Wednesday, November 30, 2011

Winners-Day!

Hello Everyone ... Here are the results for the Ticket Challenge! The winner of the randomly drawn $50.00 Simon Says Stamp Gift Voucher is
12 Bonnie McLain
Congratulations Bonnie ... Please claim your prize within the next two weeks by emailing Linda with your details so we can arrange for you to start buying yummy goodies!
Now for the next bit ... every week the entire Design Team nominate their favourites and the three pieces of art work with the most votes gets a fabulous blinkie! This week the winners that have been selected to join the elite club of vintage artists that can proudly display our top three blinkie are ...
31 Gillian
41 Marita Soutar
54 Cindy Pointe
Congratulations to each of you ... your work was Awesome! Please email Linda and she will send you the Top 3 Blinkie! Thank you to everyone that took part last week. Don't forget to check out this week's Challenge ... we want to see your Stars... and we have another $50 Simon Says Stamp voucher to give away!

Monday, November 28, 2011

Simon Says Stamp and Show Some Stars!

Hello Everybody! Thank you for playing along with last week's Challenge! The winners will be announced this Wednesday .... so don't forget to check back ... this could be your winning week! This week Simon Says Stamp and Show ... some Tickets! If you want to join in the fun ... 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! Before you start take a look at what the Design Team came up with...
Nancy is decorating for Christmas so the natural choice for this week's challenge was an ornamental star. The base is clear acrylic that was embossed using the Allegro embossing folder on a Vagabond. It was then painted with Ranger's Gold Dabber. The paint was gently wiped off so that it stayed only within the deep grooves of the embossed music. Using Graphic 45's 8x8 Christmas Emporium paper, fussy cuts were made and adhered to the front of the embossed star along with Hero Arts Olive Green Gemstones.
Tracy created a Christmas card and matching gift bag charm using Tim's Season's Silhouettes and Odds and Ends stamps along with the Reindeer Flight die.  The stars on the charm and on the card have been decorated with Ten Second Studio metal and embossed with the Snow Flurries Texture Fade. Embellishments include Christmas Adornments, Jump Rings, Placquettes and Swivel Clasp.
Candy is transforming one of her Christmas trees into a "vintage" tree.  She also loves vintage Santas.  So she created this "vintage" Christmas Star Tree Topper using a Victorian Santa image and an extra large glittery snowflake.  It took Platinum and Rock Candy Stickles, Fun Flock, Art Glitter's Ultra Fine Crystal Glitter, and Distress Inks and Refills, Wonder Tape and Glossy Accents to help create this festive and dimensional Tree Topper.
Vintage glass glittered gold stars are the focal point of Linda's holiday wall hanging.  The stars are layered over a rosette cut from kraft glassine paper with the Tim Holtz Mini Rosette die.  Linda used the Tim Holtz Concerto make to create a vintage style background and created a gold embossed collage of holiday elements with the Tim Holtz Festive Greenery decorative strip die.
With all the festivities and travel going on this week, Lynne created a rather simple project. She located a 3d star pattern and cut out two from a bit of Kraft Resist Paper. Using a scoring blade she scored the star. With Broken China and Stormy Sky Distress Stain she colored the star. She then adhered the two stars together. To finish off the star embellishment she used the Tattered Pine Cone die.
Sarah thought star-shaped cookie cutters could make great Christmas decorations and this 'Believe" star is one of three altered designs. Sarah created her star using Ranger Metal sheets embossed with the Textile folder, the cutter and metal are coloured with Alcohol inks and the star is adorned with an Idea-ology Philosophy tag.
With Christmas in mind, Terry created a candle-holder with lots of stars. Just perfect for a seasonal table centre-piece! She worked with the fabulous Christmas Emporium papers from Graphic 45, and for the stars she worked with Golden Distress Stickles using lots of Distress Inks on the edges and reindeer. To finish her festive piece, Terry topped everything off with Perfect Pearls Mist.
Ellen altered a 6x6 canvas for this week's star theme.  She used red pepper, citrus, pearl and copper paint dabbers, spellbinders nestaboard (stars), Tim Holtz star stamp (from bitty grunge set), black pitt pen, molding paste.  Added some random patches of mirobeads,  a sentiment stamped with mini alpha stamps, and added some bling.  May all your wishes come true!
Dan covered this pocket journal with a design from the Retro Grunge card stack, adding the central stamped detail with the Psychedelic Grunge stamp set.  All that was needed then was an Idea-ology chain tassel, making the perfect finishing touch for this stocking stuffer!  
I rustled up a card for this week's theme using Wendy Vecchi's Studio 490 Botanical Art. I coloured my background with Wild Honey; Forest Moss and Rusty Hinge Distress Inks. I stamped in Coffee and Jet Black Archival. I finished with a Shimmer of Ranger Sunflower Sparkle Perfect Pearl Mist. I punched my stars out of Black card and glossed them up with Black Enamel Accents.
Please stop by The Design Team's individual blogs for more detailed pictures and further information on their work...Just click on their names! We are looking forward to seeing your interpretation of this theme! Our wonderful site sponsor Simon Says Stamp is once again 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, 4th December 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!


