****Creative Team Callout****

 The Artistic Stamper is looking for YOU!!!
 

We are looking for new Creative Team members 

 

 Have you got the stamping bug? Have you got creative tendencies that are not being fulfilled? Have you got time? We are looking for you to join us on our travels around the wonderful world of The Artistic Stamper! . You will have the opportunity to create gorgeous artwork and showcase it amongst our talented Creative Design Team.

We would like you to have your own blog, and have the time to create at least 2 pieces of artwork a month.

If you are that person, then contact us by email, and show us your ART!

The Creative Team call out ends on April 2nd, and we will contact you after that date.

 We are looking forward to finding you....

Upside down, backwards, or inside out

Hi! Welcome to one of my rare posts on this neglected blog of mine! What's the hardest thing you have to do creatively? One of mine is when facing a blank page with not an idea in my head, especially when journaling. I have just started a new journal given to me, and believe me, I have lots of blank books, I just seem to collect them! I started inside with this page and have started a couple more ...it is going to be an alphabet journal ( inspired by Joanne Sharpe) .

 So I thought  , I am making time to create the  cover which was a blank canvas type. I started off with the new Crafters Workshop stencils and some Cosmic Shimmer Clear Texture Paste. I carefully spread the paste which I had mixed with some mica powder paints that we used to sell, through the stencil , on both the front and the back cover. Loved it , beautiful , let it dry, and sprayed on top with Dylusions sprays and blotted off. Then I closed  the book and looked at it, as you do ....oops major #fail!! I had made the cover upside down and back to front! Not a happy bunny:(  So back to drawing board . I could use it backwards or re bind it..not really an option...(I am kind of has to be the right way kinda girl) or redo the cover . So back out with the stencils and the paste, and add more , this time the right round! One cover..with a little bit of a blip!

 

Question is? can you spot the mistakes....lol
Have a creative day

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Ranger Workshop and more classes...

I taught a class on Saturday which was very much inspired from a class I did at CHA in January with Tim Holtz. Because some of the products have not yet hit the shops, I improvised and used some Artistic Stamper stamps, and used products already available.
It was a fun class, and I love how everyone did their own thing!
Here are some pictures....

 

Can you guess the original creation from Tim's class, and my interpretation of it?

If you fancy a class which has been inspired by my CHA experience, I am teaching a lettering for your journal class this Saturday , very much influenced by Joanne Sharpe.

You can find all of our classes here

Have a creative day
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Happy Valentines Day

It seems I only post on high days and holidays! So here for all you lovers and those who are loved is my Valentine card {made especially for the love of my life} for you to have as your own :)

Happy Valentine's Day
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The Creative Team Monthly Challenge-February -Use Distress

A pinch and punch for the 1st of the month! What happened to January, as suddenly we are in February, and it is time for a new challenge on The Creative Team blog! This month the challenge is to use Distress... any kind , you just need to include it in your project :)
Here is a sneak peek :)

I have used Distress Paint, and if you would like to see what I have made, and of course enter the challenge, pop over to The Creative Team blog, and have a look.
We look forward to seeing your creations
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An inspiring Workshop

Last Saturday I taught a workshop at The Artistic Stamper, which had been planned for ages, but actually took inspiration from one of the classes I did at CHA, with Seth Apter , whose work is inspiring, and is such a lovely person too! Check him out here.
It involved loads of paint and different techniques, including a take on an Andy Skinner technique and I actually did 3 canvases,

 

one in Seth's class at CHA,

one as a sample,

 and the one that evolved throughout the class...

it was a fun day and definitely going to be worth repeating!
 Check out these gorgeous creations from the class too!

Hope you like...
Have a creative day
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CHA Inspiration

This is part 2 of my CHA Inspiration blog post. I just had to show you some of the creativeness that I cam e across at CHA this year... some of it just lovely :) My mind is buzzing with ideas :)

Idea-ology

Graphic 45

Graphic 45

Graphic 45

Graphic 45

Idea-ology

Loving these new stencils by Crafter's Workshop

Spellbinders

Spellbinders

Prima

Idea-ology

Fabulous Knitted Tower of Pisa!

Spellbinders ( I think!)



Back tomorrow with the last of my photos :)
Have a creative day
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CHA 2014

I have definitely been awol from this dear blog :( but I have an excuse! I have been away hobnobbing with the stars in Los Angeles! It was definitely a case of do I, don't I go, last week, and finally at the last minute, DH decided I should go, and one packed, almost empty suitcase ( with space for bringing back all those goodies!!) , and a pair of sunglasses later , I was on a plane to Anaheim, to spend time with the stars! LOL I got back Wednesday and today is Friday, jet lag is almost non existent (I am lucky I don't really suffer from it), and it's back to work!
I had such a brilliant time, and met lots of new crafting folk, caught up with old friends, and saw masses of new goodies for you!
I did 9 workshops, all of them fabulous , and all of them different. The Ranger one with Tim Holtz used the new mini distress inks and tool, and we even got to try the new Distress Marker Spritzer! I took classes with Joanne Sharpe learning how to do my own lettering, a fabulous canvas class with Seth Apter, ( some of which I will be teaching next weekend). I also did a class with Candy Rosenberg, using Graphic 45 papers, and Printers Tray! One of my favourite classes was, of course, Graphc 45, and we made a gorgeous Book Box, which will be available as a workshop very soon :)
No CHA would be complete without photos, and my camera skills do need to be honed, but here are the first of my pictures, with more to come in the next couple of days! Here are a few of my favourite people...

Enjoy!

Wendy Vecchi

Tim Demoing at Sizzix

Andy Skinner

My Stamps on DecoArt Samples by Andy Skinner

Graphic 45 workshop

Dyan Revealey

Candy Rosenberg

Dina Wakley

Candy Colwell & Linda Ledbetter

France Papillon

Ken at Spellbinders

Jen Starr

Leonie Pujol & Mel Heaton

Dinner at Bubba Gumps with the Craftwork Card team

Joanne Sharpe 

 

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