TSC44: Shabby or Vintage Grunge Challenge

'Shabby Chic or Vintage Grunge' is the new challenge theme for July. Both are very popular styles and perfect for showcasing your Stampsmith favourites. We'd love for you to play along and share your projects with us this month. So, choose your preferred style 'Shabby or Grunge' and join The Stampsmith Challenge with a chance to win $21 of gorgeous stamps of your choice from The Stampsmith.

The beautiful, Audrey is accepting an award in this fabulous photostamp and the sentiment stamp on the side, "You Go, Girl!" comes from the Say It Like It Is stamp set, both by The Stampsmith.

 Alexandria, 11 years old, with her teacher, Mr. MacDonald.

My oldest daughter, Alexandria just received an academic achievement award at school and this is the card I made for her, as well as being my Design Team sample for this month.  On the front of the card there's a little folder that opens up when you remove the paper clip embellishment. On the inside of the little folder it reads, "Academic Achievement Award - Grade 5 Science."  I'm so proud of Alex and all her hard work this year.  Wow, it's hard to believe we're into Summer vacation for the kids already...where did the school year go?

I look forward to seeing all your shabby or vintage grunge creations! :)

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TSC43: Altered Cigar Box

 

For the challenge this month over at The Stampsmith Challenge site, our new Guest Designer, Paula Tidman has challenged us to create some art using the theme 'Alter it - Boxes, Bags or Books.'  My features an image of the lovely, Lucy.   I just love this image...she looks stunning and not at all silly like your normally remember her!

Here's a bit of an angle to better show you the gorgeous lacey pattered paper and hardware on the box.

Yes, I know this next image is upside down...I just wanted to show you a view of the back of the cigar box, so you can see the pretty sheer, gathered ribbon that's around the three sides over top of the lacey patterned paper.

I hope you decide to play along in the fun!  I can't wait to see all the different altered art!  Just remember to use at least one stamped image by The Stampsmith in order to be eligible for the draw.  :)

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Happy Birthday, Angela!

I created this card using a fun, retro, photostamped image of two ladies at a hair salon from the Those Were the Days 1950's stamp set by The Stampsmith.  I made this card for my friend, Angela, who's celebrating her birthday today.   I'm happy to say, this was before our time...but cute, nonetheless.  Happy Birthday, Angela!  :)

I don't normally decorate the inside of my cards, but I wanted to use more of this fun paper and the coordinating journalling cards, so added a little more inside the card.

Here's the rest of the stamp set...funny, eh?

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TSC41: Black and White with a Splash of Colour Challenge

It's challenge time again over at The Stampsmith Challenge blog and this time we're challenging you to create something using "Black and White with a Splash of Colour." 

I used lime green as my splash of colour, but feel free to use any other colour that you like, or several other colours.  Just be sure the bulk of the card is black and white.  Use at least one image by The Stampsmith to be eligible for the draw for $21.00 towards The Stampsmith Store online.

Here's a close up of the gorgeous couple from the Mon Amour stamp sheet.

I hope you decide to play along in the fun.  I look forward to seeing what you all come up with!

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Fabulous Marilyn

I have a fun Marilyn-inspired card to share with you today.  This fabulous photostamp of Marilyn, seated, is by The Stampsmith.  You can contact Estelle for more details on her movie star stamps.  I used some gorgeous Weekend Market patterned paper by Bo Bunny, added these stunning gold metallic paper flowers by Recollections and finished off the embellishing with some tulle to match her dress.

 Here's a close up of Marilyn.

I tucked white tulle around the edge of the half circle layer, although it was hard to capture in a photo. You might be able to see it a little better here.

It's nearly time for a new challenge over at The Stampsmith Challenge blog, but you still have time to get in on the current challenge for a chance to win a gift certificate from The Stampsmith Store, valued at $21.00!   I hope you decide to play along in the fun! 

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Hey, Handsome!

Romance is in the air and I've been on a Valentine card making frenzy over the past few days. I think I've paired the fabulous, Marilyn Flying Dress image with a very fitting sentiment. The "Hey, Handsome!" comes from the Show Biz Quotes stamp sheet by The Stampsmith.

Here's a close up of the lovely, Marilyn and the "Hey, Handsome!" sentiment.

Stay tuned, I have more Valentine cards to show you soon!

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Pin-Up Valentine

I have a sexy Valentine's card to share with you tonight. This photostamp comes from the Pin-Ups stamp sheet by The Stampsmith. This is such a fun image and I love the silhouette shadow effect.

Here's the entire sheet of stamps.
I'll have more cards to share with you soon! Stay tuned...

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Ooh la la Pin Up

I thought I'd create a fun card for my hubby, Jim, for his birthday this week, so I came up with this fun pin-up card for him. I used a photostamp from the Pin Ups sheet by The Stampsmith.

The sentiment, Ooh la la is from Pink Cat Studio. A fitting saying to go with this knock out! I figured he'd get a kick out of this birthday card and may actually keep this one as apposed to throwing it to the wayside! lol :)

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TSC26: Tag Art - Marilyn

It's challenge time again over at The Stampsmith Challenge. We all took a little break after the holidays, but we're now being challenged by Lynne with some tag art. I'm not one to make many tags, as I sometimes find it hard to create projects on a smaller scale, but I enjoy making them once I get into them.

I've used a fun 'Marilyn Flying Dress' image and embellished it with some ribbon, lace and bling to finish it off. My project measures 3.5" x 5" and I actually decided that my tag is going to become a magnet. One of my colleagues loves Marilyn, so I thought she might like this for her fridge or maybe on the corner of a metal picture frame.

I hope you decide to play along with us this time around for a chance to win some new rubber from The Stampsmith! You have until the the end of January to submit your creations. Pop on over to The Stampsmith Challenge blog to see some eye candy from the rest of the Design Team.