Wednesday, November 23, 2011

Winners-Day!

Hello Everyone ... Here are the results for the Women Only Challenge! The winner of the randomly drawn $50.00 Simon Says Stamp Gift Voucher is
59. Gillian
Congratulations Gillian ... Please claim your prize within the next two weeks by emailing Linda with your details so we can arrange for you to start buying yummy goodies!
Now for the next bit ... every week the entire Design Team nominate their favourites and the three pieces of art work with the most votes gets a fabulous blinkie! This week the winners that have been selected to join the elite club of vintage artists that can proudly display our top three blinkie are ...
25 MsPlum
55 AlieHdV
64 Valerka
Congratulations to each of you ... your work was Awesome! Please email Linda and she will send you the Top 3 Blinkie! Thank you to everyone that took part last week. Don't forget to check out this week's Challenge ... we want to see your Women Only Interpretations... and we have another $50 Simon Says Stamp voucher to give away!

Monday, November 21, 2011

Simon Says Stamp and Show Some Tickets!

Hello Everybody! Thank you for playing along with last week's Challenge! The winners will be announced this Wednesday .... so don't forget to check back ... this could be your winning week! This week Simon Says Stamp and Show ... some Tickets! If you want to join in the fun ... 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! Before you start take a look at what the Design Team came up with...
For this challenge Nancy turned to Tim Holtz Journaling Tickets to create a mini-banner. After inking the edges with Ranger Archival Sepia ink, she used the same ink and stamped background images from Tim's Mini-Holiday set. The stamp set was also used on the tops of miscellaneous chipboard letters. A Marvy Snow Pen was used on the trees and Santa's hat before bits of ephemera were added to each tag.
A page from the Maya Road Birdcage book was the starting point for Tracy's creation this week, covered with the Kraft Resist Paper Stash using the page with the bird image, coloured with Distress Stain faded jeans,  the bird image on the paper then led Tracy to using the Caged Bird Alterations Die to co-ordinate, cut from Grungepaper.  The bird cage was aged with Distress Ink vintage photo and embellished with metal pieces from Tracy's stash.  The bird cage was then adorned with Tim Holtz Adage Tickets, again aged along with a Tattered Floral, cut from fabric. 
With the holidays fast approaching, Candy decided to create an extra large ticket embellished with Tim Holtz' NEW Vintage Noel, Tattered Pinecone and Mini Snowflakes die cuts.  The basic ticket is embossed with Queens Gold and Copper Snowflakes then sealed using Tim Holtz' Rusted Enamel technique as seen in Tim's Compendium of Curiosities Book-page 41.  Colorized with various Stickles and Art Glitter Dazzlers; Candy's big ticket is a perfect package decoration or Christmas Tree ornament.  Check out the Tickets Santa is holding!  Have you been "Naughty" or "Nice"?
Sarah Engels-Greer
Sarah had been thinking that tickets could make great flowers, so this was the perfect week to try things out! She used Idea-ology Adage Tickets for petals, edged them with Aged Mahogany and used bottle tops, like these, for centres. She added vintage photos of two lovely ladies filling them with Glossy Accents for a glass effect finish. She attached them to thick wire coloured with Alcohol Inks, added string accents and displayed them in an old wooden off-cut. Just the ticket!
Once Lynne had the Antiquities 8 x 8 pad in her hand she just couldn't wait to create with it!! So she pulled out her Canvas Corp Cards, Mini Damask and Gathered Twigs Distress ink. Once the face of the card was inked up she cut out the flower using the Spiral Blossom 1 die, sanded the edges and created the beautiful flower. OH.....let's not forget the Adage Ticket.......SOAR.
While making this card Dan took the opportunity to tackle one of the items on his "techniques I keep meaning to try" list - Versamark shabby resist (just Versamark without any embossing powder, let it dry then ink over the top).  Apart from a bit of sewing machine jiggery-pokery and the Versamark ink pad, other products he used included the Lost and Found and Kraft Resist card stacks, Distress Ink pads, the Floral Tattoo and Odds and Ends stamp sets and a journalling ticket!
When Terry had some new stamps in her hands, she knew right away what she wanted to make with the tickets theme. She made a card with lots of homemade tickets of different sizes and colours. She worked with the new distress inks, from the Fall Seasonal Edition and Winter Seasonal Edition. For the background she worked with the Silhouette Grass from Hero Arts and heat embossed it with the copper embossing powder. The sentiment on the upper ticket is from The Tims Odds and Ends. The butterflies are from Nellie Snellen, punch and emboss almost at the same time.
Ellen Vargo
Ellen decided to make a key chain of tickets using the blank ticket die and matching stamp from Memory Box.  She added an ornate plate and phrase on the cover, and then used movers and shapers dies with grungeboard and rock candy crackle paint for the remaining tickets.  Each ticket has a simple word stamped with a mini alpha stamp set.

