Extra! Extra! Stamp All About It!

Almost every stamper has at least one stamp that they love but don’t use. Or, it could be a stamp that they haven’t used, don’t know what to use it on, or otherwise aren’t really using. Maybe it’s brand new, maybe it is years old. If you are one of those stampers then now is the time. The challenge this week at Simon Says Stamp & Show is "The Stamp I Love But Don't Use". So grab that stamp, and use it some way on a project.

I love wood mounted stamps. There is just something about them. Perhaps it's the wood, or the ease of holding them, or the decor factor of them, or the ease of seeing them, all of the above probably, but I do just love them. However, I don't have many due to space and price, so the ones I buy I definitely have an affinity for. I have a handful, armful that is considering their size, that I haven't used yet, one being Tim's Best Friends image. I think this one is just so precious and innocent, and perfect for a card for my Godson. He and his wife just had a beautiful baby boy! I did tweak the number though to reflect the number of the day of the baby's birth.

I stamped the image in Jet Black Archival onto watercolor paper and heat embossed it with Ranger's Black Embossing Powder.

I colored in the image with Distress Markers and used a water brush to blend them. I also had another image just in case of a mishap and used it to cut up and make a few 3D parts, like the hat and hand of the boy. I tore this out carefully and stitched around the edges.

I cut pieces of Metal Foil Tape to fit around into Fragment Charms. I applied Alcohol Inks in shades of blue of some and shades of green of the others.

I adhered the letters on the Metal and then adhered the Fragment Charms onto the Metal and trimmed around them. I also applied the blue Alcohol Ink onto the numbers 2 and 4. I cut out a piece of Kraft Resist for the base of the card, and stained it with Tumbled Glass. I inked around the edges of the torn piece with Bundled Sage Distress Ink, and mounted it on Kraft cardstock, and inked around it with Walnut Stain. I attached the number to it.

I attached the image to the base card. I tied twine through the balloons and through wooden buttons and adhered all this onto the card.

 

Do you love to stamp, and have so many to use but can't quite get each one inked up? If so, pick one of those newbies, ink it up, create your work of Art, and enter it into our challenge. You just might be the lucky winner of a $50 voucher to Simon Says Stamp. You can also be named as one of the "Top Three Picks" for this challenge. Good luck, and please visit the other DT member's blogs to check out their fabulous newly stamped up projects from this week. You might see some stamps you've never seen before!

 

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I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!

Chained and Bound???

The ATC challenge this month at the All Things Tim Yahoo Group was to use a "Heart/Hearts with only Antique Gold and/or Bronze". These are my two favorite metallics so I really had fun layering on lots of stuff, and I even tore apart an old necklace to use as the chain.  I wanted to make these extra special as it might be iffy as to my participation as regularly as usual due to my teaching and DT work responsibilities. I will try to participate as often as I can though as you know how much I love to trade!

I misted a sheet from Tim's Crowded Attic with Ranger Espresso and Butterscotch Color Washes.

More misting with Perfect Pearls in Sunflower Sparkle and Bronze. I cut these to ATC size and mounted them on chipboard. I stamp the sentiment over and over again in Jet Black Archival. I tore pieces of Symphony Tissue Tape and colored them with Antiqued Bronze Metallic Stain and added them to the card. I painted the edges with the Pitch Black Paint Dabber to finish up the background. For the inside, I adhered a folded ATC sized Kraft card to the back on the ATC. I stamped the sentiment on the  inside the card and stamped a watermark image and misted Heirloom Gold. I inked all edges in Black Soot Distress Ink.

I die cut hearts from Sizzix Love Struck die from Grunge Paper, and painted them with Pitch Black Paint Dabber. I ran them through the Music Notes Texture Fade after.

I lightly painted over the raised music noted with Gold Paint Dabber, and when that dried added Black Soot Distress Stain over that to deepen the black. It resisted the Gold perfectly. I misted this with Heirloom Gold Perfect Pearls. I added the hearts on the card. I added the chain to the heart.

I die cut the Mini Locks out of Grunge Paper.

I painted these with Pitch Black and while wet added Antiqued Bronze Metallic Stain right over the top. It glided over some spots and coated others and gave me the look I wanted...not too orange, but perfectly rusted. I added the lock to the chain with jump rings.

  

 

 

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From My Stash- gold chain


I hope your hands get creatively dirty soon!