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

Bling It On Challenge

Thank you to everyone who entered our Time/Travel themed challenge, your entries are amazing and picking winners will prove a difficult task for the team.

Now that theme has come to a close we welcome you to our new challenge theme that will last for the next 2 weeks... Bling It On!!!

Here's your chance to impress us with your use of sparkly embellishments, so add glitters, jewels, or anything you fancy adding.  Whoever impresses us most will have £10 to spend on our website, www.thestampman.co.uk

The project can be any theme as long as it features some ***bling***!

Jill

Jill used:
Woodware Chippies - handbags and numbers
Stampendous Fran-tage Embossing Powders/Shaved Glass/Micas/Glitter
Mark Richards Bling - Gold Pearls and Mosaics

Organza Ribbon
Woodware Blending Chalks


Sue

Sue used:

Tim Holtz stamps - Fabulous Flourishes; Odds & Ends; French Marketplace

Distress Stains - Victorian Velvet; Picket Fence 

Tim Holtz die - Vintage Marketplace

Stampendous stamp - Rose Corset

Tim Holtz Distress Markers

Lisa Sparkle

Lisa used:
Aspects of design butterfly beauties stamp plate
Distress Inks
Versafine in Onyx Black
Purple raffia and card, flowers and skeleton leaves from stash, green handmade paper
Black gems

Caroline 

Caroline used;

Stampendous cling - Mermaid

Artemio Clear Stamp Set - Distressed Backgrounds

Aspects Of Design - Mesh Effect Background

Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Peacock Feathers, Picked Raspberry

Ranger Archival ink - Jet Black

Lindy's Stamp Gang Moon Glow's Glitz Spritz - Royal Lapis Lazuli Fire

Lindy's Stamp Gang Moon Glow's Two-Toned Embossing Powder - Desert Moon Copper Pine

Card stock - Kraft, White

Caran D'Ache Neocolor II Watersoluble wax pastels

Derwent Inktense Watersoluble Ink Pensils

Uni-ball signo pen - white, silver, yellow, gold

Faber-Castell PITT artsit pen - black XS

Spellbinders Nestabilities - Petit Ovals Large & Petit Scalloped Ovals Large

Recycled - Kraft Envelope


Kimx

Kimx used:
Stampendous clear set SSC1105 - Daisy Stem Trio
Artemio clear set - Manuscript Backgrounds
Hero Arts - F5042 Leaf Flourish
Distress ink pads - Wild Honey, Rusty Hinge and Barn Door
Frantage Aged Ivory Embossing Enamel
Card Candi
Glitter glue
Ribbon, nailheads, pin, button, flowers and stamen from stash.


Angela

Angela used:
Tim Holtz Distress inks - Faded Jeans, Dusty Concord, Black Soot, Peeled paint, Forest moss, Walnut stain, Old Paper.
Tim Holtz Stamps - Urban Tapestry, Winter Sketchbook
Marc Richards Bling - Yellow.
Clear embossing powder
Versamark Distress ink

Lisa O

Lisa used
Distress Inks-Bundled Sage, Tumbled Glass, Faded Jeans, Chipped Sapphire 

Stampendous Cling Mermaid
Artemio Swirls Stamps
Glossy Accents
Promarkers
Moonglow Emerald Green Glitz Sprtitz
Cosmic Shimmer Lapis Sapphire Embossing Powder

Please link to your project post rather than your main blog address. If unsure please check our challenge rules.

Time or Travel

Hi Everyone, Frankie here... Well what a lot of lovely entries for the last challenge and well done to all who joined in, especially the lucky winner of the prize. We on the DT love seeing your work and visiting your blogs.

So what do we have for your delectation this time?? Jill set up the lists a while ago, and what do you think she chose for me?? Time or Travel!! I wonder why?? Tee hee, she knows me too well, and I know that many of you also love these twin themes. So you can do either, or both, we leave it up to you and your creative muse!! Just get inky and join in. You never know, you could be the next one to win that wonderful £10 prize to spend on Jill's website.

