Here are the results for last week's Anything but not a card Challenge ... the winner of the randomly drawn $25.00 Simon Says Stamp Gift Voucher is ...
Number 44 Shari Cricutrookie
Congratulations Shari ... Please email Linda with your details so we can arrange for you to start your shopping spree :0)
The three winners that have been selected to join the elite club of vintage artists that can proudly display our top three blinkie are ... 27 Kathy Eddy 30 Robyn Correa 46 Kath
Congratulations to each of you ... your work was stunning! Please email Linda and she will in turn send you the Top 3 Blinkie! We had lots of fabulous entries so Thank you to everyone that took part.
Okay guys ... that's it for now ... don't forget to check out this week’s spookay challenge ... we are looking forward to seeing what you make :0)
Greetings ... What a brilliant job you all made of our last challenge ... The winners will be announced on Wednesday .... so don't forget to check back! This week Simon Says Stamp and Show ... Something Spookay! If you fancy joining us ... all you need to do is ... Interpret the theme any way you choose then come back here and link up so we can all see what you made! The challenge will close next Sunday at Midnight ... and to start those creative cogs ticking ... here is what the Design Team made for you this week ...
Nancy thinks Tim’s Alcohol Inks make a great background for a spooky birthday card, so she stamped Tim’s Skeleton of a Man on a transparency sheet coloured with AI's – stamped a large tag with Dusty Concord and Wild Honey – used the Scrollwork Alterations die-cut to give a little more of a “Goth” feel to the tag – added a bit of Tissue Tape, a Grunge Board bat – then gave the card to her “spooky” cousin.
Katie said that she had nothing spooky in her stash and therefore had to improvise. She made this gift set of seasonal vintage easy-mailer notelets using a real mixture of bits and pieces, including papers from DCWC Mariposa, 7 Gypsies Victoria and also some Basic Grey. She also used two sets of Hero Arts stamps to decorate the envelopes and sleeve: Sew Artsy and Everyday Sayings.
Kim decided to make a coffin shaped treat box from gorgeous Graphic 45 HALLOWEEN IN WONDERLAND papers. Her spooky tag was created by inking some glossy card with distress inks, heat embossing the forgotten garden image from Tim Holtz URBAN TAPESTRY stamps. Then sanding the background to distress. Using the spider from Wendy Vecchi BOTANICAL ART as the starting point for the web, which she hand drew with WHITE INKSSENTIAL PEN. Kim then blended rusty hinge distress ink all over the tag to give a spooky glow and finished with an adhesive gem.
Dan has recently been scaring himself silly watching the dvd set of "American Gothic", which is where he got his "there's someone at the door" inspiration from! This project features Tim Holtz stamps, distress ink pads, paint dabbers and Tim's sanding block!
Please do stop by the Design Team's individual blogs for more detailed pictures and further information on their work ... just click on their names.
Now it's your turn... The Design Team are once again looking forward to seeing your interpretations of this week's theme! This week's wonderful prize donated by our wonderful site sponsor Simon Says Stamp is a $25 gift voucher!
The prize will go to a random entry chosen by the In links Random Generator. The challenge will close at Midnight Eastern time on Sunday 31st October 2010 and the winner will be announced during the following week. To qualify all you need to do is create a new piece of work related to this theme ... post it on your blog ... with a link to this site and then pop a link below so everyone can come see what you made! And who knows ... if you don't win this prize ... your work may be selected for the much sought after Top Three Blinkie.
Have fun everyone :0)
Please link directly to your post NOT your blog and please do not include links to work that has been posted prior to the first day of the challenge ... Thank you :0)
Congratulations to each of you ... your work was delicious! Please email Linda and she will in turn send you the Top 3 Blinkie! We had lots of fabulous entries so Thank you to everyone that took part.
Okay guys ... that's it for now ... don't forget to check out this week's challenge ... you can make anything ... yes anything ... but not a card :0)
Helloooo ... What a brilliant job you all made of our metal challenge ... The winners will be announced on Wednesday .... so don't forget to check back then if you took part! This week Simon Says Stamp and Show ... Anything But a Card! If you want to join in ... all you need to do is ... Interpret the theme any way you choose then come back here and link up so we can all see what you made! The challenge will close next Sunday at Midnight ... and to start those creative juices flowing... here is what the Design Team came up with ...
