Top 5 from Precious metals challenge

Wow again! This was once again a really tough choice to pick the top 5. There were so many favorites, but unfortunately there can be only 5.  So without further ado we finally have it narrowed down. 

And the winner of the £10 voucher is:

# 10 Paula

And now to the rest of the top 5 

#14 Claire S.

# 33 Paper Whims

#37 Asia King

and #39 Buttons.

Very well done to all the winners! And a Huge thanks to all who entered. 

They were all fabulous and really gave a tough choice of choosing!

Paula, if you could e-mail your details to Jill at The Stamp Man to receive your voucher.  

Please take your blinkies ladies and display them proudly.

There is still a week left to enter our current challenge "Alter it". You can find it here.

Have a Great week!

Alter It

Our Precious Medals/Metals - Olympics - Gold/Silver/Bronze challenge has now ended, it was great to hear how much you enjoyed that one and we loved what you all made!  It's going to be another hard to judge challenge.

Our next challenge for the coming fortnight is Alter It.

The challenge is for you to alter something making it different from it's original appearance.  Our Design Team have excelled themselves again and offer great inspiration for you to get your ideas flowing.

You can alter a plain box, picture frame, book, bottle, tin, notebook cover, or any other item that inspires you to change it!!

Here is the team's awesome inspiration...

Jill

Brenda

Brenda used -

Claudine Hellmuth paint - altered orange, blank canvas

Artemio sewing stamps

Dictionary text

Gold mirri board

Sizzix swirly strip die

Alcohol inks - butterscotch, ginger, sunset orange, copper

Zoe

Zoe Used
Pre emptied Cider Bottle
Dreamweaver Embossing paste Pearl
Modeling paste
Aspects of Design Rubber stamp
Decorative tape
Stampendous Steel Blue Crushed Glass
Stampendous Frantage Pearlized Mica Fragments
Stampendous Aged Teal Embossing Enamel
Moon Shadow Mist - Long John's Silver
Stampendous Aged Gold Embossing Enamel
Paper Flowers coloured with
Adirondack dye based inks

Kimx

Kimx used
Wooden picture Frame
Memory Box Swirly Tree
Cheery Lynn Olive Branches
Aluminium Tape
Woodware Clear Magic JGS273 Wheat
Woodware FRS212 Alphabet Background
Hobby Art clear set Friends Sentiments
Alcohol Inks - Denim, Meadow, Stonewash and Pearl
Distress Inkpads - Shabby Shutters, Peeled Paint, Broken China, Faded Jeans
Versamark
Black Versafine
Clear Embossing Powder
Spritzing Bottle filled with water

Sue

Sue used:
Empty Tea Tin
Alcohol inks - Terracotta; Lettuce; Stream
Tim Holtz - Tattered Florals die; Hardware die; Wordplay die
Distress Inks - Spiced Marigold; Rusty Hinge; Shabby Shutters; Ripe Persimmon
Tim Holtz stamps - Mixed Media; Fairytale Frenzy


Caroline

Caroline used ;

Plain wood - Door hanger, Stampendous Cling - Steampunk Owl

Darkroom Door - French Script, Lost Coast Designs - Spiderwebs

Tim Holtz Alterations Movers and Shapers  - Mini Bat and Skull

Ranger Archival ink - Jet Black and Coffee, 

Lindy's Stamp Gang Moon Shadow Ink - Van Dijk Walnut Sepia

Ranger Alcohol Ink - Eggplant, Glossy paper - White

Uni-Ball Signo - Gold, Guinea feather, Computer printed image, 

Recycled - Handmade natural paper

Siobhan

Siobhan used
Stampendous Stamps :
CRR152 Raven Background
CRR131 Crowscape
CRR133 Castle Gate
Stampers Anonymous stamps
Distress Inks 
Hero Arts Clock Face stamp
Spellbinder Corners
Tim Holtz Ideology :
Philosophy Tags , Watch Face and Spinners
Gold embossing powder

Anything Goes "Celebrations" winners.

Wow! So many wonderful Celebration entries it was so very hard to choose.  So with a bit of help from our DT members we finally have our top 5.

And the winner of the £10 voucher is:

# 89 Meggymay

And now to the rest of the top 5 

#50 Kate

# 56 Annette G

#103 Elizabeth H

and #106 Katie K.

Very well done to all the winners! And a great big thanks to all who entered. 

They were all fabulous!

Meggymay, if you could e-mail your details to Jill at The Stamp Man to receive your voucher. 

