****Creative Team Callout****

 

 The Artistic Stamper is looking for YOU!!!
 

We are looking for new Creative Team members 

 

 Have you got the stamping bug? Have you got creative tendencies that are not being fulfilled? Have you got time? We are looking for you to join us on our travels around the wonderful world of The Artistic Stamper! . You will have the opportunity to create gorgeous artwork and showcase it amongst our talented Creative Design Team.

We would like you to have your own blog, and have the time to create at least 2 pieces of artwork a month.

If you are that person, then contact us by email, and show us your ART!

The Creative Team call out ends on April 2nd, and we will contact you after that date.

 We are looking forward to finding you!

Jennie, Alison, Astrid, Alison and Tit 

xxx

Creating Journaling by Linda Cain

Hi everyone! Linda Cain here again! I thought I'd take you through a Journal Page today using a bunch of  The Artistic Stamper's amazing stamps....sounds like a plan!

  

 

 I start with the large Dylusions Journal.  Here we're only doing one side. 

 

 I sprayed several colors of Dylusions sprays in a random pattern. Don't be concerned if there are a few areas not covered.

 

Next I added water with a spritzer bottle to a couple of areas using the masks. Let the water sit for a few seconds, and then blot with a kitchen towel roll. The pattern will show up where the water removes the color. Thank you Dylan for this great technique!

 

This shows the page after I add more color with Distress Inks. You can see the Picked Raspberry really brightened up the one area, Ripe Persimmon in the center, and Broken China and Peacock Feathers in the blue areas. This is how I fill the page with color.

 

I sprayed water into my hands and dropped it in large drops around the page. Then I tilted the page up and let the water run around.  Let it stand a moment, and blot with a paper towel.  

 

I also used a mask and black archival ink in the lower right area of the page.  

 

I used the Harlequin, Chickenwire, and Chevron background stamps with Honey Dew and Snowflake Fresco Paints to start the layering.

 

I'd decided to use 2 stamps as a focal point with CREATING and JOURNALING. I stamped the words using black archival ink, and added more stamps to form a frame around them.

 

I laid out the Moth and Butterflies on the page to see where I wanted them.  

 

Some people may want to stop here, but I like to fill it all in. It's all a matter of choice. It's YOUR page!

The black Ultra-Fine Point pen by Sharpie is used to highlight stamped areas as well as the Extra-Fine Point White Poster Paint Pen. I added Coffee Archival Ink to the Calligraphic Mat stamp to fill in spaces.

 

The Moth and Butterflies were stamped with Versafine Imperial Purple for a bit more color. Highlights were added to them, too.

 

The ART stamp and Dragonfly were stamped with archival inks, and the Bubbles and Splat Borders were stamped with paint. 

This shows how the fine black pen is used to highlight the previouslystamped and stencilled backgrounds. The Chevron stamp is used 3 times to add borders.

 

 

The final step is to add dots to the lettering and outlines to some of the stamps, and one last Flourish Border stamp to the side as filler.

 

That's it for today. If you have any questions, I'm glad to try to answer them. There's one more posting coming from me, so watch this space. And as always, let us know what you think!

 

Your Friend in ART,

 

Linda

 

The Artistic Stamper Stamps and Masks:

Border Stamps - Borders A5#2, Swirls, Splats and Dots A4

Background Stamps -  Chicken Wire Background A6, C349 Harlequin, Calligraphic Mat 9

Chevron Stamps - Chevron Elements

Words & Sayings Stamps - Journaling Words #5, Words Set "Collage"

Butterflies and Birds - Insects and Butterflies

Masks -  Chevron, Large Dots, Splats and Swirls

Katy Fox Stamps - Numerical plate size A5

 

Other Products :

Dylusions - Dyan's "perfect" Journal, Sprays - London Blue, Calypso Teal, Pure Sunshine, Fresh Lime, Bubblegum Pink

Ranger Distress Inks - Picked Raspberry, Broken China, Ripe Persimmon, Shabby Shutters, Peacock Feathers

Sharpie  - Sharpie White extra fine poster paint pen, Black Ultra-Fine tip pen

PaperArtsy Fresco Finish Paints - Honey Dew, Snowflake

Ranger Archival Inks - Jet Black, Coffee

Versafine Ink - Imperial Purple

Inspire card by Astrid

Hello everyone and lovely to have you visiting.

As I needed a card for a crafty friend, I thought I would make one for my project this time.

I started by cutting a piece of Ranger Speciality Stamping Paper to 5 x 7 "  and frayed the edges a bit with a Distressing tool. I then added some Grunge Paste through one of the new Tim Holtz Layering Stencils..

Once the paste had dried I added some strips of Tissue Tape and background stamping with some of the stamps from the Katie Fox Numerical Plate. I stamped in Watering Can Archival and Pumice Stone Distress inks. I love how one of the stamps almost looks as if you added more tissue paper, specially if you only part stamp it.

