Seeing Red at The Stampman

Evening all!  Finally made it online lol!  I'm cutting it close aren't I!  I've nodded off a couple of times as the bed is soooo warm and my lad has got in making it even more attractive to cuddle up and zone out.  Had to stay awake as I was bidding on something on ebay and wanted to make sure I got it lol!  I don't use fancy bid thingies I like the thrill of the chase :)  Got one of the dance mats for the wii the other day but no game so I was looking at the game for it with an extra mat as Ethan loves playing with me so finally got it yay!

Anyhow over to my challenge for you at The Stampman this fortnight and I have set you a task of using RED, either a little or preferably a lot..

I had a little play around with techniques the other day and used sponges to put fired brick and black soot distress ink onto card then dipped an old toothbrush into bleach then flcked the bristles which is the piece I used at the back.  I used parazone which is a tad harsh lol!

The embossed piece I swiped the inkpads direct to the card, they came out much darker then dried t with a heat gun and used the divine swirls cuttlebug folder and the image is from my new set of stamps which was part of my birthday treat off OH and thats Aspects of Design 60 - Classical Instruments.  I've stamped and embossed with moonglow midnight ruby then using the blending tool added distress ink from the outside inwards and any bits I went over I bleached out.  Its mounted on silver holographic card with some black organza ribbon and sticky gems to finish.

Hope you can come over to the challenge and show me some red!

Here's the backing one I showed other day, ink up your card then dip an old toothbrush in some bleach and pull the bristles back over the card.  You may want to tap off excess bleach first or you get big blobs like this (or you may like that!)  WATCH YOUR CLOTHES!

I'd also like to enter into the following challenges...

Crafty Catz - SOmething new (Stamps)
Gingersnap - Spicy supply challenge - Ribbon
Top Tip Tuesday - Anything goes

Evening all!

Evening all!  Been having a little play today so I'm showing these 2 makes.  First one is the new stamps by The Stampman which fit perfectly into certain nestabilities, this one is from the scalloped framies sheet here that fits inside Petite Scalloped Circles Large nestabilities here.  Its embossed with detail white embossing powder and I added a simple peel off sentiment and a couple of tiny punched butterflies and added some paper flowers to frame it.  These stamps are really versatile and can be used in a complex design or a more clean and simple one for most occasions.



Would like to enter this into...

ABC Challenge - V for Violet
Creative craft challenges - restful colours
Anything goes challenge - Bingo (Ribbon, flowers, die cut)
I did it creations - anything goes

This one is another stamp from The Stampman and is from the Aspects of Design 01 Floral sheet which is featured in this months Craft Stamper.  I coloured with promarkers and then added 3d gloss and a sprinkle of glamour dust.  I'm playing with my doilys again lol!  I coloured that with victorian velvet distress ink and also added some sparkle with glamour dust.

Would like to enter this into...

I love promarkers - Pearls
Creative Card Crew - anything goes
Crafting for all seasons - anything goes
Truly Scruptious - anything goes
Papertake weekly - Pastels
Woodware USA - Anything goes

Nearly the weekend so hope everyone has fun!  Thanks for stopping by, I really appreciate it x

Eeeek! Cards for Men at The Stampman!

Jill does lke to scare us a bit over at The Stampman challenges and this fortnight is MENS CARDS aaarrgh!  I thought should I pull a sickie, I've been run over by a bus or something but gave myself a good kick and set to work!

Recently I've been playing with triple embossing having been asked to demo it at Port Sunny which is actually Jills demo but she was engaged elsewhere so whats a girl to do but oblige!  A customer wanted to see how it was done so I showed her and they are fun to do especially with yummy Moonglow embossing powders!  Jill's also got these fab chipboard tiles in the shop which are perfect for triple embossing so I started with one of the tiles, added a green pigment ink for the base and triple embossed with Moonglow Adobe Fire embossing powder.  I've inked up the dragonfly stamp which is from Aspects of Design 03 Botanical plate with gold brilliance ink and pressed into the tile.  The background paper is from.... I have nooooooo idea lol!  I got it in a swap I think!  The panel is a fab stamp called Stone relief border which just looks great on any colour background, been playing with that one lots this week (and its HALF PRICE!)  I stamped it onto Moonshadow Ethereal Emerald which is one of my favs!
The rusty looking nail heads were black, I didn't have any gold so I splodged them with a gold acrylic dabber and also used that on the edge of the tile.

See Men's Cards aren't so bad eh!  I did keep it simples and for any occasion as the tile and moonshadow background provide enough visual appeal (in real life!)

Hope ya come an join in over at The Stampman challenges x

The Stampman Blog Hop!

Ooooh its all exciting!  Its another STAMPMAN BLOG HOP!  If you're in the right order you should have landed here from Michelle (Midnight Crafter) if not jump to the start of the hop which you will find here.

We are running it alongside our regular challenge which is to Alter something.  You don't have to take part in the altering challenge to do the blog hop but Jill has put an extra big prize on the blog to entice you to have a go at it :)

Onto the hop, the destructions are below:
To qualify for a prize you will need to do the following.
- Display The Stamp Man Challenge blinkie on your blog (if you have a blog), simply copy and paste the code to your sidebar.

- Create a post about our blog hop with a link back to our challenge blog

- Leave a message on each blog you visit, if you do not leave comments at each one, you will not be eligible for the prize. If you don't have a blog you must put your full name in your comment.
There is a letter on each of the blogs, once you have worked out the anagram leave a comment in the relevant post at the end of the hop with your answer (these are moderated so you won't be able to peek lol!)

My letter is M so make a note of that!  I created mine using a couple of coats of gesso, sanded it down then dried starburst stains Tibetian poppy teal onto it with a heat gun, stamped the smaller fairies randomly then cut out one of the larger fairies which is embossed with moonglow embossing powder, added lots of bling bling too and painted the edges with black acrylic paint.  I used....

ASPECTS OF DESIGN 59 - STARBURST FAIRIES which just happens to be the prize you could get from my blog whoop whoop!
Your next stop on the hop is Lisa (Sparkle & Stamps)  Don't forget to leave me a comment before you hop, good luck!
The blog hop is open until 9pm GMT Thursday 7th October.  Good Luck and have fun!