Seeing spots!

Hello stampers!

It seems you've all been busy stamping over the long weekend, because I have lots of lovely new entries to share!

First we have this card that was created by Belinda Spencer:

Belinda says:

"I have a gorgeous Purple Pumpkin spotty button topped felt flower sitting pretty on top of many layers. I stamped an Autumn Leaves Talking in Cricles stamp onto some transparency, cut it out and placed directly under the felt flower. It fit perfectly too!! Underneath that is a die cut piece of white cardstock using my Spellbinders Doily Die Cuts. Next layer is a scallop circle punched from Kraft followed by another doily die cut. I used some Jillibean Soup patterned paper for the die cut base. The yellow was just way too bright though so I swiped some Gesso across it with my finger to tone it down and it worked a treat".

"I also stamped a couple of banners on Kraft cardstock, cut out and added a little pleat to both to add some more dimension. On the base pattern paper I have applied a Kaiser flower flourish stamp with Spun Sugar Distress Ink".

Lovely work Belinda!

Next we have this card that was created by Lizzy Hill:

Lizzy says:

"Firstly I created the background colour on the white card. I used the edge of a Stampin' Up stamp from their 'Punch Bunch' set to get the little scallops peeking out - heat embossed with clear powder. Using the template I made for the dots on the fan, I put some here using orange embossing powder. Then I used my orange and red inks and sponged over all this, then highlighted the scallops with some yellow ink".

"For the fans, I used a scallop punch cut down, and inked on the spots and around the edges.
For the paper behind the fans, I've used white card, got an old lid & using gesso, stamped onto the card. Heat dried, then using my red, orange and yellow ink pads, I've sponged the colours in. Using a baby wipe, slightly swiped at the colours, then gave the whole page a light spray of water and gently dabbed it over with toilet paper, and left it to dry".

"The sentiment is stamped with black StazOn - I've used the 'have, a & day' but cut out the 'happy'!!! Instead, word processed the 'fantastic', cut the letters up & edged with ink, too.
Finished off with the diamontes (hard to see here), and underlined the 'fan' in case whoever is given the card doesn't 'get' it!!!".

Fan-tastic work Lizzy! LOL!!

Next we have this art journal page by Jenny Rodda:

Jenny says:

"I began with a watercolor background followed by my trusty roller script stamp. I added spots of alcohol ink, and stamped some more circles with my chicken wire and bubble wrap stamps and even more circles with an oil paintstik at the bottom. The butterflies were stenciled with color wash and then with the stencil left on the page, I stamped over the top".

"The little scallop at the top of the page has dots inside it, and the image (did you notice she has spots on her scarf?), her binocular lenses are round as are her bangles... and now I think I am completely circled out...lol".

Excellent work Jenny!

Next we have a little gift bag that was created by Holly in the UK:

Holly says:

"I used distress inks (peeled paint, worn lipstick, and spiced marmalade) over clear embossed stamped images, then wiped the excess off with baby wipes. I thought the image needed a little extra oomph, so I stamped again, and embossed with white powder the second time. The stamps are Tim Holtz again. The spotty card stock is embossed with cuttlebug swiss dots, and slightly distressed with the worn lipstick distress. The ribbon is also dyed using the peeled paint distress. Finally I added some little pink gems to the butterfly to make it a little prettier".

Gorgeous work Holly!

Lastly we have this Gothic Arch that was created by Vicky Fernando:

Vicky says:

"I began by painting the arch shape with red, gold, and bronze acrylic paints. I then stamped some circles (See Dee's) and some splatter (Darkroom Door "Artist" set) using Versafine black ink, and heat-embossed the images with black embossing powder". 

"I then used the Darkroom Door "Dots" background stamp with some teal acrylic paint. I then added the sentiment (from Oxford Impressions) and the filmstrip dolls (Cats life Press) both stamped onto white cardstock and heat-embossed with black EP".

Very cool Vicky!

(And I know I know - I am a bad bad bad bad girl! I still haven't announced the winners of the 2010 Gothic Arch challenge - SO SORRY EVERYONE!! I will pull my finger out and get it sorted this week! Watch this space!).

What a gorgeous bunch of entries! I can't wait to see what else hits my inbox!

Stay inky!

~Sarah~