Regal Air Mail - by Sioux Jenneys

Hello everyone! I'm here again (Sioux) and I've got a tag to share with you all :)

1. Firstly stipple colour the background with Adirondack Latte and Salmon

2. I wanted to use images from the Air Mail Bird Collage Elements Plate so firstly stamped the gorgeous bird head in  Archival Jet Black and masked it.

3. Stamped the T!m distressed wings from the Mini Ornates Plate in Distress Ink Old Paper then masked this.

4. Stamped the franked postage stamp from the Air Mail Bird Collage Elements Plate in Distress Ink Worn Lipstick and masked this.....sorry for all the masking but sometimes you just have to do it! :)

5. Stamped the background using Music # 11 Plate in Distress Ink Pumice Stone

6. Removed all the masks and added the words air mail in Adirondack Pool

7. Thought the gorgeous bird looked so regal that he needed a crown LOL! So used the
T!m crown from the Mini Ornates Plate stamped onto some Ten Seconds Studio Metal (Bronzed God) and attached with silicone.

8. Tattered the edges and added some scratch marks with a pricking tool then inked up with Distress Ink Pumice Stone and Bundled Sage

9. Added a bit of printed twill and an Ideaology Philosophy Tag that had a bit of Adirondack Paint Dabber Espresso swiped over it.....oh! and just had to add a touch of enamel accents in black to the eye of the gorgeous bird....did I mention that he's gorgeous before? LOL!

I enjoyed making that :) See you soon!
xoxo Artyjen

I dreaming of ...............................

............... more Stitchel stamps!

Hi Peeps!

I am going to bug the wonderful Hels Sheridan, the designer of Stitchels, until she caves in and designs more Christmas stamps! I love love love the snowmen and snowladies. They are available at The Artistic Stamper

This cutie is Millie!


I have used my favourite Promarkers to colour the stamp. I decided to go for pinks instead of the traditional colourways, well Millie is a lady!




What I have tried to show in this card is that when you are creating a Christmas Card, you can use embellishments that aren't necessarily Christmas embellishments. Yes I have used a Christmas charm but everything else can be used on any card.




By changing the colour of the flowers to match the colours I have used on the stamp and adding matching ribbon and liquid pearls around the edge bring everything together.
When you look at the card you think "Pink Christmas", but really the stamp and and charm are the only Christmas themed items.
So, come on give it a go, change your everyday embellishments to blend in with your Christmas cards.
I would LOVE to see what you do, so please leave me a comment and I can come and see.
Bye for now!
Tina xxxxxxxxxxx

Do you believe? by Jennie

Every month, we have a challenge set by one of the Team, and this month the subject is "Something Hidden " set by Tina. I had lots of ideas for it, but came up with this idea while prepping a workshop for Christmas cards. The wooden angels are great blank canvases, and I used Terra which I smooched all over it and stamped into with a wet stamp. I used the music background, and then immediately washed the stamp clean. If you don't your stamp will harden and be ruined!



Then when it was dry, I sprayed lots of Ranger Perfect Pearl Mists over it. I love the little wire halo in the top! The card was a folded piece which I had from a set and the angel hid quite nicely in it. I covered the card in old music paper from our Vintage papers sets. I was very lucky as the song was "Believe"! Do you believe in Angels? Finally I distress inked it and added a Idea-ology Seasonal sticker and some dabbers too! A gorgeous piece of Idea-ology trimming also sprayed with Mists just finished it off.

If you feel like making something hidden then please join in our challenge and be in with a chance to win £15.00 worth of stamps.
Happy Creating!
Jennie

Daisy Label Card - by Sioux Jenneys

Hello everyone! Sioux here.....it's my turn again and I'd like to share a card with you :)

1. I lurve the watercolour style of the Daisy stamp and inked it up with Distress Inks Scattered Straw/Spiced Marmalade/Shabby Shutters and Peeled Paint then stamped it onto a piece of watercolour paper and tattered the edges inking with Distress Ink Tea Dye.

2. Place the stamped image (it is ATC size by the way) on a square of paper that is just a little smaller than the card front you are using and lightly mark in pencil where the top and bottom corners sit.

3. I desperately wanted a plain shape stamp to put behind the sweet daisy image to ground it but I did not have one then I remembered I had one of T!m's Styled Label dies so cut the shape out of funky foam added a bit of non permanent sticky stuff to the back and inked it up!

(I find using white foam is best as you can see how much ink you have put on it!)

4. Stamp the label in Adirondack Lemonade just to the side of centre.

I do believe this is my new favourite yellow ;)

5. Stamp the Stampers Anonymous T!m Alphabet Block from the Artful Artifacts plate over the label shape using Adirondack Lemonade again.

6. Stamp the Stampers Anonymous T!m Flourish from the Fabulous Flourishes plate over the label shape in the bottom corner using Adirondack Lemonade again.

7. Tatter the edges and use Distress Ink Pumice Stone to add contrast.

8. Add a sentiment of your choice in Distress Ink Rusty Hinge.

9. Attach the background square to your card front and attach the focal image to this.

Job done!

Thanks for looking........See you soon!
xoxo Artyjen

Layering it on.. October Challenge -Winner!

