A Damask card

Had some time this afternoon to have a play in the craft room so out came my Stampotique Damask stamp (5806) and one of Marias new stamps for Stampotique which is Keep Calm ..(7305) and I made a card!!!!  Wowzers :O) - this doesnt happen very often :O)

I stamped the Damask stamp in Brown Stazon on some white card at 1.75" intervals and then in between them, distressed inked it all over with Old Paper and around the edges with Vintage Photo.  Lightly inked the Melissa Frances frame with Old Paper and Stormy Weather and stamped the sentiment also in Stormy Weather.  Added some cream Toile ribbon, lace, flowers and leaves and here it is....

 

I am adding this into the following challenges

 

The Ribbon Reel - Damsk pattern, lace and ribbon and a neutral colour palette

The House That Stamps Built - sketch

 

Thanks for looking

 

Polly x

Stampotique Challenge - Weather

Wahayyyyyyy time again for a new challenge over at Stampotique Challenge blog and this weeks theme is Weather and has been set by the very talented Sue Davis:

Over here in England one of our main topics of conversation is the weather. We can have sun, rain, wind and snow all in the same day. So I'm challenging you to show me some weather - have fun!"

I decided to make a little wall hanging using one of my new Stampotique stamps Relaxin' - 6050.  I blended Salty Ocean, Faded Jeans, Cut Grass for the background, added some Mustard Seed in the corner and then blended Spiced Marmalade and Mustard Seed through a Dylusion mask to create rays of sunshine.   Spritzed with water and wiped off.  Relaxin was stamped onto the background and again on Neenah paper and coloured in with Spectrum Noir pens.  I then stamped and cut out Picket Fence - 6090, stamped Carols Small Flower - 9166 onto some already sprayed paper from my stash, stamped around the edges with Abstract Foliage - 3031, added a summer quote and here it is....... 

Why not pop over and see what fantastic designs the Stampotique Design Team have created and join in.  Remember you can use any stamps you like (but we love it when you use Stampotique). Don't forget there are two $30 gift certificates up for grabs at the end of the month to buy more lovely rubber.

Thanks for looking

Polly x

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