Craft Stamper magazine " Take It Make It Challenge " May

The Challenge for May at Craft Stamper Magazines Take It Make It  blog is ........Take a Stamp!

That means you can use any stamp you want as long as it's a rubber stamp and make a creation of your own and join in the fun! More details ....... Here

Here is my creation 

Now this month our sponsor is 

And there is a fabulous prize of 6 vintage embossing glitters in a case and a lace stamp 

So all you need to do is get your stamps out and join in the fun and link your project up to the challenge !

Here at a couple of work in progress pictures.... So you can see how I made this little journal page.

Stampotique Designers Challenge Blog: 193 Polka Dots

This week our hostess at the SDC blog is Samantha Read., and she has us thinking a outs spots!

Sam said, " I included polka dots into a previous challenge and everyone who took part seemed to enjoy it, so I thought we could resist them again and have fun!"

So with that in mind and a stack of baby Lara photos for my project life type album I set to work and made a set of cards.

I used 4 Stampotique rubber stamps for this project. Daniels present stacks are just perfect for what I wanted!  Now it's over to you to join in the fun, there is a link to the SDC blog on the right of this post.

Stampotique Designers Challenge 192: Springs

This week our hostess is Valerie and she has us thinking Spring.

She said " in my town where I live there is still snow on the ground, I hoping that if we keep thinking"spring" really hard, that spring will arrive! To encourage the arrival of spring, I'd like to see you actually use springs, or something that makes things spring off your project.

So with that in mind I went to find some little plastic coil springs I had purchased but not got round to using yet! Once found, that took a while! I got to work and produced this set of PL cards.

The large butterfly is spring mounted ... Here are a few photos to show how I made them........

I started by flicking masking fluid on my cards, leaving it to dry then using Ken Oliver's colour bursts to give a lovely bright spring colour effect....

Next I found my spring, some ink and STAMPOTIQUE butterfly stamps by Jo Capper Sandon 

Then I found a rub on and put that on the larger card 

Then attached a cut out large butterfly to the spring

Then attached it to the card over the main image 

TheRe is my wobbly flying butterfly! 

Now it's over to you to join in the fun at the SDC blog, there is a link on the right of this post to the blog so you can show us what you can make spring off your project! 

SDC 191: Circles

Our hostess this week at the Stampotique Designers Challenge Blog is Magda, her challenge has us running round in circles!

She said," I like using shapes, in my projects especially circles. They can give interesting effects on your project, dependant on the way they are used! I would love to see circles on your creations, how you use them depends on your imagination"

So with this in mind I set to work and made this set of Project Life cards.

Here are a few photos of how I made them..... I used 4 Stampotique rubber stamps to make them! 

Come and join in the fun at the SDC blog there is a link on the right of this post .....

Craft Stamper Magazine Make It Take It Challenge : Inspiration

This months challenge is 'Take a Technique' and the theme is .....COLOUR 

Get your colours out, we want it to be bright, vibrant and full of colour!  We want to see bright, you don't have to use every colour in the rainbow all at once ..... But think along those lines and it will be perfect! More info can be found on the Craft Stamper Challenge blog.........here

We that in mind I set about and made this bright project......

Remember our sponsor is 

And the fab prize is these fabulous rubber stamps 

Now here are a few step by step pictures of how I made my project

First I painted gesso on a sheet of paper then sprayed it with spray ink

Next I put washi tape on the card

Then I applied paint rubbing it into the tape 

After it dried I stamped my two JOFY birds on card stock and coloured them in and stamped them on my project as well 

Then I cut out the coloured ones and glued them in place And stamped the little heart and coloured it and the little message! 

Now it's over to you to get your bright colours out and join in the fun! 

Stampotique Designers Challenge 190: Stitches

This week our hostess is Coby and she has us all in stitches!

Coby said, ' I love stitches in my creations, sometimes stamped, sometimes made by hand and sometimes with the sewing machine. I challenge you to use stitching in your creation this week.

So with that in mind I made a set of Project Life cards with stitching, round them!

Here are a few pictures I took while making them..... I used my Gelli plate to make the bright cheerful background then a 4x6 and 3x4 die with stitches round the outside to cut the cards out.

Next I stamped on them with France's mug splat and these two Stampotique rubber stamps 

Then I stamped these four squares with the dots .... Fab stamp from Stampotique! And added the letters into the box. Then I stamped Laugh and cut it out and stuck it on and went round the stitching with a black pen. 

The two smaller cards stamped Stampotique laughter and added to white card with a photo

Then using a Tim Holtz stitch ruler made holes round the card

Next used a pen to make stitches 

And there you have it .... Hope that gives you a bit of an idea how I made these cards using 7 Stampotique rubber stamps 

Now it's your turn to get your stamps out, any stamps are fine and show us what you can make with stitching at the SDC blog, there is a link on the right hand side of this post to the blog.

Thank you Coby for a fun challenge 

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Here is my desk..

I have spent a couple of days sorting out all my project Life type stash.....

All the cards filled neatly And put in order

There is a section for cards I have made myself, below is a set I made myself.

Also I made this set of PL cards 

And Last,y I hope you all had a lovely Easter.

Here is my little Easter chic! Collecting chocalate as she was carried round for the family easter Egg hunt. 

Thank you for visiting and if you would like to visit other crafty desks just click on the link marked Stamping Ground on the right further down and Julia will explain all. 

Make It Take It Challenge: April

It's a new challenge from today over at the Craft Stamper,Make It Take It Challenge blog. This month our challenge is ...... Take a Technique, we want you to all out with COLOUR!

Nothing dark, monochrome or grungy please, we want bright, vibrant, and cheerful, you don't have to use every colour in the rainbow all at once, but maybe lots of them. More info can be found here.

With this in mind I made a set of Project Life cards.

The winner will be chooses randomly from the entries, this month and will win a prize from our sponsor

This month our sponsor is 

And the prize is these stamps 

There is also a winner choose by the DT and they will have a GDT  slot for a upcoming challenge and they will feature in a winners profile blog post.

So get your bright colours and your stamps out and have fun and join in.

Here are a few step by step pictures of how I made my PL cards. I started with a 4x6 and two 3x4 blank white cards and flicked masking fluid over them and left them to dry. Once dry I started to add colour using distress inks 

Once the card was fully covered I started to run the masking fluid off, to reveal the white splats underneath.

Then I stamped my word on each card 

Next I used stencils and white ink and a dauber and added ink to the cards through the dauber.

Then I used a die to get the stitch round the edge, this I did will all three cards .