Category : Featured Artist

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Hello to all you animal lovers! I am sharing Little Blue Button Stamps’ Girl with Kitty digital image.

I fell in love with the Girl with Kitty digital stamp and knew I would feature this image as part of the LBBS design team. Everything about this image screams cute, cute, cute!

When I started to color the image with my Spectrum Noir Alcohol Markers, PINK jumped into my head. So, I had to include pink in my color choices.

Once I colored her, I decided to go with a Turbo Teal square card measuring 4 1/4″ x 4 1/4″ with a Pool Play mat. I matted the image on a Sweet Berry scalloped circle with a Whip Cream die cut mat.  I think this card turned out well.

Supplies: Click on image or company name to shop.

Little Button Stamps

Spellbinders + FSJ:

Consumer Crafts:

Spectrum Noir Alcohol Markers (all are regular version unless noted)

Skin: FS2, FS3, FS4, FS9 (Illustrator)
Hair: IG2, IG5, IG6, IG8, IG10 highlights – TB2
Shirt: FS8, PP1, PP4, CR4 Flowers – BT2, BT4, BT5
Pants: BT2, BT4, BT5
Kitty-cat: LY2, CT4, GB4, GY5


I am thrilled to introduce my FSJ Creative Team members for the 2018-2019 catalog year. We are all FSJ Coaches who love the Fun Stampers Journey product line. We will create and share amazing designs this next year, to inspire you to create your own amazing projects.

Here are the team members:

I copied their bio excerpts from the Fun Stampers Journey blog (https://blog.funstampersjourney.com/get-to-know-the-2018-creative-team/).

Alissa Hall

Blog: Paisley Papyrus

I have been a paper crafter for over twenty years now, making everything from scrapbook layouts to cards to treat boxes. It is the encouragement of my family that made me turn my love of paper crafts into a career with Fun Stampers Journey. In fact, my 16 year old daughter is the creator of my business name – Paisley Papyrus! As a married mother of three active teenagers, I appreciate the need to maximize your craft time with straight forward projects that will make your recipient feel special. I like to create projects that make you say, “oh, I want to make that! And I know exactly how she did it.”

Carrie Rhoades

Blog: Carrie Stamps

I have been paper crafting for 20 years. So much has changed, but the magic that is made when an inked stamp meets paper is still the same. I love sharing my creations and inspiring others to get creative with paper. Some of my favorite techniques to use with my paper crafting are making Gel Press backgrounds, altering die cut pieces to make something new and creating shaped cards. I love lots of layers and bright colors. You’ll get to know me as the girl who can’t live without foam squares.

Christine Chan

Blog: Love of Sparkles

I have been crafting since I was a little kid. I love scrapbooking, card marking and party decor. I believe the magic of paper and it is my job to make them shine! Yes, I love sparkles ✨, lot of sequins and add many embellishments on my projects! My style tends to be cute, sweet and fun with lot of layers! I am thrilled to be part of FSJ Creative Team to inspire others and share my love of paper crafting.

Jenny Watson

Blog: Stamping Journey With Jenny

I discovered the joy of stamping and card making 15 years ago when I attended a friend’s workshop. I joined Fun Stampers Journey 3 years ago and I am absolutely thrilled to be a member of the FSJ Creative Team. My crafting style is as a clean and simple card maker. I love sending cards to people so that is always my main focus when I am creating. My goal is to design cards that are easy to reproduce and ‘CASE.’ In addition to stamping, I also enjoy spending time with my husband and ten year old twins.

Jill Hilliard

Blog: Jill’s Card Creations

I have been stamping and paper crafting for for over 13 years and in September of 2017 started with Fun Stampers Journey. Being a part of the creative team is a dream come true. I love to create and share pretty things made with FSJ materials. Especially pretty papers and rubber stamps! Clean, simple and easy to duplicate cards are my style. I strive for a fresh approach to simplicity!

Kazan Clark

Blog: Kazan Clark

I grew up in South Africa in a close-knit family that loved the arts.  I have always done art in some shape or form, from illustrating children’s books to painting custom pieces for clients.  Through the years I have continued my love of paper crafting at Fun Stampers Journey.  This year I am once again so proud to represent FSJ on their Creative Team – it is truly one of my passions to design projects that will inspire others to create too.  FSJ has beautiful top quality product and it is with great excitement that I embark on this Creative Team Journey and share my love of design and craft with everyone.

