A Minute Saved! by Nicky Cresswell

Hiya Stampers, Hope you're all well and dandy this fine day {she says hoping it's not raining lol}

Today I have another manly project to share in keeping with this months MAN themed Challenge

I decided on a card mainly as am having some mojo issues but I worked through it and here is the result.

I started by stamping the base card 4 times with the numbered block from the family values plate with tux black memento ink.

Then I ran some slate coloured adirondack core'dinations through my vagabond with the clock folder from the steampunk texture fades set, I lightly sanded the card & used barn door distress ink to highlight the raised sanded areas. 

I cut the paper to size then got some of the red pepper core'dinations as a backing frame, but it looked too plain so I stamped the smallest pocket watch from the time & keys plate round the edges.

I stamped the clock watching man from the men's plate onto plain white 160gms card and coloured with my copics, then mounted onto more of the red pepper clock stamped edge card.

I was about to mount the whole thing in the middle, but it just didn't look right, so I placed it half off the card and sliced the excess away, and for some reason I placed the excess piece on the card and loved the way it looked so that was a happy accident lol

To finish I stamped the next largest pocket watch from the same time and keys plate onto the back of some black TSS metal, I then used one of my basic set TSS tools to emboss the stamped watch image, turned it over, lightly sanded the areas I had raised and there you have it, one black metal watch which I finished with a bit of old chain attached to the card with a charm clip.

And that's that.

Thanks for popping by

Stay Inky

Design it, Win it, Own it!

Today sees the launch of The Artistic Stamper

Have you ever looked for a stamp? Can't find it! Needed it! Designed it! And then spent ages working out how to have it made? Well, we are having a competition, so that YOU can design your own stamp, have it made in red rubber by us, and have it added to The Artistic Stamper catalogue, so that others can buy it too!

The rules are simple, send us your design, which must be in black and white and must be original. You could do cute, grungy, words, line drawings, photographs, abstract, Christmas, in fact anything you like! The copyright for the drawing will remain yours, but the rules of the competition will be as such, that The Artistic Stamper owns the rights to the stamp design for a year, and should be allowed to put it into our catalogue. The winner will receive 2 of their design stamps in natural red rubber. There is no limit to size or entries and it is recommended that you initially copyright your design in your drawings that you email to us. We will choose the winner in a month's time!

So grab your pens, your tablets, your camera, and we are so looking forward to seeing your creations!

Watch this space for our new stamps next week!
Happy Creating!

Jennie

FADED JEANS INSPIRED CARD

Hi all,
Kat here, AKA Kat's craft creations
For my first creation of the month I have made an 8x8 square card
inspired by a pair of old faded jeans (lol)

The design team are focusing on the fabulous
core'dinations card stock pads in the month of August.

For the background I took an 8x8 card blank,

I edged it with a silver ink pad,

I cut, then tore a piece of the core'dinations card

to fit the front, then tore some scraps to layer over the top,

I then screwed the large piece into a ball, opened it up

then sanded it back with Tim's Sanding Grip

to get the texture,

then I rubbed adirondack Snow Cap ink pad

over it to fade the colour,

I then ran the scraps in various embossing folders through

my big shot machine, & sanded them back

to reveal the coloured core.

when I was happy with the positioning

I took Tim's Design Ruler, Craft Pick

& a foam mat, I pocked holes around all the torn edges

& with white embroidery thread & a needle I

hand sewed all the pieces together.

To embellish my card I used Tim's Weatherd Clock Die

& thick blue card, that I faded down with

adirondack Snow Cap ink as I did for the background

& stamped in silver over the top with the

Speckle background stamp 

(hard to see on the finished card photo)

here's a close up.

I then coloured a piece of scrap card with

Weatherd Wood Distress Ink

& stamped the lady off Collage Art 1 stamp plate

in Black Shoot Distress Ink & cut her out

I added the crown off the Crowning Glory stamp plate

as her finishing touch,

I then stamped the wording with Scrabble & Tags A4 stamp plate

cut them out and stuck them down as shown.

To finish off I added metal butterflies (from an old necklace)

& a couple of metal buttons.

That's it,

Hope you like it!

have a creative day,

catch you next time,

Kat x.

Arch by Sioux Jenneys

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

1. I cut some of the fabulous Core-dinations card stock and made an A6 size card with the textured side as the front...it is sturdy enough to do this which is great and it is on special offer this month here :)

2. I cut decorative shape out of the front and the same shape out of a lighter colour of Core-dinations.

3. Stamp the arched window from the Architecture 1 plate in Archival sepia (second stamping) onto the lighter coloured shape using the smooth side of the card stock and colour the edges with Distress Ink rusty hinge......add the word "Arch" from the same plate in Archival black.

4. Distress the card front with a sanding tool to bring out the lovely texture of the card stock.

5. Add double sided tape to the arch panel....close the card and line up the opening and the panel before sticking it to the inside.

6. Stamp the column from the Architecture 1 plate in Distress Ink walnut stain onto the smooth side of rusty hinge colour Core-dinations and cut out...distressing the edges with a paper distress tool.....attach to the front panel with dimensional pads.

7. Stamp the word "Column" from the same plate onto the smooth side of a wild honey shade of Core-dinations and distress the edges with a sanding tool.

