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Spring 2003


Spring 2003 Issue
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Stampington Inspirations™ is a 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 Betsy Harting.

Garden Party Invitation
Trace pinwheel template on rose specialty paper. Sponge green ink on back of paper. Stamp Large Loose Leaves (P2041) randomly with green ink on colored paper. Cut out pinwheel according to template instructions. Punch hole in center of pinwheel. Assemble pinwheel, gluing centers together. Computer-generate text using Cézanne Fonts (5FOCEZANNE) on different sized ivory panels. Attach small panel to center of pinwheel with green eyelet. Layer pinwheel with pink mulberry paper scrap to rose specialty-paper panel. Attach second text panel to rose specialtypaper panel. Layer rose panel with deckle-edge ivory panel to green card.

Party Centerpiece
Trace seven pinwheel templates on rose specialty paper. Sponge green ink on back side of four of the templates. Stamp back of each sponged pinwheel using one of the following stamps: Large Loose Leaves (P2041), Tulips (K5507), Lavender Bunch (P2132), Large Formal Herb List (M4352), and Medium Illustrated Basil (M4169) with green ink. Stamp back of remaining pinwheels using Large Loose Leaves and Lavender Bunch with rose ink. Cut out pinwheels according to template instructions. Punch hole in center of pinwheels. Assemble pinwheels gluing centers together. Computergenerate menu items text using Cézanne Fonts (5FOCEZANNE) on ivory paper. Cut out each menu item creating seven small panels. Attach panels to centers of each pinwheel with green eyelets. Tape bamboo skewers to back of each pinwheel. Arrange pinwheels in a decorative container or painted pot.

Napkin Rings
Trace pinwheel template on rose specialty paper. Stamp Large Loose Leaves (P2041) randomly with green ink on paper. Cut out pinwheel according to template instructions. Punch hole in center of pinwheel. Assemble pinwheel, gluing centers together. Computer generate text using Cézanne Fonts (5FOCEZANNE) on an ivory panel. Attach panel to center of pinwheel with a green eyelet. Glue pinwheel to a purchased napkin ring.

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Pocket Booklets

Easy-to-stamp organizers for a variety uses

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Posh Pinwheels

Celebrate the warm days ahead with some spinning whimsy

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A Stamp of A Different Color

Change the ink and the paper and voila!
A whole new look is born

31
Tag Along

Luggage ID with style!

38
Sew Simple to Stamp

Vintage background papers inspire an accordion book

40
Journal Your Life in Color

Our artists show off pages from their art journals

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Possibilities

Santa Matilde (K5525)
Nature Study (R3135)
Medium Drying Herbs (M4290)
Arched Glass (M4742)
Large Flag Heart (M4472)

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Traveling Art Show

Stylish papier maché travel cases for artists on the move

58
Rollabind® Bangles

Spectacular jewelry from an unlikely source

60
Impressive Memories

Great 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

 

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