By The Power of Grayscull (well Blogger actually)

Yep this is definitely a He-Man moment lol. Well I may not be here but my card is. The challenge at Stampotique this week is to use Eggplant hues. This made me realise that although I love these colours I don't use them very often. Anyway here they are.

And here's mine.
The background is a mixture of Inkadinks and Dylusion inks. They've been sprayed direct to paper, and then through a leaf mask.
The text is my 'go to' stamp, and has been stamped and embossed.
Wee Owl and his big brother have been coloured in Prisma pencils, and have Glossy Accents over their eyes.
I really enjoyed making this, and I will definitely use these colours more often.
Please check out my teamies fabulousness over at the Stampotique Designers Challenge blog, then have a little play yourself. It may be your lucky piece that wins one of the $30 gift certificates to spend in the Stampotique shop.
I've used:
6112 Tree
8100 Vintage Script
3040 Owl With Wings
3041 Wee Owl
7114 Shoot For The Moon
Thanks very much for looking x

Wot No Layers?

This weeks Stampotique challenge is to make a one layer card. Crikey how hard is that!! I didn't realise how much I like to slap the layers on until someone said that I couldn't.  So out come the old stamp positioner and I had to scrub my mat 'cos inky fingerprints would show.  Although I'm a very messy crafter I've now realised that I can't do random - I had to have my flowers in a little pattern, and the lines  are the same length, no doodling for me thank you very much! Note to self, stop being a control freak...
Everything has been coloured in Prismacolor pencils 'cos they're my new favourite toy.
All of the stamps are available from Stampotique Originals and I've used 
6095 Welcome Door 
4012 Gentleman Fox
9166 Carols' Flower (small)
Please pop over to the Stampotique Designers Challenge blog and join in with your own one layer card. Don't forget there's a chance to win $30 to spend on Stampotique stamps.
It's holiday time for me tomorrow - the fact that I'm typing this at 11.30 pm the day before I fly gives you some indication of how long my to do list is lol.
Thanks very much for looking and I'll catch up with you when I get back x

Art For Art's Sake

It's the boss (Frankie's) turn to set the challenge this time around at Dragon's Dream, Tag it On, and she has chosen a handmade background, interesting character(s) and a quirky twist. The handmade background came in the form of Dylusion house stamps that were stamped then masked. My tag was then sprayed with water then Dylusion ink in fuchsia. 
The leaves and border stamps are also by Dyan. The leaves were coloured in inkadinks, then stamped with the Stampotique spatter and text stamps.
Froggy has been coloured in Prismacolour pencils, and the houses in Twinkling H2O's.

For my quirky twist I added a piece of cellophane that came wrapped around a bunch of flowers. Yes it's true, I don't throw anything away! The heart is an ear-ring from the pound shop, it came with the matching necklace so I did alright there lol.
Please pop over and have a look at my teamies fab pieces of art dahlings then get out your stamps (at least one real stamp please), follow the recipe, then tag along with us.
Thanks very much for looking x

Twinchies Take Two

This time the challenge over at Show Us Your Twinchies  is to add a flower. My twinchies have been made with spray inks and a mask. The stamps are all by Stampotique, and are Carol's Flower (small), Daisy Daisy, and Vintage Script. They've been coloured with Viva glass and pearl paints. The stems are a mixture of Frantage glass glitters and mica flakes.
These should come with a health warning, as I feel twinchies could become slightly adictive!
Thanks very much for looking and enjoy what's left of the weekend x

Using Acetate

The Artful Times ladies are asking to see an acetate layer this time around. I love acetate, so I was straight in for this one. My background was made with some Dylusion inks and a mask. This was then overstamped with Tims background stamp from the Papillon plate, and embossed in black. Next came a little distressing around the edges, followed by a lick of a green ink pad.

The acetate die cuts were coloured with a mixture of Stazon inks and nail varnish. These were then overstamped with a Stampotique text stamp and a Scrollswork texture stamp. The clock is a Heidi Swapp ghost clock that I've had for ages, and it's all held together with some game spinners and a brad.
I really enjoyed making this, so thanks very much for the challenge Sam.

I'm also entering this into the Simon Says Stamp and Show challenge which is to use a favourite technique. Mine is definitely making my own backgrounds.
Thanks very much for looking x

Stampotique Designer's Chalenge - Alter It

This time Polly has chosen the theme, and she wants us to Alter  It!

you can alter anything you like, we all have odd items lying around the house that are just crying out to be cheered up with a bit of altering such as unused CD’s , old boxes, photo frames you can even decorate the cover of an old book.

I chose a Maya Road greyboard keyring that had been filed in the big 'must do something with this' box, so out it came and was gesso'd to within an inch of it's life - but first I remembered to take it apart - Oh yes the number of things I have tried to paint without dismantling first, I don't make life easy for myself lol.

So after gessoing I sprayed with various inks - and they sat nicely on the top and bobbed about! OK plan B -Distress Inks,  Stains and stencils, messy but perfect!

Here are the guys in all their glory - sorry about the photography but I seem to fluctuate between total rubbish and OMG is that REALLY the best she can do! Please click on the photo's and all will appear (a little) clearer.
Please check out the Stampotique Designer's Challenge blog for loads of inspiration, and join us for the chance to win a $30 gift certificate so you can add to your colletion. Remember you can use any stamps now, but what a great opportunity to use any Stampotique that you own.

I've used 6007 Mr Stripes 

3056 Beauty Verse
6123 Hare
6075 Wilbur
6096 Kitty
6078 Smile
These are all available from Stampotique Originals 

Thanks very much for looking and have a fab day x

It's Twinchie Time

I keep seeing twinchies around the challenge blogs, and thought I would like to give them a go. The challenge over at Show Us Your Twinchies  is bright colours. My backgrounds are offcuts that have escaped the bin, and the stamps are all clear stamps, but I don't know who by. These were great fun to make, and I will certainly join in again. 
Thanks very much for looking x

Stampotique Sponsors CAS-ual Fridays

We are very excited today to sponsor the CAS-ual Friday challenge to create SQUARE cards.    This is a super easy challenge and you have a chance to win a $30 Stampotique gift certificate for stamps.

This was  such a challenge for me, just look at all that white space, but I must admit that I really like this.
This is a white base card, with a layer of Kraft, then a white layer again with a Nestie cut circle.

Hello! has been stamped and watercoloured. The 'friends' is a Timmy sticker. For all of you in the UK, this is my Harvey and Rabbit moment. And for all who are going Wha...? you MUST watch this.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=20UhjXpFX_c

So if you fancy making a nice clean and simple card, pop on over to CAS-ual Fridays and join in the fun.

Thanks very much for looking and have a great weekend.