A Tim Holtz Journaling Ticket and a stamp from the Holiday Minis 3 set embossed in bright red creates a focal point for Linda's Christmas ornament (that was cut with a Spellbinders die).  She embellished her die cut reindeer with an Elegant Flourishes die cut and her Viva Pearl Pen
 
I headed straight for my new Tim Holtz Mini Reindeer and 25 Movers and Shapers this week and then tried to work out how I was going to incorporate some tickets! I settled on a trio of ATC's! So using Fired Brick Distress Stain; Maroon Archival and Walnut Stain Distress Ink I coloured and stamped Wendy Vecchi's Script stamp on some ATC Manilla blanks. The holly was made using off cuts of Manilla card and another Wendy Vecchi stamp! Some Christmas Adornments and a bit of Distress Stickles ... What Fun! Ho Ho Ho!
Please stop by The Design Team's individual blogs for more detailed pictures and further information on their work...Just click on their names! We are looking forward to seeing your interpretation of this theme! Our wonderful site sponsor Simon Says Stamp is once again 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, 27th November 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!


Tuesday, November 15, 2011

Winners-Day!

Hello Everyone ... Here are the results for the UpCycling/ReCycling Challenge! The winner of the randomly drawn $50.00 Simon Says Stamp Gift Voucher is
1. Suzi
Congratulations Suzi ... Please claim your prize within the next two weeks by emailing Linda with your details so we can arrange for you to start buying yummy goodies! Oh ... and keep reading ... You were n't just a favourite with Mr Random.Org!!!
Now for the next bit ... every week the entire Design Team nominate their favourites and the three pieces of art work with the most votes gets a fabulous blinkie! This week the winners that have been selected to join the elite club of vintage artists that can proudly display our top three blinkie are ...
1. Suzi
24 Stampersuzz
32 Dragon / Frankie
Congratulations to each of you ... your work was Awesome! Double congratulations to Suzi ... This is the first time we have had a double whammy! Please email Linda and she will send you the Top 3 Blinkie! Thank you to everyone that took part last week. Don't forget to check out this week's Challenge ... we want to see your Women Only Interpretations... and we have another $50 Simon Says Stamp voucher to give away!

Monday, November 14, 2011

Simon Says Stamp and Show Some Women Only!

