Embossing at The Stampman

Time for a new challenge at The Stampman and this fortnight we're looking for embossing.  For this I made a little poppy hanger for Janet's Appeal later on this year - details are HERE if you'd lke to donate cards etc with a poppy theme.

I used a triple embossing technique for this, if you haven't tried it before pull up a pew and I'll walk ya through!

I started with some 2"x2" squares by Magenta.  These are very sturdy, you need to use something sturdy for triple embossing or it can break (or crumble in the post which I found out once!)  The Stampman sell chipboard squares which are fab for this technique and more.

Colour your chipboard with a base colour of pigment ink - dye will just seep into the chipboard so you need a pigment which sits on the surface.  Here I used a black brilliance ink.

Step 2 - Add some embossing powder, tap off the excess and heat.  Allow this to cool and use a clear ink to add another layer.  You can of course play around and add various colours of ink.

Now just to mention if you see this demo'ed at a show you may see us leave the embossing powder in a pile and quickly flip the tile onto it whilst its still hot.  This is for more experienced who have finger tips of steel lol!  If its your first time then let it cool before adding more ink and another layer of powder. 

Step 3 - Before you add your 3rd layer ink up your chosen stamp (or you'll be faffing around when the tile is hot!) then complete your 3rd layer.  Whilst the tile is still hot and the melted powder is still soft, press your stamp firmly into the tile then leave it to cool. 

NB: If you remove your stamp when its still hot you could end up with molten embossing powder stuck to it and cause damage. After about a minute it will simply pop off.
You can use coloured inks or a clear ink but make sure you at least have versamark on to protect your stamp.  Don't use clear stamps for this, just rubbah!

Just showing you the effects of moonglow over black, it changes appearance depending on the base colour, luuuurvly!

OK you got that?  Go have a play!  For this I punched holes in the tiles BEFORE I added powder and made a little hanger :)  Don't be afraid to experiment!  Come show us your creations over at The Stampman!

Would also like to enter into...

Crafty Catz - Embossing

Gingersnap - Once in a blue moon (GC 68 Red & Black)

Make it Monday - Anything goes (Inspiration)

Creatalicious - Two Tone

Glitter at Crafts & Me

Mina is hosting this weeks challenge over at Crafts & Me challenges and she has chosen the theme 'Glitter' yay!
For this I used a digi image called Poppy by Sara Burrier coloured with promarkers.  I've used feather blending on the wings with yellows and pinks then drawn over with a thin layer of quickie glue and added glamour dust.  I've added distress ink (worn lipstck and spun sugar) and drawn a line around the inside of the nestie and added gold glitter.
The sentiment came with one of the sweet pea sheets I think, papers are Bearly Mine Designs which I've also gone around the panels with the dragonflies on with glamour dust.

I even managed to keep her colouring quite pastelly which is unusual for me ha!  I do find it difficult to keep an image light as I'm definately more of a bright bold colourer!

A quick reminder that Crafts and Me have a blog hop going with some amazing designs from the teamies!  You'll find the start of it here.  It runs until 15th so plenty of time to amble round :)

Thats me done so come grab your glitters and join in this week :)  I'm off to get messy and make a hangy thingy!

Would also lke to enter into...

Corrosive challenges - Pastel
Dream Valley Challenges - Wings
Papertake - Anything goes+Something New (Digi is new)
Scrap Creations - Recipe (Pearls, Glitter, Flowers)
Anything goes challenge - Pearls
Flutterby Wednesday - Open Week
Little Clares - Celebration with spring colours

Thanks for looking!

Yellow & Pink at Passion for #Promarkers

Its a colour theme this week at Passion for Promarkers and we are using Yellow and Pink which is lovely for this time of year.  We are sponsored by LETRASET who are offering a stamping kit as a prize so well worth taking the plunge!