There is still a week left to enter our current challenge "Precious Metals/Medals challenge". You can find it here. 

Have a Great week!

Precious Medals/Metals - Olympics - Gold/Silver/Bronze

Hello all, Angela here. So have you been watching the Olympics? I always love watching the Gymnastics and swimming. How about you? With the Olympics wrapping up in London we thought this challenge would tie in nicely. Our theme this fortnight is going to be "Precious Metals"  as in Gold, Silver, Bronze etc just like those wonderful medals all the Olympians have been winning. 

Any project as long as it includes some type of metal touch. How easy is that right! 

Now before I head off and bring out some inspiration from the design team we have some exciting news to share. 

We are excited to announce that we have 2 new team members on our design team.  Zoe Sanderson and Tony Robson.  They both have different styles as you will see when you visit their blogs and we are looking forward to working with them both. Please do stop by and give them a big welcome shout. 

And now some inspiration from the team:

Angela

Angela used:

Frantage Aged Copper Embossing Enamel. 

Tim Holtz Papillion stamp set

Tim Holtz Classic Mini stamp set(Butterflies)

Aspects Of Design Christmas 1 stamp set(mesh)

Gold clear and Silver fine embossing powder

Moonglow Embossing powder - Angel Wings gold and Turquoise.

Gesso

Frantage Pearl Mica flakes

Tim Holtz Alteration Tattered Florals die.

Tim Holtz Distress inks - Scattered straw, Ripe Pesimmon, Boken China, Tea dye. 

Black Archival ink

Brenda

Brenda used -

Mixed papers for pages and front cover

Bind It All

Sizzix dies - Ornate frame back #3, phrase inspire

Stampendous aged gold embossing enamel

Chocolate acrylic paint, inka gold

Distress inks, aged mahogany, walnut stain, gathered twigs

Metal sheet

Cracked embossing folder

A selection of masks

Zoe

Zoe used

Metal Sheet

Ribbon

Vellum

Stazon Permanent Ink - Black

Stampendous Jumbo Cling Rubber Stamp - Cameo Frame CRS5020

Sakura Quickie Glue Pen

Stampendous Shabby Green Embossing Enamel

Stampendous Aged Wine Embossing Enamel

Stampendous Champagne Crushed Glass Glitter

Stampendous Mica Gilded Fragments

Redline double sided tape

Silicone Glue

Siobhan

Siobhan used :

Ranger Distress Inks - 

Tumbled Glass, Stormy Sky, Scattered Straw, Wild Honey and Vintage Photo

Tim Holtz stamps from the following plates :

CMS061  Urban Tapestry

CMS064  Mini Ornates

CMS063  Mini Muse

Hero Arts Stamp S5449  Fabulous Flourish

Tim Holtz Alteration Die - Umbrella Man

Stampendous Pirate Gold embossing powder

Versamark

Ranger Alcohol Inks

Aluminium Tape - from hardware store

Black Stazon Pad

TonyR

Tony used;

Frantage enamels in aged gold, aged silver, aged bronze, aged scarlet, and aged wine.

Frantage glitters in gold halo and bronze

[own silver glitter]

Stampendous stamp LONDON CRW074-R

and ALTERED TYPE SSC032

Tim Holtz sewing room die, tattered banners strip die and wordplay die
pumice stone distress ink

Ranger sticky backed canvas

sizzix texture plate
promarkers ruby and blue
archival inks vermillion, cobalt and black

Kimx

Kim used

Hero Arts CG288 Leaf Clusters

Distress inks - Bundled Sage, Stormy Sky and Scattered Straw

Woodware JGCL 560 Just to Say

Woodware Dotty Ribbon

Gold Nailheads

Circular Nestabilities

Versamark

Embossing Powder - Gold, Silver, Copper and clear

Black Versafine

Fine Black Micon Pen

Silicon

Background Paper from stash



Sue

 Sue used:
Tim Holtz stamps - Odds & Ends; French Marketplace; Haberdashery; Fabulous Flourishes
Tim Holtz die -  Elegant Flourishes
Distress Inks - Picked Raspberry, Worn lipstick, Seedless Preserves
Ranger - Metal foil 
 Embossing Folder - Victoria 
Perfect Pearls Mist - Biscotti

Now it's your turn to link up your "precious Metals" project. We cannot wait to see them.  As always one winner will get a £10 voucher for the Stamp Man online store. 

