Can you resist a vintage wedding? Fashionable Stamping Challenges #56

In case you missed my yesterday's post - the winner of the Big Birthday Bash Candy has finally been drawn! Thank you so much to everyone who entered. I had a lovely time reading all your comments and birthday wishes. And I would like to send my warmest welcome to my new followers who chose to join me in my creative journey - I really hope you will find lots of inspiration here.

This post is very special to me as this is my last DT project for the Fashionable Stamping Challenges... Although it's breaking my heart, I've decided to step down to focus on the new crafting adventures ahead of me.

I'd like to thank Shirley for letting me be part of the Team and all Fashionettes for all the beautiful inspiration, crazy chats and friendship we've shared together since the beginning. I will really miss being a part of this talented gang but I will continue supporting the challenge blog by entering the challenges and admiring all the projects with each new challenge.

The challenge this fortnight is Can you resist? As always, you can interpret the theme whichever way you like, use a resist technique or simply an irresistible project. As long as we can see some traditional stamping you're good to go! And here's what I am sharing today.

I've gone down the 'irresistible' route with this wedding card. First of all I can never resist using some beautiful stamps and here I have some stamps from Stampendous and the vintage children wedding couple is from a small supplier on ebay (edited: I found the stamp from my previous order, click here).

I can never resist adding a touch of Fran-tage and lots of sparkle either!

The chippies are from a giveaway I recently won at ScrapFX. Their chipboards are really lovely, so detailed and beautifully designed. And they look absolutely stunning just heat embossed with Fran-tage enamels.

Well, that's all from me for now! Now that I am slowly getting back into my daily routine I will be on my way to visit your fabulous blogs very shortly!

Thank you for popping in today, it's great seeing you here! Be sure to check all the beautiful samples prepared by the rest of the Fashionettes here!

Have a beautiful Sunday!

Big hugs




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Fairytale Wedding

It's been a while since I played with Fashionable Stamping Challenges but I just couldn't miss this one, since I am hosting the theme this fortnight :).

And the theme for this challenge is the written word - book pages, scripts, print. As always we welcome your traditionally stamped creations (no digi stamps, please) that fit the theme and who knows, you might be the lucky winner of the prize from Flonzcrafts!

OK, let me tell you now what I prepared for this challenge.

This is a wedding gift box I made for a very special couple :). I recently had a real pleasure and privilege to be part of their special day. I made this box using Envelobox. The front was covered with BoBunny patterned paper and book pages.

I stamped the bookpages with cling Blossom Spray (Stampendous) flowers which I then coloured with cosmic shimmer watercolour paints. They really glow beautifully in the sun! I also stamped the Fairytale Wedding stamp (Stampendous) onto Prima paper and I die cut a panel using my Nesties.

I also added some die cut & embossed elements using Marianne's dies (Lord and Lady & T-Ford).

Finally I added some May Arts ribbons (new), pearls, Prima, Petaloo and mulberry flowers (old) to embellish the front. And a touch of Heirloom Gold mist for a subtle shimmer.

I hope you will have a moment to check all the other beautiful samples my DT Sisters have prepared to inspire you and I can't wait to see your challenge entry!

Have a beautiful Sunday!

Big hugs

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Challenges for this project:
Pan Pastels UK #30 - Embossing (dry embossing)
Simon Says Monday Challenge - Celebrate
Scrapki-Wyzwaniowo #74 - Something old, something new
Frilly and Funkie - Any way you fold it (folds of the sides of the box)
Marianne's Design Divas - Layer it up
The Hobby House Challenge Blog #2 - Vintage

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N for Nature - Altered Alphas and your help needed!

Happy Sunday to all! And Happy Mother's Day to all Polish Mums, too! And happy Bank Holiday weekend to all in the UK. Lots of happy wishes here, today :).

Wesolej niedzieli oraz najlepsze zyczenia dla wszystkich polskich Mam i dla tych, ktorzy wlasnie swietuja Bank Holiday weekend w Wielkiej Brytanii! Cala garsc tych wesolych zyczen mi sie tu zmiescila :).

Today I would like to share an inspiration project for the current challenge at Fashionable Stamping Challenges. This fortnight we are playing with altered art. To join the challenge all you need to do is find an item to alter, Alter It, add some fabulous traditional stamping (no digi stamping please!) and share with us and Mr Linky!

Dzisiaj chcialabym Wam pokazac prace - inspiracje do wyzwania Fashionable Stamping Challenges - Altered Art. Aby wziac udzial w wyzwaniu nalezy przygotowac recznie stemplowany projekt (bez digi stempli).

I made this project a while back for Create & Craft TV but I haven't got round to publishing it on my blog yet.

Prace te przygotowalam juz jakis czas temu na potrzeby prezentacji w Create & Craft TV.