The tissue tape Dan used to cover this shadow frame has apparently been burning a hole in his craft pocket, just waiting to be tried out! Suffice it to say that after one use he is now a big fan! He has also used Tim Holtz's Lost and Found Paper Pack, some of his stamps, salvage stickers and an idea-ology philosophy tag on this project.
As you can see, Nancy used a good assortment of products for this book for her 7 year-old grandson: manila tags, Halloween Words; Cobwebs texture fades, Tim's On The Fence edge cut, Distress Inks (primarily Spiced Marmalade, Dusty Concord, Black Soot, Crushed Moss, Vintage Photo), Cosmo Cricket Haunted rub-ons/chipboard/papers, Jillibean papers, Tim stamps and Tissue Tape ... a little of this, a little of that ... sounds like a Halloween potion, doesn't it?
Terry found a template of a little white box that a DVD was shipped in ... she thought it was perfect for her to make an Autumn box. She used a lot of Distress inks for an Autumn look. She also used a Martha Stewart Punch and the papers are from Basic Grey the Indian Summer.
Realizing the Holiday season is right around the corner,Nancy is thinking Christmas projects. This mini is easy to create with Maya Road chipboard book; trinket leaf pin, Tim Holtz Fragment, Graphic 45 papers and envelopes from 7 Gypsies decorated with Tim Holtz On The Edge Alteration dies. Add a few hanging Idea-ology charms, corners, a curio knob and key and finish it off with a Wendy Vecchi (Studio 490) stamp and it's ready for gift giving.
Katie made this book for her Grand-Mother. She said it was about four months in the making and she gave it to her Grand-Mother yesterday .... I bet there were a few tears!
Lori is apparently on a roll with the chunky ATC's, so she has made another for this weeks challenge! She has used a lot of Wendy's stamps, grungepaper and distress inks to complete this ATC. Along with some Maya Road trinkets and assorted bling!
Kim has been playing and learning exciting things to do with her Ranger Meltpot... She wanted to try the fun technique from the Ranger website showing altered grungeboard with Adirondack paint and perfect pearls! She applied this to the mini pocket notebook. She then created a matchbox to house the note book and decorated with ribbon, a tattered florals flower dipped in clear UTEE. The sentiment is a Wendy Vecchi and she added a grungeboard swirl coloured with distress ink.
Please do stop by the Design Team's individual blogs for more detailed pictures and further information on their work ... just click on their names.
Now it's your turn... The Design Team are once again looking forward to seeing your interpretations of this week's theme! This week's wonderful prize donated by our wonderful site sponsor Simon Says Stamp is a $25 gift voucher!
The prize will go to a random entry chosen by the In links Random Generator. The challenge will close at Midnight Ohio time on Sunday 24th October 2010 and the winner will be announced during the following week. To qualify all you need to do is create a new piece of work related to this theme ... post it on your blog ... with a link to this site and then pop a link below so everyone can come see what you made! And who knows ... if you don't win this prize ... your work may be selected for the much sought after Top Three Blinkie.
Have fun everyone :0)
Please link directly to your post NOT your blog and please do not include links to work that has been posted prior to the first day of the challenge ... Thank you :0)
Congratulations Lisa ... Please email Linda with your details so we can arrange for you to start your shopping spree :0)
Now ... a bit of a change this week ... We usually have three winners that are selected to join the elite club of vintage artists that can proudly display our top three blinkie ... Every week ... the entire Design Team choose their favourites and I pick out the designs with the most votes. This week ... however ... we have four winners ... the competition was so hot ... we just could n't pick three ... so without further ado ... the FOUR winners this week are:-
Congratulations to each of you ... your work was outstanding! I realise some of you guys already have the blinkie ... coz you keep rocking these challenges ... but for those that don't ... Please email Linda and she will send you the Top 3 Blinkie! We had lots of fabulous entries so Thank you to everyone that joined in.
