Fashionably Altered..

Hello - it's time for another challenge over at Fashionable Stamping Challenge, thank you for all the amazing entries for our Anything Goes challenge, great to see so many people joining in ! This week the very talented Joanna has asked us to 'alter it'. 

This gave me the perfect nudge I needed to do something with this rather plain necklace I've had lurking around for ages -

So I got out the alcohol inks, and just played around adding colours till I was happy. Next I added some stamping, with  text and flourish stamps.

I wanted some texture so I added some bead gel, which I dabbed with more alcohol inks when dry.

I added a butterfly charm to the central piece and there it was , finished.

I don’t do much ‘altering’ and really enjoyed this. All I need now is some summery weather so I can wear it with something pretty ! I hope you find something to alter and join us this fortnight – it can be anything you have hanging around, and don't forget the randomly chosen winner gets a voucher to spend at Flonzcraft. We are a stamping challenge so we MUST see stamping!  Thanks for stopping by and I look forward to seeing your altered creations ! Esther xx

Craft-Room - stamping backgrounds

This fortnight at Craft-Room we are using a theme suggested  by our former team mate Nikki as it is such a great one.   We want you to create your own background or backing paper with rubber stamps. 

We have a great sponsor with us this fortnight, The Stamp Man who will give the lucky winner of the random draw £10 to spend at their online shop.  For this challenge the whole team will vote to select the top 3.

I love making my own backgrounds but my mojo has been on a  bit of a holiday lately and it’s ages since I got out my inks and stamps. So I turned to a issue of Craft Stamper for inspiration and  this is the result -

I used Versamark to create a stamped resist, coloured with distress inks and stamped more images over the top with Di. The card is for a colleague at work who is leaving, and who likes trees ! The stamps are by Hero Arts, Tim Holtz, stamp addicts and Crafty Individuals.

There are no end of possibilities for this challenge and I can’t wait to see what you all create.  Remember you have the opportunity to join us as Guest Designer  - just add the letters GDT after your name as entering our challenge. Happy Stamping – Esther xx

Anything Goes at FSC

Thank you all so much for joining in with my 'so sentimental' themed challenge at Fashionable Stamping, it was tricky deciding on my favourites for the saturday spotlight but if you pop on over to the FSC blog you'll see who I chose. Last Saturday saw the launch of our next challenge, and I'm coming in at a late stage with some inspiration.

This cute style is a bit different for me, I love colouring in (here I've used pro-markers) but am often then left with an image and no idea what to do next ! So here I've gone for simple, using some Die Cuts with a View patterned paper, into which I've cut an oval aperture. Behind the aperture I placed some co-ordinating paper which I'd stamped on and added a frame of plain white card. I finished off with some die cuts (Tim Holtz dies) and a bit of stickles for some added bling !

You have another week to enter our 'Anything Goes' challenge. There's a voucher from the generous Leo at Flonz stamps for the winner. Don't forget we do need to see stamping on your entry ! Hope to see you there...Esther xx

Craft-Room travels

Hello all, this week it's Hazel's turn to choose our theme over at Craft-room. Hazel has asked us to make a postcard from a holiday destination, it can be from anywhere in the world or perhaps you've been visiting the beach or a historical place. The size of the postcard has to be 6 inches by 4 inches landscape or portrait. You can use any medium to make your postcard - digital postcards are allowed as well. hazel has asked for postcard ONLY so please no cards, layouts etc. with a postcard on. 

Crafty Individuals are this weeks the sponsors for the challenge.

As usual the girls have come up with some great inspiration and we also have a fab guest designer - and don't forget if you would like to join us for a guest designer slot, just put GDT after you name on your entry. Here is my postcard -

I couldn't decide on one destination so went for a mini world tour, using stamps from Crafty individuals and Stampendous. The background is created with distress inks,

I've used an embelishment made from UTEE to add some texture. I melted the UTEE on my craft sheet before stamping into it while still soft. When it was cooled/set I applied some metallic bue paint wiht a dry brush to the back to add more detail and make it stand out a bit more. I Look forward to seeing where your travels take you -
I'm sharing my postcard here -
Allsorts - Anything but a card (am assuming this means a card in the traditional sense and that a Postcard is ok)
Simon Says Stamp and Show - Passport to fun
Artistic Stamper - texture
Thanks for stopping by, Esther

Fashionable Sentiments

Wow - how quickly a fortnight passes by. It's already time for another challenge with the Fashionable Stampettes, and it was my turn to choose the theme. I would like you to make a sentiment the focus of your creation this week.  As always the gorgeous girls over at FSC have some lovely inspiration for you, and we also have a fab guest designer with us, whow has made a beautiful project for us. I kept it simple with a little set of ATC's using my favourtite sentiment stamps -

 I created the background with the wrinkle free distress technique in monochromatic colours

 Added some background stamping with subtle colours of distress inks

Sprayed inks through a stencil

and heat embossed the sentiment over the top. This last one is my favourite!

As usual our generous sponsor is Flonzcraft and you can win a voucher to spend on their wide range of rubber stamps, and don't forget that we do need to see stamping on your entry.

I'm sharing my ATCs over here - 

Addicted to Stamps and More - Anything Goes

Happy Campers - Use a Mask/Stencil

Paper Crafting journey - Use a sentiment

Totally Papercrafts - Monochromatic

I look forward to visiting your sentimental projects..Esther xx

Craft-room Sentiments

Hello - time for another Craft-Room Challenge and it's the lovely Mervi's turn to host. Mervi's theme is - 

" So Sentimental"

and she'd like to clearly see texts/ scripts/ messages on your creations. Our challenge is sponsored by Tando Creative.

                                                       

I've made a card for this challenge. There are so many lovely sentiment stamps about, I've used one from Stampendous Tim Holtz range. 

Have you noticed we have a bright new  look and new badges, Zoe has been busy creating our gorgeous new look. Remember you have opportunity to join us asGuest Designer,just add the letters GDT after your name when you enter our challenge and Mervi will contact you to sort out the details. All you will need to do is create a project for one of our challenges - and you can join us in commenting on the entries too if you wish- we would love to have you join us.

So - please share your favourite sentiments, text with us this week, look forward to visiting..Esther xx

Fashionable Journalling

So - I think we have quite a challenging challenge for you all over at Fashionable Stamping this fortnight. I know it took several of us way out of our comfort zone so please be brave and join us in sharing some 'Journalling style' creativity. As always our fab team have some great inspiration on the challenge site, as well as a gorgeous piece from our guest Kate Crane - you can find more ideas on her blog here.  Here is my journalling effort -

It's the first page in my book journal - the cover of which you can see here. I'm going to create pages inspired by some of the books I read and having just recently finished 'To Kill a Mocking Bird' here is where I started. It really is one of those books everyone should read at some point.  I've used inspiration from the book cover and painted a tree, stamped some leaves and created the background with distress stains, bubblewrap printing and a polka dot stamp.

On the right I've stamped a text border and those Time Holtz birds. The title strip is inked with distress inks and dylusions ink spray, flicked with water and then stamped and embossed with the birds on a wire. Our generous sponsor is Flonzcraft and you can win a voucher to spend on their wide range of rubber stamps, and don't forget that we do need to see stamping on your entry. I look forward to visiting your journalling projects..Esther xx