More THREE challenge entries!

Hello stampers!

I have lots of new loveliness to share today!

First we have this card that was sent in by Vicky Fernando:

Vicky says:

"The three colours I chose to play with were turquoise, brown and white".

"I started by cutting a piece of turquoise coloured card 6"x4" and I decided to use a couple of Crafter's Workshop 6x6 templates/stencils (Mini Harlequin and Mini Numbers Collage), and some white acrylic paint to create my background. I then sponged some Vintage Photo Distress Ink around the edges, and added some crackle medium to the top edges, letting it drip randomly. When this was all dry I added the three Stampotique images which I had stamped with the same ink and mounted with foam tape". 


"The letter stickers are Carolee's in Chocolate brown, and the number 3 is a Collections chipboard piece painted with brown acrylic paint and covered with crackle medium. I also used a bit of brown ribbon".

Terrific work Vicky!

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

Lizzy says:

"It took a whole heap of thinking, but once I'd worked out what to do, it came together really quickly. You had to think ahead, 'cos you couldn't just keep adding stuff 'til it looked right!!! I was really pleased that I'd used lime green ink ['Stampin' Up'] for the Pensive Phillip background stamp (Queen's Dresser Drawers) as it was a bit different from the usual vintage colours". 

"The other 2 stamps (which I masked before putting Philip in the background) are from Stampin' Up's Birthday Set, & the number 3 is in there too (Stazon black ink, with the 14 embossed with Versamark & black embossing powder)".

Very cool Lizzy!!

Next up we have an ATC that was created by Marjie Kemper from the USA:

Marjie says:

"It was hard to stick to three colors and to find a way to use the number, which I thought would be really easy! The mailman delivered some new stamps yesterday and one was a numbered list.... ta da! One problem solved. So the whole "rules to live by" is one stamp (Studio 490 by Wendy Vecchi), and the other two stamps are the different borders. Distress ink colors are mustard seed, wild honey and black soot".

Nice work Marjie!

And last but not least for today is this card by Gerda Weiland from The Netherlands:

Gerda says:

"I used White cardstock and stamped & Coloured with Black & Lake Mist. Found brads in the same colour. Used 3 stamps from Teesha Moore - the city, the bubbles and the sign 23-A".

Lovely work Gerda!

So great to see so many of you giving this challenge a go, even though you found it difficult!

If you haven't yet given it a go, there's still plenty of time left to send me in an entry - so get out those stamps and get inky. :)

~Sarah~

ANZAC Day.

It's a bit late, but Happy Easter everyone! I hope you all had a lovely day yesterday. I had my family over for a BBQ and of course there were lots of yummy chocolate eggs around too.

Today is Easter Monday, but it is also ANZAC Day here in Australia. Today we remember our fallen heroes from both Australia and New Zealand that fought in Gallipoli in Turkey in World War 1.

They went with songs to the battle, they were young.

Straight of limb, true of eyes, steady and aglow.

They were staunch to the end against odds uncounted,

They fell with their faces to the foe.

They shall grow not old, as we that are left grow old:

Age shall not weary them, nor the years condemn.

At the going down of the sun and in the morning,

We will remember them.

Lest We Forget.

*** PRIZES FOR APRIL 2011! ***

Hi everyone!

I bet you'd like to know what's up for grabs this month, huh?! Check out these fabulous prizes from our sponsors:

MAJOR PRIZE (Aus residents only):

One lucky stamper will win this Tim Holtz stamp set - "Photostudio" courtesy of The Stamping Queen:

Note the 3 generations in the top stamp, and the 3 stamps in total! Awesome!

INKURABLE NEWBIE PRIZE (Aus residents only):

One lucky new player at Inkurable will score themselves this brand new, ret to be released ATC kit thanks to Tarisota Collections!

This kit will give you the basis for 8 ATCs, and lovely coordinated product too! This months theme is "Life is Beautiful" and has been designed by Robyn wood, Ruby Claire, and Tamar Bostock.

If you'd like to reserve a collection prior to release you can email Tamar for more details. Yay!

INKURABLE INTERNATIONAL PRIZE:

One lucky international player will receive this gorgeous prize pack thanks to Darkroom Door:

3 Montage Sheets and 3 Wordstrips from their latest 3 Collections: Seaside, Sweet Treats and Love Letters!

Once again some awesome incentives from our amazing sponsors! 

