Ack - what a busy time of year! I feel like I'm running in circles - which is quite appropriate for this month's challenge! LOL! I hope you've all found some bargains in the end of financial year sales. :)
I have some more new entries to share with you today.
"I cut the paper doll form a template I found here. I stamped it with Katzelkraft stamp. I cut the bodice from a piece of copper metal. I glued to the body of the paper doll along with two pieces of lace to make the skirt. I decided to put a big butterfly sticker instead of the head. I stamped the sentiment from a Tim Holtz plate, and added a piece lace and some fibers".
"I started with a sheet that I'd sprayed with glimmer mist and stamped on the bird image (Hero Arts). I embossed it in black and bleached out selected portions, and coloured some back in with pencil crayons. I added some white paint circles using the open end of a sponge dauber to apply the paint. The background is Tim Holtz patterned paper, with a strip from the patterned side and the larger piece from the mottled side. I stamped the Paris postage cancellation on the mottled piece with Milled Lavender ink and embossed the sentiment in black (both stamps Stampers Anonymous)".
"My circles are chipboard circles that I stamped. I ran some of them through the Vagabond using a dot matrix embossing folder by Tim Holtz. The little brad I made with a Chatterbox brad maker kit - loved that the frame itself was dotted!".
Great work Marjie!
That's it for today - I'll be back tomorrow with more!
I am here again today to share all the lovely new entries that have hit my inbox lately!
First we have this cute little gift tag that was sent in by Mim:
Mim says:
"I began by cutting a circle shaped card from pink cardstock and stamping the dots background using Versamark ink. I then used some puff embossing powder to emboss the dots with a heat gun. I punched a circle and champagne/glass from white cardstock and inked the edges a little. Had a rolled flower diecut sitting on the desk, so rolled it up and plonked it on, then added a sentiment stamped with hot pink ink and cut into a little flagged strip".
"I made a card, the background is made with gesso, acrylic paint and watercolors. I stamped the bird with black versafine ink and the sentiment on a separate paper (stamp is by Infinimentscrap) and cut it out with decorative scissors. I added masking tape and stamped around the edges with different stamps. I was so glad to find these yummies cups and was inspired by their colours to make my card".
What a gorgeous present for someone Laury! I'm sure whoever receives it will be thrilled!
"First of all, I made some inky backgrounds, then I die cut some flowers using Tim Holtz’s Tattered Florals die. I stamped a dotty background (The Artistic Stamper) on two of the flower layers".
"For the leaves, I covered a scrap of grungeboard with some Symphony tissue tape, inked it with meadow alcohol ink, then hand cut two leaves".
"The background is made with alcohol inks. I stamped the dotty stem (Inkadinkado) & greeting (Tim Holtz), using coffee archival ink, then clear embossed them. I inked the edges with the coffee ink, then clear embossed those too".
"I took a 7x5″ kraft card blank, & stamped more dotty swirls from the Inkadinkado set around the edge, using the coffee ink. Finally, I glued my background, flower & leaves in place, adding a silver button to the centre of the flower to finish".
Beautiful work Alison!
Next we have this lovely canvas that was created by Shirley Henry:
Shirley says:
"My 6x6 canvas was painted with Viva Metal in Blue Lagoon. Has a lovely shimmery effect. Foam circle/spots stamps were stamped over canvas with white paint. The gorgeous clock and bird are from two different napkins. The LIFE quote is a pre cut sticker, which was distressed with antique linen ink".
"The large flower has a Polka Dots button from Purple Pumpkin. I distressed the button with antique linen distress ink. The two small white flowers sprayed with Sand Glimmer mist. Leaves are a magnetic die from Tim Holtz Mini Branch and Leaf set. I used a bone scorer to score lines on the leaves and then distressed with antique linen distress ink. I added some small and large white pearls to the outside of the clock".
Fabulous work Shirley! See more pics of Shirley's lovely Canvas on her blog here.
Last but not least we have this very cute card that was created by Donna Hourigan:
Donna says:
"I created this circle "get well soon" card with numerous circles and dots elements. The items I used are generic black and white cardstock, Kaisercraft clear Circle Stamps, Inkadinkadoo patterned pets stamp (I used the dog and I named him spot btw..lol), Creative Memories Circle Punch and Custom Cutting System Circle and blades, and pink and silver papermate gel pens".
"On the inside of the card I printed my text in a circle in word using the wordart feature and chose a spotty font".
Terrific work Donna!
Well that's all from me for today! There are only a few more days left to get your entries in for this challenge - I'm looking forward to seeing what else lands in my inbox!
I'm back to day with some more entries for our Spots, Dots, and Circles challenge!
Firstly we have this card that was sent in by Danielle May:
Danielle says:
"I was drawn to my Stampin' Up! Medallion Stamp as it contains circles and spots/dots within the medallion image, so I stamped this on kraft card in Sepia Archival Ink and embossed it with clear embossing powder. I then sponged some Rich Razzleberry, Marina Mist and Cajun Craze inks over the image to add spots of colour".
"For further embellishment and colour I then decided to use my scallop border punch, after all the scallop is a semi-circle. Lately I have been making heaps of wonderful roses made from layering a number of scallop circles together, and decided for yet another circle touch to add a rhinestone to the centre. My final touch was to add a touch of Polka Dot Ribbon to layer under my card sentiment".