I don't have much yellow in the way of papers or embellishments and my printer ink had run out so I couldn't rely on my collection from Bearly Mine (Have replaced carts today!) so had to have a good rummage!  I've coloured this stamp by Sarah Kay in yellows, pink and brown now get the flags out I've actually USED it haha!  I bought this at Port Sunny in gosh must have been just before I started on Stampman so October 2009 *blushes* and she sat in a bag for the first 6 months and I stamped her out a few times but never coloured her so this is a first outing lol!  I hope this qualifies for Pollycraft who's theme is old neglected stamp, she's neglected for sure and was inked up over a year ago but not used *ahem*

She's coloured with promarkers then I used my beloved Letrajet to add buttercup around her, added some old peel off corners then blended on some yellow and gold then removed the peel offs.  The little flowers are all airbrushed too using buttercup and baby pink.  Papers are papermania (yellow one) and I don't know the brown one with the yellow & pink dots
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Hope you can join in with this lovely spring theme this week!

(BTW the hashtag I do on the title posts is deliberate - its so it shows on searches for promarkers on twitter :)  )

Would also like to enter into...

Pollycraft - Old neglected stamp

Sparkles forum - Springtime

Crafty Pad - Flowers

Allsorts - Bloomin Blossoms

Paper Sundaes - Spring blossoms

Crafty Cardmakers RECIPE

Hellooooooo!  Dee has cooked up a recipe for us this week at Crafty Cardmakers and she has chosen...

USE YELLOW AS YOUR MAIN COLOUR

USE RIBBONS

USE RHINESTONES/GEMS

USE STITCHING FAUX OR REAL

The Stampman are sponsoring us with a £10 voucher for their shop!  BTW they have some great new stamps in called Framies which fit exactly into certain nestie shapes - go check them out HERE! 

For this I chose an image by Pink Cat Studio, I won a challenge at Charisma a while back and this was one of the ones I chose.  I was having a look through the Postpals site and I have a little girl in mind for this one.  In fact there are quite a few of their stamps that are great for little uns!

I've coloured with promarkers and used glaour dust on the flowers, bobbles and belt so its super sparkly.  I've also used some dewdrops from Robins Nest.  The flowers are airbrushed to match although I'm going to tinker with the white ones as they look a bit like fried eggs lol!

Hope you can join in Dee's recipe challenge at Crafty Cardmakers!

I would also like to enter into...

The Sweet Stop - Sketch

Charisma - Bling & Sparkles

Stampin Sisters in Christ - Card for a child

Crafty Emma's - Children

Paper Playtime - Digi Anything goes

Kaboodle Doodles - Girly

Digital delights - Flowers

Crazy Challenge - Flowers

Thanks for looking!

Crafts & Me 1st Blog Hop

Crafts and Me Challenges recently celebrated their 1st Anniversary and we have also taken on some new teamies which now includes a Digital Design Team plus new faces also on the Rockin Rubbah team so we thought we'd celebrate with a little blog hop!
We have goodies hidden on various teamies blogs so I hope you'll leave them all a nice comment along the way :)
If you've arrived from the CRAFTS AND ME CHALLENGE BLOG you're on the right track! If not, you need to start at the Crafts and Me Challenge blog, click HERE to go to the start!
We're running the hop from 1st April to Midnight (GMT) 15th April so a whole 2 weeks to play along. You need to collect the letters to form a phrase and leave comments on each individual stop to be eligible for the individual prizes plus the grand prize. Once you have collected all the letters leave a comment on the Crafts & Me shop Blog. Hop post.  You also need to be a follower of the shop blog.

You're looking for your next letter which is... R

Here's my creation which is 2 digital stamps by Crafts & Me; Noon and I've used part of the moon swing, both you will find HERE.  I've coloured with promarkers and airbrushed the clouds also the sentiment was a peel off, airbrushed with promarkers to match the dress then the peel off removed.  The wings are coloured with a clear sakura stardust pen.

Thanks for coming to visit, don't forget to leave me a comment and hop on over to AMY!