New Member of The Creative Team

Yesterday I invited a Nicky to become a member of the Stamp Connection Design Team. I love her altered artwork, and when I saw her latest piece I just knew I had to have her on the team. I think it was the legs that did it!


Welcome Nicky! Check out her blog aptly named The Altered Inker

A Birthday Card

Hi, I thought I would show you a Birthday Card I made last week( it has arrived so can show you now!) I used chipboard flowers and a large Tag too from The Artistic Stamper.
I used Crafty Individuals papers to cover the Tag. They are the smoothest papers I have used in years, and work perfectly with the chipboard.
I painted pearlescent powder paints on the flowers, and then stamped over them with one of The Artistic Stamper Calligraphy Mats. These are unmounted dies of various scripts that have been in the catalogue for many years and are some of the most versatile stamps I know.
I was quite pleased with the effect and I know the recipient liked it (I think :))

Sunday Stampers Blog Challenge

Hels asked me a few weeks ago if I would like to guest on Sunday Stampers Challenge, and of course I said yes! I had to make something that would go with a song title. What I had in mind was to use just black and white. She chose the song title -Ebony and Ivory- and I did the artwork!

I used offcuts of the black and white chipboard we sell, and used the four sisters stamp from

The Artistic Stamper's Garden Plate. This is a stamp I absolutely adore but haven't used much.
I used it three times in different ways, plain white ink on black card with our glossy accents, white ultra thick stamped with black stazon, and finally black ultra thick with a white memories inkpad. I then cut the finished stamps out, and layered them on card and them onto a long canvas, which was sprayed with black webbing spray. ( thank you DH for doing that part, as I am not very good with a spray can!). It was a bit of a mission photographing it as the Glossy Accents "bounced" off the camera, but hopefully you can see the end result.

My favourite bit is the white ultra thick as the faces came out 3D, giving it the most wonderful effect.

To enter the Sunday Stampers challenge go to Hels' blog, and get the chance to win the stamps too!

Coming soon...

Just a teaser here.. created by Hels, a new series of stamps which will be available from July. Hels has designed them , and I think they are gorgeous.



If you like them please bookmark us, and we will let you know when they are available
Happy Stamping!

Book Workshop

On Saturday I did 2 workshops at Sharon's Card Crafts using a plethora of products from

The Stamp Connection,primarily making a small A7 book bound with a BIA.

We used chipboard A7 book Blanks,

ultra thick embossing powders, pearlescent paints,

and a multitude of stamps from The Artistic Stamper!

It was great fun, but hard work, as like always I had made the project too long, and instead of 2 hours we worked hard for almost 3!! Many thanks to the ladies who were there. I went home absolutely exhausted!! Looking forward to the next one in August.

Alison

June Challenge - Animals

Hello again,

Another month, another Challenge for you all to have a try at! Thank you to all of you for joining in with the last challenge. There were lots of lovely entries but only one person can win the Candy - and the winner, who was chosen at random is Cynthia(Rainbow Lady) Congratulations!. Please email me with your address , so I can send you your blog candy.

This month the theme is Animals. You can use any kind of animal stamp, making ATCs, Cards, Fat Pages, Tags, the choice is yours!

There will be some Blog Candy which is a set of Linda Luckin Animal stamps
So to grab yourself some goodies have a little play and join in the Challenge !!

Here are a few projects that our design team have made for you to look at:








Hels











Hels Andrea







By Susan

Please remember to add your link to the place you are showing your entry. If you haven't got a Blog then please feel free to email a picture of your creation to us at the Artistic Stamper.

Have fun everyone!!

4 Day Extravanganza

Just to celebrate the Bank Holiday here in the UK, we have a 4 day extravaganza on The Artistic Stamper.
If you spend £25.00 you can get 10% off your purchases and postage & packing FREE!
Check out the new stamps, grungeboard,chipboard, UTEE, mica paints, stampbord and all the altered bits and pieces you know you need!!!
Just for a taster I have added one of Hels's gorgeous pieces of artwork


Happy Bank Holiday Weekend

Back to Black!

