Sunday Stamper - Week 188 - After the Goldrush...

Ahhh, Goodly Morning Stampers and a very happy Sunday to you all! As ever, thank you everyone who entered last weeks challenge... it was fab to see a few new peeps joining in with the challenge. Without wanting to bore you lovely folk who have been doing the Sunday Stamper for a while, I thought I would have a quick re-cap on what the challenge is, how it is picked etc. The Sunday Stamper has been running for 4 years next weekend!!! WOW!!! **might have to have a little celebration for that!!!** Anyways... I originally started it up as a stamping challenge because there weren't many challenges around. Now there are loads of fab challenges out there, many of them with prizes etc. The Sunday Stamper is just for fun... if you have some free time and fancy having a little crafty time and sharing your creations with like minded crafters, this is the challenge to do. I do occasionally have some candy up for grabs... but like I said... just for fun... cos we all lurve to stamp! And... I have been asked a few times "what is with the song title?" Well... that is simples... one particular week, I think it was Week 3 or 4, the theme was Oriental... and I titled the challenge "Turning Japanese..." and some said "that song was in my head all day long..." So I thought aha! A song title that is also the theme... cool! And it has stuck. I do sometimes have a bit of a blank... and come up with some weird song that no one's heard of... that is usually the fault of Mr Google though. Quite often you will see a Beatles song title... because I lurve them... and try to get the songs in as many challenges as possible lol Also, quite often (mmm, theme here) I will say "this is my favourite song..." Yes, because I have hundreds of favourite songs... tis true, I am a fickle fish when it comes to favourites... everything seems to be my fave thing. Anyways... enough with the rambling on... hope you haven't nodded off! The theme this week is... GOLD. I nice easy peasy theme... and joining in is simples too: make a little something... it can be anything you like... include some stamping and the theme... pop back here with a link to the place you are showing your challenge - blog/picasa/photo-wotsit OR, if you don't have a blog and would still like to play along, you can email me a piccie :O)) The challenge will remain open until 21:00 Saturday 21st January 2012.




Right... on with the important bit... the stampy art! I was busy making samples this last week and this is one of them. It is made from Art Parts Spools... and here's how I made it: The Spool pieces have been inked with Tumbled Glass Distress Stain and dried. I then went around the edges with Chipped Sapphire Distress Ink, blending the darker colour so it is nice and smooth using a blending tool.



I overstamped the flourish from the Studio 490 set Dimensional Rose Art, using a Gold Dabber to do the stamping. I cut a snip of card and coloured it with a very light covering of Chipped Sapphire Distress Ink - if you have a loaded blending tool of the colour it will be too dark, imagine rubbing the foam on paper to remove any excess so the foam is quite dry... this is how I did that bit of colouring.



The Butterflies from Studio 490 Make Mine Mini Art were stamping using Jet Black Archival Ink onto Clearly For Art Whiteout that I had coloured using Gold Dabber. Once dried and cut out, I heated up the butterflies and shaped their wings to they look like they are all of a flutter. They are popped onto some little snip strips of Clear Clearly For Art - I never waste stuff like that... comes in handy ;o)) The little fountains in the Corked Vials are Clearly For Art Blackout, cut a strip, snip into it to form a fringe, roll it up, carefully heat it, the strips then fall about when heated, once cooled they will stay like that unless you reheat it... and dabbed with Gold Dabber for an accent.


Right... that's me for today... enough waffling, I bet you have all nodded off! I had a fab day yesterday, my most sincere thanks to everyone who took time out to email, message, leave a comment here, Tweet etc... your support is amazing and I am muchly appreciative. If you fancy seeing some gorgeous Studio 490 art, click HERE to pop over to Wendy's blog... seriously, her art is divine... and you will also see all the new stuff comin soon.... *ooohalalala, I cannot wait!* If you fancy a little bit of retail therapy, click HERE to whizz off to The Stamp Attic which is chock full of Studio 490 goodies! I will be back again tomorrow with another Art Parts sample and a "how I maded it". In the meantime... have a wonderful Sunday and get inky :O)) Thanks for looking... TTFN!

Hels x