Stampotique Designers Challenge 184 ....Bring Me Sunshine

This week Karen is our hostess at the SDC blog and she is looking for a little sunshine!

She said"It's cold in the UK and I can't wait for it to warm up. Show me something sunny to hopefully encourage the sun to come out".

So with this in mind I made this journal page

Here are a few step by step photos of how I made it I got my Gelli plate out and made a orange and yellow background then rioted up some music and stuck it down and made a sun with some junk Journalling bits.

Stamped these two images 

Then coloured them in, I used the roof from one of the house and the image from the first stamp 

So now it's over to you to come and join in the fun at the SDC blog and show us your sunshine creations ! There is a link to the blog on the right hand side of this post.

One last thing the winners from the blog hop

New release for Stampotique Originals...... Blog hop

Today we are excited about the new release for Stampotique Originals!! We have been keeping it under wraps for weeks now, i know that some of you got a sneak at one of our new stamp artists.

Stampotique is thrilled to add to the line up of designers, a former design team member and mixed media artist Kate Crane!

 You will not be disappointed with the fabulous range of stamps from all our artists 

Are you ready to see some wonderful artwork showcasing some of the new stamps? There are 50+ new stamps being released this time around, so plenty to choose from.

Hop along with the design team and two special guest bloggers, leaving comments along the way. We will choose 3 random winners from 3 blogs selected along the way, to win some goodies. We will choose our winners with our next challenge on February 25th

You should have arrived here from MAGDA........here. 

Your next stop along the hop is GEZ.....................here

If you get lost anywhere along the hop you can go back to the STAMPOTIQUE Designers Challenge blog.......here.

Hope you enjoy all the design team creations, we can't wait to hear what your favourite new stamps are! 

Now for a few of my creations using the new stamps 

First is this journal page using 2 of Kate Cranes new stamps 

The stamps I used are 

And part of this stamp! 

Next is a ATC, for this I used 2 stamps and masked part of one 

Here are the stamps I used

And I masked this and used part of it 

And for my next creation, this is a woodern heart I covered in washi tape and painted over Then stamped on tissue and glued to the heart.

And this is the Kate Crane stamp I used

And my fourth and final sample is this Journal page 

And the stamp I used is this, is  from France 

Well that's a few samples using the fabulous new stamps, remember there are over 50 new stamps so 

Make sure you go and look at them all at the Stampotique website. 

Please leave a comment as you might be a random winner of stampotique goodies! 

Now it's time to hop to GEZ.............here and see more samples, using the new stamps !

Stampotique Designers Challenge.......Happy Unbirthday!

France Papillon is our hostess this week and she has set us a new challenge.... She said, " we often expect cards on our Birthday. How about surprising someone with an unbirthday card? With. Or without Alice in Wonderland inspiration, make a happy Unbirthday card"

So with this in mind I made this tag...

And here is a picture Showing four of the five stamps I used, the Shroom is missing! 

Now it's over to you to get your stamps out and get stamping..... And come and join in the fun at the STAMPOTIQUE designers challenge blog, there is a link on the right hand side of this blog post! 

WOYWW

BHere is my desk this week

And here it is a bit closer

You can see rubber stamps, pencils and blending nibs, inks and cutting tools, to name but a few bits!

I have been busy this week, making samples, working with Stampotique rubber stamps as they are launching a new spring collection and a range of stamps designed by Kate Crane on Friday. However before I started with the new stamps I had made the tag you can see on my desk.

Here it is a little closer

And you can see some pocket scrapbooking on my desk I've done ,

And I made this page in my journal with a picture of my mother as a little girl.

That's about it for this week, I'll have lots to show you next week, if you have time to stop by!

Thanks for visiting my desk this week, if you would like to visit more crafty desks just click on the link on the right hand side, further down  marked Stamping Ground and Julia will explain all. 

Craft Stamper Magazine Make It TakeIt ............................Inspiration

This months challenge at Craft Stamper Magazine is to use stencilling on your project, more information can be found..........here

If you look in your Craft Stamper Magazine, you will see there are a number of projects that use stencilling. Here is a another project I did that I used lots of stencils on!

A Journal page 

This started out life as plain paper, which I applied Gesso to then  I got some ink sprays out and had fun spraying direct and through stencils.

I did this to 2 more pages, the second set I cut up and distressed and inked the edges of.

Then I stamped on the other set like this with a Stampotique rubber stamp 

After that I layered the cut and inked paper around the stamping to give me an idea of how it would look and then got a selection of stencils and distress ink.

Then I inked through the stencil on the main paper and the cut bits.

Then stamped mother with another Stampotique rubber stamp.

Then cut the page to size and put in my journal Gluing down all the elements

Lastly I added a photo of my mother 

Now it's over to you to get your stencils out and join in the fun, remember you can win stamps from 

Stampotique Designers Challenge Blog......Its all Love and Hearts!

Kirsten is our hostess this week, as love is in the air.

She challenged us to create something that is surrounded by hearts and love, so with this in mind I got my Brusho inks out and Stampotique rubber stamps and did a little page in my journal.

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

And there you have it my little journal page for Kirstens challenge this week!

Now it's over to you to join in the fun!

WOYWW

Here is my desk this week

And here is a closer shoot

This week I have been trying out some new Paperartsy Rubber stamps for Project Life/pocket scrapbooking, you can see them on my desk, which is rather 'busy' Next I'm going to try them with some family history photos! 

Here is a 12 x 12 that I  made using them. 

As well a pocket scrapbooking I made a little page in my journal With thoughts that it is Valentine's Day on Saturday! 

And also on the same theame I made this card

Both my journal and card I made using STAMPOTIQUE rubber stamps, and for the background I had my Gelli plate out and a couple of stencils! 

That's my desk for this week, if you would like to visit more crafty desks, just click on the link marked Stamping Ground on the right hand side of my blog further down, and Julia will explain all.

Thank you for visiting my desk this week. 

Craft Stamper Magazine Challenge "Take a technique" ........Stencilling

This months challenge at Craft Stamper Magazine's is to use stencilling on your project. More information can be found here........HERE

If you look in your Craft Stamper Magazine, you will see there are a few projects which use stencilling!

Here is my project a Valentine's card

Here are a few step by step photos of how I made this card using two stencils on the background 

Here is my first stencil on my Gelli plate 

This is what it looked like after putting paint on and removing the stencil

Then I placed sheet music on top

This is what it looked like when I "pulled the print" off

Did the same with this stencil And added some distress ink to get to this

Then added paint round the outside 

Then stamped one of Magda's lovely Agatha stamps onto cotton and paper, 

Coloured in the paper and added a cotton dress and glued onto the card

Now it's over to you to get your stencils out and join in the fun.. You could win 2 plates of stamps from our sponsor, Paperbabe Stamps,more details on the craft stamper Make It Take It  challenge blog