Have you been and visited?

If you love the stamps we have, and would like to do more with them, then you must check out the wonderful NEW members of our Creative Team, and their creations with  some of the Mabel Lucie Attwell stamps, and more...
Here are a few of their gorgeous and innovative creations

Chris

Jo

Joanne

Jacqui

Rachel

Lorraine

Julie

Have fun blog hopping! Back tomorrow :)

Pixie Alert!

The title of this post is totally obscure, but I spent a little time using the new Nature's Little Helper by Mable Lucie Attwell yesterday, and so wanted to add flower petals where the daisy is. I stamped the pixie onto a distressed background on one of the Maya Road Chipboard Houses, and then masked the pixie, to add the stamps ( Houndstooth and Chicken Wire) in distressed inks.
I painted the pixie in distress inks by wetting the brush and smooching the ink on my non stick craft sheet, and picking up the colour. You can get a good amount of colour to paint this way. Crystal Stickles went on the wings..love this effect! For the flower, I coloured up in distress ink ( painting them the same way) a white flower from Prima. A yellow button added the finish.

Let me know what you think. All answers on a postcard to... lol

The Holly and the ....

Over on Hels blog , this week's Sunday Stamper is "The Holly and the Ivy", and as luck would have it I spent yesterday making a card using the new Mabel Lucie Attwell stamp featuring Holly! I cut out the image, and coloured it in with distress inks and Prismas, and used the fabulous ruby slippers stickles for the holly berries. I did think it needed a lift so added glossy accents on the pixie and the leaves. The whole caboodle was layered on some Bazill Dotted Swiss Phoenix ( the kind of card you really want to stroke all the time!) , and then layered on a black card.

In case you wondered, the Merry Christmas is from a decoration, I picked a couple up in my favourite store, Heselden Hats, a must come and see place if you are ever in Faversham.

 Thank you Hels for the challenge, and if you read this , I really NEED that gorgeous piece you made! lol

Have a great Sunday!

New Mabel Lucie Attwell stamps!

Firstly a BIG thank you to everyone who joined in the guessing game! What wonderful comments which gave me a smile every time I read them!
I know you want to see what the new stamps are and I do hope we haven't disappointed!
This is Nature's Little Helper

 Followed by Holly

closely followed by "Care to Dance"

The winner of the first stamp is Sid for guessing correctly the stamp.. Congratulations!

The winner of the 2nd stamp is Katherine Yah! Congratulations!

And, the winner of the third stamp is Carolands Step onto the podium! Congratulations!

Please email me your snail mail addresses, so I can get the stamps into the post for you.

I have to say I wish I could give a prize to everyone, but if you want to look at the stamps, and the most wonderful goodies that are new on the website go here

We have the most fantastic sets of Prima Flowers, the new Claudine Hellmuth Craft Bucket, the new Utee colours from Suze Weinberg, Tim Holtz stamps and idea-ology, and lots of Maya Road Chipboard! We also only charge £2.25 for goodies under £20.00 and FREE postage over £20 to ANYWHERE in The World!

Finally I got arty last night and made a little tag/bookmark using the "Care to Dance" Fairy!

Have a great day!

Final guess!

This one is quite easy (at least I think so, but then I know what they are! lol), however to win this one you have try to guess what this actually is. I am horrid! lol

By the way yesterday there was a correct guess! I am sure that you will get this one very easily.

Have a Brilliant day!

Guessing Game Day 2

Well I am amazed as at least one person came up with the correct answer for yesterday with a 2nd close behind...lol This one is maybe a little more difficult.. up to you! Have you been trawling all those long forgotten Mabel Lucie Attwell books of yours?
You can still have a guess on yesterday's post if this is the first time you have visited, and there will be one more tomorrow. I love this because it gives me an excuse not to make any artwork, but I will be back!

If no-one gets it correct, I will give away to the nearest guess! You can post as often as you like.
Have a great day!

Can you guess and win!

On Friday we are releasing new stamps for our popular Mabel Lucie Attwell Range. Here is a chance to win one of them, and a chance to win them all through this week, by guessing the sneak peek. I love what everyone writes, so take a wild guess and if you guess right, the stamp is yours!

Happy Guessing!

Starry Starry NIght!

Over on Gothic Arch Challenges this week it is stars. I hummed and hahhed (not sure how you  spell this!) about this, and finally used a little stamp from CaroLines, and some charms and the 3 Kings from one of The Artistic Stamper Christmas Plates.
I distress inked the Arch with Faded Jeans , making the bottom very dark, and then made a mistake stamping! Disaster! So I quickly wiped it off, and along came the Arch top layer. So I re-inked it, and then stamped the stars in gold ink, and glued the metal charms on top of the stamped stars. I love the effect of this , despite the major mistake!