Okay guys ... that's it for now ... don't forget to check out this week's challenge ... you never know ... next Winners-Day ... it could be you :0)
Hello there ... What a fabulous job you all made of last week's challenge ... Don't forget to watch out for Wednesday when the winners will be announced! This week Simon Says Stamp and Show some Metal! If you want to join in ... all you need to do is ... Interpret the theme any way you choose then come back here and link up so we can all see what you made! The challenge will close next Sunday at Midnight ... to get you on your way ... here is some more inspiration from the Design Team ...
After submitting an entirely metal piece for last week's challenge, Dan decided to take a different route this week - stitching on his project with copper wire and creating a custom embellishment. Needless to say, lots of other metal managed to find it's way onto the project too! Dan used lots of Tim Holtz stamps and Distress ink pads!
Lynne mixed things up... she used Alcohol Inks on the fabric and Dimensional Pearls on the metal and she said she loved the end result. She also created some inchies from Ten Seconds Studio Metal, which she placed in the background. She ran them through various Texture Fades and coloured with Alcohol Ink. Finally the edges of the paper were run through the Distrezz-It-All for the finishing look!
Nancy said she loved this challenge as it got her working with Ten Seconds Studio metals again. She used a 7 Gypsies 4x4 mini-book to create the cover and pages. Added Tim Holtz Idea-ology and then decorated the inside with the new 7 Gypsies Conservatory Collection using the 8x8 for the pages and the 6x6 pad for the embellishments. Did you know that you can run some of the Ten Seconds Studio molds through your Big Shot?
Katie said "I wanted to alter this little notebook very simply, so covered the book in some K+Co paper, used Distress Inks to make a sky-effect on some plain cardstock and used a Hero Arts stamp for the background. I picked out some of the details with Copics and then clear embossed the entire panel a few times with UTEE. I then added a metal frame and some letters and ribbons to complete the design."
A few things inspired Kim's piece, she had some metal vintage clock work bits which reminded her of mechanics; Tim Burton's film Nine and the whole Steampunk genre. So she tried to create faux metal with scraps, yes all the grungepaper scraps from die cutting... pieces form Caged bird die has some fabulous negative shapes, as does the elegant flourishes and there's a piece from the centre of heart wings. Kim has used some of Wendy's Art Parts... she even adhered a scrap of diet coke can! The front frame is inked with Distress inks, she has attached a few mini fastener's and sanded all the edges to give an aged metal look. After adhering each piece with faux rivets and holes she brushed on a little gold and copper perfect pearls. Then attached a metal corner and D ring to hang!
Lori found a cool shadowbox frame at her local big box craft store in the clearance aisle, all because it had a few dings and the glass was broken. She removed the broken glass, and replaced it with a piece of chipboard covered with Ten Seconds Studio metal embossed with their molds, molding paste, some embellishments made of more metal and UTEE ... a lovely home decor piece!
Like Nancy C I decided to make some jewellery using some of Tim Holtz's Idea-ology pieces. I grabbed my Compendium of Curiosities and set to work recreating one of my favourite pieces from the book. Once I finished my necklace off with one of the new Timmy Baubles I went on to make some bottle top embellishments with the small pictures from the Lost and Found Stack. The Idea-ology ball chains are just perfect for these heavy duty pendants ... so I made another one ... inspired by Tim's earlier book ... to add to my collection!
So now it's over to you ... The Design Team are looking forward to seeing your interpretations of this week's theme! This week's wonderful prize donated by our wonderful site sponsor Simon Says Stamp is a $25 gift voucher!
The prize will go to a random entry chosen by the In links Random Generator. The challenge will close at Midnight Ohio time on Sunday 17th October 2010 and the winner will be announced during the following week. To qualify all you need to do is create a new piece of work related to this theme ... post it on your blog ... with a link to this site and then pop a link below so everyone can come see what you made! And who knows ... if you don't win this prize ... your work may be selected for the much sought after Top Three Blinkie.
