New Frantic Stamper Die Release Preview

A brand new batch of dies from Frantic Stamper have arrived in the warehouse and are being prepared for release. As soon as Fran can get them packaged and uploaded to the store they will be available for purchase. Fran is expecting to release them tomorrow!

Here are photos of the dies in the release.


Mr. Penguin:

 

Twigs the Snowman:

 

Toutou the French Poodle (sized to be walked by Loretta):

 

Lovely Loretta (sized to walk Toutou):

 

Jointed Paper Doll (also works with Moveable Flutterby's wings!):

 

Moveable Flutterby (wings work with jointed Paper Doll!):

 

Proud Peacock:

 

Ten Fun Felines:

 

Downtown Row Houses:

 

The Suburb Houses:

 

Notes Scallop Journal Card:
 

Today Dotted Journal Card:
 

Snowflake Flurries :

 

Snowflake Half Panel:



Shell Half Panel:

 

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Be sure to check out the store tomorrow for these (and all our other) great Frantic Stamper Dies!

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Mad Scientist Card (Sharon Jeffs)

Mad Scientist Card

by Sharon Jeffs



I recently pulled out all my Distress paints, determined to play with them after a lengthy hiatus from them.  I decided to play with mixing metallic paints in the same way I'd normally mix metallic mixatives with alcohol inks.  The background of the main piece of my card is the result of this play! 

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Products used:

• Ranger Inkssentials Specialty Stamping Paper
• Tim Holtz Stamp Set - The Chemist
• Ranger Archival Ink - Jet black
• Ranger Archival Ink -Coffee 
• Ranger Distress Ink - Walnut Stain
• Frantic Stamper Precision Dies - Gears
• Ranger Distress Paint
• Gathered Twigs
• Wild Honey
• Forest Moss
• Pumice Stone
• Brushed Pewter
• Ranger - Brads
• Ranger - Spinner
• Ranger Skull and Crossbones

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For My Superhero (Kathy Berger)

For My Superhero

by Kathy Berger


My older brother Bob is a superhero. When my eldest brother, who had been taking care of Mom, passed away unexpectedly in June, Bob stepped in. Not only did he take care of Ron's estate issues and cleaned out his belongings, he and his wife volunteered to move in to take care of Mom. It wasn't going to be easy, though.

Since June Bob almost single-handedly remodeled the lower floor of Mom's house to turn it into an apartment for him and his wife. He jack-hammered out the concrete floor of the half-bath to put in a shower and laundry. He turned an unfinished room that had been the laundry/furnace room into a lovely little kitchen. He moved a room entrance, added an exit for safety, tiled floors, patched and painted walls and ceilings. He even found time to do a little work to the outside of the house to make it more functional for him, and for mom.

And he did all of this AFTER his regular 40+ hour work-weeks.

He and his wife moved in last week, and this is a card I made to send to him, as a thank-you, and as a house-warming.

I honestly don't know what Mom would have done without him. He is our very own Superhero.

Here is the inside of the card, with a little envelope I made that is just the right size to hold a gift card.

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Products Used:

• Echo Park - Brothers Collection -
• Journaling Cards
• Stripe
• Sticker Accents

Echo Park - A Boy's Life Collection - Charmer

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Embossed Background Card (Sharon Jeffs)

Embossed Background Card

by Sharon Jeffs


When I first saw these wonderful Anna Griffin embossing folders, I fell in love.  The designs are ever so beautiful!

After I embossed pieces of white card, I inked the raised surfaces with Distress inks with a blender tool to highlight the pattern further.

On the inside of the card I added a border layer (the embossing folder comes in the set) to the edge of the card.

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Products used:

• Cuttlebug Embossing Folder - Acanthus set by Anna Griffin
• Pearls
• Frantic Stamper Peacock Die
• White Card
• Prima Labelle Flower
• Ranger Distress inks - Peeled Paint, Wild Honey and Broken China

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Bo Bunny Autumn Song Collection Card Set (Rozy Smith)

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Inside of Cards....

Bo Bunny Autumn Song Collection Card Set

by Rozy

This past Saturday (October 5th) was "World Card Making Day", so on that day I wanted to show how easy it could be to take a specific paper pack and make some quick cards.

The paper I chose is Bo Bunny's Autumn Song Collection. I absolutely love Fall and the represented colors. My scrapbook room is done in Fall décor and it cheers me up when the dark days of Winter arrive. Sooner than we think this year, hardly any Fall at all in Southern Oregon.

I chose a basic card base of 5 1/2" x 5 1/2". One card has a 5"x5" layer. I used American Craft Glitter Tapes in Evergreen & Gold for these sets. Frantic Stamper has the large pack so check it out. Another pointer is that I used dimensional dots; they really make my cards pop.

I also decorated the insides and made matching envelopes.

Just have fun, there is no right way! I made all three in less than an hour. Surprise someone; they will love it!

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Products used:

• Bo Bunny Autumn Song Collection Pack
• Bo Bunny Autumn Collection Combo Stickers
• Bo Bunny Autumn Song Collection - Noteworthy
• American Craft Evergreen Glitter Tape
• American Craft Gold Glitter Tape
• SRM Stickers - Thanksgiving, Stampendous Leaves, Harvest Pumpkins
• Deco Runner-Green Dots
• K&Company Haunted House Stickers
  
• DoodleBug Pixies
• Maya Road "What a Hoot" rub-ons.

