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 November 2019 challenge is:

Catherine Carter

find her here:

www.catherinessparemoment.blogspot.com

Catherine won the challenge with this fabulous ATC holder. We loved the bright zingy colours, the background collage stamping is wonderful too!

We asked Catherine 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 have been stamping for nearly 18 years now after I first discovered card making.

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

I love all stamps with patterns which I can include as background stamps especially onto my art journal pages. I feel they are an important part of my art journal page process. I also love quirky people/ animal and monster stamps. I love lots of different stamp companies designs but I have a large collection of Stampers Anonymous Stamps and Carabelle.

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

I would definitely say I am happy as a messy stamper and just love adding random parts of stamps to my art journal pages or projects in the backgrounds which often then become focal points for me.

What kind of projects do you like creating the most?

Art Journalling has been a big love for me now for about 8 years. It's a place where I feel I can be artistic and try lots of different techniques and products.

Can you remember the first stamp you ever bought? And do you still use it?

I don't remember the first ever stamp I bought, but the first ever stamp by Penny Black that I bought is still a favourite! I used it for the first project below.

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

"I like this type of card because I think it is unique that there is a hidden tag inside and that the person receiving this will have a lovely surprise when they open it. I especially love the warm orange colours and the big stamped butterfly on this project. I love the versatility of this type of card and how it can be made for any occasion" - Catherine

Congratulations on being our November Design Winner Catherine, 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!

Stamp Your Art Out: Alphabets Prompt #1

Hiya!

We launched the Alphabet art call just yesterday, but as we'll all be a bit busy next week we thought we would share a prompt post today!

So.... lets remind you of the art call itself..

(all submission details can be found on yesterday's post HERE, or via the tab at the top of the page called Art Calls)

Alphabets....

Of course, alphabets are comprised of letters, and letters form words, so we'd love to see lots of stamped words used in your projects for this theme. This great card by Brenda Brown (first published in the August 2019 issue of Craft Stamper) showcases a stamped vintage advert...

Text of any kind is pefect for this theme, and adding it to your stamped art work works well. This quirky piece from Jaine Drake uses printed paper text wonderfully...

There is of course the staple of any mixed media fan, the old book page. So much text! Riikka used some wonderful text in this project first featured in September 2017...

Whilst all the prompts so far today have featured multiple words, lets not forget about using single letters in our stamped art work. Stamping, or die cutting one letter at a time can work wonderfully, both for adding a title and giving a great focal point. This stunner from Tracy Scott shows us just how to do just that...

I hope we've given you a few jumping off points today? We'd love to see all your stamped art work featuring our Alphabet theme!

Art Call: Stamp Your Art Out!

Good Morning!

We are launching a brand new reader gallery for 2020:

Stamp Your Art Out!

This will take the place of our current Ready Set Stamp feature. 
We want to broaden the scope a little for 2020, so from now on readers can submit ANY type of stamped art for this art call, not just cards. We're keeping a theme, but no colour options. Create with our chosen theme in mind, but 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 Alphabet 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 updated 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!

 
April 2020 issue theme: Alphabets
Deadline for submissions: 21st January 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 December Challenge: Inspiration

Hello!

Our December 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....

 Guest Designer: Bonnie Klass 

Elina Stromberg

Donna Gray

Elizabeth Robinson

Majo Wybranietz

Melina Dahl

Shirley Bampton 

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! 

Take It Make It Challenge: December

Welcome to the December 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.....

 In order to be eligible to win EITHER prize, the project submitted must abide by our challenge guidelines. The guidelines can be found by clicking the tab at the top of the page, or to the right in our sidebar. PLEASE take a look and make sure all guidelines are followed before you submit your entry. The most common reason we have to exclude an entry is because the blog post linked to has more than one project in it. Please remember we want to see one project per blog post, not a set or a group, no matter how similar!

We hope the wonderful prize has tempted you to enter!

Our wonderful design team have created some stunning art to share with you, you can see some today, and some next Friday in our Inspiration post :) 

Enjoy!

Cheremane Smith 

Ellie Knol

Linda Walmsley 

Mandi Mance

Preeti Datta

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!