Wednesday 29 May 2013

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...tis time for me to showcase another gorgeous new Darkroom Door stamp for my DT piece... and this time I have been playing with the fabby new background stamp called Gazette.  It is a big stamp too, which means that it makes a versatile addition to your collection... use it, as I have, in its entirety... or cut out the adverts and use them individually... colour the adverts, ink them up in different colours... the ideas are limitless!    To hop on over to see Darkroom Door and all the goodies they have, please CLICK HERE.  Also, it is worth a hop on over to see the Darkroom Door blog too... my teamies have been creating some gorgeousness... and HERE's the link for the blog.



My creation started out as an offcut of mountboard that was cut to the same size as the background stamp - which is approx 41/4" by 6"... told you, it is a cracking size.  You can also see the detail in the this stamp too... a close up of my creation will help you see the teensy text is perfect!




I covered the mountboard with a coat of Distress Paints in Antique Linen, Bundled Sage and Broken China and then once this was dry, stamped my image onto cosmetic tissue, cut it to size and then used Glue & Seal to collage the tissue to the mountboard base.  Once this had dried off, I used a smidge of Antique Linen DP on my finger to blend over the top of the tissue stamping to tone it into the background.  Next, I painted the outer edges of a 5 x 7 canvas board with Black Soot DP and popped a piece of organza ribbon onto the mountboard piece... glued the two together and then added eyelets and some rusty wire for a hanging.  The decorations are paper flowers, the words are from the Art De Fleur Word Strip from Darkroom Door and three ickle butterflies from the Wings set which were coloured with Distress Marker.  A few pearls as finishing touches and voila, one vintage hanging!



That's all from me for today... thanks for looking!  TTFN

Hels x 

25 comments:

Claudine said...

This is beautiful Hels!! I really love that background stamp, I might have to hop over and get it for myself.

Unknown said...

Hi Hels another stunner! Loving all the stamps, popped over to have a look. They are a great size. Has Alfie cat been behaving himself, not read any 'Alfie tales' in a while. Have a great day hugs Debbie R xx

Anonymous said...

Gorgeous Hels.Goibng to try out my new melt Pot todays.Kept the recordings of your C&C shows to remind me of the techniques.Wish me luck ! x

Inkypinkycraft said...

Another gorgeous make and yummy stamp!! Very you and very fab!! Trace x

rachel said...

Another stunning make hels - just beautiful xx

Joanne said...

Had to read that twice cos I thought the stamp was 41" - der! The local paper here is called the Evening Gazette so rather poingnant me thinks as well as being fab.
xx

nancyd said...

Morning Hels, stunning board this morning
love the flowers my Granddaughter
would love this as she is into
vintage must get this stamp and try
this one.
nancyd xx

Suzanne Pattison said...

This is lovely Hels - fab stamp. Don't worry Joanne - I did the same with the size. Not awake yet!

nattyboots said...

Wow another great creation.love it
Elaine H X

nannapat said...

Stunning artwork Hels. What a fab background stamp, I think that's a must have. Pat x

Marleine said...


Hi Hels,

Beautiful work of art. X

Patricia Howarth said...

Morning Hels, Wow, loving this hanging, the background stamp is stunning, relly love it, beautiful colourway.
Lots of love from Patricia xx

EmmaT said...

Morning Hels, Gorgeous project using gorgeous stamps. Emma

snazzyoriginal said...

So beautiful xx

Unknown said...

Morning Hels, This is simply stunning, love the background stamp.
I am going to pop over to have a look at stamps and blog.

Happy crafting
Chrissie x x x

Gail said...

Gorgeous - luv it xx GailT xx

carol edwards said...

This is beautiful Hels, love the style pretty and vintage

carol edwards said...

This is beautiful Hels, love the style pretty and vintage

Unknown said...

Such a lovely tag Hels, love this style! Hugs Frea

Caroline said...

Wowzer, that is a mahoosive stamp??!!
Your canvas is stunning, love colours, ribbon, eyelets.... The stamp is amazing.. Basically Love All of it!!
Love to Alfie cat... Take care :)))

Carole Z said...

This is really gorgeous make Hels, just going to pop over to DD, I bought my first stamp set of theirs at Ally Pally and I'm hooked! Carole Z X

janet said...

Love that stamp - pity it doesn't seem to be available over here yet. Any idea when it will arrive (along with the rest) over in the UK?
Sending for it from UA is too expensive for me!
Bea and I had a meltpot day yesterday. Lots of trial and error (especially error) learning and FUN.
Janet

Redanne said...

Hi Hels, I can only think of one of your own expressions to describe this beauty - totes-amazeballs! Love it. Hugs, Anne x

Rachel Greig said...

Love this project Hels!! :) Your creations are always stunning!

I hope you don't mind me jumping in here to answer Janet... yes, the stamps have arrived in the UK at Darkroom Door's UK distributor (Personal Impressions)... Yay! So if your fave store currently doesn't have it in stock, please ask them to contact Personal Impressions to order it in for you! I hope this helps!

Thanks everyone for your kind comments on the stamp and on Hels amazing work! She's a superstar, isn't she :) We are so very lucky to have her on our Design team this year!

Kirsten said...

Wow, how gorgeous is that??? Simply stunning!

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