Craft Stamper's Crop of the Month - April

By Claudia Neubacher

Servus and a warm welcome to my (Claudia's) monthly review of some of this month's creations that caught my attention!

Lovely Trish Latimer, who also hosts the monthly Take It Make It challenge at Craft Stamper, did a most gorgeous and whimsical project for the players' inspiration on this month's "Bottles" theme:

Georgina showed us again how to keep in tone. This time with this adorable papier mache project:

Find out more about details and see how she created those fab flowers in the full tutorial over here.

I fell in love with the crackle goodness (and the colour scheme) of Jaine Drake's breathtaking canvas:

By creating this wonderful project for the Craft Stamper blog she also told us about her favourite stamping product (Golden Crackle Paste) and how to get the best results out of it. Find more details here.

And as all who know me know that I love everything highly textural and grungy, it may come as no surprise that I want to show you this brilliant close up of Kim Dellow's "Spoon Angel" make that can be read about in detail in Craft Stamper's March 2014 issue.
 

If you want to learn a bit more about the process behind the project I recommend you read this article.

There's also a lovely to read Q&A with DT member Anneke de Clerck, so you get to know her and her favourite projects and style a bit better!

I hope you will find my selection inspiring and maybe also take a closer look at some of the mentioned articles/artists!

Hugs and happy crafting,
Claudia x

Craft Stamper's Crop of the Month - March

Hello and "servus" from Vienna!

Claudia here today, enjoying the special delight and honour of doing a monthly round up from now on in which I will shine spotlights on some of the DT makes that caught my eye - and maybe also sometimes share a project done by me and inspired by one of those spotlights.


Just some days ago we had the chance to learn a bit more about Craft Stamper designer Chris Dark and her "love for detail" (as shown with this adorable make of hers):

At the start of the month Lydia was taking it a bit further in this post (by "it" I am talking about a technique she demonstrates in Craft Stamper's March issue) and just created the two most gorgeous bunnies I have ever seen on an utterly lovely card ! The colouring and shading are absolutely adorable and make them pop even more!

Renee created a real colour explosion with her DT make for the Take It Make It challenge:

The bright, glowing yellow, red and orange alongside the white create the impression of fire and ember! The simplicity of the black yarn wrapped around the pocket is the perfect addition as it does not steel the show off the vibrant colours! She definitely has created her own visual style ;)


Tracy did a most wonderful butterfly canvas with terrific monoprinted texture on it to inspire players and readers of this month's Take It Make It challenge! (By the way: don't miss out on the April challenge! ;)

I  just love her subtle use of  words and letters and the book page the butterfly is made from. And take a closer look at how the stitched frame keeps her butterfly from flying away! This reminds me to make better use of some of my butterfly stamps...


....and for a finish I want to highlight this lovely card from Dot Allan,  who used one of my favourite flowers on it: thistles!  I especially like their shape and the fact that thistles combine the tenderness of a flower with something as combative as prickles! And that monoprinted background is just perfect for the theme she chose! Wow!

I hope this tiny extract of inspirational fireworks will not only inspire you but maybe also let you browse through some of the March posts you might have missed otherwise. Maybe you will pay some of the Designer's blogs a visit (or two). But in any case I hope you leave with the urge of  creating! See you in a month!

Claudia x