Off with their heads

Hello fellow Crafters,

Today is Wednesday and that means another challenge over at the Stampotiqe Designers' Challenge blog. Today's challenge was set by the wonderful, very talented France Papillon and this is what she said :


"Hi! My name is France and I'm a bookworm. No doubt there are a lot of other bookworms among our lovely Stampotiquers.
I would like to know about your favorite books. So my challenge for you, should you accept it, is to create a piece, inspired by your favorite book. Let the story, the title, the cover, a quote inspire you! Now you might have a problem choosing your all time favorite book, don't worry, it's not like you are writing it in stone, just pick one. Or maybe your problem is that you don't like reading at all. Here is how to cheat: go for your favorite film based on a book, we won't tell ;)))
Have a great week all!
xx"


I love books and children's books alike. So for today I chose 'Alice in Wonderland' as my inspiration.
I made a postcard:

I started out with a postcard sized piece of white card stock which I painted with light yellow acrylic paint. I then brushed some pink Distress ink over it. I used the same ink to stamp a bit of text and of course I had to use my trusty bottle top again.  I also used a bit of foam (packing material) which I cut into a harlequin shape and used white ink to stamp with it. Next I stamped (part of) the barcode. The Queen of Hearts was stamped on white card stock and coloured with Copic Markers. After cutting her out I adhered her on her barcode. I then stamped the banner in the left top corner and also on pattern paper in nice pastel colours. I cut the little flags out and adhered them on top of the stamped ones. The sentiment is from Alice in Wonderland and was made with a label maker. 

I used the following Stampotique stamps:

Queen of Hearts (Janet Klein)

Barcode (France Papillon)

Banner (France Pappilon)

Fax to Wolfgang (Amy Wilson Wellenstein)

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Craftorij Zomer Challenge day 36 - 40

Hello fellow Crafters,

Still trying to keep up. Today it is raining so we decided to stay in. A craft day for me !!

Here are the next 5 postcards. 

Day 36 : garden, tree

Day 37 - your favourite shoes

Day 38 - your name

Day 39 - One word

Day 40 - Stars

That was it again.

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Hope you like them. 

Pink attitude

Hello fellow Crafters,

It is Wednesday again and that can only mean one thing : It is Stampotique Designers' Challenge day. Today's challenge was set by the lovely, talented Magda and the theme she chose is: 'Use a bit of newspaper or magazine' so that's what I did.
Here's a picture of the page I cut the bit of paper from, it is a clothing catalogue:

Notice the hole on her belly !!! LOL.....

So here is my ATC that I created from this piece of paper :

I glued the paper from the catalogue on an ATC-sized bit of card stock. I went around the edges with Archival ink. Next I stamped Stampotique's  Goat Monster on white card stock and coloured him with Copic Markers. I picked a bit of paper from my stash, which was pink and had some stamping on it to make my banner and used sticky letters to make the sentiment. I also went around this with the Archival Inkpad. Lastly I glued everything down and that was that !!! 

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Craftorij Zomer Challenge - day 31 - 35

Hello fellow Crafters, 

While still being on holiday, I am trying to keep up with the Craftorij Zomer Challenge because I am really enjoying it. 

I apologize for not commenting much on everybodies blogs but with hit and miss internet and lots of other things to do there is not much time !!! I promise I will get back to it when I get home. 

Now here are the pictures of the last 5 postcards I made :

Day 31 : clean and simple

Day 32 : text only

Day 33 : windows

Day 34 : use an envelope that was postedto you

Day 35 : paint, draw or stamp a border

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Hope you like them ....

Eat. Beach. Sleep. Repeat.

Hello fellow Crafters,

Today's Challenge was set by Kathi and she chose the theme : Bon Voyage/Vacation. This is what she said :

"It's the summer here, which means it's the perfect time for a break from your everyday activities, like school or work! My challenge this week is Vacation and/or Travel! 

There's a lot of latitude (pun intended) with this challenge! I can't wait to see what you all create!"

 I chose to go with the vacation theme as we are probably all ready for a holiday at this time of the year.
Why not hop over to the Stampotique Designers' Challenge Blog and have a go as well. You could win a $30,- gift certificate to spend in the Stampotique Shop. Just no digi's and only one entry per person.
This is what I made :

This is a little art journal. The background was made with Pan Pastels and I stamped over the background with a text stamp. I didn't want to do too much as it is a beach scene after all. I then stamped the bar code on the right. Next I stamped the girl on white card stock and coloured her and cut her out. I also stamped her on the page. Next I adhered her on top of the image on the page. Lastly I stamped the sentiment, cut out all the letters, adhered them and used a black marker to doodle around them. 

I used the following Stampotique stamps :

Barcode (designed by: France Papillon)

Fax to Wolfgang (designed by: Amy Wilson Wellenstein)

Typewriter Alpha  (designed by France Papillon)

Beach Beauty (designed by Janet Klein)

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Craftorij Zomer Challenge day 26 - day 30

Hello fellow Crafters,

I managed to make some more postcards for the Summer Challenge. 

Day 26 : Use stripes:

Day 27 - use bits of paper

Day 28 : Use washi tape

Day 29 : Buttons

Day 30 : Passe partout

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Hope you like them....

Unleash yourself

Hello fellow Crafters,

Today is the 1st of July, wow half a year gone already ! This is my project for the Roc Nicholas Design Team. It is a little canvas :

The canvas is 18 x 18 cm or about 6 x 6 inches. I used a stencil and modelling paste to put the doily on and adhered a few bits of dictionary paper to the canvas as well. I then used my CaranD'ache water-soluble crayons to put the colour on; I just scribbled them on and then used my fingers to spread the colour around. I used Faber Castel Big Brush markers around the edges and here and there to accentuate the doily. I then used the Heart Vine stamp around the edges and coloured it in with the Big Brush markers also. I the stamped the 'Unleash yourself' straight on the canvas and used a white paint pen and some more of the crayons to colour the letters. Lastly I stamped the Flying bird on white card stock twice, coloured them and adhered them to the canvas with gel medium.  

I used the following 'Roc Nicholas' stamps which are available HERE:

Heart Vine

Flying Bird 

Unleash yourself

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