I've altered a papier mache letter 'N'. I first covered it with floral napkins, then added Stampendous Jumbo Butterfly Trio decorated with Champagne Glass Glitter, Pearlised Mica and Rose Colour Fragments, Teal Colour Fragments and Teal Mica Fragments.

Moja 'odmieniona' litera N zostala obklejona kwietna serwetka. Potem dodalam Mega Motyle od Stampendousa udekorowane szklanym brokatem w kolorze szampana, perlowymi i niebieskimi platkami Mica, rozanymi i niebieskimi fragmentami.

The grunge paper letters (Tim Holtz Alphabet Soup) have been sprayed with inks then sparingly heat embossed with Shabby Pink enamel. The edges of the letter were heat embossed with Aged Rose enamel.

Litery z grunge papieru Tima Holtza zostaly popsikane tuszami i poembossowane na goraco 

emalia Aged Rose.

Since my Letter N's TV debiut I also added some bling and Perfect Pearls :).

Od czasu programu do mojej literki przykleily sie tez blyskotki i perelki :).

I hope you can join us for this challenge!

Zapraszamy do wziecia udzialu w wyzwaniu!

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Your help needed!

I've been thinking a lot lately about making a new tutorial for my YouTube channel. It's quite difficult to decide on the subject so I thought - I'll ask my crafty friends! Over to you then, what would you like to see on a new tutorial? Another take on Fran-tage? Colouring with Inktense pencils? Some napkin art? Please do let me know in a comment below.

I know there are also readers who don't have a blog of their own or who have only just ventured into the world of blogging  - would you like to see some blogging tips?

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Stay tuned as I will be back on Tuesday to share something completely new to me - I will be playing with Stampendous products, Nunn Design bezels and some fabulous Jewelry Resin from EnviroTex!

Thank you so much for popping in today and for your lovely comments. And a big and warm welcome to my newest followers - I hope you will enjoy following my creative endeavours!

Big hugs



I would also like to enter the challenge/Prace zglaszam na wyzwanie:
PanPastel UK #21 - Bling It
Scrapujace Polki AA/MM#79 - Monogram
Stempell & Kartoon #13 - Nie kartka

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Peruvian Lilies, Stampendous and FSC #47 - all in My Garden Journal

Re-edited - yay! My garden journal is one of the Spotlights at City Crafter Challenge Blog!

Happy (Inter)National Scrapbooking Day to all my crafty friends! I hope I'll get a chance to celebrate it with some crafting but first I'd like to share what I have been up to this week.

Before I tell you about my new project, here's heads up that a new Fashionable Stamping Challenge is officially open! And the theme this fortnight could not be better as this time Anything goes! All the Fashionettes have prepared a real eye candy inspiration for you so be sure to check all the beautiful samples.

Those who know me personally would certify that my garden has always been a kind of a project that gets put off forever... But not this year! We've finally got our new patio sorted and we're now ready to plan & plant the borders. Yay! It only took us 6 years to gear up for it so not too long really lol :).

No surprises then that I wanted to seize the opportunity to 'document' how our garden grows. That's why I started my very own garden journal, where I can clip plant labels, photos and play with creative journaling at the same time.

In keeping with the 'nature friendly theme' I've decided to up-cycle an old diary for that purpose. To kick start my creative gardening adventure I decorated the cover using my old time fave technique - decoupaging with napkins. This technique was perfect for this project as my cover was quite squishy and leather like, so covering it with paper would not be as successful.

For my project I used some really gorgeous Stampendous stamps from the new April release. I had a real trouble deciding which ones to choose as this release is full of real gems. But I finally decided on the Jumbo Cling Peruvian Lily set which I stamped onto the front cover with clear embossing ink. Then I heat embossed them with Detail Gold Embossing Powder from Stampendous.

To add dimension to my flowers I stamped the lilies again onto white card, heat embossed them with Black Detail Powder and cut them out. All my colouring was done with Inktense pencils.

Then I layered all my embellishments and lace. I also added fabric flowers from Prima and wooden embellishments from Crafty Emblies, which altered with Shabby Blue and Shabby Pink embossing enamels. To do that you simply swipe the Boss Gloss over, sprinkle the powders, tap off the excess and heat with the heat gun.

I also added one of my shabby enamelled flowers. To adhere my embellishments I used Beacon's 3in1 Advanced Craft Glue.

I decorate the flower centres with gems, Champagne and Fuchsia crushed glass glitter, sprinkled over Beacon's 3in1 adhesive.

Now, my garden journal could not be left without a proper country cottage bunting :). So I stamped in black the word 'garden' onto white vellum with Stampendous Big Top Type clear stamps and cut out the flags. Then I stamped the word 'journal' directly onto the journal cover with Vintage Lowercase clear stamps.

To finish my cover I added final touches with embossing the edges with Shabby Blue enamel.

