Sunday Stamper - Week 78 - Oh Christmas Tree

Morning Stampers :O))

Thank you for joining in with the challenge last week...lots of heavenly fun houses were made :O)) The new theme for the challenge this week is Christmas Trees...to join in, all you need to do is make something, incorporate the theme and some stamping...and then leave a comment here for me along with a link to your Blog so I can come and visit you.




I have made a Christmas hanging piece for my entry using Maya Road chipboard for the base, the sentiment frame and snowflakes...and used those lovely Studio 490 stamps by Wendy Vecchi. I used some Grungepaper to make a poinsettia embellishment, adding beads to the centre for a bit of bling...and used Grungeboard for the Christmas Tree...adding some pearls which I had coloured gold with a Krylon pen.




The background was achieved by painting the base with Traditional Tan paint, adding Rock Candy Cracklepaint randomly over this...allowing it to dry...adding Rock Candy Stickles over the cracks...and then finally using Glimmer Mists to colourise it. I added some Gold wax into the crackles just to add some sparkle.




Thanks for looking...I can't wait to see all your creations...and...this piece will be given away to one blogger who joins in with the challenge .. which will be open until 23:00 Saturday 21st November.

Hels x

Play...Tag?

...I love a good challenge and over on the Play Date Cafe blog this week the challenge is a colour one...yum...the colours to use are: blue/green, chocolate brown, tan and cream...real warm homely colours I think :O))




I made a tag for my entry...using Distress Inks to make a background colour and then stamping some Studio 490 stamps into some more DI's that I splodged onto the craft sheet and spritzed with water...I love this method... simply because the DI's react with water...so when you stamp the background it is a lovely bleachy look.




I also used more Studio 490 stamps for the main part and sentiment...and used Grungepaper to make some adornments for the head...which also had some Film Strip attached to make some specs...I know I have said this a thousand times but...Wendy Vecchi has the most amazing range of stamps...very versatile...and she continually comes up with brilliant ideas on her Blog...which I then snaffle and use myself...total copycat I know...but I cannot resist!




You know I said yesterday that the weather was going to be bad???? Well, during the night I thought the house was going to fly away...and I would end up in Oz just like Dorothy...it has calmed a bit now but definitely another day indoors for me! Thanks for looking...oh and don't forget to pop in tomorrow...for a brand new Sunday Stamper challenge :O))

Hels x

Another Award :O))

Ooooh, I got another award...tis a grand week for them :O)) This time it was from Helen...so thank you hun x




And...you have to tell 5 facts about yourself before passing it on to 5 more people;

Inky Fact 1 - I have brown eyes

Inky Fact 2 - My favourite season is Spring

Inky Fact 3 - I am a closet head banger...I loooove rock music

Inky Fact 4 - I used to ride motorbikes

Inky Fact 5 - I can waggle my ears and cross one eye at the same time **very attractive**

I am passing this award on to:

Lynn

Sandy

Laura

Shazza

Minxy

Thanks!!

Maya Christmas

...Aha, here I sit...chortling to myself again...Maya Christmas...well, Merry Christmas actually...but I am trying to be funny .. again LOL




When Wendy from The Stamp Attic sent me some Maya Road stash I had to do a little jig...I looooove Maya Road more than I love chocolate :O)) I decided to get a little festive and made a little teensy hanging ornament for the Christmas tree using one of the pages of the little book. I covered it with Distress Ink, used ... *stop yawning LOL* Wendy Vecchi's amazingly wonderful Studio 490 stamps and then jazzed it up with some Rock Candy Stickles.




Now, I was sent a Maya Road die sheet which means that it is an A4 piece of chip that you push out the pieces...and in this pack is a backing piece of cardstock to keep it sturdy I guess...and the card is grey...which matches the Maya Rd...which means I have an A4 sheet of really thick card to play with too...so I stamped the sentiment onto this and then used more Distress Inks to colour it. The little dangly bit is actually one piece from a Maya Rd acrylic keychain...alcohol inked and then a tree made with shrink plastic to finish. The ricracs are all Maya Rd too....hence....the title of this post...the keychain is sooooo sweet..and each little acrylic piece has a special protective coat which stops it from getting scratched before you use it....tis easy to peel off too...how clever!