Lezlye Lauterbach

Blog: Lezlye Lauterbach Designs

Over thirty years ago my obsession with stamping and paper crafting began and I haven’t looked back. Creating beautiful things has always been a passion of mine. I genuinely love to create, inspire and teach others this craft. My Fun Stampers Journey began in August of 2017, because of the quality and love for the product. My current favorite product has to be the liquid colors; there is so much you can do with them! I NEED every color. My style is very eclectic; I range from clean and streamlined to artistic and funky. Incorporating techniques into my designs, staying fresh and trying new things are at the forefront of my mind. I look forward to sharing them all with you!

Marty McGee

Blog: Marty Z Stamps

Since I can remember, crafting has been part of my life. My mother loved creating all types of fun projects and encouraged me and my sister to pursue a variety of artistic endeavors. She did this by setting aside time to craft, paying for art lessons and even allowing me to create a geometrical design on my bathroom wall when I was a teenager. In almost 20 years of creating projects from paper, I have never been in love with one company’s products like I am with FSJ. I love the way our products challenge me to think outside the box and expand my knowledge of paper crafting tools, mediums, stamps and inks. I can’t wait to inspire others to feel the freedom of exploration.

Alissa Hall

Blog: Paisley Papyrus

I have been a paper crafter for over twenty years now, making everything from scrapbook layouts to cards to treat boxes. It is the encouragement of my family that made me turn my love of paper crafts into a career with Fun Stampers Journey. In fact, my 16 year old daughter is the creator of my business name – Paisley Papyrus! As a married mother of three active teenagers, I appreciate the need to maximize your craft time with straight forward projects that will make your recipient feel special. I like to create projects that make you say, “oh, I want to make that! And I know exactly how she did it.”

Carrie Rhoades

Blog: Carrie Stamps

I have been paper crafting for 20 years. So much has changed, but the magic that is made when an inked stamp meets paper is still the same. I love sharing my creations and inspiring others to get creative with paper. Some of my favorite techniques to use with my paper crafting are making Gel Press backgrounds, altering die cut pieces to make something new and creating shaped cards. I love lots of layers and bright colors. You’ll get to know me as the girl who can’t live without foam squares.

Christine Chan

Blog: Love of Sparkles

I have been crafting since I was a little kid. I love scrapbooking, card marking and party decor. I believe the magic of paper and it is my job to make them shine! Yes, I love sparkles ✨, lot of sequins and add many embellishments on my projects! My style tends to be cute, sweet and fun with lot of layers! I am thrilled to be part of FSJ Creative Team to inspire others and share my love of paper crafting.

Jenny Watson

Blog: Stamping Journey With Jenny

I discovered the joy of stamping and card making 15 years ago when I attended a friend’s workshop. I joined Fun Stampers Journey 3 years ago and I am absolutely thrilled to be a member of the FSJ Creative Team. My crafting style is as a clean and simple card maker. I love sending cards to people so that is always my main focus when I am creating. My goal is to design cards that are easy to reproduce and ‘CASE.’ In addition to stamping, I also enjoy spending time with my husband and ten year old twins.

Jill Hilliard

Blog: Jill’s Card Creations

I have been stamping and paper crafting for for over 13 years and in September of 2017 started with Fun Stampers Journey. Being a part of the creative team is a dream come true. I love to create and share pretty things made with FSJ materials. Especially pretty papers and rubber stamps! Clean, simple and easy to duplicate cards are my style. I strive for a fresh approach to simplicity!

Kazan Clark

Blog: Kazan Clark

I grew up in South Africa in a close-knit family that loved the arts.  I have always done art in some shape or form, from illustrating children’s books to painting custom pieces for clients.  Through the years I have continued my love of paper crafting at Fun Stampers Journey.  This year I am once again so proud to represent FSJ on their Creative Team – it is truly one of my passions to design projects that will inspire others to create too.  FSJ has beautiful top quality product and it is with great excitement that I embark on this Creative Team Journey and share my love of design and craft with everyone.

