Take It Make It Challenge: May Winners!

Hello everyone!

We are thrilled to announce the winners of our May challenge!

As you all know, we have two winners to annouce today, so without further ado let me introduce you to our Design Winner:

Entry number 81: Karen

We loved this wonderful card by Karen. Such a fabulous cheeky chap, full of vibrant colours. Enough to brighten anyone's day! Karen will win a Guest Designer slot here on the blog, her very own Winner's Profile, and of course her amazing art will be featured in a two page spread in Craft Stamper magazine! Congratulations Karen!

We also have the remaining top slots to announce!

The rest of the top three Design Winners are:

Entry number 15: Ann
Entry number 76: Milka




Congratulations, it was such a hard choice this month!

We now need to share the random winner of our challenge. This winner will receive the amazing prize on offer....

Congratulations to....

Entry number 79: Anke

I'm sure you've love the prize Anke! 

Winners, you need to need to get in touch with me in order to claim your prize!  Please email me at: editor.cs@mytimemedia.com , and put TIMI Winner in the subject line, then I'll be sure to spot it! 

Top Three Design Winners, also please contact me if you wish to receive a button to display on your blog.

Our June challenge will be launched on the first Friday of June, the 7th.

We can't wait to see all the wonderful art you will all be sharing!

Art Call: Ready Set Stamp Card Gallery

Ready Set Stamp: Reader Submissions Wanted!

THANK YOU so much for all the fabulous cards submitted for our last art call, it was so hard to choose just a few to publish! We can now announce the next theme.....

We are looking for submissions for our Ready, Set, Stamp feature on the following theme for our September 2019 issue of Craft Stamper. If you've always wanted to see YOUR card in print, now is your chance!

For 2019 we're giving you FIVE colour options to play with!

 Don't forget, black, white and any metallics are always welcome, no matter the colour scheme.

Colours: Pale Aqua, Sky Blue, Turquoise, Sand, Pale Aloe Green

Deadline for submission: 18th June 2019

· Please email your submissions to: editor.cs@mytimemedia.com

· Please put 'Ready Set Stamp' followed by the theme in the subject line

· Please note that due to the number of submissions it's not possible to contact every entrant individually - if you have not heard from us within one week, your submission has not been successful. Please try again with a different card!

Guidelines:

•  Please make cards only for this gallery.
• Please follow both the theme AND the colour scheme when creating your cards!
• NEW work only please, we do not accept cards that have been published elsewhere (including online) before submission.  
• Any stamps used MUST be branded. Please do not use stamps sold without designer/manufacturer information on the original packaging.
•  Stamps used MUST be available to buy currently, either from a UK stockist or a stockist with an international shipping policy that ships to the UK.
• We do not accept cards ONLY created with digital imagery for this feature. Digital imagery is welcome, but  MUST be used in conjunction with rubber/polymer stamping to qualify.
•  Cards which are selected need to be posted to the Craft Stamper offices in the UK. The cards will be returned, along with a complimentary issue of the magazine.
• This call IS open internationally.
• Note that we do choose artwork as it arrives, so please don't wait until the last minute to submit if your cards are ready.
•  Black, white and metallics can be added to any of the schemes. The ideas given are simply that, ideas, and do not have to be followed to the letter!
• Text for this article is required (don't worry - it is short!) and should be entered into the document provided – this will be sent to you if you are selected.
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We can't wait to see your fabulous creations!  

Take It Make It Challenge: Winner's Profile

Hello!

Welcome to our Winners Profile, showcasing the Design Winner of last month's Take It Make It challenge!

The very talented winner of the April 2019 challenge is:

Karen Dunbrook

find her here:

https://snippets-karen.blogspot.com/

Karen won the challenge with this beautiful card. We loved the stunning background, so many fabulous layers and a wonderful colour scheme too!

We asked Karen a few questions about stamping (well, we are Craft Stamper after all!)

Q: Do people ever tell you ’I could tell that was created by you immediately!” ? Do you think you have a signature and recognisable style? 

A:Yes, I do hear that from people commenting on my cards. I guess it’s the way I like to ink and create backgrounds that makes them recognize my work.

Q: Where do you get your inspiration from? How do I get inspired? 

A: I find inspiration in challenges, watching YouTube videos and on Instagram. I love learning new techniques from others. I always feel inspired when I pick up a new stamp set too.

Q: Do you ever challenge yourself to craft outside your comfort zone, and use colours and images that wouldn’t be first on your list of things to use? 

A: I do like to challenge myself at times especially when it comes to colour combos. I need to get better with that. Trying to think of new ways to use what I already have is something I like to challenge myself to as well.

Q: Crafting with a seasonal theme: which is your favourite? 

A: When it comes to crafting with a seasonal theme, I would have to say Christmas is my favourite. I love creating and sending cards off to keep in touch with my friends and to let them know that I am thinking about them. 

Q: What do you do with all your completed art work? 

A: What do I do with my cards? I love sending them out, giving them away to friends to use or I like to bundle them up to give as gifts.

We also asked Karen to share some of her favourite stamped creations with us, and tell us why she likes them so much. Here is what she has chosen:

"I love how this card turned out using one of my favourite colour combos. Simple inked bkg to help highlight this beautiful flower stamped on Yupo that was inked with alcohol inks" - Karen

"This was one of the fastest cards I ever made. I inked the background with some wet ink and a credit card then simply stamped this great image to complete my card" - Karen

 

Congraulations on being our April Design Winner Karen, it was lovely to learn a little more about you!