I've also prepared a full step-by-step tutorial on this project which you will soon be able to see on Stampendous blog. In case you're worried you might miss it, just subscribe to the updates here :).

Over to you now - share your lovely stamped projects with us here.

Thank you so much for visiting today and for your lovely comments. Have a fabulous crafty weekend!

Big hugs



Challenges for this project:
Country View Crafts Challenge #3 - How does your garden grow
Top Tip Tuesday #100 - Moving parts (bunting flags)
Sugar Creek Hollow #60 - Spring Flowers
Our Creative Corner #1 - Anything goes
Whimsy Stamps Challenges #24 - Pretty in pink
City Crafter Challenge Blog #157 - Spring has sprung (inspiration photo below)

The Shabby Tea Room #164 - Beautiful Spring (inspiration photo below)

Creative Cauldron supplies for UK crafters:

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Fashionable Journaling with Jumbo Daisies - FSC #45 and a quick tutorial

Guess what? The sun is finally shining and who knows, maybe Spring is finally on its way? But if Mother Nature is still unsure whether it's time then I hope this project will make it absolutely clear - yes, it IS time! LOL.

And it's also time for another Fashionable Stamping Challenge :). This fortnight we are challenging ourselves and you lovely stampers with  (Art) Journaling! But we could not let this challenge go without some inspiration from a professional Art Journaling artist so we have a very special guest playing with us - the one and only - Kate Crane from The Kathryn Wheel. How exciting is that?

I am a big fan of Kate's art and I love her Art Journaling DVDs. So what a better way to join this challenge than with a project inspired by Kate's all year long challenge of journalled calendars - here you can link up your April pages.

For almost a year now I've been trying to make a journalled calendar to keep track of all important dates, anniversaries, birthdays etc. But so far I only made June, July and October ha ha ha! It will probably be another year before I finish it (and that's quite optimistic). But since my dear friend Ruby recently told me to get on with the calendar, I decided to....errr...get on with it! :).

Without further ado, here's my April page.

For my April page I reused parts from an old calendar. I kept it because it was so pretty and I knew that one day I would find another use for it. 

My background was created with acrylic paints, Inktense pencils, Colour Wash, Glimmer Mist and Cosmic Shimmer Mist sprays. I used a brickwork stencil to add gessoed texture and to add some colour highlights.

Those fabulous flowers are stamped with Stampendous Jumbo Daisy with a free template.

And I thought I would share a quick tutorial how to use the free templates from the new Stampendous Jumbo flower stamps.

I hope you can join us for this challenge, there is fabulous prize waiting for one lucky stamper - $20 voucher to spend at Flonz Craft store. Be sure to check out all the gorgeous Journalled projects my talented DT Sisters have created - and of course the magical pages created by our lovely Guest!

Have a fabulous week!

Big hugs

Challenges for this project:
Simon Says Stamp and Show - Anything goes
Sunday Stamper #252 - Squares
Pan Pastel UK #14 - Use a stamped image
The Kathryn's Wheel - April calendar
Blogger's Challenge - Backgrounds
Inspiration Journal - Masks and Stencils

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Bird songs and swirls

It's been a while since I played with a Fashionable Challenge so I am really glad I could play again today. But first things first :). We've got a big announcement - the challenge blog now has a new website address! You can now find us at:

http://www.fashionablestampingchallenges.com

Please make sure to update your shortcuts :). So, onto the new challenge - this time we'd like to see your beautiful stamped creations featuring swirls. You've got two weeks to join and the winner will get a really lovely surprise from our new sponsor Flonzcraft!

For my card I used a some really gorgeous stamps: Minuet Bird & A Bird Sings and a Jumbo Spring Bouquet (all Stampendous). The flowers and the sentiment were embossed with the Gold Detail Embossing powder. I coloured the flowers and the bird with Inktense pencils. And I also added a touch of Shabby Blue Frantage. The papers are K&Co and DCWV Mariposa.

My card has been inspired by a little floral fantasy, just like the name of the blog from the lovely and talented Brenda, who's got a fabulous candy on her blog at the moment :).

My Fashionable DT Sisters have prepared a big treat for you - be sure to check out all the projects! And this week we also have a Guest Designer playing with us - a very talented lady Astrid Maclean!

Thank you for all your lovely comments on My Dream Day LO :). Have a fabulous Sunday!

Big hugs



Challenges for this card:
Debbie's Blog Candy Challenge - new card
Countryview Crafts Challenges #1 - Pick and Mix
Vintage Stamping Challenges #6 - Spring is in the air
Top Tip Tuesday #96 - Up, Up and Away
Crafty Ribbon Challenge #40 - Anything goes
DL.ART Linky Party Challenge March - Anything goes
7Kids College Fund #68 - Anything Goes

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Are you up for a surprise? FSC #39

Re-edited: Hurray! My project has been chosen as one of the top picks at Live and Love Crafts challenge! Yay!!

