Hellooooooooo… it's Wednesday again ... which means it is that time of the week… without further ado… here are the results for last week's Tim Holtz Technique challenge ... the winner of the randomly drawn $50.00 Simon Says Stamp Gift Voucher ... oh yes $50 is ... Number 26 Susan Killam
Congratulations Susan ... 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 ...
Congratulations to each of you ... your work was amaaaaazing! 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 Something from Yesteryear Challenge ... we have another wonderful $50 prize and we are looking forward to seeing what you make :0)
Happy Monday People ... Thank you for playing along with last week's challenge ... The winners will be announced on Wednesday .... so don't forget to check back ... this could be your lucky week! This week Simon Says Stamp and Show ... Something From Yesteryear! Due to everyone being so busy with Holiday preparations this challenge will run for two weeks ... which means we will be back on Monday 3rd January 2011 with a new theme.
If you want to join in the fun over the next two weeks... all you need to do is ... create something that ties in with our theme ... pop it on your blog ... and come back here and link up so everyone can see what you made! To start you on your way... take a look at some inspiration from the Design Team ...
Lynne loves all things from yesteryear.......For this project she pulled out her vintage crepe paper (not the roll kind) and a tassel. To add to this vintage look she used Vintage Glass Glitter to accent her Tattered Floral flower and a she stamped a Flourish, which she traced with white glue and sprinkled on more Vintage Glass Glitter. The Bauble added just the right touch when coupled with the vintage tassel and of course a bit of Vintage Photo Distress Ink. Remember those paper chains, she created one to be used to hang the cone.
This week's challenge began with a book Nancy found at a flea market. The book was written in 1942 by Kathleen Norris and bears her initials on the front. Nancy is using it for her niece who has the same initials (K.N.) and turning it into a junque journal with lots of empty pages for her to add her own thoughts and dreams. After binding the cover with signatures, Nancy used Crafty Secrets Seasonal Calendar to decorate each month of 2011. Added tags with ribbon to each month to make it easier to pull the tags out and then to each tag added various quotes from Tim Holtz Just Thoughts and Good Thoughts. With Maya Road and 7 Gypsies envelopes, there's plenty of room for her to add what she wishes.
When Lori hears the word "yesteryear", she thinks of vintage, aged, or things reminiscent of days gone by. For Lori, Graphic 45 always represents vintage, so that was the focus of her project this week. She used paper from Renaissance Fair, the Ornate On the Edge die, a Gold and Espresso paint dabber, and a Curio knob to turn an ordinary paper mache box into a vintage gift box!
Kim decided to make a vintage looking ornament, to capture the feeling of yesteryear. First she created an oval tile using images from the mini holiday stamp set, masked, coloured with copics, then completely covered with crackle accents. She used gold Adirondack Acrylic Paint Dabber for the edges. It was then adhered to a frame shape made from Tim's vintage shabby papers, with inked edges and adhesive stones, the very edge has a generous amount of stickles too. Kim has added a crepe paper frill to the back of the ornament. The 'merry christmas' is also from the mini holiday stamp set, inked and covered with clear embossing powder! The glittery poinsettia shrink plastic flower was created using Tattered florals die, coloured with distress inks and lots of gold stickles glitter for the centre. Finished off with a bow made from Webster's pages Holiday Trim attached using a fabulous charm clip and jump ring. The Idea-ology facet covers a stamped image and is attached to ribbon with a trinket pin.
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.
The Design Team are looking forward to seeing your work! Drum Roll required here ... Because throughout December our wonderful site sponsor Simon Says Stamp is giving away a $50 gift voucher!
The prize will go to a random entry chosen by Random Generator. The challenge will close at Midnight Eastern time on Sunday 2nd January 2011 and the winner will be announced during the following week. To qualify all you need to do is create a new piece of work ... 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 :o)
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)
Ho Ho Ho … it's Wednesday again ... which means it is that time of the week… Fan Fare please … here are the results for last week's Holiday Greeting challenge ... the winner of the randomly drawn $50.00 Simon Says Stamp Gift Voucher ... oh yes $50 is ...
