This is my last week as a Guest Designer for Cupcake Craft Challenge and their challenge this week is Fairy Tales.  Before I show you what I made for this challenge I would just like to say a mahoosive thank you to Faye and the team for having me - its been an absolute pleasure :o).

I decided to use my Wizard of OZ digital images by the talented Lily Chilvers of Octopode.  All were printed on Personal Impressions Artisan Smooth White card and all coloured in with Spectrum Noir pens.  I blended a combination of Distress Inks on Manilla tags, splattered water and added pieces of old text to the bottom of each tag.  A Dylusions leaf stamp was stamped at the top with Mowed Grass Distress Ink, a quote was added to each tag and here they are...

Do pop over and see what all the Design Team have created for this challenge - they will certainly inspire you :O)

Polly x

Stampotique Challenge - Party Favours

Yeayyyyyy its that time again over at Stampotique Challenge and this weeks theme has been set by the ultra talented artist and design team member Maria

''We all like to party! A sweet treat for your friends, family or co workers is always welcome! But the message is the most important. I challenge you to create a party/lunch favour. Could be any theme: halloween, christmas, birthday theme or just because. ''

I decided to make a little party bag (plenty of templates to choose from on Google) inked with the following Distress Inks - Picked Raspberry and Spiced Marmalade.  Splattered some water on it, damped off with kitchen roll and splattered with some Dylusions Black Marble ink spray.  Both Smile (6078), Gussie up we're having a party (8815) and Carols Small Flower (9166) were stamped onto Neenah card.  Smile was coloured in with Spectrum Noir pens and the sentiment was cut was edged with black chalk.  A piece of torn text was added to the bottom of the bag, a pearl added to the centre of the flower, some bright pink ribbon was used to tie up the bag and here it is......

Why not pop over to Stampotique Designer's Challenge to see all the lovely designs the Design Team have created and join in with us. Don't forget we are now doing weekly challenges so you will have until Tuesday, 25th September 2012 to link up and play along for your chance to win. All winners from the challenges from the month will have a chance to win, we will randomly draw 2 winners for a $30 gift certificate for Stampotique stamps at our first challenge of the following month (October).  You can use ANY images too but only 1 entry per person.  Stampotique will draw 2 random winners on the first week of our challenge in October fro all those who played in the September challenges.

Thanks for looking

Polly x

Cupcake Craft Challenge - Gold and Script

It's my third week as Guest Designer over at Cupcake Craft Challenge and their theme this week is Gold and Script.

This week I thought I would create a little wall hanging so I got some Manilla paper and used Distress inks in Mustard Seed and Orange Marmalade to create a background.  I then inked up Tim Holtz Papillon Script with Versaink and stamped onto the background, added some gold embossing powder and heated it up.  I then cut out a piece of hardboard and popped that through the Big Shot using Tiim Holtz Baroque diecut and then used the same die on the background and glued both together.  I painted a Melissa Frances frame with Orange Paint Dabbers and then highlighted the raised areas with gold rubon.  I glued behind this the sentiment 'Life is short do what you love'.  Added a flourish, flower and a little gold hanger and here it is......

 

Please pop over the Cupcake Craft Challenges to see what all the very talented Design Team have created and join in with the challenge.

Thanks for looking

Polly x

 

Stampotique challenge - Mustard, Navy and Orange

Wahahhayyyyyyy its Stampotique Challenge time again - this weeks theme is a colour theme set by another very talented design team member - Jane. The colours - Mustard, Navy and Orange.

After a recent trip to Gainsborough I bought a few templates from House of Sandra and one of them was a shoe.  So out came my Claudine Helmuth Sticky Back Canvas and set to sprarying it with Dylusion Inks - Sweetened Orange, Lemon Zest and Pure Sunshine.  Once dry I then removed the sticky backing and placed the canvas on some orange card, cut round the template and started gluing together the pieces.   The back piece of the shoe was hand drawn as I wanted to create the look of an 'espadrille' (remember those???).  Orange and yellow buttons were stuck together to make the heel, some metal corners were bent slightly to cover the front toe.  A inner sole was cut freehand out of navy card.  Carols Flowers were stamped onto paper already spritzed with ink and cut out to form the flower.  A long length of ribbon was added to tie up the shoe and then it was mounted onto navy card.  I added some butterflies that I printed off on the computer, added the PAPILLON text and here it is...

 

Why not pop over to Stampotique Designer's Challenge to see all the lovely designs the Design Team have created and join in with us. Don't forget we are now doing weekly challenges so you will have until Tuesday, 18th September 2012 to link up and play along for your chance to win. All winners from the challenges from the month will have a chance to win, we will randomly draw 2 winners for a $30 gift certificate for Stampotique stamps at our first challenge of the following month (October).  You can use ANY images too but only 1 entry per person.  Stampotique will draw 2 random winners on the first week of our challenge in Octorber fro all those who played in the September challenges.

