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December/January 2005

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departments
1 Letter from the Publisher

2 Mail Call — tell us how we’re doing

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

40 The Place to Be — conventions, fairs and excursions for stampers everywhere

41 The Place to Create — classes, workshops and demonstrations around the globe

42 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

89 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
16 Through the Looking Glass —
The Art of Glass Slides
Capturing love and travel themes, two women share their microscope slide art.

18 International Travelers —
Dolls from Around the World
Using rubber stamps, Serena Summers builds spirit dolls with a global flair.

21 Love Note Cube
Twists of wire, an artful block, and tiny love notes make this a must-try Valentine project.

22 Guest Artist: Teri Anderson
Calling her own style grungy chic, this guest artist has a fresh look that incorporates many scrapbooking elements.

26 A Fine Romance
A Parisian love affair is captured between the covers of this astounding accordion book.

30 The Masked Matrix:
A Grid Stamping Technique
Discover mosaic designs made with stamps and sticky-notes.

33 Affaire de Coeur
Bold imagery and a stirring quote are woven together to create this timeless piece.

34 Partir de Voyage —
A Journal for Travelers
Craft a travel journal like this one by Marsha Schmerbeck before your next trip.

37 Windows for Travel
Step into another time and place as you open this altered book.

38 Shake It Up, Valentine!
This whimsical heart shaker will put a smile on faces young and old.

38 Hats Off to Pyramid Boxes
The results from our “Tempting Template” pyramid box challenge can be seen in this issue.

 
Below are pages from The Stampers' Sampler, December/January 2005.
Microscope slides and their holders have come a long way from dreary laboratories and men in white coats. In fact, they are being used in a new kind of lab-the art kind, where artists in colorful frocks play with design, texture, layout and scale.
You may recall Teri Anderson's tag booklet shown on the front cover of our Aug/Sep 2004 issue. While this submission to The Stampers' Sampler was a first for her, we knew that we wanted to show more of her work and unique style.
From its very cover, this enchanting book beckons you to touch it. A collage of lovers with bits of French text and sonatas once sung peek out from a worn soldered frame. Silver embossing adds texture to this tin box (a CD case in a former life) and a bit of black acrylic paint mellows and ages it. Almost like old wallpaper, the subtle repeated pattern evokes a sense of time passed. Paris 1925 proclaims the tag woven through red ribbons and a whimsical Eiffel Tour dangles from the lovers' frame.
Diana Britt constructed this amazing creation utilizing an old book and some foam core panels. By removing the pages from the book, Diana was left with the perfect blank canvas for her framed montages that celebrate the voyages and treks taken by our ancestors. Her title, See the World, is reflective of that time when travel was so intrinsic to the education and lifestyle of many. And it's a play on words because of Diana's use of acetate in her design. For the onlooker, we see through these transparent panels to a world beyond, both in time and space.