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Happy Friday folks ...... How's your week been? Only two more Friday's before Christmas .... just saying! It's the first Friday in December though, and that means there's a new Craft Stamper Take It Make It Challenge .... the last one of 2018!! We've had a great year on the challenge ..... lots of fabulous entries each month,  and a whole load of amazing winners.  Take It Make It fans ....... you're a very talented bunch! Thank you all for your support. As the festive season is just around the corner, I had to make my inspiration piece a Christmas card ...... plus I still have some more to send! I must say, I'm really liking stamping onto coloured cardstock at the moment and I love this shade of blue from Stampin Up! ..... it's called Blueberry Bushel I started by stamping my sentiment in the centre (from Simon Says Stamp) and heat embossing with WOW's  Platinum Embossing Powder (another current favourite!) I then stamped the snowflakes around the ...

Happy Friday ...... Welcome to November folks.  I don't want to cause a panic but ....... IT'S ONLY 52 DAYS UNTIL CHRISTMAS ..... eeeeeekkk!!!   Guess what I'm doing this weekend ...... yep!  Christmas cards. Let's start the weekend as I mean to go on with a little festive inspiration for this month's Craft Stamper Take It Make It Challenge ....... I think I'll be making a few more of these over the weekend .......  I love this new snowman from Penny Black.  He's from their Slapstick/Cling range and he's called Bundled Up .  He's a real jolly looking snowman and I think he looks great in the black and white, what do you think? I used the MISTI to stamp him onto a piece of plain white cardstock, using Black Versafine Clair ink for the main image ..... and I also inked the holly leaves with a green Versafine ink.  I then used a glue pen and green glitter over the top of the holly leaves, and red glitter glue for the berries .... very festive! For th...

Happy Friday folks ...... Not quite sure what happened to the rest of the week but heyho! ........ it's the weekend!!! It's the first Friday of the month so that means it's time to get the latest Craft Stamper Take It, Make It Challenge underway. The theme as always is Anything Goes.  Just make sure that there's some actual rubber stamping somewhere on your project. I'm quite excited (it doesn't take much!)  because I've made my first ATC's .... coins that is. I love making Artist Trading Cards ..... those little miniature masterpieces, but it seems the craze at the moment is to create Artist Trading Coins.  Cute little 2.5 inch discs, decorated with anything you like. I've had these MDF discs for a while, just never got around to playing with them. So, after my recent craft room tidy up ....... mind you, if you looked in there this morning, TIDY is the last word you would use to describe it.  Well .... it's been a busy week!  There's been D...

Whoo Hoo!!!  it's Friday ...... I hope you've had a good week. I had all sorts planned for this week but, has anything got done ...... no!!!  I've been enjoying what's left of the summer.  It's not quite as warm as it has been but hey! the sun's still shining. As it's the first Friday in September that means there's a new Craft Stamper Challenge . It's the usual Anything Goes theme ....... but remember, you MUST include some actual rubber stamping on your projects .... no digi images please. The project is up to you ..... cards, tags, journal pages.  Canvases, home decor or even an ATC maybe.  The choice is all yours. I've got a tag for you this month, using a recent Stampin Up! purchase ....... Follow Your Dreams, with the coordinating set of dies I coloured a piece of white cardstock using Fresco Finish Acrylic Paints, and a damp baby wipe to spread the colours (Sky, Candy Floss and Smurf) I then cut it down to size to create my tag. Using the ...

Happy Friday ...... It's the first Friday of the month and you all know what that means ...... yes, the latest copy of the Craft Stamper magazine hits the shelves today so ........ it's also time to get this month's Craft Stamper challenge underway. As always the theme is Anything Goes  ...... cards, tags, journal pages,  the list is endless.  Just remember ....... include some actual rubber stamping on your project and you're good to go. You can enter up to three different projects into the challenge, but each one must have its own blog post. And speaking of blog posts, please keep to just the one project per post ..... thanks We've got 2 fabulous prizes for you again this month ....... there's the regular Design Winner, chosen by the DT and they get their winning project published in the magazine along with a Winner's Profile and a GD spot.  And there's also our monthly, randomly chosen, Challenge Winner.  What a treat we have for them this month ......