Thanks for looking

Cupcake Challenge - In Stitching

Wahayyyyyyyy - my 2nd week as a Guest Designer at Cupcake Craft Challenge !!! and their challenge this week is to show Stitching- Faux or Real stitching.  I'm showing Faux stitching as I don't know how to thread my sewing machine - I seem to have lost the manual!!!

I have stamped the Gorjuss image Waiting onto Kraft card and coloured her in with Polychromos pencils blending with the lighter pencil.  I then diecut the image with a Spellbinders die - Labels and then rubbed on faux stitching from a transfer sheet that had white stitching on it.  Cut lots of pink paper with the same Label diecut, popped it through my Zutter machine, added complimentary ribbons and here it is.....  a little notepad :O)

 

Please pop over the Cupcake Craft Challenges to see what all the very talented Design Team have created and join in with the challenge.

Thanks for looking

Polly x

Stampotique Challenge - Combining Stamps

Wahahhayyyyyyy its time again for a new challenge over at Stampotique Challenge and the theme has been set by the very talented France - combining Stamps!!!  Genius!!!!

After a lot of thinking and playing I decided to use Karin (6108) and Leaf (3024) - Karin was stamped onto Neenah paper and coloured in with Spectrum Noir pens, Carols Small Flower (9166) and Leaf was stamped onto paper already spritzed and sprayed with ink.  My background is just Distress Inks in Picked Raspberry, Spiced Marmalade, and Worn Lipstick, spritzed with water and a few drops of black ink dropped onto it.  I added Karins head and legs to the leaf, added a piece of text from an old book, added a border, stamped the sentiment A little garden (9087) and here it is....

Why not pop over to Stampotique Designer's Challenge to see all the lovely designs the Design Team have created and join in with us.  Don't forget we are now doing weekly challenges so you will have until Tuesday, 11th September 2012 to link up and play along for your chance to win.  All winners from the challenges from the month will have a chance to win, we will randomly draw 2 winners for a $30 gift certificate for Stampotique stamps at our first challenge of the following month (October).


You can use ANY images too.

Thanks for looking

Polly xx

Stampotique Grand Finale Blog Hop

Today is our last day of the hop and the images you have been seeing over the last few days are now available over on the Stampotique website.  I have my list all prepared :O)

So today I am very excited to showcase all the lovely images that I chose to work with.  Here I decided to make a little notebook using - Front Door Shubbery 6158 and an old favourite - Picture door 6146

Here is a card using - Stringed Lights 6150, Daniels Tree Topper Large Angel 6157 and another old favourite Jingle your own damn bells

I then made some tags  - the first one using Underwhere 6155 and the sentiment Well la de frigging dah

Daniels Large Tree Topper Angel 6157 and large Moon 3044

Front Door Shubbery 6158, Picture door 6146, Picket Fence 6090 and Hanging Hearts 6119

 All 3 tags together to make the start of an ever expanding Tag Book :O)

And finally a little wall hanging using  Keep Calm 7350

I hope you have enjoyed seeing what I have created - your next stop on the blog hop is the very talented France Papillon 

Sam Read

Nellie van Leeuwen

Gez Butterworth

Polly Bennett  You are here

France Papillon

Maria Sabina Raita

Roc Nicholas

Kim Howard

Jennifer Cochran

Jo Capper-Sandon

Claire Boelema

Kaz Boughton

Kate Crane

Sarinda Jones

Carol Fox

Magda Polakow

Astrid Stulemeijer

Libby Hickson

Jane Wetzel

Valerie Wilson

Vicki Garrett

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And for our last little surprise, all of those who have hopped with us this week and today will be eligible for our random drawing of a winner to get some new release goodies. We will choose our winner next week before our next challenge.

Have fun hopping!

Wahayyyyyy Stampotique Blog Hop Day 4 and New Stamp Release

Did you love Kira's new images?  Doesn't she have the most darling little monsters?

Today we are sharing our last artist, one of our newer artists who makes some fabulous stamps for all those altered journals out there.  She's also one of our talented design team members.  Are you ready to see some of Roc Nicholas' new images?

Hop along with some of the design team today to see some of Roc's new images and come back and let us know what some of your favorites are.   Stick with us until tomorrow and one of you might be rewarded with some goodies.

Roc is sharing with us one of her creations here along with on her blog, so make sure to check it out.  She has used a few of her new stamps on this vibrant piece.

You'll want to start off your hop over at Kaz's blog.

Kaz Boughton

Jane Wetzel

Sam Read

Gez Butterworth

Roc Nicholas

Thanks for stopping by to visit us today and you'll want to stop back by tomorrow for the design team blog hop with all the new releases.

