Summer time !

Hello happy crafters !
Summer is on its way, and it feels good ! and it is the theme of this month challenge !
For those who are looking for inspiration to play with us, I have made this card

using the following Artistic Stamper's stuff :

First I have colored the background with acrylic paint and distress ink through
the Flowers & Leaves long mask
When I felt it was colored enough, I have stamped
Flutterby
flowers from Encyclopaedia Botanica and Botanical 2 
and then the sentiment from Journaling Words 3
And at the end I have bordered butterflies, words and some flowers with white gel pen.

Thanks so much for stopping by,

your comments are very much appreciated.

I hope you will participate in our June challenge

 to win some fabulous Artistic Stamper stamps.

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Golden Flourish's

Hi everyone hope you are all well! I have for you today

a tag which  falls into the Challenge title which is 

'Summer is on its way'. Why not play along 

with us this month.

My tag today has been created by using the following Artistic

 Stamper Stamps, Flourish background, insects and

 butterflies & calligraphy mat 12.

I used the thinlets die to cut the shapes into a craft tag.

I had coloured a piece of card with adirondack washes 

then sprayed lightly with water to blend.

Next I tripple embossed using two coats of gold embossing powders 

and one of clear utee. I then stamped the flourish

stamp into the hot embossing powder.

I coloured the die cut craft tag with distress ink which I blended 

of the craft mat.  I spritzed with water to activate it.

Next I sprinkled gold embossing powder over it and heat set

from underneath to stop it blowing away.

I sprayed gently picket fence distress stain spray over that.

I used the same method to make the butterfly but I stamped it twice

and then built the butterfly up. Alcohol ink was

applied till I was happy

with the result.

Next I used glossy accents in the die cuts to highlight area's prior

to it drying fully I lightly sprinkled gold embossing

 powder & heat set. 

I matted it to lime green card then black I hope you have all 

enjoyed my post today and feel inspired to join 

with us this month in our challenge. 

As always I would love to know 

what you think.

Cheers Dee x

Products used

1. Artistic stamper stamps flourish background, insects and butterflies, Calligraphy mat 12.
2. Adriondack colour wash's stream, denim & lettuce
3. Distress ink's chipped sapphire, pine needles & peeled paint.
4. Alcohol ink's denim, stream & lettuce.
5. Embossing powders utee & gold
6. Glossy accents, distress stain spray picket fence

Winner of May's Challenge

Hi1
Oops nearly forgot to post the winner of last month's challenge! Thank you to everyone who joined in the challenge. They were fantastic journal pages!
 Mr Random.org picked the winner, so a drum roll please for

Hazel Agnew

 with her gorgeous page

 

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

 

Don't forget to join in our new challenge with the theme Summer is on its Way, and here's hoping it is! lol

 

Have a very creative month

{hugs}

Jennie

June's Creative Challenge-Summer is on its Way!

Hello!
Welcome to our new challenge for June, The theme this month is
 Summer is on its Way!

You can interpret this anyway you like :) as long as it has rubber stamping in it.

We are  looking forward to seeing all your 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 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 £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!!!! You can also enter as many times as you like!

Check out the team's gorgeous creations below!

 

Dee

Hi everyone I hope you are all going to play along with us 

this month with "summer is on its way"

My contribution is a piece that uses Neil Walker's fantasy plate & boarder 

Stamp, the new dragonfly stamp & the AS petal mask.

 I am looking forward to seeing your amazing creations.

Full details of how I created this can be found on 

my blog.

Shilpa

Hello Everyone, When I saw we have 'Summer' theme for this month challenge...first I thought about sun..in India we have very hot summer days, but its a holiday time as well. So, in this journal page I incorporated sun, bicycle, bird, insects.

I used Artistic Stamper Debbie Cotton designed Bud's Fresh flowers stamp,

Birds of a feather stamp, Insects and butterflies No1. stamp

For the background I've used Mask, Cosmic Shimmer texture paste, Distress Paints

Debs

Hi All, here is my contribution for this months challenge. Whenever I think of summer I think of blue skies and nice bright oranges,  so for this canvas I based it on blue skies

I used The Artistic Stamper Stencils, flourish, splats and daisy borders, the stamps are the Butterfly plate and borders (yes they are there on the flower). Tim Holtz distress stain sprays in Mermaid Lagoon and Cracked Pistachio, the Spiced Marmalade and Fossilized Amber distress inks.  Tim Holtz honeycomb and tattered floral die grunge paste and Trinkets from The Artistic Stamper.

Full details on how I made it are on my blog 

 

 



We hope that you will join in this month's challenge and look forward to seeing your creations. Don't forget to add a comment when you have posted your entry.
I will be back in a couple of days with the winner of last month's Challenge.

