A Big thank you to everyone who joined in last month's challenge.Everyone's challenge pieces were amazing.
February's challenge is Roses are Red ( using the colour red) , and can be interpreted any way you like, as long as it has rubber stamping in it.
To join in with this
challenge (we are limiting the challenge entries to 3 per person), 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 a stamp of their choice from The Artistic Stamper .
As always, there will be candy for one randomly picked entrant - the winner will receive a stamp of their choice from The Artistic Stamper .
In addition, you can enter the same challenge on Facebook!
To join us on just go to our new Facebook group, and send us a request to join..
There will be a prize for the Facebook challenge, as well as the blog challenge!
And
don't forget....if you use The Artistic Stamper stamps on your entry, you
will entered into the draw, twice!
To get you started here are creations from some of the team...
Angie Coomber
For this card I used kraft card which I decorated with a paper doily, Graphic 45 paper, the Artistic Stamper Heart Background and
the Artistic Stamper postcard stamp. I also used distress inks as well
as embossing powder around the edges, and ribbon and crystals for the
finishing touches.
Titbelsoeur
To make this card, I have stamped this very new Neil Walker Heart Square & Border with
Archival ink, then painted it with watercolours. Then I used this basic
watercolour technique, in French we say "ouvrir les blancs", meaning
you pass your wet paintbrush in the circles and wipe with a paper towel.
And I have embossed the words "with love" from Grungy Greetings #2
To make my flowers I decorated a sheet of A3 card. I started my layering different colours of Distress Oxides onto the card. Once those layers were dry I continued adding layers with stamps and a stencil from The Artistic Stamper ( Harlequin Background stamp, Calligraphy Mat 15, Harlequin mask ) before dies cutting lots of petals and gluing and shaping them to form flowers. Please pop along to my blog for more details.
Lisa Winnard
I cut a piece of 350gsm white card to 7" x 7" and
used Distress Oxide Inks - Candied Apple, Abandoned Coral and Fired
Brick to ink the background. I applied the inks with ink blending
brushes to have a nice covered area of colour. I then went around the
edges with Black Soot Distress Oxide ink. I used the Mini Background #1 stamp set with the 3 colours of red Distress Oxide to add some patterns to the background. I tore 3 squares from the white card just bigger than the heart stamp, then inked the the same way as the background. I then stamped the heart on to the three torn squares using black VersaFine ink and adhered them to the background. I used the Decay Alphabet - lower case to stamp the words directly on to the background. To finish, I mounted the card on to a piece of 7.5" x 7.5" black card.
We hope
that you will join in this month's challenge, and also join us on Facebook too.
We look forward to seeing
your creations. Don't forget to add a comment when you have posted your
entry.
Have a very creative month
Jennie xx