Thanks for looking....Have a great day...apparently it is going to be dreadful weather with gale force winds and lots of rain...fab excuse for staying indoors and keeping warm :O)) and getting inky LOL

Hels x

I Got An Award......

....Aw, Shazza gave me an award..bless...only thing is now I have loads of Q's to answer so I had better stop with the waffle and get on with them...Oh and ... even worse, only one word answers to them too!!!!! Whatever will I do????





1. Where is your
cell phone? … Charging
2. Your hair? …Blonde (with brown roots)
3. Your mother? ... Er,.....
4. Your father?… The best
5. Your favourite food? … Savoury (ok, and chocolate)
6. Your dream last night?… **how can I get this in one word??** Vampires - you know who LOL
7. Your favourite drink? … Diet Coke and Coffee **not at the same time tho**
8. Your dream/goal?… To be healthy
9. What room are you in?… Dining
10. Your hobby?… Crafting
11. Your fear?… Drowning
12. Where do you want to be in 6 years?… Painfree please
13. Where were you last night? … In the Room of Stash
14. Something that you’re aren’t?… Male
15. Muffins?…Yes Please!!
16. Wish list item? … RollerSkates & a Porchse 911 GT3
17. Where did you grow up? … As soon as I left home
18. Last thing you did?…Typed answers to this daft questionaire LOL
19. What are you wearing?…Joggy's
20. Your TV?… Widescreen jobby (too big if you ask me)
21. Your Pets?…AlfieCat & 2 fishes
22. Friends? … The Best
23. Your life?… Hopefully long!
24. Your mood?… Happy
25. Missing Someone?… Yes, my Dad
26. Vehicle?… Fiat 500
27. Something you're not wearing?… A Hat
28. Your favourite store? … Esho Funi
29. Your favourite colour?… Browns
30. When was the last time you laughed?… A second ago
31. Last time you cried?…Yesterday
32. Your best friend?… Grim
33. One place that I go to over and over? …Toilet
34. Facebook?… Yep
35. Favourite place to eat?… Sitting on the harbour wall at Whitby, eating Fish n Chips straight from the wrapper with seagulls swooping about trying to pinch me chips.......


Sorry folks, I think I did sooo well only having the odd slip up with the one word answers...I just cannot be helped...I talk too much ROFL

I now have to pass this on to 5 peeps!

Lottie
Linda
Jennie
Shaz
Anne

TTFN xx

Santa Got Tagged!

...Mmmm, I love this Santa image from the Tim Holtz collection...does anyone else think that he bears more than a passing resemblance to David Bellamy tho??? ** For the UK readers, you will probably know who I am on about if you are old enough LOL ** He is a well know British Naturalist...and....oh, I am so excited that I can write this....I didn't have to "gwapple with me gwape nuts" when I made this tag....**I reeeeeally hope that just a few of you know exactly what I have just said and you don't all think I am stark staring bonkers ...ROFL...sometimes I sit here typing...laughing my socks off ... humour me...please??????**




Anyway...the tag...made using Distress Inks, blending them all together with Cut & Dry foam and then stamping Santa Bellamy over the top with StaZon and then using a waterbrush to add some extra colouring to the image...even if I did over do the cheeks so he now looks like he has had just a tot too much sherry :O))




I added some Rock Candy Cracklepaint in patches and once this had dried I splodged some Rock Candy Stickles over the top for some Christmas Sparkle...the little Idea-ology bits just finish it off nicely I think.

