Ready-Steady-STAMP! Challenge 26

The new Ready-Steady-STAMP! challenge offered us another long list of ingredients to choose from. I have used: travel theme, map, patterned paper, film strip, ribbon, brads, metal embellishment, chipboard, glossy accents, distress ink, StayzOn, and a flower made from punched circles.

RSS Challenge 25

We had a very long list of ingredients to choose from for this Ready Steady Stamp challenge, so it was easy to use at least 5! On this card I have used the following from the list: wings, little girl theme, alcohol inks, Stickles glitter glue, pink, pearls and gems, lace, inked and distressed papers, and butterflies. The image of the girl is by Paper Whimsy and stamps by Hero Arts and Papermania.

Ready-Steady-STAMP! Challenge 24

The RSS Challenge has been changed slightly - we now have a much longer list of ingredients from which we must use at least five. This new challenge is to alter a book, notebook or journal. I was lucky to find this green spiral bound notebook in a local stationers, reduced to only 99p! Here are a list of the ingredients I have used:

Masculine sample.

Dry embossed background: I have used a Tim Holtz embossing folder and then coloured with walnut brown Paper Soft.

Use Paper Soft or Distress Inks: Lime green Paper Soft has been used to colour the background panel, with a hint of walnut brown around the edges. I have also used the same green to colour the card for the shield. Scattered Straw distress ink used on the card on which the pen nibs are stamped.

Colours: cream, brown and green.

Coat of Arms: I have used the shield stamp and quote.

Metal embellishment: I have added a metal corner bracket and a sprocket with a brad.

All the stamps are by Paper Artsy.

Neighbourhood Watch

This is my entry for the latest Ready-Steady-STAMP! challenge. The houses were each cut from white card, then coloured and stamped with Distress Inks. I have added acetate to all the windows and the faces are images by Paper Whimsy. I hand wrote 'Neighbourhood Watch' with a dip pen and purple watercolour paint.

RSS Challenge 22

Well here is my effort for the latest Ready Steady STAMP! challenge. For the background I have used one of Tim Holtz's embossing folders - Patchwork. My fabric is a strip of muslin that I dyed with Distress Inks and Glimmer Mist. The flower is made up of a green paper flower, then little black punched hearts, and a couple of sequins glued to the centre.

RSS Challenge 21

Here is my effort for this latest Ready-Steady-STAMP! challenge. I can't believe we are on week 21 already! I decided to use this Mabel Lucie Attwell stamp of the boy in his toy car (by The Artistic Stamper) and suggest a theme of a boy's ambitions.

RSS Challenge 20

A card made for the current Ready Steady Stamp challenge - this time the five ingredients we had to use were: 1. angel 2. turquoise, white, silver & black 3. ribbon & lace 4. heart 5. wood. The wood had to be real wood, not just paper printed to look like it! Luckily I had this small wooden embellishment amongst my stash. I have used Broken China and Tumbled Glass DIs on the backgrounds. The angel stamp is by Anita's and the music quote by darkroom door.

Ready-Steady-STAMP! Challenge 19

A card made for the latest Ready-Steady-STAMP! challenge. The background has been sponged with Distress Inks in Dusty Concord and Bundled Sage, then stamped with a flower stamp (by Tanda) also in Dusty Concord. Then I spread a very thin layer of gesso over, which has softened and toned it down. When it was dry, I stamped the flourish (by Stampin' Up) in black around the edges. The main image is a lovely new stamp by Crafty Individuals which I have stamped on a background of Dusty Concord and Victorian Velvet inks. The flower stamp is by ISC. I added the little 'memories' word (Tim Holtz), a couple of punched leaves and a grungeboard flourish that I had sprayed with Purple Pansy Glimmermist. The only way I could think of to use rubber was in the centre of the flowers - so I punched little circles from some excess rubber trimmed from a sheet of unmounted stamps!

Ready-Steady-STAMP! Challenge

Here is my entry for the latest Ready-Steady-STAMP! challenge, on the theme of the sea. I have recently bought this little wooden mini tray from Crafty Individuals and thought it would be ideal to use for this one. I painted the tray with acrylic paint before adding stamped images with foam pads and silicone glue. I have used all the ingredients except one - an oval.

