June's Creative Challenge - By the Seaside

Welcome to our challenge for the month of June. 
Thank you to everyone who joined in last month's challenge. Fabulous creations.
This month the theme is By The Seaside  and can be interpreted any way you like, as long as it has rubber stamps on 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 .
In addition, you can enter the same challenge on Facebook! There is no prize on there, it's just for fun!
To join us on just go to our new Facebook group, and send us a request to join..
And don't forget....if you use The Artistic Stamper stamps on your entry, you will entered into the draw, twice!

Titbelsoeur

I am very proud to show you the new stamps I have designed for The Artistic Stamper, which perfectly fit to this June Challenge at the seaside !
To make my project, I have used tissue paper from a chocolate brand to make the sea and stuck my fishes between the waves, all of them into a sardine can, which is a support I love to use ! And the boat is stuck down with 3D tape. I have coloured the stamped images with watercolour markers.

You may visit my folder : Titbelsoeur stamps @ the Artistic Stamper

I will be happy to read your comments about it !

Bye for now and happy creating. 

Titbelsoeur

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Jennie
I have continued my Postcard series for this challenge, and what better subject than the seaside!
I created a background using Distress Oxides with our new Ultimate Brushes, and loved it so much, I found it extremely hard to cover up! Then I created another background using the oxides, and stamped on it with Tit's Seaside Stamps. cutting them out and placing them so you could still see the background was a challenge!

JANE

I am lovin Titbelsoeurs new stamps, but as soon as I heard the subject was "seaside", I immediately thought of the NUDES, and the very annoying song!!!...I do hope it is not inside your head all day now!! LOL. I have drawn the bikini onto the nude and I have used a couple of stencils for the background, the SMALL DOTS mask and the SPLATS AND SWIRLS mask.

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.
Happy Creating
Jennie x

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NEW STAMPS from The Artistic Stamper!

Hi, Jennie here with some fab new stamps which have been released today! We have a new theme of Gardening, and some large butterflies, plus 3 new backgrounds, which I hope you will find useful.
I am loving our new stamps, and here are a couple of cards that I have made with them.

© The Artistic Stamper

© The Artistic Stamper

© The Artistic Stamper

You can find all the new stamps here on our website.

Have a very creative day
{hugs}
Jennie

Easy to make : paintbrush cups

Hey you !
Do you sometimes feel like you could sort the various paintbrushes or pens you use on your artistic activites ? Why not make their storage containers just as nice as your other pieces of art ? And why not make these from cans, helping clean the planet at your tiny level ?
This is what today's project is aiming to...

Materials you have to gather :
3 cans of different sizes (or not ;-)
white gesso
a phone book
a string
black Archival Ink
and of course the amazing Artistic Stamper's Birds New Stamps

How-to :

1. Start by painting the cans with white gesso and then allow it to dry.
2. Once dry, tear 3 phone book pages up to size the tour of each can.
3. Using Black Archival Ink, stamp the birds and words all along the width.
4. Glue each paper on each can.
5. Tie up the string around each can.

Et voilà !

Thank you so much for stopping by, 

I hope you like my project and tutorial and am looking forward to reading your comments !

A tout bientôt !

Titbelsoeur 

New Stamps from The Artistic Stamper

Hello!
I am so excited to show you our new stamps! If you have been following my own personal blog and our Facebook page, you may have seen my sneaky peeks, but if you haven't, then now you can see them all in full, and get to buy them too!
There are 6 new designs from Neil Walker, including this fabulous butterfly.

© Neil Walker

Katy Leitch has designed some gorgeous Jumbo florals, and solid butterflies and birds, just perfect for kiss stamping and the Gelli plate too!



© Katy Leitch

We do hope you like them, and you can find them all here.

In case you were wondering our guest designer Sherry Cheever will be here on Sunday with her first post. Do come back to check it out!
I will be back tomorrow with the winner of last moth's challenge.