All you have to do is create your piece and link that specific post on our linky thingie, below. The challenge will run from Friday 15th June until 11.00 pm on 28th June...Check our challenge rules, if you are unsure, or new, and most of all, check out my DT colleagues' blogs for specific details of how they created their pieces.. I think you will agree with me that they have made some very inspirational things again this time... So eyes down, look in and ENJOY!!

 Frankie

I used 

TH idea-ology

TH paper

TH car die

TH tickets and journalling tickets

TH distress inks

Artemio travel stamp set

7 Gypsies paper 

Brenda

Brenda used -

Distress inks - Tea Dye, Frayed Burlap, Brushed Corduroy, Wild Honey, Stormy Sky, Victorian Velvet, Weathered Wood.

Distress Markers - Faded Jeans, Victorian Velvet, Tattered Rose, Stormy Sky

Stamped images courtesy of the Stamp Man and Tim Holtz - Travel Labels

Vintage Style Embellishment Kit

Sue

Sue used: 

Distress Inks - Peacock Feathers, Gathered Twigs

Tim Holtz - Vintage Market die

Tim Holtz stamps - Fabulous Flourishes, Curiosities, Things to Say

Tim Holtz Ideaology - Clock face & spinners

Angela

Angela used:
Distress inks - Walnut, Faded Jeans, Peeled Paint, Pine Needles, Broken China, old Paper, Dried Marigold, Mustard Seed, Ripe Persimmon and Fired Brick.
Tim Holtz stamps: Mini Classics, Winter sketchbook, Fairytale Frenzy and Urban Tapestry
Non-Sequitur stamp set - Across the Miles
Aspects of Design Stamp set - On Gossamer wings.
Stampendeous - Cling Dream Stamp
USArtquest Napkin Collage kit
Black Archival ink
Clear embossing powder
Feathers.

Kimx

Kimx used -
Woodware stamp set FRCL158 - African Holiday
Distress inks - Broken China, Brushed Corderoy, Rusty Hinge
Cuttlebug Embossing folder
Martha Stewart Punch
Black and Sepia Versafine ink pads
Clear Embossing powder
Coffee
Background papers from stash

Lisa Sparkle

Lisa used:
Stampendous cling Frantage stamp- I love Paris
Woodware crafty edger and 1/2" ribbon punch
Background paper made with Starburst stains
Doodlebug rub on stitches
Woodware gold swirl clips
Coloured with Distress Inks in Ripe Persimmon and Wild Honey

Lisa O

Lisa used:
Distress Inks-Mustard Seed, Faded Jeans, Peeled Paint, Bundled Sage, Chipped Sapphire & Black Soot
Moonglow Glitz Spritz-Emerald Green
Tim Holtz Stamps-I See Paris & Mini Classics
Various Ribbon scraps from own stash

Jill

Jill used:
Stampendous Perfectly Clear Stamp Set - Railway - (SSC1139)
Stud brads
Father wording from Woodware Stamps - Clear Magic - FRCL079 - Male Relatives
Stampendous enamels, glitters, tinsels and glass fragments.
Coffee Background
Woodware Blending Chalks (2887)


So there you are... as I said, my team mates have done a great job with this challenge, so now it's up to you. Get inky and have fun with time, travel or both!!
Love and light
Frankie
xx

Vintage Theme - Winner Announcement

As usual, it was REALLY hard to pick the winners! What an amazing variety of work on the theme, such beautiful work too, everyone truly deserves a prize for their entry and indeed it was a hard one to judge!

So, the decision is made now, the winner of £10 of Stamp Man goodies is...

10 - Suzanne B

Congratulations Suzanne, for an awesome altered book project! Please can you contact me by email to claim your prize: thestampman@btconnect.com and remember to take and display our top prize blinkie in your sidebar.

The other Top 5 winners are listed below in number order, well done to all! Please take your Top 5 blinkie from the sidebar to display on your blog with pride.

