Thursday 20 December 2012

December challenge - In the bleak mid winter

Well, it's 1st of December, and the countdown to Christmas!!

For our challenge this month we are asking you to include your interpretation of 'in the bleak mid winter'.

We are thinking of snow and icy scenes.  Use white in your winter themed projects, perhaps as a wintery sky, a snowy scene, or perhaps snowflakes.

Maybe keep it simple and elegant showing you aren't afraid to use just white as a colour, or try using a cool combination of secondary colours.

To kick off our challenge we have a fantastic project from


Sue the Iron



Sue used:

Stampendous Aged Marine Embossing Enamel
Stampendous Snowy Postcard Cling StampStampendous Frek01 Frantage Embossing Kit
Stampendous Kaleidoscope Embossing Powder
Photo frame, metal card, snowflakes, and paper flowers from stash.

Our second gorgeous project added (9.12.12) is from



Sue used:
Distress Inks : Iced Spruce; Stormy Sky; Faded Jeans
Tim Holtz stamps : Mini Holidays; Reindeer Flight; Odds & Ends
Tim Holtz : On the edge die - Snow Flurries 
Distress Stains: Faded Jeans; Brushed Pewter
Nestabilities: Circle; Scalloped Circle

Two fantastic new projects have been added from the team (20.12.12)


 



Siobhan used :
Dreamweaver Stencil  LJ849 Bare Trees Silhouette
Tim Holtz dies Reindeer Flight
and Snow Flurries
and Aged Gold
Hero Art wood mounted stamp S5449 Faboulous Flourish
Thin household bleach
Pearls
Black and gold card stock






Angela made this ATC using Distress inks in Stormy Sky, Black soot, Brushed Corduroy and Old paper. Napkin Collage kit from US Artquest(the bird), Crackle and white paint. Stamp is from Winter Sketchbook Stamp set from Tim Holtz



We hope you will join us for this challenge.


Friday 7 December 2012

Winner Announcement - Butterflies, Birds and Bees Challange

Apologies for the late announcement of the winners of this challenge.

As usual the entries were all great!!  Alexa's birdhouse grabbed the winning Top 5 prize, congratulations Alexa, your birdhouse is brilliant!!



Alexa, please contact me (Jill) at thestampman@btconnect.com to claim your prize of £10 to spend on our website www.thestampman.co.uk

The runner's up are:

13. Asia
30. Lainey
41. Jolanda
56. Buttons

Well done ladies, please take your blinkies from the sidebar.

Thank you to all for entering and apologies again for the delay announcing the winners.