Have a very creative month

{hugs}

Jennie

An InLinkz Link-up

...bye-bye...

Farewell of MarIa Potapovich (mellpellmell).
Hi to all of you, mellpellmell is here for you today.

And today I'm going to tell you not only "hi", but "Goodbye"...
...because this post  is the last one that I have created as an official member of the ASC design team.

I'm a little sad, but so sometimes it happens ...

It was very interesting - to be here with you and work with wonderful stamps. In spite of my forgetfulness, Jennie has always managed to keep me in the plan (well, almost always) - special thanks to her for understanding, patience and organization! You're just a miracle!

And, of course, thank Jennie for her generosity and clear leadership, and the opportunity to work with her fantastic stamps.
I consider myself very lucky that I had this privilege - to be in such a wonderful team of designers.


Today I want to make a small flash-back - let us see with me, how that time has passed for me, and what work has appeared in the meantime.

So...

The first thing I would like to remember once again with you - it is a regular notebook.

  And as you see - I've used just a single stamp to decorate it:

Here my "Bug's card":

  I've used the Encyclopedia Botanica stamps set  here

Gibson Girls Plate 1
Calligraphic Mat 
(stamping, masking, spraying, splashing... - it was fun!)

Now...here is the Bloom shadow-box - I like to make them (maybe it's a mania?)...

And here is a one of my canvases. It's about girl's spring)))))

 I've used  Encyclopaedia Botanica Size A5

And of course the Botanical Plates 1 and 2.


Do you know I like  watercolor and ink drawing?
And  I like to add stamps to my watercolors.
I've used the Encyclopedia Botanica stamps set  again:

Mmmmm... Mixed-media. Yes, it's one of the greatest style, I think...

And here is the video of it's creating:

I've used Journaling Mini Words stamps set to make this card.


 This philosophical image are adhered on the big house, made ​​of gypsum.

  Encyclopaedia Botanica stamps set and Family Values

Oh, I nearly forgot!

Special thanks to all those who have left great comments and kind words to my post - these words graced my days!

I leave the team, but I'm still here - because it is a wonderful blog with an incredible amount of inspiration and positive!

Good luck and enjoy your creativity!

<3

Collage stamp

Hello Everyone, 

Shilpa here,

I've used Artistic stamper Collage Art  stamp here.

I started with Burlap panel for background, applied gesso randomly and let it dry completely.

Onto that I applied Broken China distress paint with dauber.

You will find..I adhered old book paper here and stamped text with Ranger Archival ink and 

Artistic stamper Calligraphy mat 13

Further, I stenciled with acrylic paint. 

I stamped Collage stamp and sentiment with black Archival ink, colored the whole panel with Broken china and vintage photo distress paint.

I added watch charm and black arrow. Also adhered tissue tape.

Hope you liked this masculine project.

Thanks so much for stopping by.

Products used from Artistic Stamper:

Stamps- Collage Art 1 stamp, Jornaling Words3 

Distress Paint - Broken China, Vintage Photo

Charms

Tim Holtz Paper distresser

 

 

 

Hello Hanging

Hi All,

Debs here with a small wall hanging. Journaling doesn't have to be in a book, it can be on any surface you want it to be, and I was perusing around The Artistic Stamper, picking up some of the new Dylusions Paints - which are just amazing, if you haven't already tried them, you really should!! When I saw this little hanging board, it jumped into my basket honest it really jumped!! Here is what happened when I quite literally had a "light bulb moment"!!!
Take one Papier Mache Hanging

Paint some gesso to cover

With a brayed lightly add Postbox Red Dylusions paint, ensuring you start at an edge makes things easier and work the brayer in all directions

Followed by Lemon Zest Yellow Dylusions

Followed by London Blue

Followed by Fresh Lime 

Using white Dylusions paint stamp using the new "Decay" stamps from The Artistic Stamper, I used my finger to apply the paint to the stamp, which worked quite well.

Then I added some random stamping with Archival Jet black, and then stamped and embossed the large light bulb stamp, added some yellow paint round the inside edge.  Added the hello stamp from the Jounaling words 4 Set. I decided to try out the new Ranger embossing dabber to make the light bulb 'shine'.  Popped some Distress paint in pewter to the bayonet.  Then added some white pen to the dotty border stamp and the New Decay spiral.

Products used

The Artistic Stamper Stamps

Journaling words 4

Borders A6

Large Light Bulb

Decay Backgrounds

Dylusions Paint

White Linen

London Blue

Postbox Red

Fresh Lime

Lemon Zest

Papier Mache hanging 

Ranger Emboss It Dabber