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 February 2019 challenge is:

Carole Jones

find her here:

https://cjcrafty.blogspot.com

Carole won the challenge with this amazing project. We loved the background, the textures and the colours... and the blooms are gorgeous too!

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

How long have you been a stamper, and how did you get started?

I started card making about four years ago. I watched lots of card making process videos and this encouraged me to try stamping. Once I had a stamping platform, I was up and running.

What are your favourite kinds of stamps, and do you have a favourite stamp company?

I like quirky characters, vintage stamps, florals and animals – a strange mix, but that's me! I have several favourite companies including AALL & Create, PaperArtsy, Rubber Dance, Lost Coast Designs, Carmen's Veranda and Inkylicious.

Describe your style, are you a messy kind of stamper or a more ‘clean and simple’ kind of person?!

I am most definitely a messy stamper. I have trouble leaving white space.

What kind of projects do you like creating the most?

I like making cards, tags, ATCs and MDF projects.
 

Apart from stamps, what is the one product you wouldn’t be without when you craft?

That would have to be my markers. I use Copic Markers for colouring and Posca pens for detailing.



We also asked Carole to share a favourite stamped creation with us, and to tell us why she likes it so much. Here is the work of art she has chosen:

"I was pleased with how my Cat and Bird card turned out. This Lost Coast Designs stamp is stunning in its own right, but I think the smooshed Distress Oxide background makes it more eye-catching. The colours resemble autumn time with second generation stamped florals from Rubber Dance in the background and the foreground foliage and wildflowers from Inkylicious giving a feeling of perspective. The Cat and Bird were stamped twice; once directly onto the background and once onto white card which was fussy cut and adhered over the background. Black and white mats add a frame around the image" - Carole

Congratulations on being our February Design Winner Carole, 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!

Art Call: Stamp Your Art Out Wings

Good Morning!

Today we're launching our latest Art Call:

Stamp Your Art Out!

Readers are invited to submit ANY type of stamped art for this art call, not just cards.

Create something you love with our chosen theme in mind, with no colour restrictions whatsoever!
We will be sharing some prompts for each art call, some eye candy from our Craft Stamper team, plus some ideas on how to get you started off with each theme.This month, check back here TOMORROW for some fabulous WINGS inspired creations!

We are also publishing the themes for the next couple of issues on the Art Call page here (click the tab at the top) Please enter any call that takes your fancy, but PLEASE remember to put the issue and theme in the subject heading of your submission, that way we don't get all confused!

So....What are you waiting for?!
Check out the submission guidelines below, then send us a pic of your submission. We can't wait to see and share your art with the readers of Craft Stamper magazine!

July 2020 issue theme: Wings
Deadline for submissions: 21st April 2020
 

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

· Please put 'Stamp Your Art Out' 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 project!

Guidelines:

• Any type of project is welcomed for this gallery. Bear in mind however, that if your project is chosen, you will need to post it to our UK office. Heavy items or very delicate items that might not like our postal system would be best avoided!
• If submitting Art Journal pages, we prefer loose pages NOT an entire Art Journal to be posted to us, if your submission is chosen.
• Please follow the theme when creating your project!
• NEW work only please, we do not accept projects that have been published elsewhere (including online) before submission. 
• All projects MUST feature stamped art work. 
• 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 projects using digital imagery exclusively for this feature. Digital imagery is welcome, but  MUST be used in conjunction with rubber/polymer stamping to qualify.
•  Projects which are selected need to be posted to the Craft Stamper offices in the UK. The projects 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 project is ready.
• 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 March Challenge: Inspiration

Hello!

Our March 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.

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

Cheremane Smith 

Deepti Malik

Elina Stromberg

Ellie Knol

Kelly Stallard

Linda Walmsley 

Mandi Mance

Preeti Datta

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!

Take It Make It Challenge: March

Welcome to the March Take It Make It stamping challenge!

Take a stamp and make something amazing!

All our challenges have an 

Anything Goes theme.

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

We would love to see cards, art journal pages, ATC's, ATCoins, canvas, 3D projects, layouts, jewellery, planner pages etc etc. The list is endless, create something you love and then share it with us!

Any themes, any styles, any colours. You may use whatever brands and products you wish.

We have TWO winners each month. Firstly, we have our Design Winner. This winner is chosen by our design team, who vote for their top three favourites from all eliglible entries. Whichever design gets the most votes is declared the winner!

The Design Winner of the challenge will be featured across a double page spread in Craft Stamper magazine, will recieve a winner's profile post here on the blog, and will have a Guest Designer slot in an upcoming challenge. Such a nice way to get you and your art noticed!

The second winner is our randomly chosen winner. This winner is selected at random from all eligible entries, and wins the Blog Challenge prize. This month, the prize is.....

Ann Chuang 

Donna Gray

Elizabeth Robinson

Fiona Randall

Majo Wybranietz

Melina Dahl

Shirley Bampton 

Suz Humphreys

LOVE the wonderful array of projects! Thank you Design Team :) 

So.... have a read of the guidelines, create something amazing and upload it so we all can see. Can't wait!

Unfortunately, we're having to exclude more and more entries from the challenge. PLEASE go and look at the full guidelines, but as a brief checklist, these are the important points to remember:

• Entries MUST have stamping on them, stamping created with a polymer or rubber stamp.
• Entries MUST only contain ONE project in the post. Not a set, not a group, not variations on a theme. Just ONE project.
• Entries MUST mention Craft Stamper and link back to THIS POST.
• Only THREE (separate, NOT in the same post ) entries per person in total please.

We will be sending out gentle reminders from now on, so please read everything in the guidelines before you upload. These can be found under the tab at the top, or on the sidebar to the right. Thank you.