Craft Stamper Take It, Make It

Welcome to a new Craft Stamper Take It, Make It challenge!  It's Anything Goes with rubber or polymer stamps.

I've used this fab stamp from Technique Junkies. Having found some background paper that I wanted to use, I matched my colours to the colours of the paper.

We've got a fabulous prize for one randomly chosen winner this month:

The winner chosen by the Design Team will get their card featured in Craft Stamper magazine, together with a two page profile, a profile on the blog and a guest design spot in a future challenge.  What's not to like?

Pop on over to the blog for some more fabulous inspiration from the team, and play along for your chance to win.  Don't forget to follow the rules - we don't want you excluding yourself from the prizes!!

Seize The Birthday - Black And White Only

Hello, and welcome to a new challenge at Seize The Birthday.  For this challenge, we're using black and white only, but if you're not comfortable doing that, you can join in with any birthday project, any colour!

I've used a Tim Holtz blueprint stamp to make a masculine birthday card.  Pop on over to the Seize The Birthday blog to see what our guest designer, Julie Beech, and the rest of the team have made, then play along with us.

STAMPlorations Hey, Love Hop and Linky Party - Reminder

Just popping by with a little reminder about the STAMPlorations Hey, Love hop and linky party.  There are loads of ways to win, both by commenting and by uploading your creation to the linky  - check them out here.  If you haven't got any suitable stamps, Shery has even provided three fabulous free digi images for you to use.

I made a gift tag to go with these wooden coasters:

I used my new Carved Flowers set to create a flower in the corner and a border down the left-hand side.  The sentiment is from one of my first sets, Rosebuds.  That should have been it, but I managed to smudge the Distress Oxide inks so I took a wet paintbrush and spread the colours around.  I also touched along the border with the wet brush to allow some of the ink to bleed.  Then I grunged it up with a credit card that had been dragged through Distress Ink.

I do hope you'll find the time to hop along and link up - you'd be mad to miss it!

STAMPlorations Spotlight

I'm over on the STAMPlorations blog with a couple of cards.  Pop on over to find out what my inspiration was.

STAMPlorations Inspiration #201

It's STAMPlorations Inspiration Tuesday, and today I've got a butterfly for you, but it's made from flower and leaf petals from my new set, Carved Flowers.

I stamped the images in Distress Oxides, then watercoloured the background with Distress Inks.  I used a black fineliner to draw the body and antennae.

Pop on over to the STAMPlorations blog for some more fabulous inspiration from the team, and don't forget to leave a comment for your chance to win a $10 gift certificate.  When you're shopping in the store, don't forget to use my code STAMPGIRLSHIRLEY for 20% off stamps, stencils and dies.

STAMPlorations Release Week - Final Reminder

Have you been commenting on the blog posts for the STAMPlorations Release Week?  Here's a card to remind you of my Carved Houses set.

Pop on over to the STAMPlorations blog for more fabulous inspiration from the team, and get commenting for a chance to win a $15 coupon to the store.

STAMPlorations Love Hop & Linky Party

Hello!  We're having a Hop and Linky Party over at STAMPlorations, and there's $100 worth of prizes in the form of products, gift certificates and coupon codes.  Check out all the details on the STAMPlorations blog here.

I've used my new set, Carved Flowers, to make another bouquet.  I used Distress Inks direct to the stamps, spritzed then stamped onto mixed media paper, dragged the edge of a Distress Ink mini pad for stalks, and watercoloured the background.  Then I just added the XOXO diecut (two layers, top layer inked and spritzed).

Pop on over to the STAMPlorations blog, and don't forget to follow directions to maximise your chances of winning.  Good luck!