Take it, Make it Challenge: August

Any technique, from any 2014 issue of Craft Stamper!

There are nearly 200 techniques to choose from, so good luck with the decision making!

We HAVE to have the name of the technique, the name of the designer that demonstrated it  in the magazine, and which months issue it came from somewhere in your blog post, so make sure you make a note of it! Otherwise, you could be creating something that has nothing to do with Craft Stamper at all, and we can't have that, can we!!!!

Here's my take... it was NOT easy to pick just one

Using the one layer with masking and ink blending technique 

by Lydia Brooke Evans, in the June issue.

I loved the added colours to the inked stamp, it took a few attempts to get that technique down. I used distress inks as my base colour then pigment ink to add the purple colour. The flowers and leaves are from my Folk Fabrique due to be released on the 8th August. I created a mask from frisket film by die cutting a rectangle from the centre, this would definitely be a great card to reproduce for mass card making. The sentiment is my Just Because stamp set, I just stamped the flourish outline and added the 'just' above.

I hope you join in all the details are here

And if you have time pop over to the Paperbabe Stamps Blog, we have a few new members to our team, so give them a warm welcome :)

I'm also entering this to craft your passion challenges:

flower power

Thanks for stopping by, hope you have a wonderfully creative day!

HuGs Kim x

Craft Stamper Take it Make it Challenge July

Good morning I thought I would share my project for July`s

Craft Stampers

Take it Make it challenge

and the technique for this month is . . .

Embossing Powder Resist

 Technique: Heat emboss an image/design onto your project, then apply colour over the top with inks/watercolour paints. The embossing powder will resist the inks etc, and the design will show through.

I stamped my peacock from my Folk fabrique set (coming soon)

I used the body on the left to represent a peachen and the one with a tail on the right for the peacock.

I stamped them together using perfect medium and wow clear fine embossing powder.

I then went in with my paintbrush loaded with water and used a few twinkling H2O's. The sparkle in real life is yummy! I've tried to capture it but it doesn't work well in photo.

The sentiment is from my Just Because set, I simply heat embossed in white powder on black card.

There is a fantastic prize for this challenge, so be sure and check out all the details on the main blog HERE.

Be sure and pop by the main blog to check out the stunning creations the rest of the team have created, just click here.

Thank you so much for stopping by, I hope you get the chance to join in, you have until the 23rd July and you can even have your winning card published in the Craft Stamper Magazine. 

Have a wonderfully creative day
BiG HuGs Kim x

Craft Stamper Take it, Make it Challenge Six

Good Morning, well I have been a bit busy for the last few weeks... designing,  Christmas card making and getting all the decorations out and dressing the tree, so it didn't leave a lot of time for other inky stuff but I'm sure the recipient has received their card so thought it fitted perfectly into the

Craft Stamper Take it, Make it Challenge Six

As always, the challenge will be based on a technique showcased in the magazine, but this time we don't have one particular project in mind. Katy decided that as there are three projects featuring an 'ombre' effect in the January issue, then this is the technique we'll be focussing on!

an 'ombre' effect is just graduating colours of ink/paint/whatever....but feel free to interpret the theme as you wish! 

I got out my Oriental Zen set and created an ombre background in graduating tones of green to tan inks, stamping off to get a fainter impression.

The peony, I have stamped twice, one with the leaves, then cut out with a border to look like a die cut, I cut the main flower with a border too. The sentiment comes from the Tree Hugs stamp set.

I hope you get some time to join in, the challenge runs for two months so plenty of inky time.

Thanks for stopping by, have a wonderfully creative day

BiG HuGs

Kim x