Thank you for the challenge.

Oh Christmas Tree!

Over on Hel's blog the Sunday Stamper Challenge is to use stamping and a Christmas Tree. I had an idea to use the dots stamp as snow and emboss it onto Printable acetate. However that didn't work as well as I would have liked, so I just embossed on top of the background trees. The tree is the small Stitchels Christmas tree , and where the stitches go round I used gold stickles. It doesn't seem to show up in the scan very well :( I just stamped the trees on some paper I bought from Costo ages ago, and mounted it all up. I see the dots playing a big part in my Christmas cards! lol

Watch this space next week for special Stamps being released in time for you to make Christmas cards ( that is if you haven't been efficient and made them!)
I have been playing with them this weekend, and I will be doing sneek peaks , so you can win one or two or even three!

Button Pin up!

Well I didn't keep up my "stamp everyday keeps the doctor away", but I have to confess my computer has been playing up, and work got in the way! However I found time last night to make a little pinboard from a recycled piece of corkboard to enter into the Gngersnaps Spicy Supply challenge. Here I painted the board in Tattered Rose Crackle paint, and then added distress inks to it, to make it look old. I did stamp very lightly on one side with one of Tim's stamps, and added a scan of a picture from the most wonderful isssue (1932) of Good Needlework magazine. If you would like the picture , let me know and I will email it to you.

Then I added ric rac (aged to look old with distress inks ) to the edges. The buttons were glued on top of Prima Flowers and then attached to drawing pins. I have several sheets of Junkitz stickers and matching frames left from a couple of years ago, and they fitted perfectly.

I do hope this fits in with the challenge, and thank you for letting me take part.

Happy Buttoning!

A Stamp a Day...

Keeps the doctor away! My aim this week (not sure if I will keep it up!) is to use a different stamp everyday on a recycled piece. Care to join me?
 Today I have used a label from a piece of clothing bought at Primark, one of the UK's cheaper clothes stores. I love Primark, and often go in there just for the jewellery which is so cheap, you can cut it up and use it for ART! This was the label before I put Terra on it.

While the Terra was still wet, I wet one of Mr Holtz's stamps and stamped right into it. I did that a couple of times and then  allowed it to dry naturally, and then rubbed Precious Metal gold all over it, followed by a blue Perfect Pearl, which I spritzed with water to set.

Think this will adorn a Christmas Present or even a blog candy.

So go on show me your stamp a day, and let's see if we can get a week of stamping with a different stamp on a recycled something? Just post on here if you have made anything , and you never know I may even give candy away...lol

Happy Stamping!

It's Just Paper!

Following on yesterday's post, here is the second of the my attempts at Toilet Tissue Art! lol! It is really quite amazing what you can find in other people's homes! With this roll it  has lavender flowers on it, and it is 3 ply, so you get 2 extra pieces you can use! Imagine peeling off the top layer and stuffing it in your pocket to make ART! the mind boggles, or is that a different word I should use! Ooh so many exclamation marks!!!!
I am giggling while I write this as the whole episode has so tickled me!
Here I have added the paper to a piece of card with Claudine's multi medium matte, added a piece of printable acetate while it was still wet, and then added a rub on after it had dried. Add it to a purple card, and Toilet Tissue Art is born!

Have a Creative Day!

Roll up, roll up!

I am not sure where the last week has gone, but I haven't even picked up an inkpad or a stamp this past few days or so. I seem to  have lost several days...ok well not lost them , so much as have had my Aimee home (inbetween visiting her friends in London, and doing her washing, and going out with her brother!) and visiting my mum, the art side seems to have taken a back seat, but never mind, tomorrow is another day!
However, when visiting my Mum, Aimee , who has an eye for using unusual stuff, came rolling out of the loo, with a piece of toilet paper in her hand! My Mum, who loves the finer things in life, has patterned toilet paper from M & S , no less, and there was the perfect piece of rose patterned paper in Aimee's hand! So armed with 2 rolls of patterned paper we left Grandma's, happy in the knowledge that we could make art! That is apart from using it for the normal use !!
I grabbed the tags I make most things with, some of the toilet paper, some of  Claudine's Multi-Medium Matte, and glued! I covered it in Rock Candy Crackle Paint, added a  tiny bee charm, a few pearls, and a rub-on, and here is my attempt at Toilet Art! LOL. Not the most mazing piece of art, but it has kicked started my mojo..hopefully!

