Anything Goes, Stampotique Challenge - Wednesday's with Claudine

Happy Wednesday ya'll, this marks the end of the year Challenge for Stampotique and the challenge for the entire month of December is "Anything Goes!" Hosted by the lovely Kim Howard

For this month only, you will have the opportunity to enter the 

challenge 5 times (one for each week)- 5 chances to win the

random $30 gift certificate for Stampotique stamps.

How cool is that? So get your crafty panties on because you can make anything you want and still join in the challenge!

For this first week I decided to make an ATC 
I used Stampotique Stamps:

Spider Girl - By Artists Jill Penney + Daniel Torrente
Arch - By Artist Arwen McCullen (used a small portion of this stamp)

Here is my ATC

I hope you will join us this month and enter for your chance to win!! 

Tuesday with Valerie and a Cup'a

Happy Tuesday!

Today I'd like to share an ATC made from the scrap pile with a few of my favourite new stamps.  Yum Yum fits perfectly in the largest teacup from the Stacked Cups.  Isn't he adorable? I love this little guy?!  He reminds me of myself... always eating! :D
Thanks for dropping by!
Val :)

Stamps by Stampotique Originals:
Altered Hello, Yum Yum, Stacked Cups

“The only time to eat diet food is while you're waiting for the steak to cook.” 

Julia Child

Tuesday with Valerie and a Naughty ATC!

Happy Tuesday!

Today I'm excited to share an ATC made for an ATC swap on the Stampotique Facebook Group.  The theme was "Naughty".  Now that's wide open to interpretation!! So I asked hubby to help me come up with some cute ideas.  Here's what "we" came up with! LOL!  I giggled the whole time I was making it!
For details on how it's made, please drop by my blog.

Thanks for visiting today!

Val :)

Stamps by Stampotique Originals:
Karin

"After two days in the hospital, I took a turn for the nurse."

W.C. Fields

Tuesday with Val and a Sign of the Seasons

Happy Tuesday!

Do the leaves change colour in the fall where you are?

We have brilliant fall colour here on the east coast in Nova Scotia, Canada!
The leaves have just barely started to change
but it won't be long now before the forest is ablaze
with shocks of reds, oranges and yellows!
The Stampotique Leaf stamp is one of my favourites
and is perfect for this season!

Thanks for dropping by!
Val :)

Stamps by Stampotique Originals:
Leaf, Forget not that the earth delights

“Autumn is a second spring when every leaf is a flower.” Albert Camus

Tuesday with Val and Duotone

Happy Tuesday!

Today I'd like to share an ATC made for a
Stampotique ATC swap over on the Stampotique Facebook Group.
The theme was black and white this time and I had lots of fun with this one!
If you haven't played along already, give it a go! It's heaps of fun!

Thanks for stopping by!

Val :)

Stamps by Stampotique Originals:
Master Butterfly, Large Butterfly

“The most colorful thing in the world is black and white,
it contains all colors and at the same time excludes all.” 

Vikrmn, 10 Alone

Tuesday with Val and a Song Inspiration

Today, I'm happy to be able to share a project I made for a recent Stampotique Facebook Group ATC swap.  The theme for this one was "Sing a Song". If you're familiar with this song, you'll know why I was giggling the whole time I made this project! :)

Stamp by Stampotique Originals:
Smushallaum

“You win some, lose some, and wreck some.”

 Dale Earnhardt

Tuesday with Val and Mother Nature

I was sitting on the front porch this weekend
watching the bees attack the chive blossoms,
so when I cam across this scrap of paper,
I knew exactly what I wanted to do with it!
Isn't Mother Nature awesome!?!

Featuring Medium Bee by Stampotique Originals

“Always respect Mother Nature.
Especially when she weighs 400 pounds and is guarding her baby.”
James Rollins, Ice Hunt

Tuesday with Val and a Milkstache

I'm just in love with all of the Stampotique monsters, 

but these moustache monsters crack me up! 

 I had such fun giggling while I made this! 

Thanks so much for stopping by today.

Val :)

Stamps by Stampotique Originals:
Smitten Moustache Monsters, Heart Background

"I am thankful for laughter, except when milk comes out of my nose."

Woody Allen

One Week Left To Submit Your Work!!

Valerie here with a final reminder to link up your new or previously-created Stampotique projects for a chance to win!!  Just one week left!

To celebrate the Spring release, Stampotique invites you to link up your best Stampotique projects below to be considered for use within the Stampotique.com web site (as samples and examples).  Favorites will be featured in the slideshow on the front page of the Stampotique.com gallery and there will be a random draw for $30 to spend in the Stampotique store on May13th!

Because we are looking for lots of samples, we invite you to link up to 3 projects.  They may be new or previously created and each project must:

• contain only stamps made by Stampotique (yes, just Stampotique, please)
• be well photographed
• include brief instructions how it was made
• include a list of Stampotique stamps used
• include your name to be credited for the work

If you have any questions, please just let us know!