Number 68 Larisa
Congratulations Larisa ... 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 ... 4 Neil Walker 5 Candy Colwell 9 Hellerlittle
Congratulations to each of you ... your work gave us all so much pleasure! 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 Lord Tim Technique Challenge ... we have another wonderful $50 prize and we are looking forward to seeing what you make :0)
Blimey ... it's Monday again already ... Thank you so much to all of you that played along with last week's challenge ... The winners will be announced on Wednesday .... so don't forget to check back ... this could be your lucky week! This week Simon Says Stamp and Show ... a Lord Tim of Holtz Technique! I know a lot of you guys that join us each week are Tim Holtz fans like us ... we thought that this challenge would be a great way of Thanking Tim for all the effort he goes to every year imparting his knowledge; inspiration ... and not forgetting a generous amount of his time ... sharing his 12 tags of Christmas. So join us in Thanking him by showing ... what we have learned along the way!
If you want to join in the fun this week ... all you need to do is ... create something that ties in with our theme ... pop it on your blog ... and come back here and link up so everyone can see what you made! The challenge will close next Sunday at Midnight ... and to start you on your way... take a look at what techniques the Design Team have learned from the great man himself ....
Distressing rules where Nancy’s concerned, so it just follows that using Tim’s Distress Embossing Powders would be one of her favourite techniques! They can be tricky to use – and sometimes don’t photo so well! – but, what a great effect they create! Santa was stamped with Ranger’s Clear Embossing Ink, then coloured with Distress Embossing Powder in Antique Linen, Peeled Paint, Vintage Photo & Fired Brick. The edges of the card stock & note card are distressed with Walnut Stain Distress Ink, then a German foil accent was added on top of the card stock layers.
With so many technique's to choose from, Nancy says it's really difficult to choose just one. So she chose the one she uses most often - embossing. This time Nancy embossed using Distress Embossing Ink with Distress Embossing Powders to get a vintage look. The two must be used together in order to create this technique. Nancy mixed powders to get her own colour: one part Distress Frayed Burlap Embossing Powder to two parts Distress Broken China Embossing Powder. First, with the caps still on the jars, shake up the Embossing Powders to mix the crystals. Then open the caps and mix the two colours together. Stamp the image on the tag, shake the powders on (and then off) and heat set with a heat gun. Let the embossing cool, then rub your fingers over the embossed image to release some of the crystals.
One of Lori's favourite “Tim techniques” is the Rusted Enamel technique that can be found in Tim's book, “A Compendium of Curiosities”. Her version is a little different than Tim's. She used a 4” x 4” canvas as the base of her project, and Ranger embossing powders in Gold, Copper and Verdigris. A bit of Espresso Paint Dabber was rubbed around the edges. The ornament was cut from grunge board using the Carved Ornament with the “Love” Mover and Shaper Die. Some stickers from the Seasonal Salvage Sticker pack and other holiday embellishments complete the piece.
Kim used quite a few of Tim's techniques on her card, mainly inspired from his tag #3 of the 12 Tags of Christmas, used the tissue tape on grunge paper technique but instead of alcohol ink coloured the tissue tape with copic markers, it works beautifully, has a rich colour and the copic ink remains translucent. She then smudged a generous amount of distress stickles rock candy all over. But what Kim really wanted to try is the extreme masking technique... so, die cut tim's branch tree from mask sheet then turned the tree on it's side to become more of a branch. With blending tool, inked tree with distress inks and stamped script in archival black. The bird is nestled in a little christmas green flower soft. She then used Snow Cap Adirondack Acrylic Paint Dabber for the snow flurries. The December label is from the mini holiday stamp set, inked and distressed! The glittery felt flower was created using Tattered florals die, stickles glitter for the edges and a pearl centre.
What more can we say ... We Thank you Tim!
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.
The Design Team are looking forward to seeing your Timspirations ... see what I did there! Fanfare required here ... Because throughout December our wonderful site sponsor Simon Says Stamp is giving away a $50 gift voucher!
The prize will go to a random entry chosen by Random Generator. The challenge will close at Midnight Eastern time on Sunday 19th December 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 ... 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 :o)
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)
Helloooooo … it's Wednesday and you all know what that means … Drum Roll please … here are the results for last week's Tag challenge ... the winner of the randomly drawn $25.00 Simon Says Stamp Gift Voucher is ...
