Craft Stamper Take It Make It Reminder - Text Me

Are you playing along with the Craft Stamper Take It Make It Challenge?  This month our theme is Take a Technique - Text.  We want you to use text on your card.  Book print, magazine print, scrapbook papers, large text stamps - anything you like as long as it's text.  You could even write it if you wanted to!  We're not after single word stamps, a phrase or a sentiment (include them by all means, but we still need a substantial chunk of text somewhere on your creation.  And some actual stamping.   (And don't forget to read the eligibility guidelines on the blog.)

After stamping and masking my image I've used a Hero Arts background text stamp in Faded Denim.  Pop on over to the Craft Stamper blog for some more fabulous inspiration from the Design Team, then join in with us for your chance to win.

This month's sponsor, A Sprinkle of Imagination, are generously offering a £25 voucher to their online store to one randomly selected player.

And the winner chosen by the Design Team will have their entry published in Craft Stamper magazine along with a profile feature, and will be invited to guest design in a future challenge.  Yay!

Seize The Birthday - Cupcakes or Candy

Time for a new challenge at Seize The Birthday and this time our topping is Cupcakes or Candy.  I went all CAS with this gorgeous image, using Distress Inks to watercolour.  The sentiment is from The Bee's Knees World Birthday Cakes.

Pop on over to the Seize The Birthday blog for some more fabulous inspiration from the Design Team, then join in with us.  If you don't want to use cupcakes or candy in your design, you can still play along with any birthday creation.

STAMPlorations Inspiration #60 - Stylish Dress Form

I've got some STAMPlorations Inspiration for you today, in the form of a dress form.  I had my 'texty background' head on after doing cards for one of my other design teams.  I started with a paint-brayered panel which was in my stash, then added lime, blue and white Dylusions paints, then stamped some bubblewrap with white paint.

Once all that was dry, I stamped the dress and the dress form from The Bee's Knees PartyDresses, then masked parts of the dress while I stamped some grunge images from Mixed Media Grunge.    I made the text background using a stamp from The Bee's Knees CityGirl, which is also where the sentiment comes from, then added shadow around the dress form with a Neocolour II crayon.

To finish off, I splattered the panel with white paint, stuck some torn washi tape on my card base, then mounted the panel onto the card base.

Pop on over to the STAMPlorations blog for some fabulous inspiration from the rest of the team and don't forget to leave a comment there to be in with a chance of winning.

Happy Anniversary

I'm over at A Sprinkle of Imagination today with this card - pop on over for the details.  There are plenty of heart/love-related challenges at the moment, so I'm entering it into the following:-

Inkspirational - Photo inspiration

Time Out - 'Love Is A Flower You've Got To Let Grow'

AAA Cards - Love Me Like You Do

Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Have a Heart

ETA:  I'm also entering it into Pixie's Snippets Playground Week 215.  Having introduced ourselves over a couple of emails, I admitted to lurking outside the railings occasionally, so I thought it was high time I came into the playground and played along nicely. (I have played before, but a while back.)  Oh, my snippet is the heart, die-cut from a leftover piece of inked/dry embossed/heat embossed grungepaper.

Craft Stamper Take It Make It - Text Technique

Time for a new challenge at Craft Stamper Take It, Make It, and this month we have a cracker for you.  It's Take a Technique, and we want you to add text to your creation.  We're talking about text backgrounds - stamped, torn from old books/magazines, scrapbook/background papers, etc.  Whilst you can include sentiments, phrases or single word art, they won't qualify as the 'text' part.  Your background text doesn't have to be stamped, but you do need to include proper stamping somewhere in your creation.

Our sponsor this month is A Sprinkle of Imagination, who are offering a £25 voucher to one lucky random winner to spend in their online store.

But that's not all - A Sprinkle Of Imagination are offering an extra 10% off for blog readers! The code is CSBlog10% and will work from 5-25th of February, with a minimum £5 spend excluding P&P.

The winner chosen by the Design Team will have their entry published in Craft Stamper Magazine, a designer profile, and a guest design spot in a future challenge - yay!

Comic Strip Cards. Again.

I've got another comic strip card for you - my last for a while.  If you pop over to the STAMPlorations blog, you'll see a step-by-step on how I created this and my other recent comic strip cards.

I'm sharing this at Kathy's 30 Day Colouring Challenge.

STAMPlorations Inspiration #59 - Dream Big

I've got some STAMPlorations inspiration for you today with a smooshy, dreamy card.  I had a little smooshing session the other week, so it was time to start putting my smooshed panels to use.

I picked this bluey-greeny background, which reminded me of a skyscape, and looked for an area that would work with the image stamp from the Country Rustic set.  Having stamped the image, I extended the pole with a stamp from the Artsy Border Maker set, then stamped the sentiment.  The pole divided the sentiment a little too much, so I added a couple of rows of black stitching so that the eye would follow the sentiment.  A couple of Winged Things completed the panel, then I mounted it onto blue card.

Pop on over to the STAMPlorations blog for some more fabulous inspiration, and don't forget to leave a comment for a chance to win.

I'm entering my card into Simon Says Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

and Pinterest Inspired Challenge, with this gorgeous pin as inspiration:

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