Craft Stamper Take it Make it Challenge - December Reminder - White Stamping

Morning everyone,

It's reminder time over at the Craft Stamper Take it Make it challenge, and this month is a simple theme, white stamping.  We would like to see anything you have stamped, in white!

The sponsor this month is Rubber Dance Art Stamps, and the winner gets a £20 voucher to spend with them.  Not only that, but a guest spot on the challenge blog, and published in Craft Stamper Magazine!

Here is my reminder card,

I stamped circle dot background stamp from Indigoblu, onto some teal green card, and rounded two corners of the panel.  I used 'Crumb Cake' ribbon from Stampin Up!, it's my ultimate favourite ribbon for everything, as I can colour it as well.  The sentiment is from BFF, also Indigoblu.  I made a little tag flag and set it on sticky pads to lift it.  It's all matted onto kraft cardstock.

Hop across to the blog for some more fab inspiration, and don't forget to get your entry in, we'd love to see them.  

Have fun!

Best Wishes,

Nikki.

xxx

Craft Stamper December Challenge - White Stamping

Hi all,

It's challenge time again!  A lovely easy wintery challenge for you - stamping in white ink.  It can be anything you like, as long as it's stamped in white.  You can use white paint, gesso, ink, anything, and any stamps you have.

The sponsor this month is the fab Rubber Dance Stamps:

And the winner gets:

Not only that, you also get a guest spot on the challenge blog, and your card featured in Craft Stamper!

My card has a faded wood effect background, which is a technique I learnt from the fab Jenny Marples, and still don't believe how easy and effective it is, so I keep doing it... lot's of pieces of wood style card around my house!  (thankyou Jenny).  It's two colours (hot cocoa & frosty sky) of Indigoblu Cottage paints, watered down, and brayered over the card, and then add lines to imitate the wood.  Jenny has a fab tutorial here.

I then took Rockin Robin from Indigoblu, and stamped in white gee sso good, onto kraft card.  The kraft card was distressed round the edges, and offset onto the background.Some pearls were added to the snowflakes, and a ribbon to finish.  Contrasting pearls were added to the wood panel behind.

We would love to see your entries, hop across to the Craft Stamper Challenge Blog to see some fab inspiration from the rest of the team.

Have a great weekend, hope this inspires you to get those white inks out and join us.

Best Wishes,

Nikki

xxx

Craft Stamper Take it, Make it Challenge Reminder June - Bleach Blocking.

Hi all, Craft Stamper have a reminder post up on the blog for the Take it, Make it Challenge for June, which is Bleach blocking - without the bleach!  This is a technique created by Hels Sheridan, and is in this month's Craft Stamper Magazine.

It's a matter of covering some card with different colours of distress ink, blending them as you go.  Then take a piece of cut & dry, or your distress tool, and wet the sponge.  Lay the wet sponge on area's of your coloured card for 10 seconds or more, then lift and blot.  This lightens the colour and leaves blocks where it takes the colour out. Repeat all over where you want lighter patches.  You can overlap this stage.

I chose to make this tag, and once I had dried it off a little, |I used the diamond stencil from Indigoblu and some mowed lawn distress ink to go over the background to add interest.

I stamped Jane from Indigoblu in black Memento ink, and when dry, used a tiny paintbrush to remove some of the ink with a bit of water, from her eye area, which makes it stand out more.  The sentiment is from Alice II, and just fitted nicely.  I then stamped with my new favourite toy (a piece of lego), in white Gee Sso good, to make dots on the tag.  A final touch with a promarker to her lips, and she was done.  The ribbon was some fluffy wool, which I just used both colour distress inks on to colour it.

Hop across and join in the challenge, and see all the great entries here: 

We love to see your makes, and you could get published in the magazine!

Have a good week,

Best Wishes,

Nikki K. xx