Men's Card Challenge Winner

Hi All

Boy was it a treat looking at all the wonderful entries for the Men's Card Challenge last week. We were thrilled to see such diverse and imaginative designs! Thanks to all who joined in.  Unfortunately there can only be one overall winner for this challenge it's

Number 36

Janet Wilson

Thanks for entering such a fabulous card Janet

And the follow up's (a difficult choice this week, so many fab entries!)

Number 36

Number 42

Number 105

Number 111

Do grab a blinkie from the side bar and display it proudly, all the entries were wonderful and deserve recognition

Thanks so much for playing along with us, hope you're enjoying the butterfly theme. See you again soon

All at The Stampman

x

Challenge # 25 - Butterflies and Dragonflies

Welcome to our next challenge! This time it is being hosted by our newest DT member, the super talented, Angela. Please visit Angela's blog to get to know her, she has some awesome artwork there!

Angela Here! The newbie to the group and I am so thrilled and honored to be here! A great big Thank you to all who entered our "Boys and Men" Challenge. Your entries were fantastic yet again and we truly enjoyed popping around to see them! Michelle will be announcing the Top 5 for the Boys and Men Challenge Theme next Friday so do be sure to check in on that.

Now off to this Fortnights challenge.......

And the theme is "Butterflies and Dragonflies"

So we would like to see your wonderful projects incorporating Butterflies and Dragonflies. Be it cards, frames, altered Art, ATc's....as long as it is in the Butterflies and Dragonflies theme. We cannot wait to see them.

Now Don''t forget we have a prize of a £10 gift voucher for the Stamp Man shop up for grabs. All the challenge details and rules for entering can be found by clicking the associated tab at the top of the page.

Our super talented design team have been very busy making lots of inspiration for you. You can click on their names to see more info on their wonderful projects.

Angela

I used

Moon Glow EP Angel Wings Gold

Aspects of Design 05 - Christmas (1)

Non Sequitur – On Gossamer wings

Tim Holtz Sizzix Die Tat

tered Florals

Detail Clear EP

Vellum

Fiskars Elegant bo

rder punch(from sale room)

Gold filament paper

Clear Acetate she

ets

Gold foil

Promarkers

chain

Twill

Janet

Janet used

adirondack inks pink sherbet, red pepper and watermelon

Distress ink frayed burlap

Stampendous butterflies

Tags and sentiment from sale room

Lisa O

Lisa used:
Aspects of Design Stamps-Daisy Daydreams and Butterfly Garden
Broken China & Brushed Corduroy Distress Ink

Frankie

I used
large handcarved dotted dragonfly
Aspects of Design - plate 49 Japanese Dragonfly Dreams
Tim Holtz distress inks- various
Tim Holtz movers and shapers mini butt

erflies


Neil

Neil used

F08 cluster of 3 dragonflies
I06 Large Handcarved dotted dragonfly
I12 Stone relief border
Distress ink

Moonglow two tone embossing powder midnight teal obsidian
Acetate

Scrabble tiles

Jill

Jill used:

Aspects of Design Framies 5 stamps
Nestabilites Labels 5
Brown Stazon Ink Pad
Distress Inks Bundled Sage and Spun Sugar
Spun Sugar and Walnut ink papers from Core'dinations Distress Paper Pad
Silver Curly Clips

Cuttlebug Embossing Folders: Jules Jewels and Swiss Dots
Brown Brads
Word stamp from Tim Holtz - Mini Muse 063

Michelle

Michelle Used

Non Sequitur – On Gossamer wings

Aspects of Design Framies 5 stamps

AOD 66 Framies 5 sheet large frames

Nestabilites Labels 5

Prima Paper Pads 6" x 6" - Madeleine

Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pads

Lisa

Lisa used:

Aspects of Design Framies- Butterfly Flutters

Nestie labels 5

Ranger alcohol inks

Brenda

Brenda used
DIs - shabby shutters, peeled paint, weathered wood, tattered rose, walnut stain, black soot
Stamps - Tim Holtz Urban Tapestry set and Papillon, Aspects of Design Dragonflies
Clear embossing powder.
Acrylic paint

Sue

Sue used:

Aspects of Design - Cluster of 3 Dragonflies
Aspects of Design - Floral
Tim Holtz - Vintage Market Sizzlet die
Cuttlebug Embossing Folder - Distressed Stripes

We'd love to see your projects on this theme, so please remember to check out the challenge rules in the sidebar and join us with Inlinkz below!