You've gotta be in it to win it, so off you go - it's time to get inky!!

~Sarah~

More new entries!

Hi everyone!

I'm back again with some more new entries to share!

First we have this card that was sent in by Alison from the UK:

Alison says:

"I decided to use my new set of Darkroom Door Home Sweet Home stamps. I picked out 3 of the stamps, one of which is a row of numbers…very handy!

The 3 colours I chose, were orange, green & brown. I used rusty hinge, wild honey, forest moss, and vintage photo distress inks, and I stamped my images with coffee archival. I finished my card off with 3 little orange beads".

Great work Alison!

Next we have this mini canvas that was created by Lynne Quinn:

Lynne says:

"I used a 4" x 4" canvas, then applied acrylic paint dabber - Aqua - over the whole area. I added Distress crackle paint - Tea Dye over the top".

"I stamped grass, the number 3, and 3 small birds with distress ink tea dye, then added chip board Cats and Lamp post from Scrapmatts Australia, which were inked with stazon jet black. I then used glossy accents over the top".

Lovely work Lynne! Those cats are so cool!!

Well that's all from me for today - keep those entries coming!

~Sarah~

The latest THREE challenge entries!

Hello stampers!

I hope those of you who have kids on School Holidays at the moment are enjoying your family time together and finding a bit of "me" time for stamping along the way too! :)

I have some lovely new entries to share today! And wouldn't you know it - there's THREE of them! :P

First we have this card that was created by Kim Mills:

Kim used the following products:

White A5 card stock
Distress inks Crushed Olive and Black Soot
3d adhesive
Ek Success Punch for clock hands
Tim Holtz Mini Mask-Floret
Tim Holtz mask-Letters/Numbers
Stamps - Life's Possibilities (birds), Umbrella Man, and Clock.
Stamped with Versafine black.

Great work Kim!

Next we have a card that was created by Shirley Henry:

Shirley says:

"I have used black, white, and red as my 3 colours. White cardstock was sponged with Distress Ink Barn Door. Black Soot Distress Ink around the sides".

"Mixed Numbers (Stamp it 2007) stamped three times in Versafine black for the background. Stamped again on scrap card in Barn Door. The 23 cut out and 'spotlighted' over the black 23 on the card. The black 23 at bottom right hand side is grungboard painted over with black enamel accent. Barn Door ink sponged on edges. The question mark is a sticker".

The girl, Moth Fab (Stampotique) was stamped in Versafine black, coloured with gelly pens and attached to front of card with foam squares. I added a grungeboard crown which was painted with Barn Door crackle paint. White pearls added to the crown".

"The 3rd stamp is inside the card":

LOL!! Awesome work Shirley! Shirley made this card for her daughter who turns 23 next week. I bet she'll love it Shirley!!

Lastly we have this card that was sent in by Jenene Evans:

Jenene says:

"I first stamped the little man (Stampotique) with black embossing, then added a touch of Distress Ink (Stormy sky). I also stamped the fish skeleton (My Stamps) and No 3 (Darkroom Door) in Stormy Sky".

"This is all added to white cardstock along with Darkroom Door wordstrips. I also rubbed black Distress Ink around edges of white card, mounted on black card, then white card, finished with some fringe wool along bottom edge".

Very cool Jenene!

Keep those entries coming everyone!

~Sarah~

PS: There's still time to sign up to our Inkurable Stampers ATC Swap - see the details here.

A Three Challenge ATC!

Hello stampers!

Our latest "Three" challenge entry is an ATC that was sent in by Belinda Achatz:

Belinda says:

My ATC is a reflection of stuff going through my head at the moment - Only 3, meaning 3 children(?) or more....?
* You must use the number 3 somewhere on your project - I used an old 3 stamp (manufacturer unknown).
* You must use 3 stamps - and only 3 stamps. No more, no less! - The 3 stamp as above, a Prima frame stamp (Only frame), and a gorgeous little 3-egg nest stamp by "Odd Bird Planet".
* You must use 3 colours - black, cream & green - I coloured in the eggs with Glimmer Mist in "Forest Green" which was a great match for the Tim Holtz cardstock background.

Lovely work Belinda!

Speaking of ATC's if you like making and swapping ATC's you might be interested in our Inkurable Stampers ATC swap! See the details here.

