Do You Know What It Is Yet....

They let me play again at Sam Poole's Creative Studio's, so here's a sneaky one of today's project

In best Rolf Harris style all will be revealed if you pop on over.
Thanks very much for looking, and I hope the weather will be kinder to you today than it looks like being for me :-)

Stampotique Challenge 101

It's the amazing Sarinda's turn to host the party today, so without further ado...

Today is Stampotique Designer's Challenge day-!!! And I am hosting. I love using text in my work it is a fun way to get texture without a whole lot of work. With that I have a background tutorial for you to try. Click over to my blog Aggregate Memories. Wishing you a very creative and inspiring day.

My dictionary has been feeling a little neglected of late, so what better place to find text.

I've coloured and stencilled with PanPastels after masking off my little moon.

Wee Owl is sitting in a bezel and has been covered in Glossy Accents.

I've highlighted the word 'moon' by erasing the PP with one of those motorised rubbers - these are fab, it really gets into the tight spaces though it does sound a bit like you're at the dentist!

I've used

Tree, Owl With Wings,Wee Owl,I Feel Happy Inside

All are available from Stampotique Originals and The Stamp Attic carries a good range here in the UK.

Be sure to check out Sarinda's fab tutorial, then join in with the fun, and remember to please link correctly to the challenge to be in with a chance of winning one of the two $30.00 gift certificates.

Thanks for looking and have an inky one x

Just Clowning Around

It's my Stampotique teamie France's turn to wow us this week at PaperArtsy and she's come up with some fabulous creations. I wanted to make a key spool so first job buy some wooden spools :-) (I'm obviously the only one in the country that didn't have any lol)
I started by painting it blue but it looked naff so I painted over with Vintage Lace and Brown Shed.
I stamped the happy couple from the Pierrot 3 plate onto shrink plastic, and the 'Clowning Around' from plate 1 onto some ribbon.
I also attached a masquerade charm to the bottom.

I liked the ribbon 'cos I could fray the edges, little things please little minds and all that :-).
The top of the spool has been stamped in my 'go to' little text stamp from Clocks plate 1.
I can honestly say it took me as long to attach the fibres and twiddly bits as it took me to make the rest of it, and that was using industrial size jump rings - wish I'd gone to Specsavers....
Now on a more serious note - someone has stolen this week!! Where has it gone to? all the worky bits  - yep plenty of time for those, but playtime, it's gone, vamoosed and it's Sunday again already. So thank very much for looking and enjoy what left of the weekend before it disappears into the Twilight Zone....

Woo Hoo

It's my first post as a DT member for Sam Poole's Creative Studio's, so I'm excited/nervous excited/nervous...

Here's a sneaky peak, and you can see the rest of him here.
Please pop over and let me know what you think x 

If I Only Had A Brain...

It's Anything Goes over at Stampotique this week, 'cos it's our 100th challenge and the wonderful Kim has chosen this for our theme. So time for a bit of fun ...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nauLgZISozs  I love this film and this is the song that sticks in my memory.
No prizes for guessing I've used Scarecrow, Cowardly Lion, and Tinman, but there will be a $30 gift certificate for two lucky winners this month, so grab your stamps and come and have some fun with us. 
I'm also entering this into this months Words challenge at The Artistic Stamper.
Thanks very much for looking x

Goodbye To Wonderland...

It's the final chapter over at The Altered Alice and the theme is 'What a beautiful dream it has been'
Here is my version of Wonderland.
The background canvas has been coloured in PanPastels. I must admit that before I added my characters it did look like Teletubbie Hill :-)
The top layer is mountboard that has also been PanPasteled.
All of the stamps are by Stampotique and are available here

Isn't Chessy a cutie lol.
So for all you Alice lovers check out the inspiration and join in at The Altered Alice.
I'm also entering this into Country View Crafts How Does Your Garden Grow
and
Fashionable Stamping Anything Goes.
Thanks very much for looking x 

Flowers Flowers Everywhere...

It's the first week of the new term over at PaperArtsy, and first up is the wonderful Sue. She's given us lots of inspiration and this is my take of what she did on her last day. I followed Sue's directions and painted it all up in greens but it looked awful!! I only have a couple of greens and they did NOT go together lol. 
So it was out with the snowflake and then start again. I've used pink (not like me) as my base colour and gone over the top with Claret and then Hey Pesto.

Lots of lovely shine from the Treasure Gold. The was a real fun piece to make, so thank you very much Sue.
Thank very much for looking and enjoy your weekend x

I'm also entering this into the 
Country View Crafts  challenge How Does Your Garden Grow
Artistic Stamper - Words, 
Our Creative Corner - Anything Goes, and 
Fashionable Stamping Anything Goes.

Flowers For Indigo Blu

This time around the theme at Indigo Blu is flowers. I started by painting my heart in dark blue paint, adding the trusty chap stick then painting over again in pale blue. When this was all dry and wiped away I added a layer of Kroma Crackle and put it all to one side for days!

Next came the crackle stamp from the Alice in Wonderland plate, that I stamped and gilded.
Elizabeth Bennet has been stamped and paper pieced, and layered onto some cheesecloth. The flowers have all been cut from the TH die and sanded.
I'm also entering this into the Country View Crafts   challenge - How Does Your Garden Grow.
It's so cold again here today - have I missed Spring and Summer??
Thanks very much for looking and have a great weekend x