Wednesday, May 30, 2012

Winners-Day!

Hello Everyone ... Here are the results for the Summer Holiday Challenge! The winner of the randomly drawn $50.00 Simon Says Stamp Gift Voucher is
47 Kat Ancheta
Congratulations Kat ... 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...
6 Mandy
16 Patricia
49 Stampersuzz
Congratulations to each of you ... your work was Fabulous! 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 ... this week we want you to see One for the Boys! ... and we have another $50 Simon Says Stamp voucher to give away!

Monday, May 28, 2012

Simon Says Stamp and Show ... One for the Boys!

Hello Everybody! Thank you for playing along with our last 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 ... One for the Boys! If you want to join in the fun ... all you need to do is ... make something ... anything ... that relates to our male theme ... pop it on your blog ... and come back here and link up so everyone can see what you made! Please Please only link work that ties in with this challenge. Before you start take a look at what the Design Team came up with...
With Father's Day on the horizon in June, Sarah thought it was the perfect theme for two cards. She created two one-layer designs using Tim's fabulous Road Trip and Artful Voyage stamp sets adding splatters and wild swooshes of Distress Stains to add a modern edge.

A new purchase in the form of Tim's BIRDMAN inspired Tracy's quirky decorated canvas panel. A real masculine treat decorated with masking tape and more stamped images from the Scratched Raven Bird, Kaiser Bird Cage, Kaiser Graffiti and Kaiser Numbers.
A Man Is....Lynne began her "manly" creation with lots of Wendy Vecchi goodies!! She began with the Pocket Watch, added Mustaches, Men and More. She then ended her creation with an ATC  and a quote written with a White Gel Pen.
Candy decided to put her grunge on this week and do one for the guys ... Tim Holtz style!  Her 6x6 board features Tim Holtz' Old Jalopy flaming Mini Flourish "smoke" from it's tailpipe.  For a more masculine, grungy feel, Candy created this piece almost entirely from Distress Embossing Powders and Distress Inks.
Terry
Terry made a Tag for the guys.... On her background Shaded Lilac, Peacock Feathers, Vintage Photo and the Tim Holtz Stampset French Market along with Crackle Rock Candy. Then Paper Artsy's "Hot Pick" and Wendy Vecchi's Art Parts For the Guys all coloured with Distress Inks and Crackle Distress Paint. To finish off, she played with The Journey, Sprocket Gears and some items that she had in her stash.
Dan
Dan went with a motif of cogs, gears and rivets for the cover of his guy-themed journal.  He used the Clockworks embossing folder to add texture to his copper coloured metal then used blending solution to reveal the silver colour on the raised parts.  Finally he rubbed Claudine Hellmuth Charcoal Black paint into the recessed areas and distressed it with a Tim Holtz sanding block.  Other products he used included the Classified Info stamp, long fasteners, Archival black ink and Barn Door distress ink.
Linda Elbourne
I revisited an old design for this week's theme ... Using lots of Tim Holtz Stamps; Faded Jeans Distress Stain and Coffee Archival I made a manly DL card! Of course I had to add Vintage Photo Distress Ink to all the stamped edges to get that vintage feel!
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, 3rd June 2012 and the winner will be announced during the following week. To qualify all you need to do is create a new piece of work that ties in with our 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!

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

Winners-Day!

Hello Everyone ... Here are the results for the Anything Goes Challenge! The winner of the randomly drawn $50.00 Simon Says Stamp Gift Voucher is
127 ribbon dreams
Congratulations ... 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 ... actually we have four this week ... the standard was soooooo high ...
6 Stampersuzz
10 Nancy Wethington
40 Debbie R
167 Patricia
Congratulations to each of you ... your work was Fabulous! 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 ... this week we want you to see anything Summer vacation related! ... and we have another $50 Simon Says Stamp voucher to give away!

Monday, May 21, 2012

Simon Says Stamp and Show a Summer Holiday!

Hello Everybody! Thank you for playing along with our last Challenge! The winners will be announced this Wednesday .... so don't forget to check back ... this could be your winning week!

Before I set out the details for this week's challenge I have some sad news. After spending the best time on the Design Team with Ellen ... we have to say goodbye. Ellen is leaving us  ...and we are all going to miss her ...  so I am sad to say that this week will be the last time we will get to see her amazing creations here on the challenge blog. Of course you can still check out her wonderful art on her own blog. I am sure you will all join me, the Design Team and the entire Simon Says Stamp family by saying a huge THANK YOU to Ellen!