Stay inky!

~Sarah~

Special Announcement! Inkurable Stampers Artist Trading Card Swap!

Hello stampers!!

To celebrate Inkurable's 3rd birthday, I will be running an ATC Swap! 

It's been almost 3 years since our last one, so it's about time we did another one, don't you think? ;)

In honour of Inkurable's 3rd birthday our swap theme will be the Inkurable colours:

Here's what you have to do:

Create a set of 9 x ATC's using only the colours Orange, Black, and White. You are free to use any stamps and embellishments etc that you like!

If you are interested in joining the swap, please email me with "INKURABLE ATC SWAP" in the subject line and I will send you out the full details! Overseas participants welcome!

Sign up will be open until midnight 17th April 2011.

Artist Trading Cards are so much fun to create and swap - if you're new to ATC's and would like to find out more about them, have a read of this post here. (Just bear in mind that it was written back in 2008, so any comps or challenges it mentions are now finished).

I hope you'll all play along! :)

~Sarah~

*** WINNER FOR MARCH 2011 PAINT CHALLENGE! ***

Thank you to everyone who sent in an entry to our quick paint challenge for March! They were all so cool!

As you know, because it was a short challenge there will be only one winner for March, chosen by a random draw. :)

But before we find out who the lucky winner is, let's check out the entries again:

So inspiring!

We had a total of 13 lovely entries, and of that 13, 9 were from Australia and 4 were international.

I put all 13 names into a random list generator and here was the result:

Therefore the lucky winner is .....


EMILY PEARCE!

Congratulations Emily!

You have won this set of 3 scallop stamps, courtesy of me!! :)

Happy stamping!

~Sarah~

*** WINNERS (AND PRIZES!) FOR FEBRUARY 2011! ***

OMG - Can you believe this is my 800th post here at Inkurable! That's a whole lotta inky inspiration! LOL!

Today is my day off, so I'm playing catch up! Which means it's now time to announce the winners (and prizes!) for our February Bookmarks challenge! (About time, huh! LOL!).

But before I do, let's take another look at all those gorgeous entries in our slideshow:

What a fabulous collection of stamping awesomeness!

Thank you to everyone who had a go at our Bookmarks challenge - we had a whopping 22 entries!! Way to go stampers!! Of those 22, 13 were from Australia and 9 were international.

Now onto the fun part - the winners!!

Congratulations to the following people :

MAJOR PRIZE (Aus resident only):

ROS CRICHTON! I just loved the colours and textures you used on your bookmark! You have scored the lovely Seaside Vol 1 stamp set from Darkroom Door:

INKURABLE NEWBIE PRIZE (Aus resident only):

LIZZY HILL!! You have won yourself a $25.00 Voucher from The Stamping Queen!


INKURABLE INTERNATIONAL PRIZE:

ALISON FROM THE UK! You have won this gorgeous set of "Lost and Found" stamps, courtesy of Tarisota Collections!

WELL DONE LADIES!!

Have fun with your new goodies!

~Sarah~

Our first THREE Challenge entry!

Hello stampers!!

Jenny Rodda was quick off the mark and brave enough to give this month's challenge a go! Check out her card:

Jenny says:

"I chose pink, black, and white as my 3 colours. The birdcage, bird and dotted line are my stamps - everything else is a rub on or a sticker, including the number 3".

"I've brushed gesso across the background, added some vintage book paper, an image and a doily".

And how clever is Jenny - she even included a photo of THREE friends at a tea party, and.....

THREE scallops on the banner!

Awesome work Jenny!!!

Someone asked a very good question that I thought I'd share here in case anyone else was wondering the same thing:

Q. If I stamp one small stamp repeatedly, does that count as one stamp or many?

A. You must use 3 different stamp images (i.e 3 different stamps) - however you can stamp each image as many times as you like. :)

I hope that helps! Please let me know if you have any more questions! :)

Stay inky!

~Sarah~

30 Days of Stamping and Cardmaking at Two Peas!

To celebrate their expansion into stamping and cardmaking, US Online scrapbooking store Two Peas in a Bucket has just announced a "30 Days of Stamping and Cardmaking" special event! There will be challenges, prizes, lessons from Garden Girls and guest artists - including Tim Holtz!
From their website:

"We're springing into stamping and cardmaking this April, bringing you new projects and inspiration each day, all month! This is an event you won't want to miss as we've been making plans to bring you content to boost your creativity, partnering with the vendors whose product you love and the artists whose work you admire. You'll find lessons from our Garden Girls, guest artists and talented members on topics like using a single stamp multiple ways, new techniques, cards without the use of stamping, and stamping in your scrapbooks. As always, be on the lookout for challenges and prizes!".