I have had a lovely morning...and I am sooo lucky! Lottie came to visit and brought with her two of those amazing bags she has been making...click on her name and you can see her beautiful art! Thanks for looking..have a good day peeps x

Button It :O))

...The theme of the new Gingersnap Creations challenge is Buttons...now, I don't know about you but I have hundreds of the little beggars and never remember to use them...so this was a great excuse for a rummage in my button tin :O))




I used some Crafty Individuals papers to stamp my Stitchels Dotty Dot flower onto, using all three of the sizes to make three big flowers. I used Jazz Blue and Turquoise Glimmer Mists to colour the background for stamping a Penny Black sentiment onto and then added a bit more colour to the actual card base. I used some scrummy cardstock from Paper Temptress (who are sponsoring the Gingersnaps this month) and matted the background onto this.




To make the flowers and their centre buttons blend, I spritzed Glimmer Mists over and also onto three more buttons, just so they matched a bit more. I finished by using a McGill punch to make some little ferny fronds for behind the flowers.

Thanks for looking...and for a fab challenge! Have a good day...

Hels x

Coffee Anyone???

...I just cannot leave those colour alone...coffee and cream...brilliantly lush paints by Kaisercraft with a little bit of Traditional Tan Claudine Hellmuth paint thrown on for good measure.



This is a Maya Road chipboard piece which was covered with Terra and then stamped into with texture stamps and then heat gunned to within an inch of its existence...hence the warty toad look I have achieved LOL The paints were splodged over the top using Cut & Dry and then gold Precious Metal paint applied over the bumpy bits.




The butterfly is made from Grungeboard and the leaves and flowers are Grungepaper, all coloured with Distress Inks and then curled to add depth. I added Rock Candy Stickles to the butterfly...and these images are Studio 490 stamps (yes...for a change LOL) The word is made up of Maya Road "Noah" chip letters..Idea-ology added and finally, a beautiful little egg timer charm which was kindly donated by Andrea...the whole piece needed that something extra and this was her idea...xx

Thanks for looking...have a great day!

Hels x

It's All Salvage....

....Actually, most of it is! I saw that Tim (!) Holtz has recently been using his Salvage Stickers to make a piece of art...link HERE...but...*intake of breath* he used Grungeboard to pop them onto...now, seemingly, this is a fab idea, definition, height, depth etc ...but...I am waaaay too stingy with my stash to use Grungeboard in such a manner, so I used mountboard, free from the framing shop, to stick my Salvage...er, stickers to :O))




I used a bigger piece of mountboard as a base...you know what is coming next don't you? I made a hangy piece! Just for a change!! And, by sticking the Salvage stickers to mountboard and then making then different heights using 3D foam, I could get some depth and definition this way. Some of the stickers are just plain, some have Crackle Accents on and some have Glossy Accents on. I did the same as Tim did with his stickers, sanding and inking around the edges but I used Brushed Corduroy to colour the edges and then just went around with the sander again after to reveal paler bits.




The base was inked with Distress Inks and then had a variety of Tim Holtz collection stamps popped on...with more Distress Ink. I added a few Idea-ology bits and then a little bottle filled with beads. The hangy bit is more Idea-ology in the form of the chain...and...even better...all of the products I used on this piece are readily available from The Artistic Stamper :O))

Thanks for looking...have a good day

Hels x

Sunday Stamper - Week 78 - House Of Fun

Morning Stampers,

Another week has whizzed past and it is time to announce the winner of the Candy from last week and start a new theme...firstly tho, thank you to all of you who joined in...lots of Christmas sparkle :O))

The winner of the Bobby Snowman Candy is

Helen - please can you email you addy to me and I will pop him into the post for you :O))




The new theme this week is House of Fun...which means that you can use houses, fun or both if you want to. As ever, all you need to do is make something that includes stamping and the theme and then leave me a link in the comments box so I can come and see your creation...the challenge closes at 23:00 next Saturday, 14th November.




I have made an altered frame which looks like a house...using Rock Candy Cracklepaint as a base and then using Glimmer Mists to colour the whole frame. I used fabby Studio 490 stamps, along with Grungeboard, Grungepaper and some shapes from the Nesties and from The Slice. I added some Idea-ology bits and finished it with a glass vial filled with more Idea-ology stash.




Thanks for looking..have a wonderful week and I am looking forward to seeing your fab creations.

Hels x