I haven't blogged for a little while, and thought I should let you know of the new products on our website.
The most gorgeous Black chipboard in tag, flower and wing shapes is now available.

Artwork by Hels
It is a softer card than the white but the same thickness, and is perfect for distressing and embossing with our glorious new ultra thicks. Try the pearlescent powder paints on it.
We have a limited edition set of wild grasses designed by
Chrissie Collins(classylady60 on Craft Swap Forum). I predict they will sell very quickly.


Finally, there are new stamps from
Linda Luckin, greetings and the most gorgeous Sunflower.

Don't forget our garden challenge which ends in a couple of weeks.
Happy Stamping

May Challenge - Garden

Hello everyone!

Well, first of all, thank you very much to those of you who joined in with our very first challenge last month. The winners name was picked from a hat and I am pleased to announce that the winner of the Blog Candy for last month is Linda Elbourne. Many congratulations to you Linda, and if you would like to drop me an email with your snail mail address, I will post your candy off to you.

You have probably guessed that the new theme for May is Garden and you can use just about any flowery or insect stamp, even use stamps of gnomes and birds too if you like!! The only rule is that you use stamping on your creation.

There will be a prize of some gorgeous Candy up for grabs for one lucky participant. The prize consists of three flower stamps from the Linda Luckin stamp collection and some heavenly fibres to go with them. Here are the stamps:







Here are a few photo's of some of the lovely creations by our Creative Design Team:

Andrea







Hels














Andrea






Hels














As with last month, if you could make a post here to say when you have made your entry and also add a link to the place you are showing your creation. If you haven't got a Blog or a PhotoBucket, please feel free to send me an email of your picture and this will be added into all the entries I receive.

All that is left to say is have lots of fun and I cannot wait to see your works of art.

Jennie and the Creative Team xx

Tea for Two!

It has been a great relaxing weekend , so sunny and hot on Saturday and cooler on Sunday! On Saturday I spent mother and daughter time with Aimee, shopping and generally chatting about nothing in particular. As she is at University , I don't see her very often, so it was lovely to spend time with her.
On Sunday Mal and I decided to borrow Joe's ( my son )van to transport some rubbish from the garden to the skip.
As I am the designated driver, I hoped in and off we went. Going over some road humps to our unit, we could hear clinking, and we turned round to discover my DS has made his truck his home! Now it is full of his stuff as he is a builder( as you do in a truck/car!) but this was taking the "biscuit" !
There neatly on hooks behind the passenger seats were 4 mugs on hooks! Mal and I laughed and I just had to take a picture to show you all. You know what they say about builders... always drinkng tea!!!!!

Arty Girlz Challenge

For those of you who like a challenge, I have donated a prize to the Arty Girlz weekly challenge which this week is backgrounds.
I do hope you take part,and get the chance to win a die sheet AND chipboard from The Artistic Stamper

And, for those who like surprises, there is one coming for you soon...watch this space!!
a little taster of what's to come... can you guess what it is? A prize for the first one to guess....

ATC's in a book!

Morning all from a cloudy Kent!
Last night I got an email from an old friend, Lizzie Tovey, which included a link to her site, and there lo and behold was a piece of artwork she had made for me last year. It is one of those pieces that I love but could not photograph or scan well enough to do it justice. I was chuffed to find it on her front page, as I love this piece, and every time I do a show, I get it out and wonder how to display it to its best ability.
So for those of you who would like inspiration here it is:

Ally Pally

Well, I finally have recovered from a fantastically busy show at The Big Stamp & Scrapbooking Show at Alexandra Palace over the weekend. We had a fabulous response to our new pearlescent powder paints and ultra thick embossing powders ( first time out!)and of course our smooth white chipboard. Mal and I are still reeling from the response to them. The paints are 12 luscious basic colours and the UTEE are gorgoeus gold, silvery silver, clear, brassy bronze, black and white.( pics later on!) The paints are in little pots and are mixed with mica, so shimmer when painted or brushed on a clear ink pad.