Check it out here.

Looks like it will be really cool!

Happy stamping!

~Sarah~

THE THEME FOR APRIL 2011 IS.....

THREE!

This month we celebrate the 3rd Birthday of Inkurable Stampers! Wooohoooo! 

Inkurable's very first challenge was posted back on the 1st of April 2008 - and we've been getting inky together ever since!

So - what better theme for us this month than THREE - and announced on the 3rd no less! LOL!! So you know what that means - THREE criteria! Woo! This is going to be a fun one!

Here are the criteria for your challenge:

* You must use the number 3 somewhere on your project.
* You must use 3 stamps - and only 3 stamps. No more, no less!
* You must use 3 colours - and black and white DO count as colours. So - if you use black and white, you're only allowed one other colour. :)

I know I say this all the time, but I truly can't wait to see what you guys come up with this month!

I'm still working on my example, so here's a song to inspire you.......

Entries are due by Midnight April 30th (Sydney, Australia time). Entries must comply with the challenge details and the participation guidelines set out in the sidebar to the right. If you have any questions, please let me know!

Happy stamping!!

~Sarah~

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~Sarah~

The last paint entries!

Hellllllooooooooo stampers!

It's a new day, a new month, and time for a new challenge!

But first, I just have to share this awesome new stamping technique that I saw last night - too cool!

And before we get started with the new challenge, I have to share the last entries for the Paint Challenge! So here they are!

This  card was sent in by Emily Shultz:

Emily says:

"This card was really simple to make: I stamped and embossed the large flower stamp, splotched on various colours of paint, stamped smaller flowers and sentiment, then added some twine to finish it off! The flowers were from a Kaisercraft set and the sentiment is from Darkroom Door's "All Occasions" stamp set".

Gorgeous work Emily!

Next we have this card that was sent in by Lyn Smith:

Lyn says:

"For my background piece I used some textured watercolour paper, wet it liberally and painted it with some Twinkling H2O's - the colours are Summer Breeze and Guatamalan Green. I stamped a Ferngully seashell stamp along the bottom of this piece using Versamark ink and heat embossed it with white embossing powder".

"For the seahorse piece, I started with some white cardstock and dry-brushed it with some Lumiere paint in a cross-hatch pattern - the colours are Blue, Emerald and Turquoise. I then applied a coating of Versamark ink and heat embossed 3 layers of clear Opals embossing enamel. While the Opals were still warm I inked up the Stamp-It seahorse stamp with black Brilliance ink and pressed it into the warm Opals. I put this in the freezer for a few minutes so I could give it a Cracked Glass finish".

"I layered the watercoloured piece onto some turquoise and green cardstock layers, tied some twine around them and finished it with a nautical charm. I edged the seahorse piece with a black Sharpie pen and layered it with some dimensional foam dots. I adhered the whole piece to a folded white card and added the Kaisercraft sentiment with black ink and the Hero Arts 'bubbles' using Versamagic Sea Breeze ink".

Lovely work Lyn!

And the very last entry comes from Robyn Wood:

Robyn says:

"The card uses a 14 cm square white card base. The strip on the left is punched with a Martha Steward punch. The pale blue cardstock was embossed with a Cuttlebug embossing folder. The circles were punched from scrap, the flourish ones were punched from some gorgeous embossed ‘wedding’ paper that I sponged with Distress ink to give a bit of colour. The words are from the Darkroom Door Love Birds set".

"The birdcage is die cut from chipboard & painted with Viva Precious Metal Colour (cinnamon) and backed with a piece of textured velum. The bird was painted with Distress Crackle Paint in broken china. I rubbed the wing over with a bit of the matching ink before coating with Glossy Accents. If you look closely the branch and the birds legs are painted two different browns in the Crackle Paint – I find it defines the legs a bit".

Great work Robyn!!

Well, that's it for the Paint challenge!

Stay tuned for the next challenge coming soon!!

~Sarah~

PS: Happy April Fool's Day! ;)