8. Add an Ideaology muse token to the bottom corner to finish.

Oh! I added the same shaped panel in a plain colour to the back of the card so that a greeting can be added later ;)

See you again soon!

xoxo Sioux

Everyone is a winner!

Hello, It's the boss here again with a post just for winners! I love this part of my job, as you know, and next week, there will be lots of surprises both on this blog and my own! So stay tuned!
 But for now here is the winner of last month's Blog challenge, which was Hot, hot, hot!
Please step up to our podium,

Joanna K.

with this gorgeous creation!



Joanna , if you could email me please and we can arrange your prize.
For our second winner of the month , which is one of Hels's gorgeous ATCs , and a packet of Adage tickets, the winner is

Dragon ( Frankie)

Frankie, please can you email Hels, so she can send you her prize.
Congratulations to you both, and keep watching this space for lots of goodies, and a FABULOUS competition later this week!
Have a creative day!
Jennie

No.1 of my guest designer spots ...By Anneliese Bates

Hi, I'm Anneliese from over at Creative Journey Workshops. The girls here kindly asked me to do a guest designer spot & so here I am :o)
For this one I used the Insects and Butterflies Stamp No. 1 # 017 which you can find Here
and the Botanical Stamps Plate 1 # 038 which you can find Here

I started off by creating the tag that fronts the card

To create this I used a manilla tag and blended Tumbled glass, Wild honey & barn door distress inks to get the warm but soft background. distress inks here
I added a strip of tissue tape (sketchbook butterflies)you can find that here
I then Stamped the floral images using Rangers Archival ink in Sepia Archival inks here
Placing them half off the tag.
The next thing I did was to stamp a butterfly using black archival ink on to some cream card stock, I then cut this out and adhered it to the tag, only gluing the central body so that the wings can be lifted up to add dimension to the card.

The next stage was to get some textured paper, tear around the edges and then stamp the same butterfly on to it using the sepia archival ink again.

Then I took a page from an old french book and inked the edges using Brushed Corduroy Distress ink

I stamped a further two butterflies, but this time onto the textured paper, again in the black archival ink and cut them both out.

Lastly I folded a piece of dark brown A4 card stock in half to create the card and I added the elements to it, I added a flash of gold paint dabber around the edges to blend it down. You can find the gold Dabber here

Hope you liked this card ... see you soon for my next visit !
Take care x

August Challenge - Macho Men

Goodly Morning Stampers and welcome to a brand new challenge for August. Many thanks for all your wonderful entries for July, the winner of this challenge will be announced on Wednesday August 3rd. The new challenge this month is MEN/ALL THINGS MALE THEMED To join in with the challenge is simple; make a piece of artwork, include the theme and some rubberstamping, pop back here to link up using the Froggy at the bottom of this post and leave us a comment to let us know you have joined in. As ever there will be candy for one randomly picked entrant - £15 worth of The Artistic Stamper stamps of your choice plus the Kling On to mount them onto. Moving on, last month we were very lucky to have the very creative and talented Gillian Simson as our Guest Designer, she pulled out all the stops and made some amazing pieces of altered art for the team. This month our Guest Designer is Anneliese Bates and we are all really excited to see the marvellous creations that she will bring to this blog.

The team has been busy making samples for the challenge for you to see:

Alison Hall

Alison made this striking card using Black Soot Distress Core'dinations embossed with the Steampunk Texture Fade. She tore the edges and used Black Soot Distress Ink to age them. The Collage Man stamp was coloured with wax crayons. Alison used inks to colour the background and to finish she added a jute wrap and a lovely little Steampunk Brass Charm to the card.

Nicky Cresswell

Nicky got cutting with her Vagabond machine and used lots of Alterations Dies to make her piece, including: Tag Die, Regal Crest, Pennants On The Edge & the Typeset Alphabet. She used Core-dinations from the Distress range, embossing the tag with a Notebook Embossing Folder. Nicky then created a gorgeous focal point on her tag, stamping this little chap from the Childhood Memories plate... adding in a Regal Background stamp and a crown from Crowning Glory. She finished her tag by tying some rag ribbons through the top.

Sioux Jenneys

Sioux has really explored the versatility of the Core-dinations cardstock and made a fabby little matchbox. She used a Texture Fade to get some embossing onto the cardstock and added Distress Ink to this to age it. A Hitch Fastener makes a fabulous drawer pull and... inside the box there is a little treasure too... see Sioux's blog to find out what it is :O))

Hels Sheridan

This month I too have gone bonkers with the Core-dinations cardstock, using a mix of the Ranger and the Adirondack colours too. The tag base was coloured with Black Soot, I then randomly sprinkled Black Soot Distress Powder over it and heated, then scratched away the release particles. The grey card was stamped with a Cog Background using black Archival and then crumpled and sanded to reveal the lighter colour core. Brolly Man was cut using the Vagabond and the Ranger Core-dinations and embossed with the Music Texture Fade. I cut Mini Cogs & Gears Movers & Shapers and the Steampunk On The Edge die... and popped all of these onto the card base using a Tiny Attacher to do the fastening. I cut a Ticket from the Ticket Alterations and added a sentiment and finally, coloured some Seam Binding and added Idea-ology Bulb and Plaquette.


Thanks for looking everyone, have a wonderful August! Do pop back in a few days time as there will be something exciting revealed here at The Artistic Stamper.

TTFN Hels x