This week, Minxy gave me a award. I don't normally respond to these, but thought it might be fun.

 and I have to tell you 5 facts and pass it on to 5 people, so here goes
1. Am too old to tell you how old!
2. Addicted to Nescafe cappucinos, especially with cream!
3. Am a morning person, but think you may have guessed that!
4. Love the smell of new mown grass
5. Am not a natural blonde!! lol
I am supposed to pass this on to 5 more people , so
Julie, Sarah, Alison, Andrea and Sid, roll up and collect your award!
Have great day!

Where you there?

My mojo seems to have taken a holiday this week, so while sorting out my office, I came across this programme from the very first rubber stamp show in this country.

 It was called Rubberama and was held at the Artists show in July 1994 (I think if my memory serves me right!) in Islington. I remember so many of the names in the catalogue, some of which are still going, and some which are sadly defunct. First Class stamps ( do you have any of these?), Ivory Coast Trading Poste ( USA), Funstamps, Imagine, and some which are still going in a different format; Inca stamp, Rubber Stampede, and a few more.. It was such fun trying to educate people on what a rubber stamp was ! In those days we stamped the back of the book with our own stamp, and everyone collected all of them as a souvenir. Sadly I don't have mine stamped:(
Oh Happy Days! lol
Have a great Day, and here's hoping my mojo returns from its holiday soon
Hugs

Spooky Winner!

We have a winner of the blog candy..please step forward...

 CHERRY

and claim your prize! Please email me with your snail mail address, and then I can get your spooky prize off to you.
Thank you everyone for taking the time to take part. I just wish everyone could win!
Have a good evening

Trick or Treat

Halloween is here! To celebrate or not depending on how you feel, it doesn't matter in this case, as I have blog candy for the next 2 days right here ! This is a treat and a chance for you to get your mitts on some of Tim's miniature film ribbon, and one of his masks, so that you are ready for next Halloween!

All you have to do is make a comment and add the candy briefly to your blog. I shall pull the winner on Monday evening. To help you even more go shopping on The Artistic Stamper and get an extra 10% off your orders for this weekend. All you have to do is put halloween into the discount voucher box and the order will have 10% off!
I am demonstrating Ranger's Alcohol Inks tomorrow at Sharon's Card Crafts Demo day from 10am to 4pm , so if you are passing stop by and see us.
Here is a little card for Halloween made entirely from Grungeboard Seasonal, distress inks, Rock Candy Crackle Paint, and distress Stickles.

Don't forget to leave a comment . You have to be in it to win it!
Happy Trick and Treating!

Mini Arched book

This is the final piece that I made at ArtsyCrafts, and I go to play with a new colour-pink! I have a thing about arches at the moment...had you noticed? lol, so it was a fun project for me. It was the last thing we made, and most of us were tired and full of caffeine, so don't actually think I did it much justice, but here it is anyway.
The little birds were stamped on cream metal and given a bit of texture with some wheels, and the whole piece was covered in Kaiser paints in shades of pink. and then stamped over and highlighted with a white Ranger pen.

Have a great day!

A little bit of "me" time

I think I suffered a relapse yesterday, and finally felt tired after the weekend. I am having strange dreams, and for the first time in ages am sleeping in! Almost unheard of!! This morning it is grey and foggy.. a perfect day for staying in and creating! Not sure if I will have time for that, but here are a  couple more of the pieces we created at ArtsyCrafts at the weekend.
This was my favourite piece,called Timer Flies which is a uteed piece of metal, attached to grungepaper wings. The metal was puffed out by hand and painted and glimmer misted and then clear Utee was poured on top.

One of the other pieces was a little box called Me Time- a time capsule. This was great fun to make, and used Glimmer mists with a piantbrush. If you have any then spray them onto  a craft sheet and pick up the colours with a paintbrush. Sets a sparkle to your work! I don't actually own any Glimmer mists, so will try this with Perfect Pearls. There was lots of metal work in this piece and the front contained a watch Glimmer chip, paint with Glimmer Mists and highlighted with Viva Precious metal colour (love these!) The watch face was stamped in black and painted with Glimmers, and then Crackled Accented over the top. I might still work on this box as I still have the wings to attach. I made a right mess of mine, so have to re-do them!

Tomorrow I shall show you the final little arch book.

If you would like to see how they should have looked, pop over to Lin's blog! Her's are much better than mine.

Have a Happy Creative Day!