RSS Challenge 17

Here is a card for the 17th Ready-Steady-STAMP! challenge. The stamps I have used here are: boy by Art Journey, text by Paper Artsy, and leaves by Basic Grey. Although it doesn't show up very well in the scan, I have used sticky foam pads in several layers, and the central green panel is raised quite a lot from the base card (which is cream).

Ready-Steady-STAMP! week 16

I can't believe that we are on week 16 of the Ready-Steady-STAMP! challenge already! Even though I love making cards, I really felt like doing something different this time, so decided to make an ATC. I have used an ATC sized piece of foam board for the base which I coloured with dye inks and then overstamped with a crackle stamp. I used the shrine stamp for my 'frame', and added punched flowers. It's the first time I've used foam core board and it is incredibly light - great for keeping postal costs down!!

RSS Challenge

Here is my effort for the latest Ready-Steady-STAMP! challenge. This time the five ingredients were: the letter D; green, pink and white; buttons; a real stitched circle; and felt. I must admit that I am not very talented with a needle and thread, but I have done my best!

RSS Challenge 14

I must confess that when I read the ingredients for this challenge I thought it would be rather difficult! However, it proved to be far simpler that I imagined. First of all, the latest edition of Craft Stamper magazine was delivered on Saturday with this wonderful free stamp designed by Art Journey. Then I started to rummage through my stash to find some funky foam and craft metal - I know I've got some somewhere but probably buried under loads of other stuff - and my search unearthed a yellow die-cut wavy border in funky foam and a filigree metal flower embellishment. I stamped the image three times in different green inks and Brilliance Cosmic Copper, coloured the funky foam border with Copic markers, and heat embossed the metal flower with copper embossing powder. The other stamps I've used are by Stampin' Up.

RSS Challenge week 13

I've finally managed to finish my fan for the Ready-Steady-STAMP! challenge! I was trying to decide how and where to include the 'hearts' ingredient when I remembered that I had this lace with pink hearts on - so I was able to use one material for two ingredients!! LOL

Just realised I should perhaps have mentioned the stamps used here - various images including Art Journey, Crafty Individuals and Paper Artsy.

RSS Challenge week 12

It is the final part of the Christmas banner this time on Ready-Steady-STAMP! . I've used background paper by Crafty Individuals again, and the Santa face is a stamp by Rubber Stampede.

RSS Challenge - part 3!

Here is the third part of my banner - this time I used Glimmer Mists on the background and stamped over with dark green ink. I 'cuttled' two circles for the baubles.

RSS Challenge... next part

Here is the second part of my banner. I've only used one stamp here - a holly flourish by Hero Arts. I used it to stamp onto the red background (using Perfect Pearls), then again for the Cut n' Dry technique which I have stamped in red on gold paper for the border, and in green on kraft paper for the tree.

RSS Challenge 9

The latest challenge on Ready-Steady-STAMP! is going to cover 4 challenges - to make one or more triangles each time and finally to use them to make a Christmas banner. We are allowed to chose our own colour scheme and as you can see, I have gone for a traditional red, green and gold. I have used some gorgeous background paper by Crafty Individuals and then embossed the edges of my triangle with glittery gold embossing powder. The poinsettias were stamped three times, cut out and then layered with foam pads. The little stars were punched from gold paper that I had first stamped and embossed with the gold ep.

RSSChallenge... a little late!

Hi everyone, sorry I have not posted anything recently but I was stricken down with tonsilitis! I haven't had that since I was at school! I had made this card for the RSS Challenge 8 so even though it is late I thought I may as well post it anyway! I am feeling much better now so hopefully there will be more things to see soon.

Ready-Steady-STAMP! week 6

I decided to make something different to a card this time! I've used some corrugated card from a box, ripped some of the covering paper off to reveal the 'corrugations', then using a Tim Holtz mask I sprayed it with Glimmermist. I felt it was a bit too dark, so added some white acrylic paint towards the bottom to lighten the piece a little. The ornate B stamp is by Stampers Anonymous.