Coasters or door hanger ? by Titbelsoeur

Hello dearies ! This is the time to prepare our Christmas decoration and the best way to make these is to use the fabulous Artistic Stamper Christmas Stamps. I have used old CDs that I have covered with inked and stamped drawing paper.
I have just torn a piece of paper to make a cache for a snowy landscape I have inked with water-based inks such as Distress, stamped the tiny firs from the Christmas Greetings # 1 A5 plate, then sticked the image to the CD and cut it out. Either punch a little hole at the top of it for a hanger, or just place it on the table for a coaster.
Whatever choice, here it is :

I hope this project gives you inspiration to participate in our 

November's Creative Challenge - Mix it Up

for 3 chances to win some of these fabulous

Artistic Samper stamps !

Thank you so much for stopping by.

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Titbelsoeur stamps @ the Artistic Stamper

I will be happy to read your comments about it !

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Bye for now and happy creating. 

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Christmas is coming by Siobhan Brignull

Hi!
So what do you do when you  need to wrap a christmas present and you haven't bought your wrapping paper yet, (I know how unorganised!)

So I grabbed some snowflake stamps from The Artistic Stamper and some embossing powder and spray inks.

I then embossed in silver and white on a 200gsm paper, as I needed it to withstand the heat and wet, I was going to subject it to.

Once embossed I used a Dylusions mica spray set to create a pastel Christmas effect, and then added some splatters from the sprays to add some interest and contrast.

The paper actually folded nicely around my gift and I just needed a tag and then I had my eureka moment, the free stamp with Craft Stamper this month was a Happy Christmas tag designed by Jennie, perfect.

Have a very Merry Christmas
Siobhan x

Christmas ATCs

Hi, I'm Angie and this is my first blog post for The Artistic Stamper! It's lovely to be here.

For my first project I chose to make 2 Christmas themed ATCs.

On the "Friends" one I used bauble stamps, star stamps and a journaling word stamp, all by The Artistic Stamper.

On the "Family" one I used bauble stamps, a holly background stamp and journaling word stamp, also by the Artistic Stamper, as are the gems and lace.

Both backgrounds are embossed with white embossing powder and coloured with Distress Inks, the baubles are also coloured with Distress Inks.

I hope you like them.

December's Creative Challenge - Christmas

Hello!

 It's December and the start of the festive season, and of course, what else would our challenge be except CHRISTMAS!
You can interpret it any way you like, as long as there is stamping in it.
A big thank you to everyone who joined in last month's challenge, and I will be announcing the winner of November and October's in the next couple of days.

We are  looking forward to seeing all your artwork and stamped projects that you submit in relation to this theme. To join in with this challenge (and you can join in as many times as you want), is simple; all we would like you to do is, make a piece of artwork, making sure that you include the theme and some rubber stamping. Pop back here to link up using the Inklinkz at the bottom of this post, so that we can see what you've made and then, leave us a comment to let us know you have joined in with the challenge. As always, there will be candy for one randomly picked entrant - the winner will receive £15 worth of The Artistic Stamper stamps of your choice. And don't forget....if you use Artistic Stamper stamps on your entry, you will entered into the draw, twice!!!! You can also enter as many times as you like!

Here is a little bit of creativity for you from the Creative Team to help you get started....

Christmas Lights Canvas By Gemma

I created this 30x30 cm canvas, with lots of different Dylusions paints that I built up in layers. I built the layers by scrapping paint and sponging paint through the chevron and large dot masks. Then I stamped jewelled snowflakes over the top, pierced holes in the centres and glued lights in place. 

I am really looking forward to seeing everyone's entries, and hope you feel inspired by all our pieces.

Christmas By Dee

Hi everyone I hope you are all going to join in with us for our Christmas challenge.

I have done a Tag for this one and used lots of layers and distress inks and sprays.

I have used Mini Christmas 2, Victorian Christmas 1 ; Round Twisted Bauble which was 

stamped into clay then the star was cut out of it.  More details and photos can be found on my blog.

Shilpa

I've created this dazzling Christmas card with The Artistic Stamper Tree stamp and sentiment. Background is done with distress ink watercoloring technique. for more details, please visit my blog - Neon diary

Jennie 

I created a "takeaway" boxes , and decorated them with the  Large Holly Background. I stamped in Distress ink, and then coloured in with distress markers.

We hope that you will join in this month's challenge and look forward to seeing your creations. Don't forget to add a comment when you have posted your entry.

Have a very Merry Month!

{hugs}

Jennie

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Some Christmas Recycling by Alison (Craftytrog)

I have a Christmas card to share with you today Stampers. But it wasn't always a card...it started off as an ornament, grew into a tag, then became a card...well, one more doesn't hurt...does it?! 

The recycling comes in the form of some corrugated card packaging, & some Christmas cracker embellishments that I saved from last year.

I started off by dabbing silver paint dabber onto a Tando frame. Then I decided it needed crackle, so I used some two-part Deco-Art crackle, then dabbed on & rubbed off some gathered twigs distress paint to accentuate the cracks.

I stamped the Santa image from Christmas Plate 3 onto white card, water-coloured with fired brick & faded jeans distress ink, then glued him in the frame.

I added a layer of glossy accents to seal the image, then once this was dry, I added the recycled Christmas cracker berries through the bottom hole of the frame.

I dabbed gold paint onto a Festive Foliage poinsettia, then attached it to the top of the frame with a red painted long fastener.

I die-cut a tag from the corrugated packaging, gave it a coat of white Studio Gesso, then sprayed it with Dylusion inks in london blue & melted chocolate. There's also some broken china distress paint swiped along the ridges, rich silver embossing powder melted on the edges & also sprinkled randomly on the tag.