Hello Everybody! Thank you for playing along with last week's Challenge! The winners will be announced this Wednesday .... so don't forget to check back ... this could be your winning week! This week Simon Says Stamp and Show ... some Women Only! If you want to join in the fun ... 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! Before you start take a look at what the Design Team came up with...
One of the most beautiful women in the U.S. is this gift from France. Nancy designed this tag using images from Crafty Secrets Adventure & Travel Vintage Cuts. The tag was embossed with a Polka Dot Cuttlebug Embossing Folder then inked with Distress Ink. Accents were added using Spellbinders Parisian die and a bronze colored Mini Rosette. Miscellaneous ribbon and frames finished off the Statue of Liberty tag.
Tracy decided to decorate a bodice this week and one with a very womanly figure too, decorated with recycled tissue paper coloured with Adirondack Color Wash Espresso and Sunset Orange. The bodice has been adorned with flowers made from Tissue Tape, ribbon, Accoutrements and a Philosophy Tag attached with Jump Rings.
This week, Candy decided to take a trip to her most favorite place; OZ, to visit the strong female characters of that movie.  So, she packed her suitcase covered in Graphic 45's The Magic Of Oz Collection; distressed with various Ranger Distress Inks and Ranger Stickles and headed down the yellow brick road! Several Tim Holtz Ideaology pieces, Glossy Accents, Wonder Tape, and Tim Holtz On The Edge die cuts were essential in creating her suitcase.
When Terry thought of Women Only, she was thinking of an altered photo-frame, a perfect fit for women only...so she found a fab classy lady on the net. The frame is worked on with Wendy Vecchi's Art Parts Leaves and she played with Faded Jeans. The Flowers are from The Wendy, Dreams of Art and worked on with Distress Crackle Paint and coloured with Vintage Photo, Faded Jeans and Forest Moss. On the flowers she used some spacers and the Perlen pen. The swirls are from The Tim's Grungeboard Elements and coloured with the Peeled Paint and Faded Jeans.
Lynne Forsythe
Lynne's thoughts immediately went to Graphic 45 papers when she saw this weeks challenge. The line she chose to use was Steampunk Debutante!!! She then chose a black tag which she embossed, diecut into and spritzed with Perfect Pearls Mist (can't get enough of that stuff!!!) She cut out one of the ladies, covered her with Rock Candy Crackle Paint and did up her hair with Sprocket Gears! Every GAL should.......FOLLOW HER DREAMS!!

Dan
For this week's theme, Dan chose to make a feature of a strong female image from a female designer - Wendy Vecchi.  To make this "in your face" composition, products he used on this card included the It's Face Art stamp set, the Lost and Found and Retro Grunge card stacks, Distress Stains and a Ranger Archival Black ink pad.
Sarah Engels-Greer
Ah, the untold mysteries of the female mind! Sarah took the Phrenology image from Art Rules by Wendy Vecchi and allowed her imagination to run wild creating an abstract piece depicting thoughts, dreams and memories. She used many of Wendy's Studio 490 stamps, an array of Art Parts including the Sample Pack, Leaves and Simply Wings and lots of Distress Inks.
Ellen Vargo
Ellen decided to get girly Dylusions-style with this week's theme, going for the painty/messy/stencil look. She used Claudine Hellmuth Studio paints in modern red, landscape green and classic teal. Then added layers of white and black gesso scraped through stencils, scraped more paint over that, accenting with white paint pen and black pitt pen.  Added Dylusions images painted with distress stains, and finally some stickles and idea-ology to finish it off. 

Linda Coughlin
A sweet and feminine vintage-inspired Christmas ornament in creams and gold is what Linda thought of for the Women Only challenge.  With a lovely Victoria angel as a focal point, she used the largest heart from the Spellbinders heart die set, Melissa Frances vintage crepe paper, the Tim Holtz mini rosette diegold acrylic paint dabber, and Vintage Photo Distress Ink.  
For Women Only week I decided to go for Women Only designed stamps ... and we all know what that means ... Lots of yummy Wendy Vecchi Studio 490 designs ... in fact tooooo many to list here ... so have a squizz at this little lot! The colours I used for my tag book were Shabby Shutters Distress Stain; Broken China Distress Ink; Turquoise Perfect Pearls Mist and Jet Black Archival. I finished the book off by binding the tags with ribbon and adding a bit of Idea-Ology.
Please stop by The Design Team's individual blogs for more detailed pictures and further information on their work...Just click on their names! We are looking forward to seeing your interpretation of this theme! Our wonderful site sponsor Simon Says Stamp is once again 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, 20th November 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!