2014 first resolution !

Bonne année tout le monde !! 

I am glad to "open" the 2014 Artistic Stamper creative year with an interpretation of my first resolution (that may be the only one this year, by the way, so that I am sure I will stick to it anyways ;-) which is stamp, stamp, stamp !
To illustrate this resolution, I have used a Ranger kraft tag as a support and I glued some scrapped papers here and there (book/phone book pages), then sprayed ink on 2 Artistic stamper's masks :  Chevron Mask and Large Sequin Waste Mask to have a colored background.
Then I started stamping... on the background, on a book page, on a cloth label... everywhere I could stamp !!
I hope this first make of the year will tempt you to stamp again and again all over the year !
 

Here are the stamps I have used :
Katy Fox's Handstamped size , Numerical plate and  Messy Art 
Sioux Jenney's dancers 
Journaling Words #5 
Time and Keys 

Thanks for being here, I am looking forward to reading your comments !
Happy stamping !

A tout bientôt !

Titbelsoeur

The little clock of horrors: Macabre clock... by Zuzu

Well, after a very long winter of discontent in the Zuzu household, with all my belongings being packed away and a desperate search for a new place to stay, all is well and back to crafty normal.
So here I am with my first proper "Artistic stamper" project since November...

Remember this anyone?

It was one of my first project back when i first joined the team. well that was ages ago and i am tired of it now so decided to strip it back and give it a makeover (you can, of course, just start with a new frame). you can find the frames HERE.

So, firstly i removed all the bits i had added for the last project from the frame and completely covered it in white studio gesso. Then i stamped some images in black ink, onto white tissue paper and glued them on to the frame at random. it doesn't matter too much as you will only see sections of the images after i have added embellishments.

the stamps I used were
the gentleman from the collage set and some ephemera from the bicycle set HERE
the Slow and Fast speed gauge.

i glued on embellishments and the main four numbers (3, 6, 9 & 12) and when the glue was dry i covered them in gesso too. you can find various metal embellishments like those i have used HERE, and the numbers are from HERE. you can get cogs and gears from HERE.

Next i sprayed the whole project all over with various perfect pearls sprays, ( i used sour apple, heirloom gold, mandarin & turquoise).

Once all that was done it was just a matter of adding curios. the skeleton parts are left over from Halloween. I added some other numbers; I used salvage stickers amongst other things.

I also added two little feet at the back where the frame juts out so it doesnt have to be hung up. it stands freely on a table or bedside table. although i doubt i could tell the time on it when half asleep. The final touch was to make a hole and add the clock movement ( i stole a battery from the TV remote to make sure it worked).... and there you have the little clock of horrors.

Silhouettes by Titbelsoeur

Salut les patouilleuses !

This is Titbelsoeur here, showing you my last canvas... I wanted to use silhouettes on this piece, so I selected a man and a woman on a clothing catalogue (they are perfect !). And I traced their silhouettes on a OHP slide (you know, things from the former century, that nobody ever uses now ;-) and cut them out so that I kept both parts.

But before using them, I had a ball with a few background stencils you may find HERE and THERE,and when I was satisfied with my background, I finger-painted my silhouettes around :

To end, I used the watches background and calligraphic mat stamps here :

 and the dots background and the words Man and Woman from the Collage art plate there :

I hope you like my canvas,

thanks for stopping by, 

I am looking forward to reading your comments ! 

A très bientôt !!

And if you want to read the story of this canvas,
just pop over to my blog 

Titbelsoeur

Playing cards album by Titbelsoeur

Coucou la compagnie !

A big thank you for leaving so many comments on my first blog post ! 

Today, I can't wait to show you this... thing... anyway !

My first intent was to use 14 playing cards, from 1 to Joker... 

then the idea came to transform the characters (king, queen and the guy-I-don't-know-how-you-name-him-in-English-cards) with pictures kept here and there on the web... 

then the idea came to use the lyrics of an old never-ending nursery rhyme aiming to teach the days of the week to little children... 

then I searched other pictures for all the cards...

then I started painting, first white to blur the backgrounds... second blue and yellow...

then I stamped the marvelous The Artistic Stamper stamps I don't get enough of (sounds English, huh?)

then I glued the pics

and I stamped the text... letter by letter... don't wanna talk about this, I'd better forget ;-)

Anyway, here is the... thing:

Those of you who know me already suspect I COULD NOT stop there !

They are right!

A little sardine tin was wandering around... I have put make-up on her, and look how happy she is now, and how smart she is with her little slippers ! And how proud for hosting such a nice playing card mini-album !

Stamps I used :

clocks & cogs

collage & ephemera

time

our house

crowns & wheel

I hope you like my project,

thanks for stopping by, 

I am looking forward to reading your comments ! 

See you again soon...

Titbelsoeur

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