Challenge #23 - Recipe Winner and Top 5!

Hi, Lisa here to announce the winner of the Recipe challenge! We had a great response to the recipe grid and some absolutely stunning entries. It's amazing how differently you all interpreted the ingredients.

So, without further ado....... the winner is of the £10 voucher to spend at The Stamp Man is.......

Number 11- Psypenguin

Congratulations, please email Jill at thestampman@btconnect.com to claim your prize.

The other four wonderful entries making up our fab Top 5 are......

#2 Tracey Brossart

#9 Sam21ski

#32 Laura

#52 Elenac

Please display your Top 5 badge from our sidebar with pride!

Thank you so much to everyone for joining in, and don't forget to check out our new Men and Boys challenge! We love seeing all of your work, so keep those entries coming in!

Lisa and the Stamp Man team x

Challenge #24 - Boys and Men

Hi All

Today a new challenge at the Stampman and it's one for the men in your life! Now here's an area The Stampman excels in, with so many stamps in the shop being suitable for men. Here's a few ideas from the design team to get your creative juices flowing, just in time for Fathers Day.

Michelle

Michelle Used

Aspects of Design 10 - Mens
Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pads Brushed Corduroy, Faded Jeans

Brilliance Pad - Graphite Black Clear embossing powder Brenda Brenda used Alcohol Inks – sail boat blue, denim, stream, meadow, pearl Distress Inks – walnut stain, weathered wood Gesso Stamps – Aspects of Design 2 Nautical, Stamps - Tim Holtz The Journey Tim Holtz die – ticket stripTim Holtz - journaling ticket Neil Neil used Tim Holtz Stamps CMS102 Air Travel Bronze and clear UTEE Walnut distress stain Lisa O Lisa used: Aspects of Design Nautical Stamps Vintage Photo Distress Inks Watercolour Paper Martha Stewart Bakers Twine Homemade Paper Beads Angela Angela used: Aspects of Design - Across the Miles(clock) TH Distress ink Forest Moss TH Distress ink Weathered wood TH Distress stain -Vintage Photo Graphite Black Brilliance Dew Drop ink Detail gold Embossing Powder Clear detail Embossing Powder Moon Glow Silver Moon Turquoise Embossing PowderRusty Pickle - Letters Gold Bead cap Gold Chain Gold Foil Lisa Sparkle Lisa used: Aspects of Design 10- Men's Aspect of Design 61- Butterfly beauties (sentiment) Tim Holtz stamps- Admit one Vintage photo Distress Ink Gold eyelets Foam pads Jill Jill used: Various Moonshadow inks Tim  Holtz - Mini Ornate stamps (scroll and word background) AOD - Artistic Elements stamp sheet (wording) AOD Old postcard Distress Inks - Walnut Stain and Rusty Hinge 7 Gypsies stickers (in shop) TH alterations Hinge Clip and Locket Keys Various made background papers for serendipity technique Nestability Labels 8 Metal effect buttons Some fantastic samples team! So there we are a new challenge for a new week so how about joining in the masculine merryment and take advantage of the super sale at The Stampman shop by buying some stamps designed with your men in mind! Leave your entry in the Link Gadget and we'll hop over to your blog to say hi!

Poppy Challenge winners

Hello Everyone Janet here

We were all totally blown away by the gorgeous creations you made for our poppy challenge and a Massive thank you to everyone who sent their creations into the shop too. Amazing to see your creations in real life!

It has been extremely hard picking winners for this as really each creation was so wonderful but here goes.

The overall winner goes to

number 23

Alison

Congratulations Alison you win the £10 voucher to spend at The Stamp Man

and our runners up

Number 13 - Myra

Number 27 Minxy

Number 22 Blackdragon

Number 7 Siobhan

Please take our Top 5 to display on your blog - Awesome work!

Hope you are having fun with the recipe challenge which is still running below this post and watch out for next weeks new challenge which Michelle will be bringing to you

Happy Crafting!

Janet and The Stamp Man team

Challenge #23 - Recipe

Hello! Lisa Sparkle here!

