Winner of March's Creative Challenge

Hi!
A BIG thank you to everyone who joined in last month's Creative Challenge. We had lots of gorgeous artwork, and it is always so hard to choose, so we use Mr. Random.org to pick a winner.
Congratulations to

 LOZZY

 with this lovely creation

 Please email me claim your prize.

Do check out our April Creative Challenge , which is All Things Distress.
We have also added the challenge to Facebook too for those of you who don't have a blog, or like to enter challenges.

We look forward to seeing your artwork.
Have a creative month
Jennie

April Creative Challenge-All Things Distress

Hello!
Welcome to our monthly blog challenge!
A big thank you to everyone who joined in last month's challenge. We had lots of fabulous entries and I will be announcing the winner of March's challenge in the next couple of days.
This month the challenge theme is All Things Distress.

You can interpret it any way you like, as long as there is rubber stamping in 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!  

To join us on just go to our new Facebook group, and send us a request to join in. 
There will be a prize for the Facebook challenge, as well as the blog challenge!

And don't forget....if you use The Artistic Stamper stamps on your entry, you will entered into the draw, twice!

Here is a little bit of creativity for you from the Creative Team to help you get started....

Debs

I used Distress Paints for my tag using the new Artistic Stamper Flourish Ornate 2, Dots Background A6 and Journaling Words 3  Check out my blog notationsofacrafter for a full run down on how I created it.

Shilpa

As we have distress theme for this challenge, I opted to use Distress stains and inks for this tag.
Cute little bird and sentiment stamp is from The Artistic Stamper.
For more details and photos, please visit my blog Neon diary

Dee

Hi Everyone I hope you are all well and ready for a new challenge.

 It looks like we all decided to go for tags for this challenge. 

I used the new flowers stamp from the Artistic Stamper

 and distress inks.

 For more details pop over to my blog

We hope that you will join in this month's challenge, and also join us on Facebook too, and we look forward to seeing your creations. Don't forget to add a comment when you have posted your entry.

Have a creative month

Jennie

An InLinkz Link-up

Bright card by Gemma

 Hello Everyone

A quick, bright, fun card from me today. using a gelli plate background, and Lesley's floral stamp plate.

I covered my gelli plate with pink acrylic paint and placed a piece of card over the top that I had already cut to 18 cm square. That was my first of three layers, the second layer was orange paint and the petal mask. Finally I added some circles from large dot mask with white paint and around the edges. 

Using black archival ink I stamped a few of both the large and the small open flowers, from Lesley's flower plate. I blocked the flowers in with gesso, so I could paint on top without the background colours showing through.

 I painted the flowers blue so it gave quite a contrast to the background, I used the same blue acrylic to paint them just adding white to some to change the tone. I added the word create from the words mask

Using a black paint pen, I went around my stamped images and the word create, I also added some stems and leave to the smaller flowers and a boarder of dashes around the edge.

Thank you for reading
Gemma (inkykitty)

Products from The Artistic Stamper

Petal Mask

Large Dot Mask

Lesley's Flowers

Words Mask

Two Mini Canvas by Shilpa

Hello Everyone,

Shilpa here,

Today, I've two mini mixed media canvas to share with you. For that I've used Neil Walker designed lovely bird stamps.

I've worked on 4" square canvas. I couldn't take photos while making this... 

here are the steps I followed for both.

1. Adhere text and music paper with gel medium on the canvas.

2. Apply thin coat of white gesso with palette knife.

3. Apply one color of acrylic paint, spread it with fingers. Dry it

4.Stamp with different types of texture and text  stamps and archival inks.

5.Apply second color of acrylic paint spread it. Dry this layer.

6. Again stamp with different texture stamps (Artistic stamper has fabulous collection of texture stamps..check them here )

7. On another watercolor paper stamp the birds, color them with watercolors, fussy cut them.

8. On canvas, stamp the birds again with black archival ink and attach the fussy cut birds on it.

9.Lastly apply embossing paste through stencil  randomly on the canvas.

Hope you followed my mixed media procedure for this canvas, if you have any questions, pls let me know 

here are individual canvas photos

Products from Artistic stamper:

Stamps-Neil Walker designed - Mystical Bird and Funky bird

Background stamps- Swirl background, Mini Backgrounds#1, sequin waste open, heart, Harlequin, music 

Ranger Archival inks- Jet black, Watering can, Fern green

Life is like a circle by Debs

Hi Everyone

Here is a quick journal page I have done using the new Tim Holtz Distress Crayons

I started off with a layer of Gesso, waited (somewhat impatiently) for it to dry.

Then added the Peacock Feathers and Picked Raspberry crayons scribbling them on and then blending them in with my finger

Once I had done that, I added some stamping using the Dots background stamp

I added one of the new flourish stamps around the edges and the Neil Walker Alphabet Soup Background and Border  Stamped the large rose and the small daisy from the Botanical A5 plate onto tissue paper and Life is a circle from the Journaling Words 3

once all the extra bits were stuck into place I added some white outlining with a white sharpie pen.

Do leave a comment and don't forget you still have a few days left to get those entries in on here and on the Facebook challenge page

Happy Crafting 

Debs

Kiki By Dee

Hi everyone I hope you are all well and being very crafty.

I have a variant on KiKi for you this month

I hope you all like it.

I started by using distress ink off my craft matt then splashed 

water droplets over it.

Once happy with the results I then took the Neil Walker 

Alphabet soup stamp and stamped it randomly

over the card and clear embossed it.

Nect I used the splats mask and used black modelling paste

through the circle images and dried.

I then took a white gel pen and drew a circle in the middle

and a squiggle I repeated with black pen.

Next I brushed with gold Gulding wax.

I coloured a piece of lint with black paint and placed to the side.

I stamped Kiki onto white card and coloured in.

Next I cust her face out and the upper part of

her cloak.

I used some gold ink to scribble on and three gold brads

finished it off.

Well I hope you all like my Kiki please feel free to let 

me know what you think.

PRODUCTS USED

1. Artistic Stamper.s Neil Walker Kiki stamp & Splats & Swirl Mask.
2. Distress inks in the following colours:- Rusty hinge, Stormy sky & barn door.

Happy Easter ! by Titbelsoeur

Hello everybody, this is Titbelsoeur today offering the drinks !
This year for Easter we could make things a little fun and special and make Easter dinner more like a mini-party. These Easter Fish straws will be fun for the kids (and adults) to enjoy. They are super easy to make. Here's how :

Stamp the fish (from the Seaside #1 stampstet) twice for one straw and draw a line with 2 different gelatos on each :

Then dilute the gelatos with a wet brush :

Cut the fishes out and use double-sided tape to stick them back to back with  the straw in between :

And here they are ! isn't it easy-peasy ?

Thanks so much for stopping by,

your comments are very much appreciated, 

here, on my blog, or on the Artistic Stamper's Facebook page.

Do not forget to participate in our 

March Challenge-Springtime

 to win some fabulous Artistic Stamper stamps.

Titbelsoeur

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