Memory Box by Joanne Wardle

Joanne altered a Square Shadow Box to make this baby Memory Box to hold objects from her youngest son's birth. There is a picture of his feet, a copy of the birth announcement, his hospital band and a champagne cork. To make the Memory Box Joanne painted the lid with acrylic paints (blue and white) with a sponge, then over stamped it with Scrolls Work's Background Words stamp. She then made a lining out of thin white card stamped with background words using pumice stone distress ink. Next Joanne made holes in the top of the box with a crop-a-dile and added string to hang, and finally added some photo corners to hold the photograph.

Life Stories

These two lovely layouts are by Vanessa Banks and she has created a great vintage feel using the My Mind s Eye Life Stories 1 and 2 paper ranges with stamps, glimmer mists and bling.

We have 2 new ranges from My Minds Eye - Union Square and Portobello Road as well as two new lines from Prima Fairy Flora and Annalee all great for a vintage or shabby chic look

Wishing Bottle

Louise Crosbie has altered this gorgeous bottle using "Praying Angel" from Lost Coast Designs. She has written up the full details of how to make the bottle for our online classes section.

We are now taking pre-orders for the new stamps designed by Jo Capper-Sandon fror Stampotique Originals as well as those by Daniel Torrente and Jill Penney. Order now, pay when we receive them in September.

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.

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.

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 -

Bloom and Grow

Beyond the Sea

Wonderland Collage

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

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

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