23 Claire C 
30 Agnieszka/Ona 
35 Julia
80 Mommyle 

Thank you to everyone for taking the time to enter our challenges, we hope you will join in with our latest one with Lisa Sparkle who is hosting the bingo theme.

You have until 9pm next Thursday evening to join us. The details are in the post below.

Have a great weekend!

Jill x

Bingo card / Recipe

Hello everyone! Welcome to another wonderful challenge week here on The Stamp Man Challenge blog. We hope you all enjoyed last week's fabulous theme, we've certainly had some fabulous entries. We'll be back next week to announce the winner.

This week we've got a Bingo card for you to play with.

Green	Fabric	Polka dots
Flowers	Circle	Numbers
Swirls	Metal/metallic	Ribbon

Make us something using 3 of the elements to make a Bingo line, lines can be horizontal, vertical or diagonal, so you might choose Flowers, Circle and Numbers, or Swirls, Circle and Polka dots. As long as you use your 3 elements, anything else goes!!

As ever there's a £10 Stamp Man voucher to be won, so well worth a go.

The DT have been up to their usual tricks making some smashing projects to inspire and amaze you, so take a look!

Lisa Sparkle

Lisa used:

Aspects of Design stamp plate 40 Dragonfly dreams

Aspects of Design stamp plate 66 Framies 5

Distress Inks in Bundled Sage and Victorian Velvet

Sue

Sue followed the line - Swirls/ Metal/ Ribbon

Sue used :

Tim Holtz - Good Thoughts & Papillon

Tim Holtz - Regal Mini Mask

Distress Inks - Peeled Paint & Seedless Preserve

Distress Stains - Dusty Concord

Tim Holtz - Mini Butterfly & Mini Flourish dies

Tim Holtz Ideaology - Type Charm

Angela

Angela's journal pages followed the bingo line for "Green, Flowers, Swirls"

Materials used:

Aspects of Design Rose stamp

Black Archival ink

White paint (blank canvas by Claudine Hellmuth)

Tim Holtz distress stains (Fired Brick, Spun Sugar, Walnut stain, Peeled paint and Forest Moss)

Sakura black pen

Tim Holtz Flourish die

Lisa O

Lisa used:

Stampendous Cling-I Love Paris

Tim Holtz Stamps-I See Paris & Papillion

Artemio Stamps Arabesque Swirls

Distress Inks-Bundled Sage, Brushed Corduroy, Vintage Photo, Walnut Stain
Gold Embossing Powder

Diamond Stickles

Card Candy

Siobhan

Siobhan followed the vertical line "Green, Flowers, Swirls"

Siobhan used:
Ranger Distress Stains
Starburst Sprays - greens and golds
Tim Holtz Alterations Dies : Sewing Room and Tattered Florals
Stampers Anonymous stamps : CMS064 Mini Ornates
CMS119 Joyful Song
CMS085 Good Thoughts
Tim Holtz Ideology Glassine paper
Glossy Accents
Gold Rub and Buff

Kimx

Kim followed the diagonal line 'Green, Circles, Ribbon

Kimx used 

Sage, Olive, Green Tea versa colour cubes.

Hero Arts AC005 Untitled Word Shadow

Artemio 10001147 Hedgerow Plants

Peeled Paint, Pine Needles Tim Holtz distress ink pads

Asparagus Coredination card 

Ribbon

Fine black pen

Small circle punch




Brenda

Brenda used -

Tim Holtz clock die

Distress inks - Peeled Paint, Aged Mahogany, Vintage Photo, Fired Brick, Victorian Velvet.

Distress Stains - Picket Fence, Peeled Paint

Stampendous stamp - Profile Portrait

Vintage Theme Challenge

Hello!

Thank you to everyone who entered our last challenge Colours of Spring/Easter, please call back next Friday as we will be announcing the winners then.

For now it's me, Jill (Mrs Stamp Man) here to host our new fortnightly challenge and this time the theme is Vintage.

