Vintage Childhood Dreams by Alison (Craftytrog)

Hello Stampers! 

I've got a vintage style hanging to share with you today.

I prepared some fabric, lace & burlap, by soaking in a coffee bath, then leaving to dry.

Next, I  prepared the corrugated backing. I tore away some of the top layer, then coloured it with vintage photo distress stains. I layered the corrugated card onto my coffee stained fabric, then glued some of the stained lace to the bottom edge.

I stamped the little girl from The Artistic Stamper Childhood Dreams Plate onto gessoed book page, cut & tore it out, then glued it to a cut-off manilla tag. I inked the edges with vintage photo distress ink, then added some of the coffee stained lace. I glued the image to some stained burlap, then added it to the corrugated backing.

I stamped the wording onto a left-over piece of manilla tag, inked the edges with vintage photo DI, then glued it in place, as shown.

I dabbed picket fence distress paint onto the Ideaology word stick, then wiped the suface, leaving some paint in the word. I used a jump ring, a charm clip, & a red gem brad to attached the word stick next to the image.

To finish, I added silver eyelets & some ball chain to the top.

I hope this inspires you.

Thanks for visiting,

Alison xxx

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

Winner of December's Challenge

Good Morning to everyone, and I am back again with the winner of last month's challenge. We had a wonderful collection of creativity for this challenge, and thank you to everyone who joined in. Sadly not everyone could win, and I chose

DJYOTI

 

 with this gorgeous card as our winner!

Congratulations and please contact me to get your stamps prize :)

We would love it if you can join in our January challenge- Love is in the Air , and do check out the Team's fabulous artwork here
We look forward to seeing your creations.
Have a creative day
{hugs}
Jennie

January 2014 Challenge-Love is in the Air!

Hi to all of our blog readers, and a very Happy New Year to you!

We do have to say a BIG thank you to everyone who joined in December's challenge, and I will be announcing the winner later in the month. During December we had Dawn Heald join us as our guest designer, and we wish to say thank you to her for her gorgeous makes.

Our new challenge for January is LOVE IS IN THE AIR!
 The whole team are really looking forward to seeing all your fabulous artwork and stamped projects that you submit in relation to this theme. To join in with this challenge (and you can join in as many times as you want), is simple; all we would like you to do is, 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. And don't forget....if you use Artistic Stamper stamps on your entry, you will entered into the draw, twice!!!!

To get you in the mood  here are some gorgeous makes from Alison, Alison and Tit!

Alison :
Happy New Year to you all!
I took the challenge title literally, & created a card with heart-shaped balloons. I used The Artistic Stamper Roses Are Red Plate, & stamped the heart outlines & word 'LOVE' onto a Gelli Plate print background. I cut them out, glued them to a white card, then doodled the strings, & stamped the phrase.

Titbelsoeur :
Wishing all of you a very happy new year, I am sending lots of love to you, for every single day of every month of this year 2014 !
To make this card, I have first gessoed it and when wet, sprayed Barn Door Distress ink on a heart mask, and Crushed Olive ink here and there. Then I  white paint with my finger on the Artistic Stamper Large Dot Mask and let the whole dry.
After that, I stamped dates on this background with Archival ink and ended it with slightly covering the whole with white paint added with a card and a toothbrush.
A heart cut in a "Mon Chéri" chocolate paper, a cupcake paper mold and "lots of love" from the Greetings plate stamped on a book page, and here is my card !

Alison (butterfly):

Like Alison (craftytrog!), I took this pretty literally - I didn't mean to, but that's what happened!  I wanted to try out using beeswax for the first time, and loved it - even without a melting pot.

I layered up the background with strips of book pages and handmade paper, gesso and Distress Stains.  Then I used the Artistic Stamper Large Sequin Waste mask and the Large Random Dots background stamp to create my bubbles floating up through the air.  I stamped some tissue paper using one of the Calligraphic masks, cut it with the Movers and Shapers little heart, and dipped the hearts in beeswax that I'd melted in a little metal tart tray with my heat tool. 