Lezlye Lauterbach

Blog: Lezlye Lauterbach Designs

Over thirty years ago my obsession with stamping and paper crafting began and I haven’t looked back. Creating beautiful things has always been a passion of mine. I genuinely love to create, inspire and teach others this craft. My Fun Stampers Journey began in August of 2017, because of the quality and love for the product. My current favorite product has to be the liquid colors; there is so much you can do with them! I NEED every color. My style is very eclectic; I range from clean and streamlined to artistic and funky. Incorporating techniques into my designs, staying fresh and trying new things are at the forefront of my mind. I look forward to sharing them all with you!

Marty McGee

Blog: Marty Z Stamps

Since I can remember, crafting has been part of my life. My mother loved creating all types of fun projects and encouraged me and my sister to pursue a variety of artistic endeavors. She did this by setting aside time to craft, paying for art lessons and even allowing me to create a geometrical design on my bathroom wall when I was a teenager. In almost 20 years of creating projects from paper, I have never been in love with one company’s products like I am with FSJ. I love the way our products challenge me to think outside the box and expand my knowledge of paper crafting tools, mediums, stamps and inks. I can’t wait to inspire others to feel the freedom of exploration.

I am so excited to let my readers know, I am the Guest Designer on The Paper Girls Challenge Blog featuring a Rainbow Theme designed card. The challenge begins the week of April 15th.

Before I created the card I submitted as a guest designer, I had fun creating a rainbow cake happy birthday card, which is featured below:

I really love this card, but I wasn’t satisfied with the results. So, I moved on to another idea. I went to my collection of stamps and chose the “A Better Place” stamp set (this was featured in a previous post, Black and White – A Better Place). It is our new host exclusive stamp set for parties that reach $600 or more dollars in orders. I sat and looked at all the stamps in this two set collection, I browsed many card collections on Pinterest and finally decided to create a floral card awash with the colors of the rainbow.

As many of you know, this month’s product promotion feature our silks and splashes. Since they are 20% off, I wanted to showcase what could be down with them. I went with the splashes since I had all the colors to create a rainbow on hand. I began with a large, clear block (think background sized) and drizzled a good amount of water from my media blender brush onto the block prior to adding the splash colors. Normally, you spritzed color with the splashes, but I unscrewed the cap and using the pipe that pulls the color through to the nozzle, placed each color in a vertical row making sure to keep each color separate from the next. I, also, screwed the cap back onto each bottle as I used it (trust me, you want to do this or you could have a “real” mess on your hands). After all the colors were on the block, I gently pulled the colors into the one beside it, keeping white space to a minimum. Next, I placed a piece of 5 1/4″ x 4″ Whip Cream card stock onto the rainbow of colors. I pulled the paper off and repeated the entire process with a second sheet. I let my paper air dry, or a heat tool can speed up the process.  I took two of the floral stamps from the set and stamped them several times onto one of the colored pieces of paper. I used  the Journey Rectangles Die and cut a frame and stamped the sentiment on the leftover piece. I used the Mystic Fern die to cut leaves out of several pieces of card stock. To create a more dimensional look, I fussy cut inner petal pieces and manipulated all the petals with an embossing tool (thing Heartfelt Creation flowers). I added foam squares to everything, popping them up off the card to create dimension. The color filled mat was adhered to a base of Pretty Amethyst card stock. The final touches included Rainbow Drops to the center of the flowers and Journey Glaze.

Thank you Paper Girls Challenge Blog for asking me to be your guest designer.

If you would like to order any of the supplies to create this card, please click here, or contact me through my Fun Stampers Journey website to host a party (www.funstampersjourney.com/martymcgee).

 

Super excited to receive the notice from Pam Staples with Paper Craft Crew I had made the Top Picks for Challenge #230!!!

The card that made the top picks is the adorable Penguin card letting someone special know, “i love you”. Here is the card:

Click here for the post detailing how the card was created and what products were used. All the products used on this card are Fun Stampers Journey products. If you are interested in learning more about Fun Stampers Journey or purchasing products, please go to my website www.funstampersjourney.com/martymcgee (my Coach number is 818561).

