or yellow for remembering our American troops. This example has flat rhinestone stickers.

If you’re fresh out of gemstones, or you want a very specific color to match your project, then here’s an idea for creating treaures like this  bee-jeweled ornament…Color in the jewel areas with colored marker or pencil and cover each spot with Glossy Accents. You can try other dimensional glues, but I found that this one is not runny and mounds just like a jewel would. The tri-jewels are stamped with black ink and accented with copper Stickles glitter glue.

For fun and really dazzling effects, try stamping all over with metallic ink, like Brilliance, and coloring in the spots with multiple colors of Stickles glitter glue. Stamp them in a row, or all around a curved edge for a necklace look!

You can use card sentiments like, “You’re a Gem!”, You’re One of a Kind”, You’re Dazzling Darling!” “Pearls of Wisdom for your Birthday…”, “You’re a Treasure!”,…and I’m sure you can think of many more thoughtful gems to add to your cards and layouts.

Imagine this jewelry adorning your romantic and vintage art, adding pearls of beauty to your shabby chic lovelies, putting on the glitz for your hip projects, or blessing someone special with bling.

Any questions, or if you want to share your creative ideas with Granny’s Jewelry, please let me know! Please visit the Granny’s Jewelry art gallery for more beautiful bling ideas with this stamp set.

May God sprinkle your day with jewels of joy!

Reindeer Prance Card

The inspiration for this card started with Tsukineko’s tri-color Christmas themed ink pad called, Noel. It has red, gold and green on one pad! Then I was excited to discover how to create a Poinsettia with a flower stamp and a silhouette from a clear stamp!

Card Detail

I used Layers of Color Nature Walk art stamp with Noel ink to create the designer paper, I ran it through Swiss Dots dry embossing folder, and then lightly dragged the Brilliance Galaxy Gold ink pad over the top of the raised dots. I dry embossed vellum and enhanced it with the gold as well. The black/white ribbon is 7 Gypsies Gaffer tape.

To create the silhouette, I stamped Layers of Color Reindeer Waltz art stamp onto black paper, cut it out and turned it over so that it becomes a silhouette. I placed it on an oval of brown paper that was dry embossed with dots and inked over with black ink on the raised dots and along the edge.

Flower Detail

The flowers were made with Brilliance Galaxy Gold ink on red paper using Layers of Color Nature Walk art stamp. I cut them out, bent the petals and stacked them so that they created Poinsettias. The center is black Fun Flock.

Close Up

The snowflake is a cuttlebug die and the center is an upholstery tack with the nail cut off the back. I used Martha Stewart’s edge punch on black paper for the lacy edging.

I enjoyed making this card and sharing it with you today! I hope you’ve learned how to add Layers of Color to your cards!

May God bless you and your creativity this week!

Black and White Flower Pot Card

This paper card is made very similar to the Paper Garden Card from my last post. The main difference is in how I created the leaves and the flower. I used VersaFine Onyx Black on white paper. You can create a tag and tie it around the stem and give it as a gift. Imagine all the colors and fun you could have making many of these! No “green thumb” needed!

I stamped the leaves from Layers of Color Nature Walk art stamps and then enlarged them on the copy machine 225%, cut them out and glued them to the base.

Alternate Card

This alternate card has a simple pot and hand drawn leaves. It has a lovely fine shimmer as I featured Ink Potion No. 9 on the entire card.

Side View

The card stands on its own like a picture frame, using ribbon and cardboard.

Back View

I used recycled cardboard for the base, which is cut as one piece. The stand is cut separately and glued on with the ribbon. If you make it as a gift and want the entire back to match in color, spray paint the entire back and stand before gluing together.

Paper Flower

Layers of Color Polka Dot Love art stamps are stamped on white cardstock, cutout and glued to the base. I added a clear plastic dot over the “Thank U”.

Alternate Flower

Look how pretty the colors and shimmer enhances this flower! VersaFine Onyx Black stamps right on top of the Ink Potion No. 9. I used a metal button for the center.

Paper Flower Pot

Layers of Color Garden Borders makes a beautiful pot rim. Layers of Color Polka Dot Love dots and sentiment decorate the pot. To create the illusion of roundness to the pot, sponge black ink lightly on the edges.

Thank U 4 visiting today!

Paper Garden Card

This is more than a card, it’s a gift! Its a continually blooming garden that brings lively color to your day. And it’s fun to make! You’ll want to “plant” one for yourself, as well as for those special people in your life!

Garden Stand

It stands on its own as a garden made of paper. The base is cut from recycled cereal boxes and the stamped, cut, and colored paper is glued on top. Ribbon holds it in place, just like a standing frame. You can make a tag with a note on it and hang it from the stem.

Flower Pot

The pot features Layers of Color art stamps, Nature Walk and Garden Borders. Both are distressed in the same ink color as the decoration to create a false curve and dimension to the pot (VersaColor 158 Lapislazuli). The pot is a basic shape that would also be beautiful decorated with other Layers of Color art stamps, imagine the possibilities!

Leaves

The two leaves are made by layering multiple leaves. One leaf from Layers of Color Nature Walk art stamps is stamped with VersaColor 158 Lapislazuli on white card stock, then colored in with Prismacolor colored pencils (X18 leaves). Layer from tip to base as shown.

