Craft Stamper Magazine Challenge Inspiration - November 2016

Just a little reminder for the Craft Stamper Challenge which is underway over on the blog, you can find lots more inspiration HERE to get your creative juices flowing.

As always there's a fabulous prize up for grabs and even the chance to be featured in the magazine. So check out the guidlines and get stamping!!

Remember, Remember the 5th November.........

Join me over at the IndigoBlu Blog as we celebrate Bonfire Night!!

Craft Stamper Magazines - Take It Make It Challenge November - Take A Stamp

Here we are again with another new challenge over at the Craft Stamper Magazine Blog where we are wanting you to share your stamped projects with us.

As always we have a fabulous sponsor who this time around is The Artistic Stamper with a fabulous stamp set.

I love drawing and have done since I was a child, and as some of you know I love to doodle Seahorses, and create mystical underwater scenes, this time with Gelatos. The project is still in my sketch pad, but I'm thinking this one might end up on the wall in my workroom as I love the colours.

I incorporated one of the new stencils from Indigoblu and the fabulous set of stamps designed by Limor Webber called Limor's Circles which I just love and use all the time.

So get stamping and join in with the challenge this month for not only the chance of a fabulous prize, but also chance of being featured in the magazine its self, how cool is that! Please read the entry requirements before adding your link, and have fun with your stamping.

Elizabeth x
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IndigoBlu samples for the Country Cottage Collection

I thought I'd share a few of the samples I made for Jenny Marples Indigoblu show on Hochanda last weekend.

I just adore the little Dormouse Gem designed, and as you can see I used it quite a lot!

The clocks went back an hour giving us an extra hour of crafting time.

I think I need to make one of these for my workroom door, they are so cute.

The Luscious powders are the perfect colours for using on these.

 And who says the laundry room can't be pretty lol.

I think this one should really be in my front porch!!

Such beautiful images and so easy to colour.

Elizabeth x

Kaisercraft Advent Calendar - Silent Night Collection

I had so much fun putting the Kaisercraft Advent Calendar together and then decorating it. I chose a selection of papers from the silent Night Collection, one of which has small square images that are the perfect size for the drawer front and backs.

I left all the numbers in the chipboard surround and brayerd over with Martha Stewarts Lake Fog paint and popped aside to dry. Then I brayered the drawers with the Sycamore Bark paint, making sure they were all dry before turning over and doing the other side.

Once the drawers were dry, I glued them together with a good strong wet acrylic glue, before dry brushing some of the Lake Fog paint around the edges.

 The Advent Calendar itself needs a a little patience and a few spare hours to put it together, before you can start the fun part of decorating it. I used Lake Fog to paint the main Calendar.

I cut out all the drawer fronts and backs, then using a 3/4" circle punch, punched half circles in the paper that would be on the front of the drawer, before using wet glue to attach them. I covered the back of the draws, so that when the day had past and the draw had been emptied, it could be turned around so the numbers no longer showed.

I chose a busy pattern to cover the outside of the calendar, as you need a strip of paper longer than 12" this way it was easy to disguise the join.  With a happy Santa paper to decorate the centre panel, and a sentiment cut from another sheet, all that was left to do was add some glitter to the now dry numbers and add them to the drawer fronts.

A Country House Autumn

 A little Autumnal project from me today using some of the gorgeous products from IndigoBlu

 I stamped out the Country House Door stamp twice on to Perfect White Stamping Card, and chose Cottage Garden Paints in Autumnal shades, to colour with.

 I started with the palest shade first, Lemon Meringue and built up the colours to create Autumn leaves around the door, and in the plant pots. as I was going to be fussy cutting one of the sheets to decoupage on top of the other, I only painted in the elements that I was going to use.

As the colour builds up it blends beautifully together.

Once everything was dry I fussy cut around the planters, lamps and also the front door.

I found this small wooden box frame for a £1 at one of the craft shows. It's made of pine and after a coat of White GeeSsoGood, and a little stamping with the Crackle Background stamp and gorgeous Pheasant Bronze paint, it looked perfect for my project.

I used words from the Grand Tour II stamp plate as I always love to get home and in through my own front door after travelling, and snuggle in my own bed.  I cut the wording into four strips, added some coloured pencil around the edge to tone them to the project, and also inked around the edges to frame them.

 Then it was just a case of putting everything together in the frame, the background, the decoupaged planters, lamps and door. And to finish off I added a couple of little bunnies from the  Winterland Wood stamp set, Black Glass Glitter for gravel and a couple of gems for door handles.

Hope you've enjoyed my project, see you soon.
Elizabeth x

Craft Stamper Take It Make It Challenge - October 2016 - Take a Theme Autumn/Fall Inspiration

A little inspiration to get you in the mood to join in our TIMI challenge over at the Craft Stamper Magazine blog where we would love you to share your Autumn/Fall stamped projects with us.

I've used the fabulous Leaf Blueprints stamp designed for Sizzix by Tim Holtz. It's stamped and layered onto a Disress Ink background, that has been splashed with water. Extra colour was added using Prismacolour pencils, and I added some extra lines and measurements to create a border around the edge of the card to co-ordinate.

So get stamping, follow the instructions of how to join in and you could be in with a chance of winning a fabulous prize from That's Crafty

Or even a chance to be featured in the magazine itself, how cool would that be!

Happy Stamping
Elizabeth x