 

 

Anything Goes - Summer Colours

Well I certainly had my work cut out to chose a winner from so many fabulous entries to this challenge!! It was lovely to see so many lovely bright and happy colours. With a bit of help from our DT members, I eventually picked my top 5.

And the winner of the £10 voucher is:

No 87  Sylvia-Anne

I love resist techniques so this sample caught my eye straight away. I also love the stamp Sylvia used for her stunning card, it worked so well with the Distress Ink resist!!

And now to the rest of the top 5 :

No 36  Asia King

No 124  Julia

No 136  Trish Latimer

No 163  Kerry

So well done to all the winners!! Thanks to everyone who entered. The standard was very high and as I already said it was not easy trying to narrow it down to just 5.

Sylvia, if you could e-mail your details to Jill at The Stamp Man to receive your voucher. Enjoy!!

There is still a week left to enter our current challenge "Anything Goes - Celebrations". And we have a new challenge for you next Friday.

Siobhan

Anything Goes / Celebrations

Thank for entering our Anything Goes/Summer Colours challenge, the winners will be announced next Friday.

Wow, what a lot of entries, the weather in the UK hasn't proved summery this last fortnight but you certainly managed to work with summery colours!!

We hope you will join us for our new challenge, Anything Goes Celebrations.

Your projects can be for any celebration, a special birthday, anniversary, or a congratulatory card (maybe for all those Olympic medals that will be won in the next fortnight!)

As usual, the top prize winner will have £10 to spend on our website, www.thestampman.co.uk

We are looking forward to seeing your entries!!

Jill

Stampendous - First Christmas - Cling Rubber Stamp - CRR154

Stampendous Shabby embossing enamels

Woodware - JL711 - Chippies - Hearts & Flourishes

Woodware - JL724 - Chippies - Baubles

Woodware - JL725 - Chippies - Bracket Frames

Woodware Blending Chalks (2887)

Brenda

Brenda used -

Artemio stamps - sewing and butterfly collage

Stampendous Music Score stamp

Tim Holtz - Shabby French stamp set

Sizzix Book cover 2 embossing folder

Adirondack dye inks - Cranberry, Terracotta, Espresso, Caramel

TH Distress Ink - Walnut Stain

Downloaded butterfly

Vintage ribbon

Computer generated sentiment

Caran D'Ache aquarelle crayons

Lace, button, burlap

Kimx

Kimx used - 
Hero Arts - S5601 Newspaper Background
Hero Arts -  F5042 Leaf Flourish
Woodware - JGCL560 Just To Say
TH Distress Ink - Weathered Wood, Black Soot
Floral and leaf Dies

Siobhan

Siobhan used

Aspect of Design Framie 5 Antique Script and Keys
Spellbinder Nestabilities Labels 
Stampendous Music Score Background
StampendousOrnate Border
Hero Arts Fabulous Flourish
Distress Inks
Tim Holts Ideology Letters
Copper Embossing Powder
Gold Embossing Powder 
"Time to Celebrate" - free stamp from Craft Stamper magazine 

Sue 

Sue used:
Distress inks - Barn Door, Dried Marigold, Fired Brick, Ripe Persimmon, Spiced Marmalade
Darkroom Door stamps - Home Sweet Home 
Tim Holtz - Fabulous Flourishes
Tim Holtz die - Word Play & Tattered Flowers


Lisa Sparkle

Lisa used:
Stampendous Cling- Butterfly post
Watercolour pencils in grey and pink
Silver mirri card
Black ribbon





We look forward to seeing your projects!

Winner announcement for Bling It On Challenge

Thank you to everyone who entered our Bling it on Challenge, it is now time to announce the winners!

I am sure that each fortnight it gets harder for the team to pick the winners and this time it seemed especially hard, you all really excelled yourselves in your projects, in fact, you all always do!!!!

With a long short list from the team, believe me it then became even harder to choose the top 5.

So I sincerely ask that you all give yourselves a pat on the back even if you are not in the 5.

OK, so the winner this time is....

No. 66 Monique

Congratulations Monique, I appreciated your perseverance and experimentation to complete your project!

Please can you email me (Jill) at thestampman@btconnect.com to claim your prize of £10 to spend on our website.

The others in the top 5 are

8: Wendy P

35: xtqlx

67: Lydia

68: Chris Olsen

Please take and display our binkie on your sidebars!

Again, well done everyone and thank you for entering.

There is still almost a week for you to join in with our next challenge Anything goes/summer colours please scroll down for details

Have a great weekend!!!!

Jill x