This past weekend a few of my fellow stampers and I attended Heirloom’s Lawrenceville Rubber Stamp & Paper Arts Festival. It began with the Design & Treasure Make-n-Take Friday night. We made four cards, visited with a favorite vendor “Pink & Main”, used new products, experienced new techniques, and had a great time. When we were leaving, I noticed a notebook on display with ATC (Artist Trading Card) on display and announcing the ATC contest. I remembered reading about it and wanting to create an entry when I registered, but I had forgotten about it. I decided to make a couple of ATCs which were to reflect the theme of Freedom and enter them the next day.

Saturday morning came bright and early. I had set my alarm the night before, but it didn’t go off; so, I was in a little bit of a rush before my friend, Cheyenne, got here with some stamp sets that were Freedom themed. We were to  head toward the weekend’s shopping event where we were to meet some other friends at the event by 10:00 a.m. Just a note to the alarm issue, I did set it, but for the weekday. LOL

I began the creation process half awake and a head full of cotton, but that could have been a plus since I couldn’t overthink the process. Really, I could barely think. I took the 3 1/2 x 2 1/2 pieces of cardstock and pulled out my Fun Stampers Journey Sweet Berry Splash, Blue Lagoon Splash, Cranberry Bliss silk, Sparkle Dust, Black Licorice Twine, Journey Medium paste along the FSJ spatula applicator along with some post-it note tape. I pulled out my SU! stripes and stars stencils; thus began the card base process.

In a container, I spritzed some Sweet Berry with a mist of water. I used a paint brush and applied a swipe of Sweet Berry across the cards. It wasn’t brillant enough; so, I thought why don’t I add some Cranberry Bliss silk and that did the trick. I reapplied the mixture to the card and it looked gorgeous. Then, I took the Blue Lagoon Splash and did the same process.  I did try to add some Dark Roast to create a more navy blue color and it was a little too much which created a blackish blue. All I did was add more Blue Lagoon splash and pulled a small, small dot of the blackish blue color into it, mixed it a little, and Bob’s your uncle; it looked great. On the soldier ATC I added full blue color, but on the eagle ATC, I masked off some stripes and added the color to this area to provide a little interest.

Next, I applied the medium paste using the stencils to the card base and sprinkled Sparkle Dust onto the wet medium to create some sparkle and glitz. The final embellishment was several loops of Black Twine. I sat the emerging ATC pieces to the side to work on the stamped images.

By this time, Cheyenne arrived with the SU! stamps. I didn’t have any stamps that reflected the Freedom theme, but she had two SU! retired stamp sets (they are very, very retired). They were perfect. I took the soldier stamp and coordinating words from one stamp set and stamped them onto FSJ Whip Cream cardstock using Memento ink. I colored the soldier using Spectrum Noir markers. Each of the words I cut out individually and matted on FSJ Black Licorice cardstock. I took a very light gray Spectrum Noir marker and went over the words to tone down the brightness of the Whip Cream cardstock. I popped the soldier and words out using FSJ Foam squares; and, as a final touch, I sprinkled a little Silver silk onto the ATC. Here is Cheyenne’s iPhone pictures. She liked them better with a woodgrain background:

The cards were judged by the vendors at the show. Here is the winning ATC card:

I created the eagle card by stamping the eagle onto FSJ Whip Cream cardstock using FSJ Black Licorice ink. Cheyenne suggested stamping the coordinating words directly onto the eagle. I thought that was a GREAT idea, and as you can see, it looks gorgeous. I colored the eagle with Spectrum Noir markers. The eagle is popped up using FSJ Foam squares. I punched out three small stars from FSJ Denim Days cardstock. Even though they didn’t have a first, second, and third place winner, the eagle ATC card was the second most chosen card by the vendors.

I think they both turned out beautifully. I won $25 show bucks which meant I could go and purchase products from any of the vendors. Here I am receiving the Show Bucks:

I went back to Creek Bank Creations and purchased two more 3D embossing folders from We R Memory Keepers Next Leveling Embossing folders. These are awesome; they create a 3D embossed look to your cardstock, which adds wonderful dimension and interest to your card. I have three posts coming up featuring these folders. The rest of my winnings I spent at Pink and Main. I purchased a cute, cute frog stamp set (it’s one of the upcoming card creation posts) and a pirate set just for my little buddies to create some cute cards.

