Titbelsoeur's cabinet of curiosities

Salut les patouilleuses, c'est Titbelsoeur aux manettes !

I am happy to show you today my big work of the year. Let me first explain the story of this piece. have a seat, take a breath, a warm drink (almost Autumn here, isn't it ?) and let's start !
With 4 messing-up-friends of mine, I have been leading a French forum for about 2 years. In 2013, we have made a series of tutorials to show them how to make a lot of thingamabobs, thingamajigs and other thingummies but never telling them what they would do with... 
They played the game with passion and made more and more creative thingummies.
And now the time has come that we show them what to do with : the intent was to help them make a cabinet of curiosities by themselves, with recycled items only.

Here is how I decorated mine :
first I sprayed diluted Distress ink on kraft paper, and when dried I stamped the image, hid it with a cut out of the same stamped image and stamped the others as a background.

the stamps I used are :
ground floor left : Men’s Plate 001 and Numerical plate
center :  Collage lady Elements
right : Gibson Girls 002 ,  Time and Keys and   Numerical plate

1st floor left :  A Stitch in Time and Dressmaking  No. 1
center :Large Bingo Card and  The Open Road 1
right :  Collage Man

attic : Family Values

and here is my happy-messy (literal translation) cabinet, filled with my thingamabobs, thingamajigs and other thingummies (love these words ;-) :

I have already showed you some of the thingamajigs here or there.

Sooo girls and maybe boys, I hope you like my project,

thanks for stopping by, 

I am looking forward to reading your comments! 

A la prochaine !

Titbelsoeur

Ladies album part 1 by Titbelsoeur

Salut les patouilleuses, c'est Titbelsoeur qui vous parle aujourd'hui !

I have been wanting to make fabric books for a long long time... And a friend of mine launched the challenge last month, which was a great opportunity for me to have a try, finally !

I made it with 3 pieces of jeans and 3 pieces of an old sheet. I have randomly sewed small pieces of fabric and lace on each "page", except on the insides of the front and back cover that I am showing you today :

On the front one, I have stamped the whole   A Stitch in Time plate with purple archival ink :

And on the back one, I have stamped   The Open Road 1 :

My next post will be about the inside pages, but I can't help but show you the cover, giving a quick preview of what the inside pages are made of :

I first stamped the Gibson Girl, masked it and stamped some  A Stitch in Time over it.

I had real fun making this fabric album for you, and I hope you like this first glimpse,

see you on the 8th of August for the 2nd part ! 

Thanks for stopping by, I am like always looking forward to reading your comments !

A tout bientôt !

Titbelsoeur

Titbelsoeur's tag to celebrate

I want to ride my bicycle
I want to ride my bike
I want to ride my bicycle
I want to ride it where I like....

I am sure you are now well aware that it is the 2nd anniversary of  "The Artistic Stamper Creative Team" blog this month and that to celebrate it, Jennie is giving away stamps to some lucky followers.

Here is a reminder on how to win these stamps...

Each Team member has chosen which stamps they would like to work with this month and those are the stamps you could win with me :

this bicycle plate you can find it in the Collage stamps section

PLUS this one from the words_and_sayings section

To win this set you must leave a comment on one of my posts this month (either here or over on my personal blog which you can find HERE)

At the end of the month , I will pick out a winner from the comments on MY posts.. and that person wins the stamps. The other members of the team also have stamps to give away and its the same process : leave a comment on their posts and you can win the stamps they are giving away. 

All the winners will be announced in a separate post on the 7th September

Here is my second use of these stamps :

I have used a cereal box as cardstock and glued a book page on it, then inked it through a stencil. I stamped a piece of the set on the pair of jeans I made the flower of my previous creation with and teared it up. I made a flower with the remains of the zip and wrapped around it a twisted strip of fabric. Little strips of ribbon and lace here and there...the top tie is made with the weaving of the sheet I used to cover my tin can (see my August 8th post) :

I am sure you all wish you won this fabulous set of stamps, don't you ?

Already told you : simple as good morning ;-) 

Leave a comment here or/and over on my blog, then make a wish... and it may come true !!!

A la revoyure les copines ! 

Titbelsoeur

Titbelsoeur's tin can for a giveaway

It was just two years ago today,

Jennie launched this team blog to play

They've been going in and out of style

But they're guaranteed to raise a smile

So may I introduce to you

The act you've known for all these years

The Artistic Stamper Creative Team bloooog

(Pom pom pom pom pom pom pom pom....)

We're the Artistic Stamper Creative Team

We hope you will enjoy the show

The Artistic Stamper Creative Team

Sit back and let the evening go

The Artistic Stamper, The Artistic Stamper,

The Artistic Stamper Creative Team

It's wonderful to be here

It's certainly a thrill

You're such a lovely audience

We'd like to help you win with us

We'd love to help you win

(said WIN ?)(WHO said WIN ?)(don't know but I'm sure I've heard WIN...)(you sure ? wow... how interesting, isn't it ?)(a few, my nephew* ! let's find it out !)(Sure it came this way...)

What ? you're not tuned or what ? don't tell me you were not aware that it is the 2nd anniversary of  "The Artistic Stamper Creative Team" blog this month ! (can't believe) don't you know that to celebrate, Jennie is giving away stamps to some lucky followers ? Are you living on a desert island, or what ?

Here is a reminder on how to win these stamps...

Each Team member has chosen which stamps they would like to work with this month and those are the stamps you could win with me (you can find it in the Collage stamps section) :

To win this set you must leave a comment on one of my posts this month (either here or over on my personal blog which you can find HERE)

At the end of the month , I will pick out a winner from the comments on MY posts.. and that person wins the stamps.

The other members of the team also have stamps to give away and its the same process.. leave a comment on their posts and you can win the stamps they are giving away.

Here is my first use of these stamps : I have stamped the whole plate on an old sheet that I would use to cover this tin can.

Circles cut in an old pair of jeans, a button and a zip.... tadammm ! here is a flower !

But I am sure that you Eagle-eyes have immediately noticed the stamped text on the top zip...

and on the piece of fabric below the flower...

YES ! this is an extra stamp that you can win ALONG WITH the The Open Road 1 plate, just only leaving a (nice) comment on one of my post here and/or there ! isn't it simple as good morning* ? Isn't that another good news ???

Soooo girls.... leave a comment, make a wish... and it may come true !!!

A très bientôt !!
Titbelsoeur

* I looooove to make literal translation of French idioms, that sounds so funny.... don't know how it sounds in English... thus I beg my British audience not to bear a grudge against me if it doesn't ! Pleaaaaase don't ! I promise I won't do it again ! or only once or twice..... maybe... (can't stop, it's soooo funny !!)