March Challenge ~ Tags

Hi everyone and can you believe I am already saying, welcome to March?!? Where has this year gone!!!

Thank you so much for all your wonderful entries for February. We had so many fabulous creative pieces from you all and we will be announcing one very lucky winner in the next few days, so make sure you check back to see if it's you!!

During February, we had the pleasure of having the very talented Alison Bomber join us as our Guest Designer and on behalf of the team, Jennie and I would like to say a big thank you to Alison, for all her hard work and for the stunning creations that she made and shared with us. This month, we have Jenny Marples joining us here on the blog and I'm sure you will all love what Jenny has to share in her first post tomorrow and throughout March.

The new challenge for March is all about TAGS and the whole team are all looking forward to seeing all the wonderful and varied creations that you submit. To join in with this challenge is simple; make a piece of artwork, making sure that you include the theme and some rubberstamping. Pop back here to link up using the Froggy 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 plus the Kling On to mount them onto. And don't forget....if you use Artistic Stamper stamps on your entry, you will entered into the draw, twice!!!!

If you do need any inspiration, then look no further than our Creative Team's stunning creations for this month's challenge.

TITBELSOEUR

I cut my tag in a strong cardboard and covered it with a slight coat of gesso. Then I stamped Family values on the top to make a background.All the things I glued on it come from my recycling stash (flower and ribbon from an old pair of jeans, lace from underwear, etc..).

The fabulous dress-maker is stamped on a kraft envelope.

ALISON

My large size 10 tag has a background of Tim Holtz Tissue Tape, lightly gessoed, then I used stamps from the following sets...

Journaling Mini Words, Borders A5, Botanical 3, Seaside No. 1, Home Sweet Home A5, and Architecture 3.

EMMA

Seeing as Easter is only around the corner, I thought it would be nice to bring some sunshine to this long winter and for my piece, I used a large size 10 tag and covered it with Distress Ink, before stamping the background with one of the stamps from the Borders A6 #2 plate and the Swirls Splats and Dots. I then added die cuts using the Easter Element Die and the Tattered Floral Die. I painted the chipboard bunny and his little bow with Adirondack Paint dabbers and the flowers are coloured using Squeezed Lemonade and Shaded Lilac Distress Inks. The Butterfly is die cut from Grungepaper and coloured with Shaded Lilac DI and then I stamped over the top with the Mini Polka Dot Background Stamp. To complete the tag, I dyed some seam binding using Squeezed Lemonade and Shaded Lilac Distress Stain.

We hope you will join in with this month's challenge and we're really looking forward to seeing your interpretation of our theme and all your amazing creations and artwork. Please, don't forget to add a comment when you post your entry.

I hope you all have a happy and very creative month.

See you soon...

Emma x