Wednesday 31 October 2012

Winner Announcement for Summer Colours Challenge


Apologies for the delay announcing the winners of the Summer Sizzler challenge, again it was so hard to choose a Top 5, as usual, the standard of entries was very high

The winner of the £10 to spend at The Stamp Man is...




Trish please can you email me (Jill) to claim your prize at thestampman@btconnect.com

The others in top 5 are

2. Debi
10. Barbara
12. Shirley
52. Anita Houston

Well done to all the winners, please take your blinkies from the sidebar!  Thank you to everyone who entered.  

Our current challenge, birds, bees and butterflies, ends at midnight tonight with a new challenge starting tomorrow, so do call back for details.

Also, just a reminder, you have until Sunday to enter our blog candy giveaway!!

Happy Halloween

Jill x

Sunday 28 October 2012

New format! - October Challenge - Butterflies, Birds and Bees


Welcome to our main Stamp Man blog where we will be hosting our future challenges.

The challenges will now be held monthly from the 1st until the the last day of the month.

We are also changing the way our design team work on the themes and we will be showing their work throughout the month rather than all at the start of the challenge so do call back to see their projects as they are added.

The theme for this challenge is Butterflies, Birds and Bees.

Our final card from our design team for this challenge is by Kim



Kim used:

Stampendous Cling Bird Frame CRP126
Artemio Manuscript Background clear set 10001048
Distress ink pads - Scattered Straw, Iced Spruce and Pumice Stone
Embossing Folder
Background papers from Woodware
Versafine inkpad - Onyx Black
Woodware Flower punches
Leaf punch
Martha Stewart border punch
Gingham Ribbon
Pearls and brads from stash
Thin household bleach
Fine black Micron pen



Our next design team project for this theme is from Siobhan






Siobhan used :
Self Adhesive lace - Woodware
Ideology Glassine paper for crinkled flower
Assorted buttoms and charms



The fourth project to add for our challenge is this fabulous mask altered by Angela, Pages by the Sea





Angela used the following items

Tim Holtz Papilion stamps, Vellum and tissue paper, Clear Embossing powder, Moonglow Embossing - Dessert copper pine, Obsidian Violet, Black archival ink, Tim Holtz Embossing ink - Mustard seed, Dried Marigold, peeled paint and walnut stain,   Napkin collage kit, green gems, paper mask.


Our third card (added 13.10.12)  is from Teamie Zoe, her blog is called This Little Place



Zoe used:

Stampendous CRP147-R Cling Butterfly Post
Stampendous Cling Frantage 2011 - CRP144 I Love Paris

The butterfly from that stamp has been stamped onto vellum which was tinted from behind with Solvent pens.   The background was made using Adirondack dye based ink and ink dusters.  The flowers on the Paris Tag (cut with a TH die and then shortened, the arch at the bottom of the tower has also been cut out with the flowers left trailing) are also coloured with solvent pens.   I used Momento black for my stamping including on the vellum.



The second card from the team (added 8.10.12) is by Lisa O


Lisa used

Distress Inks-Chipped Sapphire, Walnut Stain, Brushed Corduroy & Tumbled Glass
Lindy's Stamp Gang Blue Glimmer Spritz
Lindy's Stamp Gang Mica Powder mini set-Outback
Tim Holtz Stamps-Papillion
Tim Holtz Sissix Dies-Tattered Florals
Blue Vellum
Card Candy




The first card to show you this time from the team has been made by Sue C




Sue used:
Tim Holtz stamps - Mixed Media; French Marketplace; Fabulouse Flourishes
Distress Inks - Picked Raspberry; Peacock Feathers; Seedless Preserves
Ideaology - Foliage

Do visit Sue's blog for more details about her gorgeous card!



Please continue with our challenge rules as before, if you are new to the challenges, then please read our rules, just click on the Challenge Instructions page at the top.

Thank you for joining us with the challenges in the past and we hope you will continue to join us.



Saturday 27 October 2012

NEW - Stampendous October 2012 catalogue



The new Stampendous October 2012 catalogue has been added to our website. There are great additions to the Frantage stamp style plus designs for Spring and more... HERE

Here's a sneak peek at some of the designs and some card ideas from the Stampendous Design Team.  You will find more card ideas with the stamps shown on our website.


















I knew I would get carried away with the sneak peeks!  There are certainly many more than these that I'd like to add to my Christmas wish list!!!!!!  Please visit our website to see more.

Thanks for visiting

Jill x


PS:  Melanie Heaton will be on Create and Craft TV at 2pm tomorrow (Sunday) with more Stampendous Frantage!!!!

Tuesday 16 October 2012

Woo Hoo.... Look what's NEW!!!


Did you see those Stampendous Frantage kits in collections of colours that Fran used last month on Create and Craft TV?  Yup, they are now available on our website!

 

Five Frantage Kits containing a mixture of Embossing Powder, Colour Fragments, and Glitter/Tinsels.  


 We can all have a bit of everything now

 



I'm so pleased we are able to offer them too :-)

You can find them HERE

Sorry, just got a bit excited!!!!

Thanks for visiting

Jill x