This week Simon Says Stamp and Show ... A Summer Holiday! If you want to join in the fun ... all you need to do is ... make something ... that makes you think Summer Holiday ... 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...
The SUMMER HOLIDAY theme inspired Tracy to use the Huck Finn plate from Artistic Outpost as it reminds her of summer holidays by the seaside and exploring the the rock pools with her children. Lots of blending with Distress Ink broken china, faded jeans and brushed corduroy create the scenes on both her cards.
Sarah Engels-Greer
With summer and lots of new memories on the way, Sarah decided to create a colourful panelled canvas cover for her new Art Journal. She used Ranger's Lettuce, Stream, Sunset Orange and Wild Plum Color Washes, Gesso and The Crafter's Workshop Flower Template, all finished off by stamping random words with Hero Arts peg stamps.
The theme.....Summer Holiday conjurs up memories of her week at the beach....warm colors and beautiful flowers. She began with a tag which she colored with Twinkling H20's, Majestic Blue, Olive Vine and Teal Zircon. She used Jet Black Archival Ink and PaperArtsy stamp to finish off the background. And a good saying is ALWAYS the icing on any creation!!

Candy Colwell
What better way to remember special SUMMER HOLIDAYS than through a vintage journal created entirely with Graphic 45's beautiful On The Boardwalk Paper Pad?  A Tattered Floral made from Tim Holtz' Terminology Tissue Wrap and colorized with Distress Stains, a seashell and an anchor stamped from Paper Artsy's Hot Picks 1201 Stamp Set give some added dimension to this beautiful journal cover.
When Terry thinks of the Summer Holidays she thinks of the Distress Stains Wild Honey and Broken China... great colours to create a Summer wall hanging. On the background she used Gesso, Distress stains and Distress Crackle Paints in Picket Fence, Antique Bronze and Crackle Rock Candy. The paper and images are from the beautiful Graphic 45 On The Boardwalk Paper Pad. She added some seashells, a Rosette  and Game Spinner  to finish off her hanging.
Ellen Vargo
Ellen started with a marbled effect using distress stains to create a "pool" background. Then added the dressform / spool and butterfly stamps from Tim Holtz, watercolor scratch paper die cut with Tim's butterfly movers and shapers, over-stamped with the papillon background and vermillion archival ink, a philosophy tag, and finished it off with a hand-stamped sentiment using a mini alphabet stamp set, and a border with a white paint pen.

Dan
Dan was inspired by the beach huts you still sometimes see on English beaches, particularly in towns that were popular seaside resorts in Victorian times.  Products he used include the Mixed Media and Creative Textures stamp sets, Distress inks and markers, Promarkers and the Destinations paper stack.
Linda Elbourne
When I think back to Summer Holidays ... I think Daisy Chains and Sunshine ... I spent many a day sat in the grass making Daisy Chains. I used Paper Artsy Hot Pick 1203; Dylusions Pure Sunshine and Squeezed Orange Sprays to create my tag adding some text from Tim Holtz and a Gem Clip.
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 May 2012 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, May 16, 2012

Winners-Day!

Hello Everyone ... Here are the results for the Favourite Stamp Challenge! The winner of the randomly drawn $50.00 Simon Says Stamp Gift Voucher is
68 Kate T
Congratulations Kate ... 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 ...
37 Marianne MW
48 Three Trees
58 Sandra
Congratulations to each of you ... your work was Fabulous! 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 ... this week we want you to see Anything You Make! ... and we have another $50 Simon Says Stamp voucher to give away!

Monday, May 14, 2012

Simon Says Stamp and Show ... Anything Goes!

Hello Everybody! Thank you for playing along with our last 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 ... Anything Goes If you want to join in the fun ... all you need to do is ... make something ... anything ... 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...
A tag and coordinated gift bag were the order of the day for Tracy this week using An Eye For Art Stamp set, Border Patrol stamp coordinated with an inky background from Distress Stains. A small gift bag was created from Tissue Wrap Terminology.
Ellen Vargo
Ellen created a mini watercolor journal using Wendy Vecchi's Small Pages art parts, TenSeconds Studio metal, texture fade embossing folder, Ranger's new metal patinas.  Bound with idea-ology D-rings, and  embellished with alpha parts and one of the new word bands from Tim Holtz.
Lynne made a going away book for her daughter for this weeks challenge. She used papers from the Postal Collection Paper Pack to adorn the covers. She accented her book cover with 7 Gypsies goodies, Big Ben Book Knob and Decoratif Chipboard and added a signature flower created with the Mini Tattered Floral Die.
Terry made a ATC laden with lots of vintagy stuff...! The background was created using the Graphic 45 paper-pack and the Chitchat Stickers from The Tim Holtz. Crackle Accents were used on the little Graphic 45 fairy and a little tag with a vintage style lady was placed underneath. Terry finished off her ATC with roses and pearl-strings.
Sarah Engels-Greer
Sarah was in the mood for a little up-cycling so she created a stitched postcard and envelope set from Art Journal and book pages. She used Lettuce and Sunset Orange Color Wash, Gesso, her favourite Wendy Vecchi flower stamps and a range of her great sentiments.

Candy Colwell
Candy had fun creating this vintage corset ATC card. Pink Paislee papers create the background; distressed with Vintage Photo and Black Soot Distress Inks.  The lovely trio of ladies was cut out using Honey Bee's Detail Non Stick Scissors. Their glitzy necklaces are courtesy of Waterfall and Star Dust Stickles. Finally, she added vintage tulle and Melissa Frances' Cream Pearls for that dimensional and feminine touch.

