The Winner!.. and the winner of Hels' ATC too!

I firstly have to say a BIG thank you to all our followers and new readers of my blog and our wonderful Creative Team blog ( such amazing artwork!)  but most of all for being there! Without you the blog just remains in hyperspace, lonely and unloved! lol. I had so many comments and I know you all wanted to the win the candy, but there can only be one winner! I threw all the comments and the followers into Mr Random .org, and generated a number, and then went through the followers and comments, and the fact that you had posted it on your sidebar, jumbled them up and here is the WINNER!!

CHARITYCRAFTER!!!

 

Congratulations!! . Please email me your snail mail addy , so I can get your candy to you! Commiserations to everyone who didn't win, but never fear I will be back with more candy soon!
Hels has chosen the winner of her ATC ( she is currently languishing in bed nursing the flu! ..(get well soon Hun) so she has chosen the winner of the ATC as

Kat

Congratulations! Please email Hels to clain your ATC!

Have a very creative day, I am off in my truck to Leamington Spa for another show- Artisan and if you are coming by please say hi!!

Jennie

Winged Globus Illuminatus

My journal is very much a place to PLaY, and I've really been enjoying playing with my Artistic Stamper stamps as guest designer this month, so it was only fitting to share a journal page with you as my last piece.

As soon as I saw the new Inspiration Light Bulbs I knew I wanted to add wings to them, and today the 'Winged Globus Illuminatus' was born :)   The moth wings from Insects and Butterflie 1 are the perfect size for the light bulbs :)

I also loved the idea of using the blank light bulb as a bird cage.  This came about because as I was working on my light bulbs, I had my free as a bird set of stamps near by!  I used the loop from the top of the cage to form a loop for my light bulbs, and stamped the birds after stamping the blank light bulb.

I painted the background using emulsion paint, masking some areas with Tim Holtz' cogs mask, and adding stamped elements with my Rusty Hinge distress ink pad and the wonderful cogs background alongside elements from Tick Tock.

Overstamping the blank light bulb with the cogs background and lace background gave me two more patterned lightbulbs for my imaginary creatures.

I think there's more to play with with this story of winged light bulbs fluttering through the air, and strange creatures using their discarded shells to keep tiny birds in.  And that's the fun of journaling, coming up with stories as you play.

Thankyou Jennie and Hels for inviting me to play this month, now I'm off to order some of those new stamps just released :)

Totally Textured... Featuring The Sunday Stamper

Morning!

A quickie post to let you know that over on my Ink On My Fingers blog I am hosting my Sunday Stamper challenge and this week Jennie has very kindly offered to sponsor it.





The deets for the theme and prize etc are all HERE... to join in you can also click to follow this blog and leave a comment to let us know you have done that.. or if you are already a follower and fancy a challenge, please leave a link and comment over on the Sunday Stamper post :O))




The prize is a set of the brand new SteamPunk stamps... here's a pic of what you could win! Thanks for looking...

Hels x

Come Up & See Us...

...It'll make us smile... aha, did you see what I did there huh? I sort of tried to be clever and use that song title by Steve Thingy and Cockney Wotsit ROFL

Anyways... a quickie post to remind you that today is the first day of The Big Stamping & Scrapbooking Show at Alexandra Palace and we have our stand there (Stands 49 & 50). Jennie will be demo-ing Melt Pot and a coooool (or hot in this case!) new technique and I will be sitting waffling and doing Make & Takes... it'd be FAB to see you.



And just another little reminder... we have a special on this time... well, we normally do have some special on but this time it is a free gift... the brooches that have been made by me and Jennie will be there... 25 each day, one is gold - that gets a goody bag chock full of...erm... goodies LOL The rose brooches are pressies to the first 25 peeps who spend £25 on any stock from the stand... and will be given out randomly, no one knows where the gold ones are cos they are all jumbled up now! Pot luck it is then!
I am very excited about the show... as I usually am... and hope I get chance to see you and have a chinwag! TTFN

Hels x

Steaming Punky...

....Cor blimey I have been nearly bursting at the seams keeping these FAB new stamps quiet... but today is the day that they are launced... hurrah and thrice!! Click HERE to see all the new ones in their finery... and here is a little frame I altered using some Tissue Tape, Metal and Alcohol Inks...



The big flower was stamped onto metal, refined and aged and then turned into a fivepetal flower... I then made a rose using metal and the small flower to sit in the middle with a leaf behind it. The butterfly is made from Dijon metal .. isn't that just a GORGEOUS stamp!!! And... check out the ickle snail... soooo cute!




So... we are at Ally Pally this weekend... Jennie is demoing and I am doing Make & Takes... so if you fancy a little play with some inks and Grungepaper, do pop by to Stand 49 & 50 - it will be grand to see you! And... as a special Jennie and I have been really busy making some brooches for giveaways... basically, on both days...the first 25 peeps to spend £25 (on anything at all on the stand) will receive one of the brooches we have made... and as a special extra... on each day there is a gold rose in with the others... so if you get the gold one, you will receive a Goody Bag stuffed full of delish stash... all from Jennie and you know how generous she is with her giveaways!



Those there are my brooches and these below are made by Jennie... all I will say is that I have very very very sorely fingers after all that stitching ROFL...



Anyways... hope to see you at the show... and thanks for looking... TTFN

Hels x

Freddie Strongman... By Hels Sheridan

Morning Peeps... just a little quickie post from me today - first of all... I made an ATC the other day using a sketch from The Compendium of Curiosities... and some Tim Holtz stash. The backing papers are from the Retro Grunge stack and I used the strongman from The Big Top set - I know I have said this before but... doesn't he look like Freddie Mercury!





The letters are Grungeboard and coloured with Distress Ink and then overstamped with another Tim stamp to add some text. The backing paper was covered with Rock Candy Cracklepaint and I added some Idea-ology - a Type Charm, Jump Ring and Mini Safety Pin and a bit of Film Strip. Freddie Strongman was coloured with Tattered Rose Distress Ink which is a fab flesh tone colour. I personalised this ATC with a Type Charm as it was for a friend... however... I have another here, just waiting for an initial ;O))... so, if you would like to own it, please just leave me a comment and I will pick a name at random next Wednesday, September 29th '10. Thanks for looking... have a fab day ... and hope to see you this weekend! TTFN

Hels x

It's the witching hour!

I love witches, mainly because I have always maintained that I am one! You can take that anyway you like...:))))) I have to say like most people in this country Halloween is not big. We don't celebrate it nearly as much as in the USA, so when Tim brought out his new Alterations dies, I have to say I wasn't really sure. But I have played with some of them, and now it is the witches turn! Please excuse the very quick nature of this piece, time is of an essence for me at the moment, as we have Ally Pally, the Big Stamp & Scrapbook show at the weekend, so I am busy tweeking the stamps, packing boxes, and doing behind the scenes secretive stuff! Just wishing that there were more hours in the day!!
So I took the witch and die cut her with some quite thick chipboard, and dipped her in utee! The chipboard doesn't have a lot of water content, but where there is some the utee bubbles. I quite like this effect. I did the same with the accompanying bat ( you get him too in the die set), and brushed gold Perfect Pearls on his wings.

The broomstick was also dusted with PP, and I sprayed it liberally with water to get the droplets effect. The base is a small canvas board was sprayed with Crafty Notions Mica sprays, and allowed to dry.

The background fits so neatly into this month's challenge, which is Rainbows. there is still lots of time to enter!  

Finally for those of you don't know Minxy has been in hospital and Hun we wish you a speedy recovery .. get well soon and take it easy!

Have a very Creative day!

Jennie