Wilbur is home.... and the result of the giveaway !

Hello everyone,

Wilbur is very pleased to be home. His holiday was good but also a little cold and wet.
He did have lots of nice food and wine and did enjoy it. Here he is:

The winner of the give away will get this postcard along with these goodies :

So, I wrote down all the names of everybody who left a comment on Facebook or on my blog and that looked like this :

With my eyes closed I pulled out a name :

Congratulations Tracy !! Please PM me your address and these goodies will come to you ! 

I hope you all enjoyed Wilbur's adventures ! 

Thanks for stopping by today ! 

If I only had the nerve!

Hello everone,

and welcome to Stampotique Wednesday! Today is Jackie's turn to choose the theme for the weekly Challenge and she decided on : Animals. This is what she said :

''We all love our animals......incorporate an animal in your project..."

So that is what I did and made a postcard..

I love the Wizard of Oz images which are designed by Janet Klein.. So I decided, as he is an animal, to use him today. 

The card was painted with my fingers and Dylusions paints. Next I put some model paste through a stencil. I stamped the background and decided it needed some splatters. I used white an black ink for this. Next I stamped the Lion. He was coloured with watercolour pencils and a water brush and cut out. I added some washitape and stamped the swirl in the left bottom corner as I thought it needed something more. I coloured the swirl with Big Brush Markers. 

Then it was time to put the Lion on the card. I doodled a little line around the card and made the sentiment with my typewriter. 

I used the following stamps:

Cowardly lion 

Vine Scroll

Fax to Wolfgang

Thank you for stopping by today ! 

Why not play along with us this week. You could win one of 2 $30 vouchers to spend in the online shop HERE.

Just remember: NO digi's and only one entry per person per challenge ! Good luck !!!

Off with her head !

Hello everyone,

Today it is my turn on the VLVS! Blog. I have made a set of three Alice in Wonderland ATC's. I have been making ATC's in threes for a while now and I am really enjoying this.... Hope I don't bore you with them....

Close- up of the queen

Close-up of Alice 

Close- up of Tweedledee and Tweedledum

Here you can see you can still use them separately. 

These ATC's were made with three pieces of card stock, VivaLasVegaStamps! & Memento Tuxedo Black Ink and Copic Markers, nothing else. 

All I did was stamp the images on the ATC's and coloured them and the backgrounds. That was it ! 

I have used the following stamps:

19578 - Six Staples

5559 - Alice with hands behind her back

10549 - Off with her head

10526 - TweedleDee & TweedleDum 

14260 - Queen of Hearts

19007 - Clock face bike

Thanks so much for stopping by today ! 

La dolce vita

Hello everyone,

Another not so nice day in the UK means I can do a little crafting. My supplies are limited as you can guess but it is still very enjoyable. I have made an art journal featuring a couple of Stampotique Stamps (Birdy up and La Dolce Vita) but I had to use a couple of different stamps for the background (Finnabair by Prima). I really enjoyed making this and that is the most important thing I think...

So here it is:

The colours are not entirely true as the background is a little greener in real life..


I started with painting the page with Dylusions 'Fresh Lime'. I then added some blue but had to use my Neocolors as I didn't bring my blue Dylusions paint. I then used a few stencils with black and white paint and some more Neocolors. I coloured the birds with Copic Markers and cut them out. (I brought a load of stamped images as I couldn't bring a lot of stamps). I cut out the sentiment.  After I splattered some white ink on the page I went looking for a bit of twine to sit my birds on and found it ! Yay... Everything was then assembled on the page.

Thank you so much for stopping by today !

Smile !

Hello everyone,

and happy Wednesday to you ! Another Challenge has been launched on the Stampotique Designers' Challenge blog. Our hostess today is Claudine and she chose the theme "Photobomb" and this is what she said :

"We all know those crazy animals or people who make funny faces behind or in front of us while we are taking a photo or those who like to take photos of themselves. Well this challenge is all about that. I want to see those funny photo bomb projects or your best selfie.". 

I decided on an art journal page :

I started off with glueing Tim Holtz tissue paper on the page and covering it with gesso. I then painted over it with Distress Paint in the colour 'Broken China' and also some green acryllic 'Silk'. It has a bit of shimmer in it.. Next I used a PaperArtsy stencil and some model paste to put the arrows on the page. I then used some pigment powders and water to get some more definition around the arrows. I stamped the background randomly and then doodled a few lines around the page with a black marker.
I found an image of an iPhone, photographed it, adjusted the size and printed it.. I then stamped Twinkie, coloured him and cut him out. The Smile frame is a die that was given to me as a present by my lovely friend Nikki. 
I lined the frame with some pattern paper and put Twinkie partly in and partly out of the frame.. The little iPhone was propped in his hand. I used a part from the little figure in 'Framed" for the Photobomb bit.. So really it is a selfie with a photobomb!

I only used three Stampotique Stamps for this : Twinkie, Framed and Vintage bill. 

I had so much fun creating this page... Maybe you would like to play along this month. You never know, you might just win one of two $30 vouchers for the online store at the end of the month. Just remember : NO digi's and only one entry per person per challenge.. Good luck !!

Thank you so much for stopping by today !

De Craftorij zomer challenge dag 56 t/m 61 / Postcard a day - day 56 - 61

Hello everyone,

Here is the last helping of postcards for this Challenge. I can't believe how quickly it went by. I thoroughly enjoyed it and will play again next year. All that is left now is turning all 61 cards into 2 little booklets which I will do when I get home. Anyway here are the last 6 cards.

Day 56 - Use lots of stamps.

Day 57 - Bling bling.

Day 58 - Ink 

Day 59 - Party 

Day 60 - Squares/blocks.

Day 61 - Anything goes/ use 15 - 20 minutes max...

Thank you so much for stopping by ! 

Unleash yourself

Hello everyone,

Wow, can you believe it's August today ! Where did the time go..
Today is my turn on Roc's team and I have a tag to share.

I thought I'd do something totally different today.. I paper pieced this tag together, No paint, just a little ink to stamp and ink the edges and some Copic Markers to colour the face. 

I used a paper collection from Authentique called : Classique:beauty. I also used some washi tape and a piece of wide black ribbon. 

I used the following stamps:

Bird princess

Unleash Yourself 

You can find all Roc's stamps HERE.

Thank you for stopping by today !