Next I added some subtle colours with Picket Fence and Frayed Burlap Distress Paints. I blended them a bit with the help of a baby wipe and my finger.

I added some further textures to my card with a small piece of Hessian topped with a strip of old book paper. I also added some layers of gauze slightly coloured with Dylusions Sprays in Melted Chocolate and Black Marble.

Time to embellish: I stamped the word Inspire and the little heart from the Journaling 2 Plate in Jet Black and Vermilion Archival inks, fussy cut them and adhered them to the page. The heart was made slightly larger by adhering it to a punched heart.

I finished it off with some bits and pieces from my stash, including the Ideaology Baubles

Finally I mounted the panel on to a piece of black card and that was it.

Hope you like my card and thank you so much for visiting today!

Dappled Dragonflies

Hello everyone.  Alison (butterfly) here with a lighter than air hanging board to share...

I wanted to play with my new Crafter's Workshop Specimen stencil - and it wasn't until I was editing the photos that I realised the shapes from it echo the concentric ripples on water as the dragonflies dip and skim over the surface.

This is one of the smaller papier mâché icons, which had a good coat of DecoArt Titanium White paint to start with.

Then I blended Distress Inks through the Specimen stencil, merging Peacock Feathers and Peeled Paint.

I also layered in some stamping using Distress Inks with the Mini Polka Dots and Sequin Waste Open background stamps.

The dragonflies, from the Insects and Butterflies stamp plate, are stamped in a blend of Archival Inks - Aquamarine, Blue Violet and Olive applied randomly to the stamp.

And where the wings went over the edge, I stamped the rest round the corner!!

The sentiment, Dragonfly Words, was stamped in Olive Archival on a mop-up tag which was lying around, so I'm not sure exactly what's on that, but I added some Peeled Paint and Peacock Feathers to it too.

I used clear embossing powder over the stamping and stencilling to give it all a watery shimmer in the light.

I spent some time turning it this way and that to try to capture the darting light reflecting off the images.

That's your lot for today - I'm trying to keep it short, but you'll know I'm not very good at that!

Do come and play in our Letters, Words and Numbers challenge this month but, for now, thanks so much for stopping by, and I'll see you again soon.

Ingredients used:
Artistic Stamper stamps: Insects and Butterflies, Dragonfly Words, Sequin Waste Open, Mini Polka Dots
Crafter's Workshop Stencils - Specimen
Distress Inks - Broken China, Peacock Feathers, Peeled Paint
Archival Inks - Aquamarine, Blue Violet, Olive
Papier Mâché Icon - small
DecoArt Titanium White
Wow Clear Gloss SuperFine Embossing Powder

Darling Child Card by Alison (Craftytrog)

Hello Stampers! I've got an inky card to share with you today.

I started with a square of white card, 5.25x 5.25". I laid the Crafter's Workshop Quatrefoil stencil down, spritzed with water, then with Dylusions Ink in Calypso Teal & Crushed Grape. I blotted with a paper towel, dried it with a heat gun, then inked with Vintage Photo Distress Ink. I unscrewed the lid of the Calypso Teal, & tapped ink from the plastic tube onto the background. I matted the background onto black card.

I stamped the child & phrase from the Childhood Dreams Plate, cut them out, & inked with Vintage Photo DI. I splattered with the Calypso Teal again, masking off the child's face, then water-coloured the child's sweater with the ink & a water brush. I matted the child & phrase onto black card. I took a square of corrugated card, then applied some purple Gilding Wax to the ridges. I glued the child image onto this.

I glued the images to my background, then added some blue pearl brads.

To finish, I attached my artwork to a 6x6" white card base.

Thanks for dropping by,

Alison xxx

A Thank-You card by Titbelsoeur

Salut les patouilleurs et les patouilleuses,

I made this card  the same way/day I made the Hugs & Kisses one I showed you last month.

I started with a light coat of gesso on the cart, then I added a thicker coat through magic mesh (sort of), let it dry and then sprayed diluted acrylic paint here and there. 

I then sprayed paint through the Splats & Swirl Mask and  stamped the dictionary page from the Encyclopaedia Botanica plate on the background with Broken China Distress ink.
After that, I stamped the words With Love and Thank You from the Grungy Greetings plate with blue Archival ink and highlighted them with white Posca.

And the butterfly from from the Encyclopaedia Botanica plate with some Posca lines, and here it is :

I would be very happy if my card does inspire you, 

thank you so much for stopping by, 

I am looking forward to reading your comments !

A tout bientôt,

Titbelsoeur 

Winner of February's Creative Team Challenge

Hi! 
I am here again with the winner of last month's challenge, which was Use Distress, and WOW! we had an amazing number of entries, all of which were so creative! Thank you for joining in.
I have chosen a winner by the way of Mr Random.org, and a big drum roll please for

Linda Simpson

with this gorgeous creation :)

 

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

A BIG thank you to everyone who joined in, and this month's challenge is
 Letters, Words and Numbers  We would love to see your entry!

Have a very creative day
{hugs}
Jennie