I stamped the greeting from Christmas Plate 3 onto white card, sponged with faded jeans & walnut stain distress ink, then added some sprinkles of rich silver embossing powder.

A die-cut border was given the same treatment a the Tando frame, then attached to the bottom of the tag.

I finished the tag by adding some recycled ribbon, heated with my heat tool to crinkle it, then I glued the frame & greeting in place.

I stamped the Christmas corner from Christmas Plate 3 onto a 7x5" kraft card, then edged it with silver acrylic paint dabber.

I attached the tag to the card, then finished off with some candy cane stickles berries on the card & the red brad.

Here's a little bonus project I made, using the little girl from Victorian Christmas Plate 1.

I hope this has inspired you to go recycle & create!

Thanks for visiting,

Alison xxx

Season's Greetings by Sioux Jenneys

Hi there! I'm here to share a Christmas card today :)

1. Take a square white card and stamp the holly from Mini Christmas 1 in Distress Ink bundled sage on each edge....add a touch of glue to each berry and sprinkle some red glitter on.

2. Cut a fancy shape and stamp Season's Greetings in Archival black in the centre...ink up the end portion of the holly stamp and stamp randomly around the edge....run a line of glue around the shape and add glitter...leave to dry.

3. Stamp the jolly Santa (again from Mini Christmas 1) four times in Distress Ink aged mahogany, worn lipstick, pine needles and bundled sage.

4. Die cut the Santa's using a circular die and tatter the edges...rub some Distress Ink in walnut stain around each one and age the edges of each image.

5. Attach the four Santa images to the card....layer up the sentiment on 3d foam pads and attach in the centre.

Well that's one card ticked off the Christmas list...
...I think I may be a bit behind on the Crimbo card making front!! LOL :)

Don't forget the team monthly challenge is Christmas so you have until the end of the month to join in ;)

See you again soon!

xoxo Sioux

Joyful Tea-light Holder by Alison

Hello Stampers! Today, I have a decorated wooden tea-light holder to share with you.

I started off by giving the tea-light holder a couple of coats of Claudine Hellmuth Studio black gesso. 

Once this was dry, I stamped the Snowflakes on all four sides & the top, with Versamark ink, then embossed with silver embossing enamel. I did it one side at a time.

I stamped the sentiment from the Stamper's Anonymous Joyful Song plate, then cut out just the word 'Joyful', to fit behind an Ideaology Ornate Plate. I coloured the image with Vintage Photo Distress Ink, glued it behind the frame, then applied a layer of Glossy Accents on the top. I set this aside to dry.

I used red line tape to stick the end of some white & silver ribbon to the front of the holder, wrapped the ribbon around, the secured the other end with more tape. I glued the Joyful frame on top of the ribbon joins, then used two small screws to secure it to the holder.

I finished off by sticking clear gems to the centres of the snowflakes.

Thanks for looking,

Alison xxx

Xmas Lady by Sioux Jenneys

Hello everyone! It's my (Sioux) turn again and I'm here to share a card :)

1. I cut a square piece of card to fit the card front and stamped the lady from the 20's number 1 plate in Archival black the snowflakes were then stamped in Distress Ink antique linen, the edges tattered and coloured with more antique linen.

2. I stamped the lady again onto patterned papers and cut out the relevant pieces needed from 
different ones. The pieces were stuck on with glossy accents.

3. I cut a poinsettia using the Alterations die from the same papers and layered up before securing them with a flower type brad. It was attached to the card using silicone glue.

4. Stamped the Seasons Greetings from mini Christmas 1 plate in Distress Ink victorian velvet.

5. Dabs of sparkly stickles were added to the snowflakes to finish.

Well that's one more Christmas card to add to my stash :) See you again soon!

xoxo Sioux

A Christmas Wish by Alison

Hello Stampers!

I expect many of you have started making Christmas cards, as the Season is fast approaching. Here's one I've made, using one of my favourite techniques, stamping into ultra thick enamel.

I started by die-cutting the Sizzix snowflake border. I kept the waste, to go at the top of my card, and the snowflake border to go at the bottom. Then I inked both pieces with versamark embossing ink, & embossed 3 layers of Sapphire Jewel Enamels. Whilst the third layer was still molten, I stamped the Snowflakes into one side of each piece. The Snowflakes didn't cover the whole pieces, so after carefully reheating the other sides with my heat gun, I stamped some more snowflakes.

To make my background, I inked a square of white card, using tumbled glass & vintage photo Distress Ink. I stamped the Script from Calligraphic Mat 15 with vintage photo DI and the Snowflakes with broken china DI. Then I carefully positioned and stamped the greeting from the Christmas Greetings 1 plate, using jet black Archival Ink. I inked the edges of my background with more vintage photo DI.

Next, I die-cut 2 Sizzix Baubles from white card. I used the 'Wish' mover & shaker die on one of the pieces, then triple embossed this with Fire Opal Jewel Enamels. Whilst the third layer was still molten, I stamped the Script into it, using black Archival Ink.

For the background to the bauble, I inked lightly with vintage photo DI. I actually used just the ink that was left on the blending pad, from the main background. Then I stamped the Snowflakes with broken china DI. I glued the background bauble behind the embossed one, then tied a gold ribbon bow around the top.

To finish, I inked the edges of a square white card blank, then assembled my card as shown.

Here's a closer shot of the lovely shiny, stamped embossing. Can you see why I love this technique?!

Thanks for looking,

Happy Stamping!

Alison xxx