By Katy Brown, Austin, Texas
Image used: VB-279-Q, Lilies 'n' Moonlight
Katy stamped the image on watercolor paper and colored most of the mermaid with watercolors.  The top half of the moon was colored with a gold gel pen, while the bottom half of the moon (reflected in the water) was colored with a gold pencil. She then cut the image out and mounted her on a background created by brayering ink onto glossy paper.

By Barbara Bender, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Image used: CM-109-P, Horse Rearing

By Darsie Bruno, Elmira, New York
Image used: CM-102-R, Carousel Horse - Winter.
Source of other images: Stampscapes and Hampton Art.

By Judy Cantrell for S.S. Reflections Design Team - Sept. 2007 Designer's Challenge
Image used: FT-352-M, Aivas and Irina.
Directions: I created the mountains, sky and foreground by placing masking tape across the cardstock and dry brushing colors from a variety of ink pads.  The leaves were created using a small piece of wadded up plastic bag that was dipped into an ink pad.  The straight branches were created using the thin side of a kitchen sponge that was dipped into the ink pad. The Aivas and Irina image was inked with sepia dye on glossy cardstock.  Watercolor crayons were used to color the image and applied to card.

By Anita Faull for S.S. Reflections Design Team - Sept. 2007 Designer's Challenge
Image Used: VB-141-I, Lilith.
Directions: Stamp Lilith on saffron cardstock. Color image by picking up ink from the inkpads with a blender pen. Rub pen on paper towel to clean in between colors. Mount image on mauve cardstock. Add a strip of pumpkin cardstock and mat on green. Add fiber on bottom corner. Adhere lavender patterned paper to mauve card base. Tie fiber around card. Adhere matted image to card.

By Wendy Pettifer for S.S. Reflections Design Team - Sept. 2007 Designer's Challenge
Images used: FT-151-I, King Edmond; VB-143-J, Zoe.
Directions: Fold a cream piece of card stock in half for greeting card.   Cover the front with a piece of beige script background paper, cut to size.  Using sepia inkpad, stamp both images onto white cardstock.  Age the king using distress inkpad and color Zoe using colored pencils.  Cut around each image and affix to front of card as shown.  Type saying on computer, print, age with distress inkpad and tear out.  Affix to front of card as shown.  Place two colors of ribbon down side of card front, affixing with four mini brads.

By Dorothy Streets, St. Thomas, Ontario, Canada
Image used: DT-002-H, Bones - Lg

By: Nelleke de Jong, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Image used: VB-092-G, Jumping Jester
The light background was painted using liquid watercolors and pearlescent ink. After stamping the jester on this background, Nelleke stamped it again on a separate sheet of paper, painted it with watercolors and golden gouache. She cut it out (with a knife) and glued it over the original stamped image, thus raising the jester.

By Joanne Passfield, Highbury, South Australia
Images used: CH-707-H, Kitty Luna; CH-385-B, Cat Paw

A pin created by Jan Demetralis, North Carolina
Image used: AT-029-I, Oriana

By: Susan Kesselman, Illinois, for an ATC swap - The 12 Days of Christmas.
Image used: FA-232-C, Pepin the Piper.  Source of other images unknown.

By: Cathy Norton, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Images used: FT-111-I, Thana in Awe; CH-478-I, Willow Tree; FA-232-C, Pepin the Piper. Source of other images unknown.

By Verna Angerhofer, Big Stone City, South Dakota
Images used: CM-057-O, Two Tree Trunks - Lg.; SB-006-J, Baby Raccoon; AP-ANT-X Active Ants (set of 17 ants); CK-087-A, Crumbly Sand.
Source of other images: Small grass stamp - Sutter Enterprises; Hang in there! - Unknown.

Other supplies:
Onyx Black Versafine Ink Pad
Color Box Terra Cotta Ink
Crayola colored pencils
Black cardstock
White cardstock
Dry chalks
Blair Workable Fixative Spray
Makeup applicators
Raspberry/beige duplex cardstock
Post-It Notes
Scotch double stick tape

Directions:
1. Ink the baby raccoon with the Onyx Black Versafine ink pad and stamp onto the white cardstock.
2. Make a mask of the raccoon with Post-it Notes, being sure to cut it just a bit smaller than the original image and cover the raccoon. By having it smaller, it prevents a halo around the image.
3. Ink the trees with the Onyx Black and stamp them onto the cardstock.
4. Remove the mask from the raccoon.
5. Stamp the ant hill and more tufts of grass at the bottom of the tree with the black ink.
6. Stamp the ants in Terra Cotta ink.
7. Color in scene with colored pencils and chalks.
8. Spray when finished with Blair Workable Fixative Spray.
9. Add the saying with Onyx Black Versafine Ink.
10. Finish by layering to black cardstock and to the base card of Raspberry/beige duplex cardstock.