 

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Collaged Wooden Frame with Mirror (Lis Whiting)

Collaged Woden Frame with Mirror

by Lis Whiting


Today's project is a framed mirror. You might wonder where to get a mirror to fit into a wooden frame? Well, I used Tim Holtz MirrorCard. Yup! And it works great! Now that I've spilled the beans about my "secret element" on my project - let's back up to creating!

I wanted to do a frame - the original idea was to do something for students to take with them to college. That idea slowly morphed into the completed project you see today.

Anyway, I started out by buying a plain wooden frame. I painted the frame completely with white gesso. Then I used Moulding Paste and a flower stencil (still all white) to create a texture on the front of my frame.



I used two different spray colors to color my frame (purple and yellow). If I had it do over again I probably would have chosen a light red and yellow.  The colors would have blended better where they meet on my project.



After I colored my frame, I sanded the tops of the flowers so that there would be more contrast. 

I used a number of different embellishments to decorate my frame including washi tape, organza ribbon, pearls and some 3-D stickers.

Here are some close ups!

  
 
 

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Products used:

• Dylusions Spray Inks in Crushed Grape and Lemon Zest
• Tim Holtz Tissue Tape
• Tim Holtz - Idea-Ology - Adhesive Backed Mirrored Sheets 6"x9" 2/Pkg

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River Rat Scrapbooking Page (Sharon Jeffs)

River Rat Scrapbooking Page

by Sharon Jeffs



After a recent holiday this year on the river, I had quite a few photos of my relatives to scrapbook.  This page features photos of my little niece as she played in the mud at the rivers edge.

I chose to use the Polka dot paper as the base of my page then cut out different thicknesses of the chevron design from the chevron patterned paper that I inked the edges of and layered over my background.  Next I used some of the patterned papers to mat the photos and layered them onto the page.

Using the Floral patterned paper, I cut out all the large rose sections, inked their edges and layered them as seen in the photo. Lastly I added different stickers, layering a few over a label sticker.

One extra thing I chose to do once the adhesive was completely dry was to go back and bend the inked edges of the chevrons and the floral sections to add extra dimension to them.

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Products used:

• Echo Park Sisters - Floral Paper
• Echo Park Sisters - Chevron Paper
• Echo Park Sweet Girl - Quilt Blocks Paper
• Echo Park All About a Boy - Rough & Tough Paper
• Ranger Distress Ink - Walnut Stain
• Echo Park Photo Freedom Sticker Sheet
• Echo Park Photo Freedom - Label Stickers
• Echo Park Photo Freedom - Alpha Stickers

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Love Falling Leaves (Rozy Smith)

"Love Falling Leaves"

by Rozy



Cut Suede Nutmeg paper 6 1/2" x 5". If you want to conserve this paper, cut out the center and save!

Cut 5 3/4" x 4 1/2" patterned paper from the Authentique Autumn Paper Collection.

Center size is 5 1/2" x 4 1/4". Stamp with Leaf Background stamp and color with colors of your choice, using Tim Holtz Distress Markers. Brush on Gold Ice Stickles for shimmer.

Embellishments of your choice, of course! On this card there is ribbon for the bow, butterflies (I love butterflies), metals (Made For You heart) and metal corners.

This card was made special for a friend's Mother!

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Products used:

• Frantic Stamper Cling Mounted Rubber Stamp - Leaf Background
• Tim Holtz Distress Marker
• Stickles Gold Ice
• Authentique Autumn
• Nutmeg Suede Paper

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Newest Team Member (Jessica Griffin)

We have another new team member on the Frantic Stamper Design Team! Please welcome Jessica Griffin.



I will let Jessica introduce herself to you.

Hi! My name is Jessica, I'm known around the paper crafting industry as "canyoupixelthis". I've been crafting for seven years now. My interests have changed as I've become more involved. I love creating mini albums, banners, and doing mixed media projects. I also enjoy sewing, knitting, teaching, and exploring new crafts! When I'm not crafting, I'm usually with my family, and our sweet Josephine exploring the beautiful places we live! My husband and I have three children, two girls and one boy. Josephine, is our fourth child, a lab/boxer mix, whose curiosity often gets the best of her! I hope to inspire you, and help you use your stash, and encourage a few purchases!

I currently design for Lindy's Stamp Gang, Glue Dots, Dreamweaver Stencils and now… FRANTIC STAMPER!! Yay!

You can check out my work at my blog, canyoupixelthis.com, and soon here on the FranticStamper blog!

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Nature's Colorization (Rozy Smith)

Nature's Colorization; a Colored Image Project

by Rozy


Stamp Frantic Stamper's Leaf Background image on white cardstock using Jet Black StazOn ink pad. What's fun about this project is you can use your imagination in the coloring of the leaves. Using Tim Holtz Distress Markers (16 colors) from his Distress Marker pack (linked below) proceed to create to your hearts content.

Let the coloring dry and then take a small paintbrush and brush on Stickles Ice Gold (lightly) to give the shimmer effect.

Use your imagination to decide how you want to use the colored image! Too much fun!

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Products Used:

• Frantic Stamper Cling-Mounted Leaf Background Stamp
• StazOn Jet Black Ink
• Ranger Stickles Gold Ice
• Tim Holtz Distress Markers

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