Stampotique Challenge - ALTER IT!!!!

Good Morning, Its my turn to host this weeks challenge over at Stampotique Designers Challenge and I have chosen

ALTER IT!!

Alter anything you like, we all have odd items lying around the house that are just crying out to be cheered up with a bit of altering such as unused CD’s , old boxes, photo frames you can even decorate the cover of an old book.

For this challenge I chose to alter an Ikea mirror given to me by my crafty chum Debbie.   I first applied a coat of black acrylic paint to the wooden frame of the mirror, whilst that was drying I sprayed a 12” piece of white card with a number of different Dylusion spray inks to build up a nice background.  Once this was dry I then stamped various Stampotique images onto it. This card was then cut into jagged shapes and arranged on the frame to create a mosaic style. Once I was happy with the layout the cut shapes were finally glued into place.  The idea is based on a mosaic mirror bessie Sue created a few years ago using broken pieices of lasagne (must admit to trying it once but the lasagne turned mouldy :O)  (turned out I didn't seal it first before applying the paint)!!  Anyway here is my mirror........

 

Remember each time you join the weekly challenge you have the opportunity to win one of two $30 gift certificates for Stampotique stamps.  Only one entry per person and you may use any stamps.

I really hope you will join in with this weeks challenge and can’t wait to see your ‘Altered Item’.  Please pop over to Stampotique Designers Challenge blog to see what my Design Teamies have created to inspire you.

Thanks for looking

Polly x

Stampotique Designers Challenge - Sketch

Yeayyyy - My first posting as a Design Team member for Stampotique - nervous or what!!!! Eeks ;O)

It's Stampotique Designers Challenge time and this weeks theme is to follow a sketch designed by Kim.

I decided to rotate the sketch so it became landscape.  I used watercolour paper, spritzed it first with water then sprayed Dylusions London Blue and Cut Grass over it.  I stamped Carols Small Flower with Stazon Fushia Pink onto the left side, coloured Cabbage Rose in Polychromos pencils, cut her out and placed her just over the edge of the stamped flowers.  I then stamped the verse It was the sweetest, most mysterious-looking place....., layered it on black card then pink card and here it is....

I hope you will join in with the challenge and look forward to seeing your creations. 

Don't forget we are now doing weekly challenges so you will have until Tuesday 14th August to 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.

BFN

Polly x

FANTASTIC NEWS!!!

Ever since I got an email 3 weeks ago I have just been soooo excited but at last I can proudly show off this!!!!!

I was lucky enough to be chosen to join all those super talented ladies over at the Stampotique Design Team  -YEAAAYYYYY !!!! Love love love Stampotique stamps and have in my collection 14 of the little beauties - my favourites just have to be the Mermaids! 

So.... I'm going to be spending lots of time in the craft room and hubby is going to become a really good cook and housekeeper  ;O)

Hope you will join in the challenges over at The Stampotique Challenge blog and I look forward to seeing you all there.

Polly

Simon Says Stamp and Show - Hey Girl

On holiday now for a couple of weeks so I had some time to play with inks, stamps and another drawing of a Natasha May Cotton Candy Girl - can you tell I am just loving drawing these faces.  I have used a 5" by 7" canvas which I covered with Dylusions inks, added paper which I had spritzed, sprayed and splattered with the inks, a Crafty Individual Script stamp, some My Minds Eye Scrapbook paper, and the Tim Holtz Butterfly die and here it is..........

I am entering this canvas into Simon Says Stamp and Show - Hey Girl

Thanks for looking

Polly

Natasha May Cotton Candy Girl

I joined Natasha May's online workshop 'Cotton Candy Girls' a few weeks ago - FABULOUS!!!  Her artwork is fantastic, the tutorials and workshops are so easy to follow - highly recommend it! And at $25 (about £15) - so cheap and I really would have paid more.

I got a 13" x 10" canvas out, some Dylusion inks, gesso, stamps and created a bright background, stenciled some gesso through a stencil.  Whilst that was drying I drew out the face on some scrapbook paper, coloured her in with Polychromos pencils, cut out a basic dress for her and stuck her onto the background with Golden Gel Medium.  I then stamped the free flower stamp from Craft Stamper onto scraps of paper and cut them now, stamped the flower stamp and grass stamp from Hot Picks Paperartsy 'Lifes a Garden at the bottom and glued on the flowers.  Added some more script text over the image, added lace and buttons, stamped the title 'Lifes a Garden' and here it is.....

Can't wait to make more :O)

I am joining in with the challenge over at Simon Says Stamp and Show - Spritz, spray or stencil
Thanks for looking

Polly

Stampotique Challenge - Out of the Box

I finally have the full set of Stampotique Mermaids designed by Daniel Torrente - yeayyy!!!!  Have wanted these stamps for ages.  So time to join in with the current challenge over at Stampotique - Outside the Box  - in other words out of your comfort zone). 
As you know I'm not that comfortable making a mess - like things a little 'just so' so armed with a 8" flat canvas, Weathered Wood, Faded Jeans and Picket Fence Distress Stains and some water I made little puddles of colour on my mat and squashed my canvas on it to create the background.  Once dried I added splodges and flicks of black ink, daubed on some gold paint and drew a border round the canvas with a Black Sharpie pen.  I coloured my mermaids with Spectrum Noir pens, drew some clouds on some old text paper and daubed some white paint through some sequin waste.  I then stamped the Stampotique Bee stamp onto some acetate, cut out the wings and added them to the mermaids and here is my little wall hanging...

I really really like this and will definitely be creating more little canvases like these  :O)

Thanks for looking   

(2nd post of the day - must be something to do with getting up before 7am - got so much done!!!  )

Polly xx

StuckOnUSketches - MUM

In the few years that I have been scrapbooking this is the first completed layout I have made using a photo of my late Mum.  I have at least 3 in progress but have never been able to finish them - this time I created the layout THEN added the photo - think it is down to the fact that I only have this one photo of her and she was only 19 at the time.

As usual the sketch over at StuckonUSketches is fantastic and perfect for the Kaisercraft papers I bought recently at Grimsby Crafts - yummy scrummy vintage - luurve them!!!.  I used my faithful MS round the edge punch, a Cheery Lynn Doily die, Spellbinders Banner die, TH Tag die for the label, cream ribbon and pearls, a lovely cream Prima butterflies, a pearl flourish cut in half, TH photo strip and some Prima Flowers to finish it off and here it is....

Right - off to photo my Stampotique piece

Thanks for looking

Polly x