We also had Hels and Susan demoing, and many many thanks to them both.
Hels and I did two workshops using the paints, chipboard,and watch pieces and a fun time was had by all. The workshop will be on the website soon too, so you can make it as well.
Here is Hels and my efforts
Happy Stamping
Jennie

Colour!

Good Morning! It is a lovely spring morning here in Kent.
Linda Luckin's fabulous Stamps are now on the website in colour for you to get inspiration!
Don't forget the blog challenge too! Architecture is the theme, and anything related is acceptable- houses, brick walls, gates, even a gothic arch....Look forward to seeing your artwork.

All New! The Artistic Stamper Blog Challenge.

Good Afternoon,

Today sees the launch of a new and exciting Challenge here on The Artistic Stamper Blog. Each month we will be adding a brand new challenge for you all to have fun with.

The theme this month is Architecture.

All you need to do to take part in the challenge is make something, be it an ATC, Tag, Card or even alter something, using rubberstamps that are Architecture themed. You don't have to use our stamps to take part but of course, if you would like to, we would be rather chuffed!!

Each month we will be offering a Blog Candy prize for a winner who will be chosen at random from the entries that we have had. The Candy this month is an A5 Architecture Plate from The Artistic Stamper and a set of our brand new and very alterable Chipboard Tags.

When you have made your work of art, please pop a comment onto this post with a link to your website/Blog/PhotoBucket where you are showcasing your creation. Your name will go into a hat and at the end of the month a winner will be picked at random. You will be contacted by either email if you have this enabled on your Blog or by us posting a comment on your Blog, so keep a look out for any notifications. If you are using a PhotoBucket to show your entry, please email us here at The Artistic Stamper to tell us about it so we have a way of contacting you should be be the lucky winner.

We are so looking forward to seeing all your lovely creations! To whet your appetite, our Creative Design Team have made a few samples using The Artistic Stamper Architecture Plates;

Andrea

Hels

Andrea

Hels

Dan



Have lots of fun!

Jennie and the Creative Design Team x

Coming Soon......

Hello Everyone,

Coming soon......some really exciting news from The Artistic Stamper!

Check back on April 1st for all the details of this new aspect of The Artistic Stamper blog.

In the meantime, why not pop over to our online store? We have a wonderful range of stamps, brand new chipboard shapes, including tags & flowers. The chipboard is brilliant for inking, painting, stamping and distressing. Also available are inks, paints, embossing powders, ephemera and embellishments.

Hope to see you soon and don't forget to call back on April 1st to see the exciting news!

Jennie & The Creative Team.

Wing Art

Finally I have managed to scan in the artwork I have done for workshops held at Birmingham " Stitches" trade show. They were a lot of fun , and if you want a quick and easy idea that doesn't take long , these are for you.

I used the new chipboard tags and wings from The Artistic Stamper, and new paints available from end of March plus watch pieces and the watch and keys

A5 plate from The Artistic Stamper too!

The tag was painted with our new pearl powder paints and then stamped with the watch faces using black Adirondack ink. I then painted the wings with a contrasting colour nd stamped them too. I used little glue squares to attached wings and watch face( also painted and stamped to the tag, attaching a printed twill to to hang it.

Washing!

Sundays are always washing day in our house.. when I am not working... and today was no exception... I threw it all in that wonderful machine where you throw in a tablet and then go away and do something else.. that's it a washing machine!
So you know how you just know when you have removed all your cotton washing from the machine, and the last thing to come out feels woolly that you have made a mistake . Well I washed my beautiful grey mohair jumper in a cotton wash, and mmm it came out a bit small..... So I asked DH to help me pull it to stretch it, and that didn't really work, so I soaked it, as I thought that might help, and then asked him to help stretch it again with me...pull a little harder he said, no pull harder.... so I pulled hard and so did he.. ( doesn't know his own strength....) and lo and behold he pulled the arms off!!! Anyone want a slightly shrunken vest with matching footless leggings?