Dots And Swirls

Hi everyone, it's Emma here and I'm so excited to be sharing my first post as a member of The Artistic Stamper Creative Team ~ I really hope you like it!!

For my first project of this month, I decided to get inky and chose to make an art journal page using some of the fabulous journalling and word stamps that are on special offer this month with a 25% discount.

I covered the pages of my journal with a layer of Gesso before applying Adirondack Acrylic Paint Dabbers in Cloudy Blue and Lemonade. I then added highlights of Peeled Paint Distress Stain and blended this into the painted background.

Once dry, I inked up my dot stamp, from the Swirls, Splats and Dots, A5 sheet with Peeled Paint Distress Ink and stamped randomly over the pages before heat setting it. I then inked up the circles from the same stamp sheet and stamped this in Black Archival ink, directly over the dots.

Using the Large Sequin Waste closed background stamp and the Cloudy Blue Acrylic Paint Dabber, I then stamped around the edges of the paper, going off the page each time. I added some ink splats and swirls from the same stamp sheet and then inked up and stamped the Mini Polka Dot background in Black Archival on the right hand side of the journal pages, once again going off the edge of the page.

Finally, using the Creative Art Thoughts stamp, I inked up each of the words individually on the stamp sheet being careful not to get any of the ink on the other words above and below on the sheet. I then stamped them, one at a time onto my journal page.

That's it from me for today and I hope you all have a wonderful weekend. See you later in the month with some more projects.

Have fun creating!

Emma xx

It's October Taggy Giveaway Time...

Goodly Morning Stampers... yes, it is that time already... another tag giveaway from yours truly... this month being as it is Spooky Season, I have made a Hallowe'en themed tag using the brand new background and flourish stamps, which are on special offer HERE with 25% off... bargain!


I have also used the new Seasonal Distress Inks... I am in lurve with Seedless Preserves, which is amazing because I am not normally a purple kinda gal, but this colour.. imagine Aged Mahogany mixed with Dusty Concord... lushness indeedily! I started by blending Wild Honey, Spiced Marmalade, Seedless Preserves and Aged Mahogany DI's onto a Ranger Size 8 tag. Next I "inked up" the mini polka dots stamp with water... because the ink on the tag is still wet and very intense, you can get a really good bleachy look with most stamps. The ickle dots look like little specs of ectoplasm... well, in my head they do lol.


I used the Grid background... inking it randomly with Monarch Orange Archival Ink... then stamping just onto the top half of the tag. Next I inked part of the large Swirls with Plum Archival and stamped this onto the bottom of the tag. The Spiders Web, Skelington and Bats are from the Tim Holtz Hallowe'en sheets and are stamped in Coffee and Jet Black Archival. I added a gorgeous batty-bat charm from the new Hallowe'en Adornments set... I punched a hole in his ear using Tim's Drill Punch... and then attached it to some inked Seam Binding.


Well, that's all for me for now... except I need to let you know how to join in with the giveaway... that would help lol All you need to do is leave me a comment here and your name will be entered into the draw and one name will be chosen at random and announced on November 3rd. Also.. if you hop across to my own blog... leave a comment on today's post, you will be entered into the draw twice! Thanks for looking... TTFN

Hels x

A CREATIVE STORY

Hi all,
Kat here,
I'm back today to shear my first project of the month,
I have made a little journal out of a kid's board book,
this month the DT are using the new background stamps
(they are perfect for journaling & scrap booking)
the stamps are 25% off in the shop HERE if you would like to take a look,

so here goes,

I started by covering the covers with old book pages

& glued then down with Claudine Hellmuth Multi Matte Medium

once dry I went over the covers with Brushed Corduroy Distress Ink

very lightly & stamped the Stipple background with the same DI

I added a tiny amount of Bundled Sage Distress Ink

this give the whole thing a bit of an aged look,

I then stamped the Large Dotty Closed Background

with Versamark ink then embossed it with clear

embossing powder & a heat tool

(the stamp was so easy to line up & continue the pattern)

I then took Brushed corduroy & a blending tool

& covered the whole thing,

 then with a baby wipe & wiped most of it off

then added more DI

(where the wet baby wipe had left lots of moisture

you get a to tone colour) cool ha!

I then added an image, wording &

boarder to the covers,

I used a white gel pen to add some doodling,

I glued a book plate with a Idea-ology ticket

in it that I coloured to match the other words

with copic markers to the bottom right.

I covered all the inside pages with a best quality

copy paper so I could just pick it up & create,

& not have to cover each page as I wanted to work in it.

That's about it!

for my other projects for the month on the 15th & 25th

I would like to show a couple of the pages inside,

until then have a great creative month

Kat x.

Life Thoughts by Sioux Jenneys

Yeh! I'm back! Hello again, I'm here to share a card utilising some of the fabby new stamps on offer this month with 25% off wahey!!! :)

I wanted a card for a man of a certain age without overtly being about the actual age he is if you get my drift!!! HOL.

I seem to have become addicted to not using acrylic blocks to stamp with and loving the randomness that can occur when stamping by hand using the stamp alone! ;)

1. I spritzed some home made Distress spray from a mini mister onto some spare card ready for another background (perhaps you will see that later on in the month ;) ) and took the notebook background stamp and stamped into the pools of dusty concord and dried marigold and transferred this to my square card front.

2. Inked up the grid background with antique linen and again randomly filled the blank spaces.

3. Added some ink splats from the A4 size "swirls, splats and dots" in Distress worn lipstick...although for some reason my photo makes it look more like Dried Marigold!!!

I can't explain that phenomenon!!! HOL

4. Stamped the fab new wording from Journaling words and Creative art thoughts in Archival black and aged the edge of the card with Distress antique linen.