Have fun everyone :0)
Please link directly to your post NOT your blog and please do not include links to work that has been posted prior to the first day of the challenge ... Thank you :0)
Congratulations to each of you ... your work was lovely! Please email Linda and she will in turn send you the Top 3 Blinkie! We had lots of fabulous entries so Thank you to everyone that joined in.
Okay guys ... that's it for now ... don't forget to check out this week's challenge ... you gotta be innit to win it :0)
Hi Everyone ... Here's hoping you all have a good week and what better way to start a new week ... than a with another new challenge. This week Simon Says Stamp and Show your Numbers! If you want to join us again this week ... or if it's your first time ... all you need to do is ... Interpret the theme any way you choose then come back here and link up so we can all see what you made! The challenge will close next Sunday at Midnight ... to help you on your way ... here is some fabulous inspiration from the Design Team ...
Linda created her tag on a base of patchwork embossed numbers. She embossed card stock with several Tim Holtz Texture Fades and cut out the numbers, then patchworked and stitched them together. After being ink distressed with Tim Holtz Vintage Photo, it served as the base of her tag. The handmade flowers and shabby seam binding were dyed with Tim Holtz distress inks. The flourish was covered with Ranger Gold Liquid Pearls.
I Love the way Dan interprets these themes and this week's project is no exception. Dan has created this wonderful gift box using ... wait for it ... Ten Seconds Studio metal and one of their moulds. He has embellished the box with a square of patterned paper placed in a silver Ranger Memory Frame, which has been rubbed with copper wax.
Nancy used Cosmo Cricket's Garden Variety papers. The numbers are Grungeboard covered with vintage paper, then inked with Peeled Paint, Tumbled Glass, Wild Honey, Barn Door & Black Soot. The "bottle" is made from the Texture Fades' packing, stamped with Jet Black StazOn. Let's see ... little details ... lots of *Tim* with the Memo Pins, Locket Keys and Muse Tokens ... and a Maya Road star pin and flower.
Lynne began by misting the front of her box with Broken China and Black Soot Re-inker Mixtures. She then added some fiber paste and misted it again...dusting it with Perfect Pearls. She used the new Tattered Leaves die to accent her flowers which were made using the Tattered Floral dieThe flowers and leaves were coloured with Re-inker Mixtures. For the numbers she created a large 2 out of Plain GrungeBoard, texturized it with Collage Texture Fade. She coloured the Foundations Box Feet with Gold Metallic Alcohol Ink.
Nancy Said "It's been a while since I've completed a 12x12 layout so that in itself was a challenge for me! This photo of my son practicing track when he was in high school reminded me of all the numbers: what lane was he in?; what was his time? etc." She used Crate Paper School Spirit paper with Bo Bunny and Tim Holtz Grungeboard Alpha thrown in for good measure.
Kim said that after pondering what she could do to incorporate numbers she started to see them in numerous stamps and items! Lots of Wendy's Vecchi Stamps include numbers... like her Dimensional Rose art which is the background under the leaves. Nature's art sentiment says the number one which has been stamped onto a ticket which also has numbers! Even the wonderful butterfly from Botanical art has numbers in its pattern. To include even more numbers she covered grungepaper with Tim Holtz tissue tape and stamped flowers from live and make art in coffee archival before cutting and inking with distress ink. Finishing off with a bingo game piece.
So now it's over to you ... The Design Team are looking forward to seeing the way you choose to interpret the theme! This week's wonderful prize donated by our wonderful site sponsor Simon Says Stamp is a $25 gift voucher!
The prize will go to a random entry chosen by the In links Random Generator. The challenge will close at Midnight Ohio time on Sunday 10th October 2010 and the winner will be announced during the following week. To qualify all you need to do is create a new piece of work related to this theme ... post it on your blog ... with a link to this site and then pop a link below so everyone can come see what you made! And who knows ... if you don't win this prize ... your work may be selected for the specially designed Top Three Blinkie.
Have fun everyone :0)
Please link directly to your post NOT your blog and please do not include links to work that has been posted prior to the first day of the challenge ... Thank you :0)