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Audrey's ready to party

I have an Audrey card to share with you tonight. I stamped off Audrey and cut her out and also cut out the adjacent flower from another area of the same patterned paper, to give the card a bit more dimension. Lots of distress ink and bling and ta-da, Audrey's ready to party!

Have you had a chance to check out the new website for The Stampsmith yet? If you haven't, pop on over for a boo. It's easy to navigate, tips and tricks and there's lots of sample artwork from the rest of the Design Team, too. If you have any questions about the stamp I used, or any other stamps, please feel free to give Estelle a shout, she's always happy to help!

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Lulu Loves Chocolate...

I have a fun pop art style card to share with you today using the Lulu stamp from The Stampsmith. Lulu is sold as a single stamp, which includes the thought bubbles and is quite large at about 4" x 5.5".

I cut her out and added the sentiment, 'Who needs a man When you can have chocolate' from the Say It Like It Is stamp sheet.

My project is 8" x 8". I made it a bit larger than I normally do, just because the main focal image was quite large and I wanted room to embellish with lots of bling. Not sure what I'm going to do with this...my hubby might get offended if I put it up in my house! :) I do love chocolate, but not sure if I like it more than him. On a funny note, my kids have always told us they like us more than a chocolate donut! That's quite a compliment, eh? lol :)

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Mojo204

I'd like to share the lovely Ophelia, with you today. She can be purchased as a single in both a tiny and large size from The Stampsmith. I used the tiny size in my project today. She also comes in an in-between size as part of the Shakespeare Heroines - Ophelia and Friends plate. I've given the dimensions below:

1.25" wide x 1.75" high

2.25" wide x 3.5" high

3.75" wide x 4/5" high

I haven't done any of the Mojo Monday sketches in quite a while, but we're having our monthly crafty night tonight with my local group of crafty friends and our swap theme is to make a card that would fit any challenge out there. So, I chose to use the current sketch challenge below.
I'll have a fun project to share with you soon that we're making tonight. That's if I get it done tonight...sometimes with the larger projects I tend to fiddle with them for a while before I post them. Anyway, please stay tuned...

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TSC20: Sketch Challenge

We thought we'd change things up a bit this time, so our current challenge over at The Stampsmith Challenge is a Sketch Challenge by Valerie Wilson. We'd love to see you play along, in the fun. Please include at least one Stampsmith image to be eligible to win the random draw. Other stamps are welcome in your project, as well. The winner will be announced on the 1st of September.

So, here's Val's sketch to follow.

The image I used is from Those Were the Days fifties art rubber plate by The Stampsmith. There's some fabulous images in this plate, shown below.
I look forward to seeing all your entries!

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TSC14: Starring Role

I'm back...sorry for being a little MIA lately. Sometimes life just gets in the way of the fun things we'd rather be doing.

I have a Marilyn card to share with you tonight. I love this image and decided to use it for the current challenge over at The Stampsmith Challenge blog. I'm rather late with my design team submission, but I figured better late than never! :)

Our challenge this time around is Starring Role - The Stampsmith is known for it's images of actresses and famous films. We want to see your Starring Role Artwork. I hope you decide to play along in the fun. I look forward to seeing all your creations!

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TSC12: Spring Theme

It's challenge time again over at The Stampsmith Challenge blog. Our theme is "Spring." I hope you decide to play along in the fun for a chance to win some new rubber from The Stampsmith Shop. For this mid-month challenge, we ask you that you use at least one image from The Stampsmith in order to be eligible for the random draw.

For my design team sample, I chose to use my 'Serena' photostamp. To me, Serena just screams Spring, so she's perfect for this challenge. Along with some beautiful lace and pretty little flowers to embellish my card, I did a watercolour technique on glossy cardstock to give it a delicate looking background and then stamped the image over top.

On theme, as I was driving home from work today, I saw lots of beautiful crocuses. Spring is definitely here when you see all the crocuses in bloom. It makes me happy for sure...especially since it means I probably don't have to shovel any more snow this year! lol :)

I look forward to seeing what spring projects you all come up with!

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Crafty Night Fun with the Gals

I'm finally getting around to posting the cards that we made at our crafty night last weekend. The first project is one that was lead by Kim Prince. I love this stamp and really like the sentiment that I chose to use. We did a watercolour technique by using two different distress inks on a teflon mat, spritzed with water and rubbed white cardstock around over the spritzed ink. Dried with a heat tool and then we had fun using Kim's Zutter Distrezz-it-All. Man, that thing is loud! A cool devise for distressing your edges, but it could be in competition with a wood saw! lol :) We then finished the card off by adding some shimmer mist over the whole card. Thanks for leading us in a gorgeous project, Kim. We're gonna miss your inspirational projects!


Our next project was this fabulous corset card lead by Val Wilson. OMG, I love this template! A great card for that special someone in your life... :)

Even the back of the card is stamped with a perfect Tim Holtz stamp to finish off the corset. Unfortunately, I stamped it on an angle. Oh, well. Thanks for sharing this fabulous template with us, Val. Jim's gonna love this one! :)


The card above was created by a newbie to our group, Joan Jandron. I drew Joan's name for our monthly card swap. So nice to have you with us and thanks for hosting us at your place...I'm rather glad your hubby did go out for the evening, though! I can only imagine what he would have been thinking had he been there for all nine of us Zutter distressing two sheets of cardstock each! I'm sure he'd have thought we'd all lost our minds! lol :) Thanks for sharing this beautiful card with me, Joan. I love the elegance of it and the embossing on the silver cs is the perfect addition and I really like how you did the framed punch for the sentiment. Just lovely.

I have a couple more cards to share with you, but you'll have to stay tuned for those...I'll be back soon!

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