Saturday, 31 July 2010

Scrolls Work Stamps have Arrived!



















We have taken delivery of our first order of Scrolls Work Stamps, these are individual unmounted rubber stamps.
This lovely card is by Joanne Wardle.


Let's play dolls by Joanne Wardle

Scrolls Work stamps used:

Doll Face

Bingo

Measure up

Background Words

Sequence Waste


Instructions

  1. Stamp Bingo onto cream card with walnut stain distress ink. Lightly ink with vintage photo using foam. Over stamp with background words using vintage photo.
  2. Stamp doll face onto white card and colour with markers, cut out.
  3. Stamp sequence waste onto cream card and tear into a strip.
  4. Stamp measure up twice onto patterned paper, cut out and cut in half, use three of these halves, make a loop with each and glue together to make a flower, top with a button.
  5. Mount a square of patterned paper which has been distressed with scissor blade onto a 10.5 cm square cream card.
  6. Mount doll face onto bingo, attach to card decorate with the flower, the sequence waste strip and a strip of torn patterned paper
This card is also by Joanne and uses Scrolls Work Stamps - News Clippings, Sprocket, Thingamajig and Flight of Frank.



















You can find more samples in our Gallery and instructions for both these cards and more projects in our online classes
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Have you got your copy of September's Craft Stamper Magazine? There is a four page Stamping Contrasts featuring Stampotique Originals stamps designed by Jo Capper-Sandon and showing stunning examples by Jo Capper-Sandon, Joanne Wardle, Carol Fox and Helen Chilton.


Saturday, 17 July 2010

Down on the Farm

We have another great card by Helen Chilton using the new Artisitic Outpost stamps Country Life

Which is one of four new plates, the other three are -

















Beyond the Sea










Gillian Simson has been busy too, the full instructions for making "Home from Home" are available here

Friday, 9 July 2010

Seed Packet Card and Gift

Helen Chilton has been busy with the new Country Life stamp plate from Artistic Outpost making this all in one card and gift - for full detials of how to make ths lovely gift see our online classes here






For more ogf Helen's projects with these super stamps pop over to our Gallery here

Saturday, 3 July 2010

Altered Frame Project


We have a new online class for you by the wonderfully talented alterer Louise Crosbie. She has used the Paperbag Studios Addison stamp plate, Versamagic inks and Caludine Hellmuth Studio Paints to alter this chipboard frame. For full instructions just click here

Saturday, 26 June 2010

Who's been busy then!

Can you quess what this is?

What about now?



It's a Bee Mobile made by the lovely Joanne Wardle using Stampotique Originals stamps designed by Jo Capper-Sandon.




If you pop over to Gingersnap Creations you can see a tutorial for making this super mobile

Friday, 11 June 2010

New Design Team Members

We are delighted to welcome four new wonderfully creative and talented artists to our Design Team. In alphabetical order we have -

Vanessa Banks

Vanessa is married with three childrean aged 9 - 14. She has been scrap booking for around 10 years and has 2 cats and a dog.

Louise Crosbie
aka Zuzu


Louise lives in Roslin, Scotland. She has been crafting for about 10 years and loves altered and mixed media work. She is also a qualified counsellor / therapist.

Louise Blog


Gillian Simson



Gillian is a full time working mom to a teenage boy, and married to a very patient husband who humours her hobby. By day she is a Senior Social Care Worker within the Local Authority Older Peoples Service. Any spare hours are spent happily stamping or creating canvases and altering objects. Her passion is working in the mixed media style of artwork.

Joanne Wardle

Joanne is married with two sons and lives in Leeds. She started card making in 2003 after her youngest sone was born as an attempt to get into scrapbooking. The scrapbooking never really took off but she got addicted to papercrafting. Joanne says "I have a fairly simple style, as I like to make things quite quickly. My taste in stamps is diverse, I love arty, whimsical, quicky and cute! I love all sorts of other crafts - knitting, crochet, sewing - anything as long as my hands are busy. Joanne works as a Radiographer, a job that she loves but thankfuly still gives her time to craft. Joanne is a regular contributor to the Craft Stamper magazine.

Joanne's Blog

Saturday, 29 May 2010

Have a Lovely Day

Helen Chilton has been making some gorgeous samples using the Artistic Outpost Lovely Day stamp plate. This is a stampbord piece and for detials on how to make this pieces visit our online class here or to see more of Helen's examples our shop gallery here