Have a creative day
{hugs}
Jennie

Winner of September's Challenge and a giveaway!

Hi,
It's that time of the month again that I love, when I get to choose a winner of the blog challenge, and giveaway some stamps! This time I get to giveaway stamps to the winner and to one of you too! It just happens that my post here coincides with the release of some NEW STAMPS from The Artistic Stamper! But, first the winner of the challenge. Mr Random.org helped me pick one, and this gorgeous piece of autumnal work is from

 

die Amelie!!

Congratulations, and please email me so we can arrange your prize. Thank you to everyone who joined in, there was some stunning work, and we loved it all :)
Don't forget this month's challenge is Alter Something.. which gives plenty of scope, just be sure to add some rubber stamping into it.

Now, we have some gorgeous new stamps which are just perfect for journaling, card making and of course altering! This is just a couple of the new ones...there are 7 in total.

Grungy Greetings #1

Leaves Background

As most of you know, I love giving away stuff, and with that in mind...one lucky person, no change that to two lucky people will get a stamp of their choice from our new collection! All you have to do is comment on this post, and I will pick a winner next week! You can have a second go at it, if you hop over to my blog too...
Good luck in the draw, and have a very creative day
{hugs}
Jennie

New Stamps at The Artistic Stamper!

Hi,
Jennie here with news of the most gorgeous new stamps that have been released at The Artistic Stamper. We are so proud to show the wonderful designs from Katy Fox, editor of Craft Stamper, and Neil Walker, artist extraordinaire! Neil's stamps are eclectic and witty, and Katy's have that element that you know you need for collaging and creative work. Did I get time this week to create something with them....sadly no, but I did manage time to whip up a little tag for you.

Here is a little taster for you of the stamps

You can find Katy's stamps here, and Neil's here.
If you would like to see them in the flesh, so to speak we are at Stamperama today. We Have a very creative day
Hugs
Jennie

VINTAGE BUNTING By Kat

Hi all, Kat here,
I'm here today with a monochrome card with a vintage feel.

I started with a 5x5 inch card

& blended Vintage Photo Distress Inks round the edge

I then stamped the cog border off the borders A6#2 stamp plate,

once onto scrap paper then onto the card to give it a lighter colour.

I then Matt & layered brown & cream card,

& blended Vintage Photo Distress Inks round the edge

& stamped the Stipple background stamp onto it.

I then stamped the focal images onto scrap card

which are Tim Holtz with Coffee archival ink cut them out

& stuck them in place with foam pads,

I used 2 of the flag designs off the Bunting plate again stamped with 

Coffee archival ink & blended with Vintage Photo Distress Inks

I attached the little flags to a covered wire & bent it into shape

with the ade of a pencil end, then stuck it to the card as shown.

Hope you like it!

thanks for reading my post,

Kat x.

HOME & THRICE TAG by Kat

Hi all, Kat here,
The sun is shining & it feels like ages since I have made a tag,
& I also wanted to try out my new Spring Distress Inks
& the swirl stamp from the cover of craft stamper magazine.

So here it is,

To start I used Tim's Wrinkle free distress technique to colour the tag

with all three of the Spring Distress Inks, 

then stamped the swirl with the Shaded Lilac colour.

I then blended the edge with Gathered Twig Distress Ink.

Next I stamped in Jet Black archival ink

the houses off the Our House stamp set,

the large butterfly off the Bunting stamp set

& the sentiment off the Home Sweet Home stamp set

I cut them out then coloured them with a wet paint brush

& the same Spring Distress Inks.

After I stuck it all in place

I added the ribbon & trim from Tim Holtz Trim idea-ology range.

hope you like it!

it put a happy smile on my face anyway,

thanks for stopping by, to read this post.

Take care,

Kat x.