Dan
Dan's Andy Warhol inspired piece gave him the chance to give a first try to several recent purchases.  In addition to the new Spring Seasonal Distress Colours, he used Tim Holtz's Mixed Media stamp set, Wendy Vecchi's Well Dressed stamp and the Commute tissue tape dual pack. Old favourites he also used included Promarkers, Distress Stains and a Versamark Watermark ink pad.
Linda Elbourne
The Anything Goes theme was the perfect opportunity for me to finish off this little project. I moulded the metal using TSS basic tools and the Time mould. Embellishing with Tim Holtz's Gadget Gears die and SteamPunk Stamp set with a few bits 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 May 2012 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, May 9, 2012

Winners-Day!

Hello Everyone ... Here are the results for the Kaleidoscope of Challenge! The winner of the randomly drawn $50.00 Simon Says Stamp Gift Voucher is
76 KristyLee
Congratulations KristyLee ... 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 ...
6 Chris Dark
78 Trace InkyPinkyCraft
80 April
Congratulations to each of you ... your work was Fabulous! 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 ... this week we want you to see your Favourite Stamp in your design! ... and we have another $50 Simon Says Stamp voucher to give away!

Monday, May 7, 2012

Simon Says Stamp and Show your Favourite Stamp!

Hello Everybody! Thank you for playing along with our last 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 ... your Favourite Stamp! If you want to join in the fun ... all you need to do is ... create a project using your favourite stamp ... 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...
After much deliberation, Tracy decided that her favourite stamp of the moment is the BALLOON stamp from Tim's Remnants set. Add into the mix an inky background using Distress Stains along with embellishments in the form of Chitchat Stickers, Word Band and Mini Paper Clips.
Ellen didn't have to think long to find her favorite stamp.. the leafy vine from Dylusions! So she created a Dylusions style jumbo tag. First an ink spray background, stencils next, then stamps, perfect pearls paint (mix powdered pearls with water), Ranger water brush, and a white pen.
Lynne loves using large stamps, like Cling Dots and Flower Art, as "white noise" in the background of her greeting cards. She split a Mini Burlap Rectangle Tag and spritzed it with Frost, Slate and Indian Corn Tattered Angels. She loved "tearing up" the edges of her card with the Distrezz It All. She finished it off with the Adage Ticket held with a Mini Clothespin.
Candy's favorite stamp right now has to be Tim Holtz' Remnants stamp set. Candy has created a box, reminiscent of an old wind up toy, using a Tim Holtz Adage Ticket to create a funny man soaring from her dimensional hot air balloon colored with a Barn Door Distress Marker.  Papers from the Weekend Market 6x6 Paper Pad line the interior and a Tim Holtz Clock Key creates the wind up effect.
Terry made some Decorative Pot Plant Labels for her Mother and Mother in Law. She used her favourite stamp from The Wendy Vecchi, Just Flutterby Butterfly. She used Distress Reinkers to colour them, Distress inks for the borders and Distress Stains were used for the background.  On top she worked with Distress Rock Candy and a few Paper Rosettes. The sentiments are from The Tim Holtz Chit Chat Stickers.

Sarah Engels-Greer
One of the most inked stamps in Sarah's collection must be Tim's Papillon butterflies so she created a grungy, shabby hanging with metal elements. She white-washed Kraft Resist Paper Stash with Picket Fence Distress Stain before stamping and cutting lots of  Grungepaper butterflies...finishing with an Idea-ology Metal Word Band.

Dan
Of all of Tim Holtz's stamps, the David head is definitely Dan's favourite.  He feels it's such a versatile stamp that can be used in so many ways and he's given David a dinstinctly 70s look on this card!  He was stamped on white, kraft and brown cardstock and then combined from parts of each.  In addition to the School Desk and Artful Artifacts stamp sets, Dan used the Destinations card stack, Memento Black ink pad and Walnut Stain distress ink.
Linda Elbourne
I tried really hard to come up with just ONE favourite but I failed ... so my Favourite is Wendy Vecchi's butterfly from the Botanical Art sheet ... I have a whole list of Dylusions Stamps which I also LOVE ... so I have represented those by using the Dylusions Sprays for my vibrant backgrounds.
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, 13th May 2012 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, May 2, 2012

Winners-Day!

Hello Everyone ... Here are the results for the Anything Goes Challenge! The winner of the randomly drawn $50.00 Simon Says Stamp Gift Voucher is
113 Sara Jansen
Congratulations Sara ... 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 ...
17 Paula
63 Inkypinkycraft
83 Christ
Congratulations to each of you ... your work was Fabulous! 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 ... this week we want you to see a Kaleidoscope of Colour in your design! ... and we have another $50 Simon Says Stamp voucher to give away!