Thanks Cheyenne for your stamp sets and your critiques during the creating process.

I can’t say this enough, but I really, really love Fun Stampers Journey Bloom Box monthly card kit. I have made a variety of beautiful cards with the December kit. Of course, my group of Bloom Box Girls take the step-by-step instructions and make our own version of the card designs provided in the kit. The official promotion picture of the assembled cards from the December kit is below:

Each kit provides a unique technique, which is a great way to expand your creativity and apply this knowledge to other amazing creations you make.

Here is our first card we made with our December kit:

We decided to add another two branches to the bough, and a small pinecone to the this card. We used the Just Because ATS to add a sentiment.

Card #2:

We used our FSJ Color Burst Pencils to color the stamped wreath image. The only change is the sentiment of “Hello” from the FSJ Be Amazing stamp set.

Card #3:

Using vellum over the stamped card images adds a touch of elegance to an already beautiful card. We changed the sentiment and used the “So Cute” from the ATS So Cute stamp.

Card #4:

This is such a cute card. We stamped our wreath onto the base and stamped another image onto some FSJ Whip Cream cardstock. We fussy cut it out (the center and the outside), added some Journey Glaze to the berries and made a double bow. Oh yes, by the way, I love the wow factor a double bow gives a card creation.

Here are two more cards I made using this set. The wreath on the Oatmeal Cookie and Cranberry Bliss background was a Top 3 pick at Paper Craft Crew website. The other card I made using a SU! woodgrain background stamp and the Christmas sentiment from the FSJ Holiday Script. I did have to use my MISTI to stamp the sentiment about 5 to 6 times to get a good enough impression on the busy background.

         

It is not too late to sign-up for the December Bloom Box and  5 more months of Bloom Box card making kits.  You can go to my website and order the kit here.

Whoo hoo, I made top three on Paper Craft Crew Challenge #222. I am super excited about this pick because I used my Fun Stampers Journey, December Bloom Box stamp set Welcome Wreaths to make this card. I absolutely love this stamp set and the kit as well. Here is the winning card.

I wanted to keep everything about this card FSJ, and I did except for the sequins. I just haven’t acquired enough FSJ bling, . . . . . yet.  If you click the picture, you will be redirected to the original post.

I love everything about Fun Stampers Journey and I can’t wait to make more amazing cards using their products.

 

Just found out I was the winner of the TGIF#66 Card Challenge! Here is a picture of my card that won the challenge along with the link here for the original blog post (this post includes links for Heartfelt Creations and Marisa Jobs blog). Love, Love, Love the Heartfelt Creation product line. They are awesome. Thank you to Marisa Jobs for her design I modified to create a winning card. Also, thanks to Cheyenne Luken for being my stamping cohort.

Heartfelt Creations inspiration from Marisa Jobs

Heartfelt Creations
inspiration from Marisa Jobs

I just saw I had made one of the Top 3 for SUO Challenge #149 (click on Top 3 and see the Top 3 cards for this challenge).

Here’s a shout out to Promise Armstrong and Kayla Cansler for providing me an opportunity to create such a cute card. When Margratha (Promise’s mom) told me Kayla loved elephants, I just knew I had to make a card with them included. Congratulations!

Here’s the card:

Top 3 SUO #149

Click here to see the original post.

I am so excited to let you all know I was a Blog Candy Winner with Paper Craft Crew Card Challenge. The card below was also in the top three featured artists for that week’s challenge (click on the card to be directed to the blog):

PCCCS162When Pam Stales notified me I was a Blog Candy winner, I was EXCITED with anticipation of what I would receive in the mail. I was NOT disappointed. In the mail today, I received . . . . . . . .

Blog Candy PCCCS #162

I won a package of SU! Jewel Rhinestones, Linen Thread, and an Awesome Card from Pam. I just wanted to give another shout out of thanks to Paper Craft Crew Challenges!

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