Wow, what a fantastic set of entries we had for our Poppy challenge. Such stunning work, we've all had a fabulous time visiting all of your blogs, and we'll be back in a week or so to let you know who the winner is.

So....on to this fortnight's challenge- we've got something a little bit different for you this time. We'd like you to select some ingredients from our recipe bingo grid and make us something gorgeous! Take any three ingredients in a line, horizontally, vertically or diagonally and use them to make us a fabulous creation.

Blue	Embossing powder	Stitches (real or faux)
Torn/ripped	Ribbon	Red
Die cut	Homemade background (no patterned paper)	Sparkle and bling

You can use more than three if you want to, but you must use at least three that make
a line. So...... for example, Die cut- Ribbon- Stitches would be fine, as would Blue- Torn/ripped- Die cut, but Blue- Ribbon, Homemade background wouldn't make a line. It would be helpful if you'd tell us which line you've followed in your blog post.

As ever, there's a prize of a £10 gift voucher for the Stamp Man shop up for grabs, and all the details about how to enter can be accessed by the tab at the top of the page.

Our wonderfully talented design team have been busy making lots of inspiration for you.

Lisa Sparkle

I used:

Aspects of Design 62 Butterfly beauties

Aspects of Design 64 Circle flower framies

Moonglow embossing powders- Daybreak set

Sue

Sue used:

Aspects of Design - Scalloped Framie
Tim Holtz - Adverts
Tim Holtz - Odds and Ends
Tim Holtz - Reflections
Cuttlebug Embossing Folder - Stylised Flowers
Prima paper - Botanical
Tim Holtz - Foliage
Tim Holtz - Type Charm


Vix

Vix used:
Aspects of Design - Scalloped Framie
Tim Holtz Distress Stains (Broken China & Spun Sugar)
Coredinations Black Magic

Lisa O

Lisa used:

Moonglow Starburst Stains-Baby Blue eyes Aqua

Tim Holtz Tattered Floral and Swirl dies

Cosmic Shimmer Embossing Powder-Clear and Lapis Blue

Aspects of Design Starburst Fairies stamp

Distress Inks-Broken China, Chipped Sapphire & Vintage Photo

Tim holtz Vintage Market Die

Debbie Dolphin

Debbie used

Sizzix Bigz Die Sewing Room

Movers and Shaper Tag Bookplate

Hitch Fasteners

Tissue Tape sketchbook

Distress Ink Walnut Stain

Distress Crackle Paint-Picket fence

Frankie

For my 8"x8" piece I used

Tim Holtz umbrella man die

Tim Holtz clock die

Tim Holtz grungeboard letters

Tim Holtz charm clip and hitch fastener

Tim Holtz distress inks and cut and dry foam

Tim Holtz tissue tape

brass embellishments / chain

Adirondack acrylic paint daubers pool and denim

Claudine Hellmuth Gesso

Neil

Neil used

Tim Holtz gears Die

Aspects of design dragonflies stamp

Tim Holtz Slight Alterations stamp set

Faded Jeans and Broken china distress ink

Gesso

silver embossing powder

Black grey and blue cardstock



Brenda

Brenda used

TH paper stash - vintage shabby
Stamps - The Stamp Man Framies, TH Papillon and City Central
Distress stickles - rock candy
DIs - aged mahogany, victorian velvet, vintage photo, pumice stone
Distress Stains - fired brick
Nestabilities - labels 4

We are looking forward to seeing your interpretation of the bingo card and coming to see you.

Resist Challenge Winners

Hello everyone, Lisa O here.

Thank you so much for playing along with our Resist challenge. All the entries were absolutely stunning and you have really made the team work hard this time in selecting just 5.

In my eyes you are all winners but after much deliberation our Winner is ....

No 3 -Siobhan Fyffe

Congratulations Siobhan, please contact Jill to claim your £10 voucher.

And in entry order our 4 further winners are:

No 4-Ellie Knol
No7-Daniele
No 15-Laura
No34-Flo-Louise

Well done. Please grab the Top 5 blinkie to display in your sidebar with pride.

Keep an eye out for our next challenge starting on Friday 20th May when we will have a recipe theme for you in the shape of a bingo card where you will be able to choose your ingredients vertically, horizontally or diagonally. There are some wonderful goodies to play with so we are looking forward to seeing what you all come up with.