Stamps by Stampotique Originals:
Agatha Moon, Barcode Text

An InLinkz Link-up

We'd Like to Feature Your Stampotique Projects!

Valerie here with a reminder to link up your new or previously-created Stampotique projects for a chance to win!!

To celebrate the Spring release, Stampotique invites you to link up your best Stampotique projects below to be considered for use within the Stampotique.com web site (as samples and examples).  Favorites will be featured in the slideshow on the front page of the Stampotique.com gallery and there will be a random draw for $30 to spend in the Stampotique store on May13th!

Because we are looking for lots of samples, we invite you to link up to 3 projects.  They may be new or previously created and each project must:

• contain only stamps made by Stampotique (yes, just Stampotique, please)
• be well photographed
• include brief instructions how it was made
• include a list of Stampotique stamps used
• include your name to be credited for the work

If you have any questions, please just let us know!

Stamps by Stampotique Originals:
Beauties, Word Collage

An InLinkz Link-up

Share Your Stampotique Creations and Win!

Valerie here with a reminder to link up your new or previously-created Stampotique projects for a chance to win!!

To celebrate the Spring release, Stampotique invites you to link up your best Stampotique projects below to be considered for use within the Stampotique.com web site (as samples and examples).  Favorites will be featured in the slideshow on the front page of the Stampotique.com gallery and there will be a random draw for $30 to spend in the Stampotique store on May13th!

Because we are looking for lots of samples, we invite you to link up to 3 projects.  They may be new or previously created and each project must:

• contain only stamps made by Stampotique
• be well photographed
• include brief instructions how it was made
• include a list of Stampotique stamps used
• include your name to be credited for the work

If you have any questions, please just let us know!

Stamps by Stampotique:
Toucan and Budgie, Barcode Text (Handle With Care)

An InLinkz Link-up

Tuesday with Val

Aren't you just loving having a new post every day
here on the Designer's Blog!?!

Today I would like to share a sentimental little ATC.
It is made from multi-media paper sprayed with Dylusions inks
and over-sprayed with Shimmer Spritz for a twinkling shine.
Be sure to drop by the Stampotique Designer's Challenge
to check out the latest creations there too!

Stamps by Stampotique:

Design Cube, Great Moon (star), You Give Me Wings, Word Collage (peace)

"God must need another star in heaven,

So he picked the brightest one that He could see."

~ Con Parsons, Lady From Long Island

Tell the people you care about how much you love them every day.
Val :)

ATC Folder

 But I decided for this challenge this week to make an ATC folder that I had a lot of questions about when I did a similer one a few weeks a go, So here it is  with a short how to and with the odd photo or two thrown in for good measure.

I started with a piece of packaging that came with a set of rubber stamps (what else would it come with lol) I marked and cut this to a size of 26.5 x 7.5 cm.

You now have a long strip of card, mark this a intervals of 8.5cm, 11.5cm,1.5cm and the end piece is 5cm. This card is straight it's just the camera angle making it look a bit wonky.

Score along the lines,, rub out any pencil marks and then fold as in the following picture to get your cover, punch two holes as shown to put eylets in later.

I now flattened out my cover and decorated it using Gesso,  Paint, inks and rubber stamping. I added eyelets to the punched holes.

For the little pockets inside I used 6 wage envelopes, these measure approx 2.5 x 3.5 inches (the same size as an ATC) I cut the flaps off and leveled the tops as shown in the following photo.

I now stuck these together using DTS so they formed a  concertina pocket type thing. (technical term that) see photo.

I now attached this to the inside of the cover using DST and positioning as shown. On the shorter side of the cover only go up to the eylet hole with the DST or else you will not be able to get the ribbon tie through the hole.

To finish I coloured some crinkle ribbon using the same inks as I did for the cover add this through the eyelet holes as a tie to close it with.

I used the following stamps

Pretty Zara
Seaweed
Abby's Hearts
Row of numbers
Tall Word Collage (wish word)

I hope you enjoyed this, Carol x

Atc, just another brick in the wall!

I've made an artist trading card this week using a couple of new products to me and knew that Daniel Torrente & Jill Penney's stamps would be the perfect images for my card.

   Stamps used: Head, Kitty, Batty and Batty About You

This was such a fun artist trading card to make using Viva Terra through a stencil to get the brick wall effect. Thank you for calling, have a great day, Gez.

Joyful Atc

Stamps used: Joyful, & Splatter Long

I stamped Joyful onto white cardstock and inked around the edges adding water to make the ink run slightly and distress the background dabbing with a cloth.

Joyful  was stamped once again onto more white cardstock then I cut around the image and mounted her on foam to add some dimension... the ribbon and flower are from my craftbox.. simple but so much fun.. one of my favourite stamps!

Thank you for calling and leaving a comment if you get the chance.
Happy crafting. Gez.xx