Stampotique Designers Challenge ............153 Anniversary, Wedding or Love theme

This week Kim has set the challenge for us at the Stampotique Designers Challenge,( there is a link to her blog on the right hand side of my blog) this is what Kim had to say about her challenge ........,

Happy Wednesday!  It's Kim and I'm excited to be hosting this weeks challenge.  June here in the states is often a time of many anniversaries and weddings and so I challenge you to create with an Anniversary, Wedding or Love theme.  

While you all are busy creating, I'll be celebrating with the love of my life our 18th anniversary so can't wait to see what you all come up with.  Have fun and hope you love every minute creating :-)

So with this in mind I set to work and this tag is what I made ....

Here are a few step by step photos to show how I made this tag 

I started with a white tag, inked with distress inks, then used water on foam to release some of the colour, to give the bleached look. Then stamped these two images from Stampotique rubber stamps.

Then used a few more stampotique rubber stamps as shown in the picture below, and stamped and destressed!

Hope that gives you a little idea of the stamps I used this week to make my tag!

Just pop over to the challenge blog ( link is on the right of this post) and join in the fun and show us your creation! 

What's on my work desk Wednesday

This is how my desk looks..

As you can see not much different from last week just a tag on my little stand, here it is close up, there is a seperate post showing how I made it using Stampotique rubber stamps. 

I have been working on my project life album, and just have a few bits to Finnish off then I can give it to my daughter as it's all about her nine months of pregancy. Then I can get started on my next album, the one I so want to get on with .... Baby Lara's album. I have been playing with a few sprays on some handmade paper, to make a few backgrounds, here is one I made! 

Well that's it for this week..... There will be lots to tell you about next week!!!!!! But you will have to wait tell then. If you would like to visit other crafty desks just click on the link marked Stamping Ground on the left a little further down. 

Thank you for your comments I will try and return them ASAP, sorry I was a bit late returning some of the comments last week.

stampotique Designers Challenge ....... Sentiments

 This weeks challenge has been set by Gez,

This is what she said............. I am delighted to be your hostess for this challenge.. I love sentiments and sayings, they really say it all to me! They make a piece finished! I'd like you to share some of your favourite words with us this week! They can be a main focal point or an embellishment, it's your choice! Say it with words...

So I thought I would look at a few words and found one I thought many of us could relate to !

So here is my offering this week.

I hope you like it!

To me it showcases that Stampotique with it's around 20 designers are a  varied  bunch of talented people with very different tastes but are all sisters together! 

Here are a few step by step photos of how I made this journal page

I started by spraying Dylusions inks on paper then 

Grunge paste and stencils, then I sanded it down 

Then I added Dylusions spray ink to a blank ink pad and then used various junk iteams to stamp with onto the background

Then used stampotique rubber stamps on the background

And I carried on until I produced this journal page!

Now it's over to you to have a go and join in with the fun, and have a go!

Come and join in at the SDC blog there is a link on the right hand side and you could be the lucky winner of a Stampotique gift voucher to buy rubber stamps, good luck.

What's on my work desk Wednesday

Here is my desk, although it's dark outside!

All cleaned and tidy again!!!!

Here it is close up

I have been finishing off the project life, style album I was making for my daughter of her pregancy.

I thought I had got to the end, then I found some more photos, that's the packet on the desk!

This week I went to visit a crafty friend for her birthday and to craft and made this card using the bleach block methord show in this months craft stamper, here is a card I made 

Also on my desk is this, a project I made for Stamptique Designers Challenge blog. There are some step by step photos of how I made this on a seperate post on my blog. 

This arrived in the post this week, a stampotique rubber stamp from it's designer, I won in a completion and a little tag made by Magda, her work is in this months Craft Stamper! 

Also in the post this week I recieved this ATC from Darnell over at the Playhouse! 

So that's about it on what I made... Now the wonderful Lunch Lady Jan made a tote and a desk tidy for me to give to a friend as part of her birthday gift and Jan here it is in use at the crop we went to on Saturday!

Well that's about it from me for this week, if you would like to visit other crafty desks just click on the link on the right slightly further down marked stamping ground and Julia will explain all.

Hoping Julia is well on the mend from the Gall stones 

Thank you for visiting and I will return you visit when you leave a coment 

A quick card ......

Here is a quick card I made ....

I made this using the Bleach blocking technique shown in Craft Stamper this month and with a couple of Stampotique rubber stamps.

Stampotique Designers Challenge.............151 Boxs

This week the very talented Arwen has set us the challenge of boxs, this is what she had to say.....

What could be better than to give a loved one something?
To present a gift effectively, I make nice boxes to do so.
Be it for jewelry, candy, books, etc. - for all you can make great boxes.
But the box itself is a wonderful gift idea.
Show me your boxes!
As "given away" for something or as preserves things?
I'm curious about your boxes.