A HOUSE IS JUST A HOUSE by Kat

Hello, Hello, Hello, Kat here,
well the sun is shining (a rarity lately) but it makes me feel happy,
I'm here with another frame to share with you today,

as you can see it's in the same style as the frame

I made at the beginning of the month

I'm sorry I can't help myself,

I'm still so excited about the houses being turned into stamps

but this time I had my new bunting to go with them,

all though the bunting is designed to go with the houses,

It is a stand alone set as well

(I hope to make some samples soon to show this)

I just need more hours in the day, lol

the frame was painted with black acrylic paint

& aged with a bit of inka gold in antique silver,

the images are from my stamp sets HERE

I have my own button on the website entitled

kat's creations how cool is that

& now it has the bunting in there too!

every thing is stamped with Jet black archival ink

& coloured with a verity of Distress Inks

I used the stipple background 

to give a bit of texture to the sky.

for the bunting I stamped it onto scrap card &

left a piece at the top when I cut it out

 to fold over the wire & glue it to the back of itself

that way you can add the bunting flags to any 

wire, string, fibres etc,

as this is covered wire it was so easy to form it

into the shape I wanted & I twisted the ends around a pen

to get the twirly bits.

(I hope that makes sense)

that's about it from me today,

thanks for looking at this post,

Kat x.

Beside the Seaside by Sioux Jenneys

Hello everyone! It's a tag from me today :)

1. Using stamps from the new Beside the Seaside plate stamp one of the fish in Archival black and three of the shells in Archival coffee and sepia onto watercolour paper and cut out.

2. Colour the fish with the fabby new Distress markers (I used spiced marigold, chipped sapphire and  fired brick)

3. Colour over the shells in Distress Ink scattered straw using a cut and dry nib.

4. I inked the base tag using Distress Inks in scattered straw, weathered wood, faded jeans and bundled sage then did the spritz and flick effect that works so well with watery themes ;)

5. I then used the large and small wavy stamps from the Borders A5 and A6 plates to create a bit of seaweed using Distress Ink bundled sage and some air bubbles using the one of the smaller borders from the A6 plate in Archival  aquamarine

6. Stamp the sentiment from the Beside the Seaside plate in Archival black and attach the fish and shells before adding some pearls and some ribbon.

Beside the sea is a wonderful place to be :) See you again soon!

xoxo Sioux

London by night by Sioux Jenneys

Hello everyone! I've made an ATC for a change today
using the lovely new London A6 stamp set :)

1. I made an inky background using Distress Ink dusty concord and rusty hinge that had been made into spray inks in a mini mister with some Perfect Pearl Mist in pearl added on top for a hint of twinkliness ;)

2. Stamped the London skyline in Archival black onto this and added the hand writing with a white pen.

3. I used the new Distress Markers in fired brick and chipped sapphire to colour the union jack flag and stamped it onto a white ATC blank then added a bit of colour on the background with dusty concord re-inker and a Cut and Dry nib.

4. The word London was stamped in Archival again onto a spare piece of the same coloured card I used for the skyline and attached to a piece of black card before being stuck down with glossy accents.

5. The skyline was then attached in the same way and some Distress walnut stain added to the edges to age a little.


London is a very magical place don't you think? :) See you again soon!

xoxo Sioux

New Stamps from The Artistic Stamper

It is silly o'clock here at Artistic Towers, the big white van is packed to the roof for the London show, and I am very excited at taking our new stamps to the show! The lovely Kat Fullman has designed three brand new sets, with more in the pipeline.
 They are now available online to buy, and of course if you are coming to The Big Stamp & Scrapbooking show at Ally Pally, you will be able to get them there! Here is one of them...

Home Sweet Home © Kathleen Fullman

pop over here to see the rest!
I just wish I had had time to play with them.. but will definitely be using them this weekend! If you fancy being in with a chance to win this set, then I have a giveaway on my personal blog here.
Have a very creative day, and if you are coming to Ally Pally, please say hello ( I won't know you have been there unless you speak to me! lol)
Hugs
Jennie