Flower

The base underneath the flower is simply card board cut into a circle. All the little flowers (and strawberry) from Layers of Color Nature Walk are cut out and glued on top of the circle. Use the same coloring method as the leaves, placing clear dimensional dots on the centers of the large flowers.

3D Flowers

The main flowers are cut between the petals and bent upwards to enhance the 3D effect. Imagine the various colored flowers you could “grow”! You wouldn’t even need a green thumb!

But you might get one if you get smudged with green ink!

I’d love to see how your garden grows! Let me know if you “plant” a paper flower and I’ll come visit your beautiful paper garden!

Patter Cross has written an article for Scrapbook.com which includes Layers of Color art stamps and Designers, Patter, Linda and me.

Hope you find inspiration from it as I have!

6 X 6 Card

The color challenge is to use teal, red, black and white in your artwork. Here’s my card and a tutorial :

The flowers are Layers of Color Polka Dot Love art stamps and the background is stamped with Creative Flourish and  Nature Walk.

Close Up of 3-D Flowers

All the flowers and leaves were stamped on white cardstock with black ink, cut out and applied to the background with glue. Some of them were bent so that they stand out creating the 3-D effect. I love the dimension this creates!

Supplies

The supplies for this card are: white cardstock, black ink, Teal Blue StazOn, Scarlet VersaColor, Clear Embossing Powder, Tsukineko Dabber, and Layers of Color Polka Dot Love , Creative Flourish and Nature Walk art stamps.

First Layer of Background

The background has two simple layers…First, on white cardstock stamp Creative Flourish and Nature Walk flourish repeatedly with red ink. Before it dries, sprinkle with clear embossing powder. Emboss with an embossing heat gun.

Second Layer of Background

For the second layer…Using the dabber and StazOn teal ink, rub over the entire paper leaving some areas heavier, some lighter.

Background Details

Gently wipe some of the teal ink off of the red areas with a baby wipe and, Voila! Imagine all the wonderful various creations you can make with this handmade designer paper!

Thank U

Thank U for visiting today! For more inspirational artwork, please visit our art galleries!

God’s blessings to you,

Easter in Paris

The Paris stamps (Cavallini) added a European touch to this Easter card. I love the Easter symbolism shown of the Royal Bird rising up in front of the Gothic Cross, which reminds me of Jesus’ resurrection.

Background Paper

The beautiful background is easy to create. I used a simple straw colored paper that had some striations in it (Memory Stor – Costco). Randomly stamp all over with Creative Flourish and Turquoise Gem (Versa Magic) ink. Rub Mango Madness (Versa Magic) and Magenta (Versa Color) ink pads directly on the paper. Wow, what a colorful difference!

Background Paper Detail

Allow some of the paper color to show and use varied pressure when applying the inks to achieve this distressed effect.

Background Paper on Card

After cutting the background paper to size, distress the edges with the Mango Madness and Magenta inks. Stitch with turquoise thread. Use Turquoise Gem ink to distress the edges of a larger piece of straw colored paper. Stitch along edge of paper without thread to create the holes.

Card Detail

I used the masking technique to get the cross behind the bird. Stamp the Royal Bird on a piece of paper and cut it out around the general outline (this is your mask). Stamp the bird again on white cardstock with black ink and place the bird mask directly on top. You can hold it down or use a post-it note. Ink the Gothic Cross with black ink but first stamp it lightly on a piece of scrap paper to lighten the effect. Stamp a second time, this time on top of the bird mask. When you lift away the bird mask the cross will appear to be behind the bird. I love this technique! You can leave the mask in place as you stamp the words on the background.

Color in the leaves with colored pencil to match the ink color. Cut the paper to size and stitch with turquoise thread to background paper. When the card is finished, apply Glossy Accents Dimensional Medium (Ranger) over bird, let dry.

Buckle Close Up

The buckle is made of brown cardstock punched or cut into an oval. Cut or punch slots. (Or use Cuttlebug oval buckle die) Stamp Fleur Heart in black ink. Cover with Glossy Accents Dimensional Medium, let dry. String ribbon or trim through buckle and staple to card.

Decorated Soap Gift

Here’s a lovely Easter gift. I wrapped a bar of soap (this one is Irish Spring in a box) with pretty papers and embellished it in fine European fashion. I was inspired by a box of soap my friend recently brought back from France for me. I matched the design and techniques used on the card.

Background Paper

The wrapping is made with plain mailing paper stamped with Creative Flourish and Turquoise Gem ink. Wrap it around the soap just as you would wrap any present, taping it closed. Using Mango Madness and Magenta inks, rub the all the edges with the pad to add the sunset effect. Make a paper (copy paper) strip smaller than the soap and tear the edges. Decorate it to match the card without coloring in the leaves and not adding the glossy medium. Make another buckle like the card and tie it to the gift then wrap the bird paper around the box and glue.

Gift Detail

Because the buckle is made out of paper it slightly wraps around the edges of the box. These are so pretty they are not really meant to be opened and used. I’ve stacked three soaps and wrapped them together as well. Mine are very pretty decorations on a bathroom shelf. Make several, as you’ll want to give them away and keep some for yourself! Enjoy!

Have a colorful day!