5. The insert uses the new "Happy" stamp from Journaling words in Archival sepia and some random stamped little bees from the Insects and Butterflies #1 plate in Distress antique linen again and I added three star brads to the front.

See you again soon!

xoxo Sioux

Your number has come up!- winners!

Hi, it's the chief stamper here again, this time with the winner of last month's challenge-Numbers, and the winner of Hels's giveaway tag!I loved all the entries for the numbers challenge, and true to form it was hard to pick, so I asked Mr Random.org to pick one, and he came up with number 11!

Debbie R.

Congratulations, and please email me to pick your prize!
The winner of Hels's monthly giveaway is

Jude!

Congratulations too, and please email Hels to claim your prize!

We have lots going on this month on the Creative Team blog... a new challenge- Autumnal Colours, and to see what our illustrious Team created .. check it out here. This month to celebrate 13 months of challenges, we will be giving away TWO prizes of £15.00 worth of The Artistic Stamper stamps!

You also have until Saturday 22nd October to send in your designs for our stamp competition, and please welcome our new muse of the month Laura Liddell. You can see her first project here.

Have a very creative day
Hugs
Jennie

Steampunk Halloween: Laura Liddell

I feel very honored and privileged to be joining The Artistic Stamper as their guest designer for October. To be working alongside such an awesome group of designers. I bow to you all.

And to be allocated October! Such a fun month. This is going to be great for me. I intend to have fun and I hope I can bring a little fun into your lives too!

There are these really cool stamps from The Artistic Stamper which I just love. They are listed under Steampunk but I felt they would be ideal for halloween as well. Quirky and funny. Just what I like.

I decided they would work really well for a Trick or Treat box, so I made one in Kraft card and another coloured with Promarkers. You need to stamp with Memento ink pads for the Promarkers. The pen ink does not react with this ink pad.

I have included the template I created for the box.

 I did not add the lid as I wanted the body parts to be seen oozing out the box.

I also added some quirky bits and pieces just because it amused me and thought it may others too!

They could also be used as party favours if anyone is having a halloween party.

The stamps I used from The Artistic Stamper were

Goose Grease

Phineas Pinchbeck

Squaretoes Continuous Lunch

all found under the Steampunk heading under stamps.

(The images were stamped onto Kraft card or white card and then cut out and stuck to the box.)

Hope you may enjoy making these trick or treat boxes for Halloween.

October Challenge - Autumn Colours

Goodly Morning Stampers and welcome to a brand new challenge for October. Many thanks for all your wonderful entries for September, the winner of this challenge will be announced on Monday, October 3rd. The new challenge this month is AUTUMN COLOURS. 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. AND.... because the Creative Team blog is now 13 months old, Jennie has kindly said that there will be two winners this month... so you have double the chance of winning!!! And... if you use Artistic Stamper stamps on your entry, you will be entered twice into the draw! Moving on, last month we were very lucky to have the very creative and talented Louise Crosbie as our Guest Designer, she pulled out all the stops and made some amazing altered art pieces for the team. This month our Guest Designer is Laura Liddell and we are all really excited to see the wonderful creations that she will bring to this blog.

AND... I have some very exciting news to share... this month we are being joined by a new full time Creative Team member... so a VERY warm welcome to Emma Williams! Emma makes the most beautiful cards and will be showcasing a lot of the cute little Mabel Lucie Attwell stamps very soon.... so do pop back to see her gorgeous arty makes :O)) If you can't wait that long... then HERE is a link to her blog.

Just a little note for you all to remember... there is a monthly SPECIAL on the latest Stamp releases for the whole month of October - where there will be 25% off all new stamps... HERE are all the deets :O)

The team have been busy making samples for the challenge and using the fab new stamps...

JENNIE

Jennie made a small wooden frame with Autumnal colours of Dabbers, using the Shabby Chic technique, using the new smaller version of the Swirls, dots and splats, on offer this month! Lots of mini mini leaves from the new Autumn Gatherings Alterations in Core'dinations papers

KAT
Kat used Distress Inks on a Ranger tag, along with the large open dots and the mini dots stamps... and added a fab flying lightbulb, making wings and crowns from the Movers & Shapers Alterations die.

MINXY

Minxy built up several layers on her journal page, comprising of Gesso, Distress Ink & Stains, Several background stamps {large sequin waste open, sequin waste, large dotty open & mini polka dot and one of the journal words and flourishes} along with some paint dabber stenciling.

SIOUX

Sioux got messy using mini mister sprays on sticky back canvas, Distress Ink on paper, and Alcohol Inks on glossy card stock to make a mini journal.

EMMA

This month Emma used the Mabel Lucie Attwell, Rainy Day stamp, together with one of theJournalling stamps #1 to create this autumnal feel. I used the Tim Holtz Autumn Gatherings Decorative Strip die for the leaves and branches and inked them with Distress Inks. I finally added some mini rosettes using paper from my crafty stash and the Tim Holtz Mini Rosette Die.

ALISON

Alison used distress stains & stamping with a script to create a colourful background, then die-cut tattered leaves from it, to create a wreath shape. Some real leaves were embossed using metallic powders, & interspersed between the die-cuts. She stamped & embossed one of the new Journalling Phrases(on offer this month) onto green Tim Holtz paper, added some stamped flowers, glued this to a CD, added the wreath of leaves & a piece of chain to hang.

HELS

This month I decided to make something totally different... and got cutting with Shrink Plastic and the Tattered Leaves Alterations die. I cut loads of different leaves, stamped some of the new flourishes and small dots onto them, then flipped them over and coloured them with Alcohol Ink before shrinking them. I then stamped some of the new word stamps and shrank these too... adding Jump Rings to attach them to some Idea-ology Ball and Chain.



That's all from me for now.... thanks for looking and have a very inky month!!

Hels x