Stampotique Designers Challenge

Wednesday, June 13, 2012

SD56: Twin Images

Boy were there some bright creations submitted last week! Sure made us think of summer and the warmer weather.

Vicki's top 3 Favorites were:
(e-mail khowardga@gmail.com if you would like to display the SDC Favorite's badge)

These Flowers, the bright popping off the gorgeous neutral background. I totally had to pick my self off the floor when I set my eyes on this delicious creation at aggregate Memories.

Fiona, your ATC SCREAMS summer!!! My Favourite FLower on a Bold Background....Gorgeous Gorgeous GORGEOUS!

and how Whimsical and Sweet is this card!!! It totally caught my eye and kept calling me back.....WAYYYYY Cute LilyPinkScraps

Thanks to all for your beautiful bright summery creations!

Vicki

Our random winner for the $30 gift certificate for Stampotique stamps is:

(e-mail carol@stampotique.com with SDC55 Winner in subject line)

#12 Aisling

This week our hostess is Willy and she would like to see how creative you can be using the same stamp twice on your project! We look forward to seeing how you interpret Willy's theme of "Twins"!

Hope you will join us this week for your chance to win a $30 gift certificate to Stampotique for stamps. Please remember that in order to qualify you must use your Stampotique stamps and only one entry per person. Please link in below with the direct link to your creation.

Here are our design team creations for this week:

Willy Anderson

Claire Boelema-Guest Designer

Please link in below using inlinz with a direct link to your creation.

Wednesday, May 23, 2012

SDC55: Bright Colors

We loved seeing all the family portraits that you all created this past two weeks with Stampotique stamps. Some very cool and original works of art amongst the participants!

Kate's top 3 favorites were:

(please e-mail khowardga@gmail.com for SDC Favorites badge if you would like it)

Laura:

Great inky background, and I just love Laura's family story behind this creation.

Renee:

Renee created a fabulously funny card which sums up how every mother feels! I'm sure this is what my kids hear every time I speak to them!

Sarah:

Another funny creation. Love the family figures against the 'Suspects' background.

Our random winner for the $30 gift certificate for Stampotique Stamps is:

(please e-mail carol@stampotique.com with subject line SDC54 winner)

#11 Kapree

Congratulations to all of you!

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This week Vicki is our hostess and she has challenged us with the following:

Summer's ALMOST here and when I think Summer, I think BRIGHT......the Brilliant Yellow Sun, the bright green grass, bold blues in the lake and the variances of bright and cheerful flowers....so I challenge you to create a Bright Card!!!!

Here are our design team creations for this week:

Carol Quance- Guest Designer

Valerie Wilson

Jane Wetzel

Kim Howard

Kate Crane

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

SDC54: Family

Our last challenge to create ATC's had some of you really challenged. Isn't that fun to be challenged to step out of your comfort zone and try something new? I know I always enjoy that even if I'm stumped at what to create.

Maria's top 3 favorites this week were:

(e-mail Kim at khowardga @ gmail.com if you would like the favorites badge)

Belinda Spencer

http://happyscrapspace.blogspot.com.au/2012/04/sdc-53.html

Retro Dolly

http://www.retrodolly.net/archives/999

Mustavcoffee

http://mustavcoffee-craftymusings.blogspot.co.uk/2012/05/my-first-atc.html

and our random winner of the $30 gift certificate for Stampotique stamps is:

(please e-mail carol @ stampotique.com (no spaces) and subject line SDC53 Winner to claim prize)

#5 Debbie B.

Congratulations and thanks to everyone for playing the ATC Challenge!

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We are saying goodbye to one of our design team this week as Joanne has had to take a step back and we wish her the best. Her clean & simple one layer style will be missed.

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Kate is our hostess this week and here is what she says about her challenge this week:

For quite some time now, I have been thinking that some of the Stampotique characters remind me of a family gathering ...( er, no offence to any of my family members who may happen to be reading LOL!) So, with that in mind I set you a challenge to create something, anything, with the theme of family. It could be a greeting card, a journal page, an ATC .... whatever you like. Now, we've all got families but it means something different to each and every one of us, so you can be serious .... such as 'If sisters were flowers I'd pick you', or tongue in cheek... 'You pick your friends, not your family', or anything else that takes your fancy!

Ready to play for your chance to win a $30 gift certificate for Stampotique stamps?

Please remember only one entry per person and our challenges should use Stampotique stamps only. Please link directly to your creation using in linkz below.

Here is some inspiration from the design team:

Carol Quance- Guest Designer

Vicki Garrett

Join us by linking directly to your creation using in linkz below. Our challenge closes at 5:00 p.m. EST on 5/22/12.

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

May Guest Designers: Carol Quance

Hiya, my name is Carol. I seem to have followed the path of many other people. I’ve always loved making things – clothes for my trolls as a kid, knitting (Kaffe Fasset and Patricia Roberts) x-stitched, hardanger. A friend then introduced me to rubber stamps about 15 years ago and I thought it was very “twee” (guess that means very quaint/cute) but I got hooked lol. Things have improved a lot since then as the stamping scene and my skills have developed. I dabble with stitching and fabric too these days and love combining both in my projects. I also love fantasy Sci-Fi and music and thanks to my son my latest love is drum and bass music!

Carol has been a long time player of our Stampotique Designer's Challenges and we love her funky style. You can visit Carol over at her blog Alcoholinky.

She shares with us today one of her creations, Play with Abandon.

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

SDC52: Oodles of Doodles

Spring is definitely in the air as we evidenced by the bright and airy collection of entries this past challenge. Gez had fun picking out 3 favorites and I think we all agree, when we are picking our favorites, it is one of the hardest parts of being the hostess.

Gez's favorites are:
(e-mail khowardga@gmail.com for Designer's Favorite badge)

Lisa

'Great colour combinations and contrasts between the background, images and flower elements, very cheerful'

Laura

'Great page.. took a moment or two for the penny to drop! .. made me smile so much!'

Silvia
'Wonderful, Silvia has definately captured my idea of a perfect spring day!'

The random winner of our $30 gift certificate for Stampotique stamps

(please e-mail Carol@stampotique.com with SDC51 Winner as subject line)

#4 ANNA

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Kaz is our hostess over at Stampotique Designer's Challenge today and here is what she has challenged us with:

"I can't draw and that's why I love stamping! I'm trying to work on my lettering, but some of the Design Team can do either or both and I am regularly in awe of their talent. I used to be frightened of doing anything freehand, but now I can't stop doodling and if I can do it, anyone can. Whether it's a few dots to highlight or a simple border, right through to drawing an accent on a stamp, I'd like you to do something freehand on your project."

Only creations using Stampotique stamps will be eligible for the prize.

Here are our designer's doodling away:

Kaz Boughton