 

I also used the beeswax to "glue" down the trees and create texture and sheen on the "earth".  This was really meant to be a journal page, but once the twigs were on there, it was never going to work to shut it in a journal, so I ended up mounting it on a canvas!

We hope you will join in this month's challenge and look forward to seeing you creations. Don't forget to add a comment when you have posted your entry.

Have a very creative month

{hugs}

Jennie

Happy New Year, a BIG Thank you, and Highlights winner

Hello!
Today 2013 is passing and I can smell 2014! LOL But first I must thank my team for being there when it mattered, and for creating fabulous and innovative projects for us all every month. Without them this blog would be very unhappy!
 A BIG heartfelt THANK YOU from me xxx

I must also say goodbye to Sioux, Zuzu (Louise) and Emma, whose creations have graced these pages for several years , and who have always amazed me with their abilities to produce fantastic artwork with little more than a few rubber stamps!
Sioux for her tenacity and hard work , even when she was at her lowest. Sioux , you never once let me down! thank you! You will be sorely missed xxx

Louise , you will be missed for your creativeness , even though you always claimed to not be a rubber stamper...I beg to differ strongly! I will treasure having had you on the team xxx

Finally a HUGE thank you to Emma, whose managerial abilities to keep all the girls in check! lol and make sure that all the posts are on the blog at the right time, and all the unseen backroom work that she has done will be sorely missed! Of course it goes without saying that Emma's artwork has been precise and gorgeous, and has graced these pages with its innovativeness! Thank you for being there for me! I will miss you more than I can say xxx

 I set you a challenge just before Christmas to show us and everyone else your highlight of 2013. Thank you to everyone who joined in at this very busy time of the year. What marvellous creations you made, and I loved them all! I used Mr Random.org to pick a winner ( I certainly couldn't choose!) and he came up with number 3!

Deborah Wainwright

with this gorgeous creation

Congratulations, and please email me , so we can arrange your prize.


May 2014 bring you all you wish for , and may it be happy and healthy!
See you in 2014!
{hugs}
Jennie

Highlight of your year-It's a Challenge!

Hi ,
I am so enamoured with the Team's highlights of their year on The Artistic Stamper, I thought it would be fun to have a little challenge to see which of your own makes is your favourite!
All you have to do is pick your favourite make of your own, and add it to the link at the bottom. Now I know there isn't much time over this festive period, so the challenge is open until midnight 30th December. So have a look at all your creative makes, and let us know which is your favourite.
I will pick a winner on 31st December , and you will be able to choose your favourite stamps from The Artistic Stamper up to £20!
Here is my favourite from 2013, just to get your started :) This was a Gelli Plate print I did back in October, and there is not a stamp in sight!

We look forward to seeing your favourite creations.
A very Merry Christmas from everyone at The Artistic Stamper Creative Team. Have a fabulous holiday!
{hugs}
Jennie

Christmas Set by Dawn Heald

Hello crafty stampers, today I'm sharing  a matching Christmas set that I've made. I've started by colouring the centura pearl cardstock with Dylusions sprays in blues, teal and grape both sides. Spraying onto my craft mat and some water and dragging through, drying and repeating till happy. Then it was a case of building up flat layers using the stencil and stamps and then using this to make the box, tag, card and baubles. I had a load of fun making this set, my hands are still blue lol. The box is made from one piece of card. I do hope you like it and wish you all a very Merry Christmas. I shall see you I'll again after the festivities are cooling down for my final Guest Designer post.

THE ARTISTIC STAMPER stamps used
Katy Fox - Hessian Background
Swirls, splats and dots A5
Snowflakes
Tick Tock Father Christmas
Tick Tock Christmas Baubles
Notebook Background

Other products available from
THE ARTISTIC STAMPER
Dylusions ink sprays
stencils
Stazon black ink
White paint
Wow embossing powder

Other products used
A3 white centura pearl cardstock
Purple organza ribbon
Black velvet ribbon
Blue ribbon
White and silver pens
Clear tiny gems
Wire

 

Showing layers building up