Wahayyy - Stampotique's Blog Hop Day 3 and New Stamp Release

I  know most of you hopping yesterday are chomping at the bit to get Daniel's images...but you'll have to wait a few more days.

Today we are sharing with you the release of the Kira Nichols new images.  You know her from creating the adorable little monsters and she's got a few more up her sleeve to share with us.

Hop along with some of the design team today to see some of Kira's new images and come back and let us know what some of your favorites are.   Stick with us until the final reveal on Wednesday and one of you might be rewarded with some goodies.

Kira is sharing one of her creations here as well as on her blog so make sure to end your hop over at her blog.  Look at this line-up, could they be any cuter?

You'll want to start off your hop over at Libby's blog.

Libby Hickson

Jennifer Cochran

Jo Capper-Sandon

Sarinda Jones

Astrid Stulemeijer

Kira Nichols

Thanks for stopping by to visit us today and you'll want to stop back by tomorrow for the 4th and final artist we'll be featuring.  This artist always adds some great journaling stamps to the Stampotique collection.

Guest Designer for Cupcake Craft Challenge

Wahayyyyyyyy - I was so excited and so very very chuffed to be asked by Cupcake Craft Challenge to be their Guest Designer for September.  Their challenge this week was chosen by Donna who has selected the following inspiration colour photo....

Love this colour combination - very fresh and spring-like.

So with those colours in mind I decided to make a card!!!  Yep a card - its very rare I make cards - guilty of buying birthday and christmas cards, shocking I know ;o).  I have used lots of 'stash' paper for my card, no inking or distressing whatsoever  as I wanted to keep the card very fresh looking, the flower is made with a Cheery Lyn roll diecut, a few acetate butterflies cut out and here it is............

Please pop over the Cupcake Craft Challenges to see what all the very talented Design Team have created and join in with the challenge.

Thanks for looking

Polly x

Wahayyy - Stampotique's Blog Hop Day 2 and New Stamp Release

Yesterday you got to see one of our new artists, Maria. Hope you enjoyed seeing her artwork!

Today we promised you a fan favorite, and we're hoping we can deliver on that. If you like spooky and strange characters, you will be happy to know Daniel Torrente has some new images coming your way. Now, I know you are jumping up and down screaming right now...but sit down and focus otherwise you might miss the sneak of some of new creations.

I decided to make a triangular box to hold chocolates in.  I spray inked the card first with Dylusion Inks in Blue London and Royal Blue. I added a piece of old paper text, Stamped Oh.. Tree 6152 on the centre panel.  Mini Ornaments 6153 were stamped onto Neenah paper and coloured in with Spectrum Noir pens, cut out and glued.  Rivets and co-ordinating ribbon were added and here it is............

Hop along with some of the design team today to see some of Daniel's new images and come back and let us know what some of your favorites are. Stick with us until the final reveal on Wednesday and one of you might be rewarded with some goodies.

You'll want to start off your hop over at Nellie's blog.

Nellie van Leeuwen

Polly Bennett

France Papillon

Carol Fox

Magda Polakow

Vicki Garrett

Thanks for stopping by to visit us today and you'll want to stop back by tomorrow for the 3rd artist we'll be featuring. This artist has some fun little monsters to share with you.

Polly x

Wahayyy - Stampotique's Blog Hop Day 1 and New Stamp Release

As Per our Team Captain Kim:

We are so excited we've been bursting at the seams to share with you, our biggest stamp fans, the September new image release. This time around we are going to be featuring one of our designers each day for four days leading up to our Grand Finale of the release of all the new stamps when they will be public on the Stampotique Originals store.

 

Today, I know for one, I am thrilled to feature one of our design team members who is so talented in every way. She excels in the arts; not just stamping, but jewelry, ATC's, photography, scrapbook pages, and her miniature food and food jewelry is crazy cool!!

Welcome to group of new stamp artists R. Maria Sabina aka Lollyrot. She has some adorable images and is sharing with us a card she created with her new image Zara Cupcake 7307

 

 

 

Hop along with some of the design team today to see some of Maria's new images and come back and let us know what some of your favorites are. Stick with us until the final reveal on Wednesday and one of you might be rewarded with some goodies.

You'll want to start off your hop over at Val's blog.

 

Valerie Wilson

Kate Crane

Kim Howard

Claire Boelema

Maria Sabina Raita

Stampotique Designer's Challenge

Thanks for stopping by to visit us today and you'll want to stop back by tomorrow for the 2nd artist we'll be featuring. It's not a new one, but the artist is a fan favorite.

If you get a bit lost along the way you can always go back to Stampotique Designer's Challenge
to see where you need to go.

Enjoy!!!!