Number 12 DeeDee Catron
Congratulations DeeDee ... Please email Linda with your details so we can arrange for you to start your shopping spree :0)
I am often asked how we pick our winners ... well the randomly drawn winner is selected using a computer programme designed for such things ... but the Top Three really are quite special. The Design Team look at all the entries and each week we all pick our own favourite Top Three ... I collate all the nominations and the entries with the most nominations get the Top Three Blinkie ... On the rare occasions that we don't have clear winners ... I turn to a trusty hat and the top three from the nominations are then selected at random ... since we started the challenge that scenario has only ever happened once.
So you see ... it really is an elite club of vintage artists and the entries that have been chosen to join that group this week ... in numerical order ... are ... 15 Chris 23 Sarah 32 Sue
Congratulations to each of you ... your work was delightful! 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 holiday greeting challenge ... we have a whopping $50 Simon Says Stamp gift voucher to win ... and as always ... we love to see what you make :0)
Hi there everyone ... Thank you so much to all of you that played along with last week's challenge ... The winners will be announced on Wednesday .... so don't forget to check back ... it could be you! This week Simon Says Stamp and Show ... a Holiday Greeting! We are an international challenge blog and well aware that not everybody celebrates Christmas ... so feel free to make a project to celebrate any holiday that is important to you and yours. If you want to join in the fun this week ... all you need to do is ... create something that ties in with our theme ... pop it on your blog ... and come back here and link up so everyone can see what you made! The challenge will close next Sunday at Midnight ... and to start you on your way... take a look at what the Design Team has made to inspire you this week ...
Dan borrowed a technique from the screen-printing process to transform this foliage spray into a folk art poinsettia garland. The image was stamped twice in the same place, first with Barn Door distress ink. After re-inking the stamp with a Pine Needles distress ink pad, Dan used a moist baby wipe to remove the ink from the parts he wanted to show as red and then stamped again in the same position. The same technique was used on the holiday ticket. Stamp sets used were both by Tim Holtz @ Stampers Anonymous - Odds and Ends and Floral Tattoo.
Nancy’s finally cut into Tim Holtz’s Seasonal Paper Pack, choosing one of the Christmas images that works with her kraft note cards. She edged the card with Walnut Stain Distress Ink, then, using a technique she learned recently, Nancy framed a piece of plain white cardstock with Embossing Ink, then applied Detail Gold embossing ink – no need to cut a piece of gold cardstock! Green cardstock was placed under those two layers, placed on the card – then a bit of floral trim was stapled onto the card with her Tiny Attacher, a velvet ribbon bow was attached- and a greeting card is ready to be mailed!
Lynne has been waiting ooooooohhhh so impatiently to create her Christmas Greeting. The inspiration for her card is a copied vintage postcard.....she then used her Tall Trees Texture Fade to emboss the face of the card, cut the Pine Tree from cardboard, inked it with Forest Moss Distress Ink and accented with Rock Candy Stickles. Do you see the Film Strip she used....what a great accent!
During the holidays, Nancy tries to create cards that are easy and stress free. That's one reason why she picked up Tim Holtz Seasonal double sided paper stash. This paper stack includes every holiday throughout the year, from January through December. In this card, Nancy simply cut-out images from the Seasonal pack and adhered them onto a piece of cardstock. To complete the look, add miscellaneous ribbon, Stickles and Tim Holtz Idea-ology Charm Clip.
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.
The Design Team are looking forward to seeing your Inked masterpieces! Drum roll required here ... Because throughout December our wonderful site sponsor Simon Says Stamp is giving away a $50 gift voucher!
The prize will go to a random entry chosen by Random Generator. The challenge will close at Midnight Eastern time on Sunday 12th December 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 ... 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 :o)
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)
Oh Yes people … it is that time of the week again … without further ado … here are the results for last week's challenge ... the winner of the randomly drawn $25.00 Simon Says Stamp Gift Voucher is ...
Number 45 Lisa Sparkle
Congratulations Lisa ... 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 ... 16 Paula 46 Stephen 74 Pastilka
Congratulations to each of you ... your work is wonderful! 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 Tag Challenge ... we have a wonderful prize and we are looking forward to seeing what you make :0)