So with Arwen curious about boxs I thought what could I do a little differnt that was a box ...... I came up with the idea of a bird box, here it is.....

My Stampotique bird box that will be given to a little girl who loves animals of all kinds.

Here are some step by step photos of how I made it...

That's all the layers of paint and the grunge paste done!!!!!!

Lots of sanding then had to be done....,,.

Then I stamped this Stampotique sentiment 

Then I stamped Roc's scalloped boarder, followed by some more stamping, of Jo Capper-Sandons mushrooms.

These are the stampotique rubber stamps I used...

Then it was time for glueing, sticking, colouring etc 

Once everything was stuck down ...... I had my little bird box!

What a fun challenge Arwen set us this week .... Now it's over to you to make a box and show us at the Stampotique Designers Challenge Blog, there is a chance to win a $30 voucher to spent at Stampotique.com 

Thank you for leaving a comment I will return the visit 

What's on my Work Desk Wednesday

Here is my desk this week....
(I have just heard that there is no WOYWW this week as Julia has been admitted to hospital in Spain where she is on holiday..... My best wishes Julia for a speedy recovery)

It seems to get in a mess rather quick again..... It was only a couple of weeks ago I cleaned it all up! 

Here it is close up..

You can see I'm working on a MDF heart in the middle of the table, lots of Paperartsy paints all over my desk,  a few stampotique rubber stamps, double sided tape, scissors, etc etc To the left is a pile of green and purple papers ..... Here is a close up of a couple of them.....

These were the result of playing with some backgrounds ideas with Trish Latimer on Saturday, I invited her to come and run a workshop for a group of friends and she came and did a fantastic workshop for us for six hours!!!!! Was a brilliant day, thanks Trish for doing a ten hour round journey, to be with us! 

At the back is a little bird house, here it is close up...

I made this with all Stampotique rubber stamps, if you want to see some step by step photos how please see the seperate post for this on my blog.

I also made a birthday card.... For a friends birthday this week, now she does WOYWW every now and then so hopping she doesn't look at this!!!!!

That's what I have been doing this week to make my desk messy!!!!! 

I also recieved a couple of ATCs for the 5th anniversary this week as well so here are a couple of pictures of them

Thank you ladies for them, they are both great!

Well that's it from me this week, I'm at a crop on Saturday and my goal is sort the baby Lara photos and get them in my project life album..... 

If you would like to visit other crafty desks, just click on the link marked Stamping Ground further down on the right and Julia will explain all

Thank you for leaving a comment and I will return your visit.

Stampotique Designers Challenge .......150 Celebration

This week is a special week for Stampotique

We are excited at Stampotique that our fans have helped us grow so much and that our stamps, challenges and Facebook page have become such a big hit.  In honor of our excitement, and our 150th challenge, our theme is CELEBRATION.  We want you to create with celebration in mind, whether it's celebrating a birthday, anniversary, wedding, graduation or new baby...let's celebrate!

Not to put a damper on our celebration, but our team is bidding a few of our members farewell. Maria has been with the team and has shown us how talented she is not only as an artist but as a stamp designer.  Tanja has only been with us a short while but we have enjoyed seeing her creations each week.  We celebrate the opportunity we had to have them on our design team and wish them the best.

We will NOT be having a new call for designers as our current designers will all be remaining for another term.  We are happy to say we are looking for 4 new guest designers and so along with this fun challenge, we will pick some of our guest designers from those who are participating in our 150th challenge. Along with the chance to be a guest designer, we'll also be picking a random winner for a $30 gift certificate for Stampotique stamps.

Can't wait to see how you celebrate this week!

This is what I made to Celebrate 150 design team challenges.....

So now it's over to you..... Come and join in the fun and click on the link on the right marked design team challenges . 

What's on my work desk Wednesday

Here is my desk

As you can see it rather busy again.... Here is a close up

Lots of stuff to see pencils, stamps, paints, on the little stand is a card I made in celebration of Stampotique's 150th challenge, there is more about this in a seperate post. 

I recieved some bits in the post this week in celebration of our WOYWW 5th anniversary and here are a few pictures to show you all...

Thank you all for these lovely cards and ATC's.

I posted out five ATC's and I have one left waiting for it's address then it will be mailed out to the lovely Neet!

I started making another project but it's not quite finished so I will show you next week when it's completed! I did make a card to send with some ATCs this week here is a picture

And that's about all I have achieved this week as I have had very limited time in the craft room!

I plan to work on all my baby Lara pictures a week on Saturday when I go to a crop with some friends! 

If you would like to visit other crafty desks, please click on the link on the right marked Stamping Ground and Julia will explain all.

Thank you for your comments I will return your visit!