I guess I could be called team leader and as such when it's my turn to host I always I like to take the opportunity of thanking our fantastically talented team who come up with amazing and inspiring creations for each challenge. If you visit their blogs you will find out more information about the challenge pieces they have made and I'm sure you'll find much more to inspire you.

I am also truly grateful for all of your support too, if you didn't join in we wouldn't have these challenges. We know that a lot of time and thought goes into each of your entries, you certainly don't give the team an easy job selecting winners, but we love it so keep up the good work!!

As usual there is a top prize of £10 to spend at The Stamp Man.

If you haven't joined our challenges yet, don't be shy, every

one is welcome. The instructions are given above under the header.

Have fun!!

Jill

Jill used:

Moonshadow inks

Stampendous CRS5031-R Cling Jumbo Hollyhock

Stampendous Fran-tage various mica and embossing powder mixes

Various buttons, brass charms and ribbon

Siobhan

Siobhan has used :

Stampendous CRF215 Cling Profile Portrait

Stampendous CRS5031 Cling Jumbo Hollyhock

Stampendous CRR103 Cling Music Score

Stampers Anonymous CMS110 Stuff to Say

Spellbinders Fleur de Lis Squares and Foliage

Tim Holtz Alterations Dies - Tattered Florals

Stampendous Frantage powders - Aged Aqua, Aged Silver and

Aged Taupe

Distress Inks - Tumbled Glass, Stormy Sky, Antique Linen and Brushed Corduroy

Brenda

Brenda has used -

Tim Holtz Distress Inks - Tumbled Glass, Spun Sugar, Shabby Shutters, Vintage Photo

Tim Holtz Distress Markers - Victorian Velvet, Peeled Paint, Broken

China, Brushed Corduroy, Antique Linen

Stamps - Artemio Butterfly Collage, Tim Holtz - Mini Classics, Shabby French and City Central

Ranger Black Archival stamp pad

Lisa O

Lisa used:

Distress Inks-Crushed Olive, Walnut Stain, Brushed Corduroy & Aged Mahogany

Aspects Of Design Stamps-Funky Flower

Artemio Arabesque Swirl Stamps

Non Sequitur Stamps- Travels In

Italy

Clear & Gold Embossing Powder

Glossy Accents

Vellum

Lace from own stash

Sue

Sue used:


Tim Holtz - Haberdashery; Good Thoughts; Adverts; French Marketplace
Tim Holtz die - Tattered Flowers
Distress Inks - Tattered Rose, Tea Dye, Brushed Corduroy, Old Paper




Caroline

Caroline used
Stampendous cling - Flying Machines (CRR139-R)
Stampendous Embossing Powder - Clear
Non-Sequitur - Across The Miles (plate 43C)
Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pad - Vintage Photo
Tim Holtz Idea-ology - Sprocket Gears & Game Spinners
Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz - Air Travel CMS102
VersaMark - Watermark Ink Pad
Card stock - black
Bazill - kraft Cardstock
7 Gypsies 8x8 paper pad - Global

NEIL

Neil used

Non sequitur - Celtic Mythology plate 75
Alterations dress form die
archival ink
Acetate
Acrylic paint
floral trim
glossy accents
Perfect pearls mist
Distress ink - walnut stain

Angela

Angela used:

Stampendous Rose Corset Stamp

Tim Holtz Distress inks - Peeled paint, Old Paper, Tea Dye, Victorian Velvet, Spun Sugar

Glossy Accents

Ranger Crackle Accents

US Artquest Napkin Collage kit

Fusible Webbing

Moonglow EP Oakleaf Olive Gold

old lace

Kimx

Kimx used:
Magenta clear stamp set - CS043 Botanical
Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pads - Tumbled Glass, Stormy Sky and Broken China
Spellbinders Oval Nestabilitie
Tim Holtz Idea-ology Adage Ticket
Coffee and cling film
Various background paper, lace, buttons

We hope you will join us for this challenge