Do YOU fancy having a winners profile all about you on the CS blog? 

The profile is part of the prize package for each Design Winner of our challenges. All you need to do is enter a creation into the challenge, then if you are voted Design Winner everyone will be reading all about you before you know it!

Take It Make It May Challenge: Inspiration

Hello!

Our May Take It Make It challenge is well underway... some stunning entries so far, we can't wait to see what else you lovely lot can dream up!

As ever, we have another wonderful selection of inspiration eye candy from our Design Team to share today..... but first a little reminder...

 ALL of our challenges this year are 'Anything Goes' stamping challenges!

So....Show us how unique you can be, create anything your imagination cares to dream up! Share your cards, journal pages, layouts, 3D assemblage or whatever else takes your fancy. As long as you have stamped somewhere on your project, then you're good to go!

We have two prizes on offer, as always. The first  will be randomly chosen from all the eligible entries of the challenge. To make sure your project is eligible to win, make sure you have followed our challenge guidelines. These can be found on our sidebar over here ---------->

and also in a tab under the banner at the top.

PLEASE REMEMBER: We only want to see ONE project in each individual blog post entry!

A set counts as more than one :)

The amazing prize on offer this month for the randomly chosen winner is..... (drum roll please..........) 

 So... brace yourself for some amazing art....

Winner of the March Challenge: Sharon Traynor

Cheremane Smith

Elina Stromberg

 

Ellie Knol

Linda Walmsley

 

Mandi Mance 

 

Preeti Datta

Suz Humphreys

STUNNING work :) 

We really hope you've been inspired to enter the challenge! You can find the link up tool on our blog post from last week right HERE! 

Fliss Goodwin for That's Crafty!

Good morning!

We were horrified to discover that we published an error in the text of the June issue of Craft Stamper. We have duplicated a materials list in our 3D Challenge feature, which meant that the stunning Chunkie by Fliss Goodwin was missing her list!

We would like to apologise to Fliss, That's Crafty! and all our readers for this oversight.

We thought it would make things a little better if we showed everyone the CORRECT list here today, along with the rest of the amazing 3D Challenge art created by Fliss.

SUBTITLE: Funky Poppies

By Fliss Goodwin

One of the things that always makes me think of summer is a field of glorious poppies, and so this was the 

inspiration behind my project. I applied streaks of paint with my fingers for a grungy look which was great fun if 

rather messy! I wanted to recreate that effect of the light you sometimes get on hot summer days, so went 

rather dotty using a stencil with both paint and texture paste and stamping dots too! The poppy heads were 

stamped separately on paper spritzed with ink sprays, as this meant I could shape them for some fabulous 

dimension. Can you feel that summer heat?

Materials:

SUBSTRATES: That’s Crafty! 4x6 MDF Chunkie. 
STAMPS: That’s Crafty! –– Flowers Collection Set 3; ATCoin Stamp Set 11. INKS: VersaFine Ink – Onyx Black. 
OTHER: DecoArt Media Matte Medium; DecoArt Media Gloss Varnish; That’s Crafty! Multi Surface Paints; 
That’s Crafty! Black Gesso; That’s Crafty! White Texture Paste; That’s Crafty! Flat Matte Sprays; 
That’s Crafty! 7 x 7 Stencil – TC6007 Dotty; White Tissue Paper; Smooth Thick Cartridge Paper

All That's Crafty! products can be found here: www.thatscrafty.co.uk 

Apologies again, and we hope you are as inspired by the stunning Chunkie from Fliss as we are!

Have a great weekend

The Craft Stamper Team x

Take It Make It Challenge: May

Welcome to the May Take It Make It challenge!

TAKE a stamp and MAKE something amazing!

All our challenges are stamping challenges, with an

ANYTHING GOES theme.

That means, you can create whatever your imagination dreams up, as long as you have used a hand stamped image somewhere on your creation!

We would love to see cards, tags, layouts, 3D art, ATCs and Artist Trading coins, jewellery, planner pages.... anything you love to make. Any themes, any colours, any styles, and you may use any type of products you wish!

As ever, we have TWO winners every single month. Firstly, we have a Design Winner. This winner is chosen by our design team, who vote for their top three from on all the eligible entries. Whichever design wins the most votes is declared the Design Winner! 

The Design Winner of the challenge will be featured across a double page spread in Craft Stamper magazine, and will also receive a GDT slot and Winners Profile blog post here on the blog. This is such a nice way of getting you and your art noticed!

Our second Winner is chosen at random from ALL the eligible entries once the challenge has closed. This winner will receive our Blog Challenge prize, which this month is..............

In order to be eligible to win either prize, the project submitted must abide by our challenge guidelines. These guidelines can be found under a tab at the top of the page, or to the right on our sidebar. PLEASE read before submitting, we would hate to have to declare a wonderful project ineligible! 

 We have had to exclude a few entries recently that have more than one project in a blog post. Remember, we only want to see ONE project, not a set or a group, no matter how similar!

We hope that wonderful prize may tempt you to enter!

Our wonderful Design Team have created some truly wonderful art to inspire us, which we'll be sharing both in this post, and in our Inspiration post next week! Sit down, grab a cuppa and enjoy!

Donna Gray 

Elizabeth Robinson

Majo Wybranietz 

Melina Dahl

Shirley Bampton

WOW! Wonderful work from our DT :)

So.... do you fancy having a go? Have a quick check of the guidelines, then link up using the linking tool below. We can't wait to see all your wonderful creations!