"I painted some blue watercolor swatches and stamped FLY. I added some blackbirds and dotted washi tape for their perch. I edged the card in black ink and wrote "if you dare" with some black spritz for
fun".
Lastly for today we have this notebook cover that was created by Jenene Evans:
Jenene says:
"I have used double sided paper by ‘Stampin Up, the green and brown, with spots on the green side, also paper by ‘Core’dinations’ (fun paper you can sand paper to distress etc). I just sanded the dots to show the tan colour. I also used a lacy punch by ‘Stampin Up, & spritzed a little ‘Moon Shadow’ Burnished Brass over these bits. The flowers (Stampin Up) were stamped & cut out, top circle stamp by ‘Paper Craft’ also cut out, then added some little half circle pearls, & ribbon, which I also stamped dots on with a silver ink pad".
Lovely work Jenene!
That's it from me for today! But before I go I just wanted to tell you about an ATC swap that I am hosting at my work - anyone can join so if you're interested check out the details here. Don't worry about the sign up date - if you email me in the next few days to let me know you're joining in, that will be fine. :)
I really can't believe it's June already! 2011 is half finished, and I'm only now announcing the winners of the Inkurable Stampers 2010 Gothic Arch challenge! This weekend is the first in EONS where I have had a spare moment to sit down and finally sort through all the gorgeous challenge entries and pick the winners. Everyone did such an amazing job, I needed to take the time to make sure I looked at every single arch before making my decisions. I also needed to double check the names of everyone who completed all 24 arches to make sure when I picked a random winner, all those that were eligible were in the "hat".
It has been a very long process, and it was not an easy job deciding which ones I liked the best! But I can now finally say that it is time to announce the winners!
Firstly - a few stats for you all:
* There were 24 different Gothic Arch challenge themes.
* 33 different people gave at least one of the challenges a go.
* Only 12 people finished all 24 arches by the deadline of 31st December 2010.
* Of those 12, 6 were from Australia and 6 were international.
* There are 424 amazingly inspiring Gothic Arches in our Flickr Gallery. Please pop over and have a look - it is so inspiring!
Thank you to everyone who played along with the Inkurable Stampers 2010 Gothic Arch Challenge - whether you made one arch or all 24, you contributed to an amazing collection of artwork, and we loved seeing everything that was created.
A very special thank you goes out to Fiona Shultz - without whom I wouldn't have been able to continue the challenge! Fiona created so many gorgeous challenge samples for you all, and I'm sure you join me in saying thank you for such inspiring work! You truly did an awesome job Fiona! Take a look at all of Fiona's awesome arches in this slideshow:
A big thank you also goes out to our guest artists for the challenge:
Thank you so much for sharing your talent with us all!
And last but most certainly not least, a HUGE thank you goes out to our fabulous friends at Crafty Individuals who have provided the awesome prizes for the challenge winners - you guys ROCK! To refresh your memory, see the prizes here.
Ok ok ok ok ok - I know you're thinking "just shut up and announce the winners already!" LOL! So here goes!
Congratulations to the following lucky ladies:
RANDOM WINNER (randomly picked from all those who completed all 24 arches by the due date):
KAREN_STAMPS (Karen Daley from Canada)!!! Congratulations Karen! Your gorgeous new stamps will be on their way to you shortly! Here are Karen's set of arches:
MY FAVOURITE SET OF ARCHES:
Boy oh boy - I didn't realise just how hard it would be to pick the winner for this category! Everyone did such an amazing job - and there were arches in everyone's sets that took my breath away. It was reeeeeeeeeeally really close in the end, however, the person who's arches made me gasp the most was......
SMIFFEROO (JAN SMITH)!! Congratulations Jan! Such an awesome collection of arches to be proud of!
Check them out here:
MY FAVOURITE SINGLE ARCH:
Again - this was painfully hard to choose, there were so many that I loved! However one particular arch just jumped right out at me from the moment I saw it, and I still love it today as much as I did back then. Congratulations goes to JULIE HAELEMEERSCH (ARTYVENTURE) who created this amaaaaaazing arch:
Absolutely gobsmacking! I just love the colours, the imagery, and the products and techniques used! Well done Julie!
Congratulations to all three ladies! Enjoy your prizes!
Now, it would be totally remiss of me not to showcase a bunch of my other favourite arches - so stay tuned to the blog because sometime during the week I will share the 2010 Gothic Arch Challenge Wrap up Part 3 - honourable mentions!
"The background is made with alcohol ink on glossy paper and then I sanded the paper. The girl is stamped with Archival Jet Black".
"Spots, dots, circles and text are stamped with various inks, a little vague for the grungy effect. The white circles are done with gesso. For some color I put 3D flowers on the hat, adhered with a flower eyelet".
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!
Your task this month is to create something (anything!) using spots, dots, or circles in your design! As always, you must also include at least one stamp on your project.
I thought I'd go with a nice and easy challenge this month after a few harder challenges over the past few months! :)
{No time for a sample until the weekend - sorry! But I'll update this post with a pic as soon as I can. ;)}
Entries are due by Midnight June 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!
Have fun - go crazy! Think outside the square (or would that be circle?! LOL!) and show off your awesome stamping!
I'm looking forward to seeing what you guys come up with!
