Alter It Winners

Firstly, apologies for the delay announcing the winners of the alter It challenge, again it was so hard to choose a Top 5 as the standard of your projects was so high.  Everyone that entered should give themselves a serious pat on the back, I wish you could all have won top prize!!!

The winner of the £10 to spend at The Stamp Man is...

Bex

Bex's Domino Book is based on Shakespeare and is double-sided and features 2 of his plays.  Do go and visit Bex for more details of her project!!

Bex please can you email me to claim your prize at thestampman@btconnect.com

The others in top 5 are

Lainey

Keren

Inkypinkycraft

Butterfly

Well done to all the winners, please take your blinkies from the sidebar!  Thank you to everyone who entered.  

Future challenges

You are probably wondering why the winners are being announced rather than a new challenge starting, well, we are making some changes to the challenges and I will let you all know about them soon but in the meantime I would like to thank you all for your support so far and hope that you will join us for our future challenges.

The winners of the Summer Sizzler challenge will be announced in due course.

Our next challenge will start on 1st October, so do call back for details 

Summer Sizzlers - Use hot colours!

Our Alter It challenge has now ended, it was lovely to see all of the projects you entered for it!!  Thank you to all that entered, the winners will be announced next week.

At the time of writing we have had a couple of wonderful sunny and warm days in the UK and it is promised to last a little longer.  I guess we have all hoped for an Indian Summer to make up for the poor summer we have had this year so with this in mind we would like to challenge you this fortnight to make cards with hot sizzling summer colours, our final chance to use bright colours as we pass from Summer into Autumn.  

Kimx choose this theme as she likes bright and hot colours and we'd all love to see what you produce with this colour theme.  Our Design Team show inspiration below to get you started with ideas.

As usual we will be picking a Top 5 and the winner will receive a prize of £10 to spend on our website, www.thestampman.co.uk 

We hope you will join us.

Have fun!!

Jill x

Sue

Sue used:

Aspects of Design - Classical Instruments

Distress Inks - Barn Door, Fired Brick, Spiced Marmalade; Ripe Persimmon

Tim Holtz - WordPlay die

Tim Holtz - Mixed Media stamps 

Tim Holtz - Allegro mask



Zoe

Zoe used
Floral Stamp
Magenta Bee
Coloured Pens
Sticky back Gems
6 x 6 DP



Kimx

Kimx used

Artemio Clear set - Hedgerow Plants

Stampendous CRP147-R Butterfly Post

Woodware Clear Magic JGCL560 Just to Say

Distress Ink Pads - Mustard Seed, Rusty Hinge, Spiced Marmalade, Barn Door, Crushed Olive
Glossy Cardstock
Versamark

Versafine - Onyx Black 

Clear Embossing Powder

Vellum

Brads

Glossy Accents

Siobhan

Siobhan used :
Stampendous Stamps
CRR152  Cling Raven Background
CRR131 Cling Crowscape
CRS5031 Cling Jumbo Hollyhock
Distress Inks
Tim Holtz Ideaology Glassine Paper
Woodware Rhinestone Border
Gold embossing powder



Angela


Angela Used:

Distress inks
Tim Holtz Stamps - Urban tapestry, Winter sketchbook and Springtime.
Black Archival ink
Clear embossing powder.

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