Marlies in the spotlight

Good morning everyone, it's time for our mid month post and this month it's my pleasure to introduce our newest member of the Design Team Marlies who has made a lovely card following this months Autumnal theme. There is a fabulous prize to be won from Penny Black so make sure you join in if you have not already done so.

It's my turn for the midmonth and we are sharing either a new technique or using one we often use.

Something that I wanted to try was colouring up a stamp with the 'No black lines' technique. I must admit it more difficult than I thought it would be and it took lots of attempts to get something done that I could be reasonably happy with.

I stamped the image with Antique Linen Distress ink. To make it easier to see were the stamped image was I shaded around it with stormy sky. Then I outlined all the parts in the colour I wanted them to be and then shaded the colours. This is coloured with distress ink (refills)

I hope that I have inspired you to try this technique too.

Thank you Marlies, it's a technique I have heard people mention but never really knew quite how it worked so your post has been very educational.

October - Autumn

Welcome to our October challenge and this month we are taking our inspiration from the wonderful colours of Nature which surround many of us at this time of the year.............

********Autumn********

Please can I remind you of our basic rules: You can enter up to three times, combine with other challenges, use any make of stamp......but can I please remind you.........we are a stamping challenge so must see a stamped image, sentiment or quote as the focal element of your artwork. It so upsets us to see names come out in the draw who are not eligible for the prize because they have not read the rules. 

Penny Black are our lovely sponsors this month. They invite you to explore their creative world and see for yourself why their rubber stamps, stickers, beautiful papers for scrapbooking, cardmaking and stamp crafting are everyone’s favourites. Their products are designed to integrate style and colour for creating the best handicraft projects ever. Here is the lovely collection of their products.............

We welcome Fiona as our Guest Designer this month with this beautiful Autumnal creation...........

And here are the creations from the Design Team.......................

Brenda

Using Penny Black 40-037 Autumnal Gifts

Dora

Using Penny Black Missing You

Joan

Lynne
Using Penny Black 30-298 Enamor

Marlies

Pinky

Sally

Tracy

Viv

Lots of inspiration to set you on your way and we look forward to seeing what you create.

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September winners

Hello everyone, it's time to announce the winners from our 'One for the Boy's' September challenge which saw some super entries again, thank you all who joined in.

So without further ado, the winner of the Hero Arts stamps is........................

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Barb

A really lovely masculine feel with perfect colours and image

Well done Barb, please mail me (by 7th October) with your full name and postal addy so I can send your prize.

And our Top 4 (there was a tie for third place)..........................

Avril

The sepia tones really lend themselves to a male card

Gerrina

Lovely inking and stamping and sweet sentiment

Lynne

A lovely coastal scene and perfect for a man

Congratulations to you all, please collect our Top 3 badge to display on your own blogs.

I will be back Sunday with a new challenge theme and another lovely prize.

September - One for the Boys

Welcome to our September challenge where this month our theme is................

********One for the Boys********

As the title suggests we would like to see cards and project suitable for the guys, be it young or not so young, the choice is yours.

Please can I remind you of our basic rules: You can enter up to three times, combine with other challenges, use any make of stamp......but can I please remind you.........we are a stamping challenge so must see a stamped image, sentiment or quote as the focal element of your artwork. It so upsets us to see names come out in the draw who are not eligible for the prize because they have not read the rules. 

Our prize this months is a super collection of Hero Arts stamps.

We are very pleased to welcome Sue as our Guest Designer this month, she had made a lovely inspirational card to share with us all............

And here is some inspiration from the Design Team who as always have really embraced the theme.

Brenda

Dora
Hero Arts CL478

Joan

Lynne

Marlies

Pinky

Sally

Tracy

Viv

Happy crafting all, we look forward to seeing all your entries.

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Dora in the spotlight

Good morning, this month I am pleased to welcome Dora to our mid month inspirational post, currently the Design Team are sharing either a new technique or one they particularly enjoy using.

Our current theme of 'One for the Boys' is in full swing and runs until 28th September so still plenty of time to join in to be in with a chance of winning a collection of Hero Art stamps.

Now I will hand you over to Dora....................................

"Hello everyone, this time I (Dora) am showing a technique that is one of my favourites.

With this post I will show you how you can make this, there are lots of photo's and you can make this with all kind brands of stamps.

For this card I used Stampscapes stamps.

First stamp the bear, and again on the masking tape

Cut the image out of the masking tape and put it on  stamped image

I have  a tool from StampinUp called a stamp positioner which I think other brands have it as well. It is a tool that you can put a stamp precisely on the paper wherever you want. You stamp on the sheet, leave the stamp on the clear block. 

And then put the sheet on the bear image then you can see where you can stamp the second stamp.

If you know where you want the second stamp. Put the stamp positioner to the sheet and put the sheet away and take the stamp with the clearblock to the stamp positioner and stamp.

Then you see this.

I stamp this background stamp once more on the masking tape.

I cut the top edge and put it on the image.

Than I take the third stamp and stamp it on the sheet.

With the sheet I can look where I want the tree stamp.

Put the stamp positioner again to the sheet. Put the sheet away and take the tree-stamp with the clearblock to the stamp positioner and stamp.

Remove the masking tape. Than you see the whole image. You see also the white lines where it is not covered. There I use a black water resist fine liner and add lines and dots to blended it in. Below I colourized with 'Grazy Grayons' (dutch brand) But you can do it with all kinds of colour materials.

The 'Grazy Grayons' I used it for larger area's.

With pencils I used it for the smaller area's and details. Also for shadow.

I cut the edges and ink them. Draw some birds in the sky.

With a white sharpie pen I place dots for the water, for a flowing effect.

And at last you can finish it to make a card. For all the stamping I used Stazon. For stamping on the sheet I use black Adirondack ink. Then you can clean the sheet much easier.

I hope you like this post to inspire you. There is a plenty of time to enter our challenge.

Theme: One for the boys.

Kind regards, Dora."

Thank you for such a comprehensive post Dora.