Thank you to everyone who joined n the challenge in October... it was great fun, and some beautiful entries. Loved all of them! I did use random.org to get a winner, and this person wins £15.00 worth of The Artistic Stamper stamps, plus enough Kling-On to mount them!.. so is it you? Well, if

Mrs Beaton

 would like to step up to get her prize......Congratulations! A beautiful piece. Don't forget to grab your winner blinkie ( down on the right hand side of the blog), and to email me to find out how to claim your stamps.
This month's challenge is set by Tina, and is "something hidden", so get out your stamps, and get creating!
We look forward to seeing your creations.
Happy Stamping!
Jennie

Life is a Journey! By Alison Hall

That's certainly true! Hi! Alison here! Thank you Jennie & Hels for giving me my first ever guest designer opportunity! And what fabulous stamps I've had to play with! For my first piece, I chose to use Jennie's wonderful new Inspiration Light Bulbs. I thought they'd make great hot air balloons. And, to carry on the steampunk theme, I used the Cogs Background, and also the Calligraphic mat and the Punk Plaid Background.




Here are the instructions for my frame

1. Paint a Shadowbox with Gesso, then spread Ferro all around the frame of it. Stamp into the wet Ferro with the Cogs Background & the Caligraphic Mat. Make sure you wet your stamps when you do this, and clean them thoroughly straight afterwards.

2. While the box is drying, make the metal inlay. This is a piece of Ten Seconds Studio silver sheet metal, embossed with the TSS Kabuka Mould 7. Age it with Pitch Black Dabber, use Ultramarine Stazon to colour it, then add highlights with Orange Inka Gold.

3. Back to the Shadowbox. Once it is dry, sponge Azure Precious Metal Paint all over it, including the cavity. Add highlights to the stamped areas with Silver PM Paint and Orange Inka Gold. Once the paint is dry,adhere the metal inlay into the cavity, using red line tape.



4. To make the 'balloons' and sentiment embellishments, make a 'tape sandwich' with silver metal, humungo tape & black card. Stamp two of the Blank Lightbulbs, the Punk Plaid Background, & the phrase 'All of Life is a Journey' onto the metal, with Black Stazon.

5. Cut out the two Lightbulbs, then stamp one with the Cogs Background, & the other with the Caligraphic Mat. Use a TSS embossing tool to highlight the detail, then the TSS Micro Diagonal wheel around the edges.



6. Cut two basket shapes from the Punk Plaid Background, then emboss them with the TSS tools. Attach the baskets to the 'balloons' with short lengths of silver wire.

7. Cut out the phrase and emboss the edges of this with the TSS wheel tool. Rub a little of the Orange Inka Gold onto all of the metal embellishments, then curve them all slightly before gluing them to the frame with silicone glue.

8. To finish the frame, add a few pieces of Tim Holtz Ideaology.

I hope you like this piece - and thank you for looking!

Alison

November Monthly Challenge - Something Hidden

Morning Stampers and a pinch n a punch to you all :O)) Today is the first of the month, so that can mean only one thing... time for a brand new monthly challenge theme. Thank you to everyone who joined in with last months challenge... the winner of the candy will be announced by Jennie on Wednesday - drawn randomly by Mr. Random.org :O)) On with the theme for this months challenge... chosen by Tina, our Colouring Artist Extraordaire, the theme is SOMETHING HIDDEN. To join in, all you need to do is make a piece of art, be it a card, ATC, tag, altered art - that is entirely up to you... include the theme and some rubberstamping. If you use Artistic Stamper stamps, your name will be entered into the draw twice... the prize is £15 worth of Artistic Stamper stamps of your choice, plus the KlingOn to mount them onto. Leave us a comment here and add your link (to be added shortly by the blog technician cos I am toooo thick to know how to do it ROFL) when you have entered ...oh and you can enter more than once... please just remember to use rubber stamping on your design.




So, for my entry I have used a little papier mache book - any kind of papier mache item will work with this technique though. I painted a layer of watered down Traditional Tan paint and dried it quickly with a heat gun. Then I added some Cloudy Blue Dabber - again watered down slightly and applied with a paint brush... and dried again - finally a stipple brush of Sable Brown paint... dragged over the surface to make it patchy... and then a dab of Copper Dabber... again dried immediately. I have found to my cost - leaving the painted surface to dry naturally warps and buckles the papier mache... and normal thickness paint bubbles too much under the heat - hence the watered down versions :O)) I made a little card insert for the inside... colouring with DI's and stamping with Tim Holtz collection stamps.




I made some Grungepaper roses using the large and medium flowers from the Flower Power sets, painted the Grungepaper with Copper Dabber and then assembled the large rose on the front of the book with a couple of Grungepaper Leaves, cut from the Tattered Leaves Alterations Die, embossed with a Texture Fade and then coloured with Crushed Olive and Brushed Corduroy Distress Inks. I added some Idea-ology Baubles, Memo Pins & Book Plate for decoration and made a little mouse using Fimo - he has Idea-ology Ball & Chain for his tail... I think he is quite cute and mouses like being in a nice cosy cubby hole... so that's why he is hiding in the book :O)) Anyways... that is my entry... what are you going to make?? The idea's are endless; secret compartments, little flipflaps to open up to read a message, words hidden in sketches... go on, have some inky fun! Thanks for looking... TTFN

Hels x