Ho ho ho! Merry After Christmas to you all! :)

It's time for another Fashionable Stamping Challenge and this time we ask you to SURPRISE US!. Yep, that's right. Whatever theme, project, occasion you'd like to share, we'll be delighted to see it - anything goes folks! But remember, we're big fans of traditional stamping so keep those digi images at bay! lol :).

In the spirit of a big surprise party, the Fashionettes are having a some fun too! We've decided to play a little Secret Santa game, making a project for a fellow Teamie. The trick is that no one knows who's making their gift. They will have to wait until Mr Postie delivers their package to find out (errr well, except Santa's Little Helper who drew the names from the Hat. And Yours Truly, that is!).

So without further ado, here's the project I made for this lovely and super talented lady and her name is... 

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Ha ha! Got ya! Did you really think I was going to tell you? Nope. You'll all have to wait for the Big Names Reveal until all Fashionettes have received their gifts :). Anyway, the project I made is an altered papier mache frame which...

...was first covered with printed napkins and then toned down with lovely pastel coloured matt emulsion paints. Then, the frame was generously treated with some lovely stamping using stamps from Prima Documentary script, Creative Expressions Swirls, Stampendous Leaf Sprig and Stempleglede Grunge Collection. Next, I added some accents with texture paste through a stencil and while the paste was still wet I sprinkled some Fresh Green crushed glass glitter (I must confess, I absolutely adore all crushed glass glitters from Stampendous!). Once the paste diamonds were dry I added some shading around them with a chalk pencil.

The edges of the recess were decorated with Stampendous Burgundy and Powder Blue colour fragments. The recess itself was first lined with layers of cheese cloth and lace for a shabby chic look. Then, I added a couple of patterned paper panels stamped with Paperbag Studios Dress Up stamp, Tattered Angels Clock and the lovely sentiment from the Stampendous Rose Thought plate. 

The girl was coloured using my brand spankin' new Spectrum Noir markers :). Don't you just love that cute little girl? I also used this stamp on this decoupage shabby chic heart project.

To embellish the frame is used a handful of lovely flowers (Prima Belle Fleur and others) and first treated them with white acrylic paint. I wanted to keep my frame in a wintery colour palette and white paint touches are an easy trick for a delicate 'frosty' look. I also added some punched snowflakes covered with Shaved Ice and some handmade moulded flowers from Frantage embossing enamels. If you'd like to know how I made them, make sure to check out my video tutorial here.

Well, I hope you like this SURPRISE inspiration from me. But most importantly I truly hope the recipient of my gift likes it, too! It can be quite 'nerve-wracking' making a handmade gift for another crafter, especially such a talented one :). And I cannot wait to receive the pressie from my Secret Santa - oh this is sooooo exciting!

So what are you going to surprise us with? Are you stuck for ideas? Hop over to see what my DT Sistas have created and your head will be spinning with new ideas!

May I also take this opportunity to thank you all my blogging friends for being so wonderfully supportive and for all the encouraging and beautiful comments you always leave. I'd like to wish you all a happy and prosperous New Year 2013, full of laughter, health and creative flair. Let's make this New Year super special - to show the World it was worth carrying on! :)

Big hugs




I am entering the following challenges:
Simon Says Stamp - Anything goes
Live & Love Crafts #6 - Anything but a card 
Vintage Stamping Challenges #3 - Pocket full of posies
Stampin' For the Weekend #24 - Anything goes
Crafty Ribbons Challenge #35 - Blue and Green
DL.ART Thankful Thursday Challenge - Anything goes
It's All About The Vintage #34 - Lace Dream
Paper Crafting Journey - Anything goes
Divas By Design #66 - Anything Goes

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Challenge to die for! FSC #36

Re-edited: Thank you so much lovely Ladies at The Shabby Tea Room for the Honourable Mention for my card! :)

Time for another play at Fashionable Stamping Challenges!

And this time the theme is totally To Die For - quite literally! I am 'the culprit' behind this challenge, so let's get crafting - shall we? :)

I've recently made a baby boy card for a friend at work - you can see it here. Or for her sister, who's expecting the baby, to be most precise. My friend's mum liked it so much that she wanted me to make another one for her, too :).

As I didn't want the cards to look too similar I decided to steer away from my previous white/cream and blue colour palette.

And this is what I created!





I started by cutting my card base, cardstock matts and patterned paper panels to size. Then using a Coffee Archival ink and Pumpkin StazOn I stamped the lovely images from the Hampton Art Word Collage Borders and the flourishes from the Stampendous Excelsis Deo set all around the background panel. I really love these stamps.

The front panel of the card was decorated with ornate corners and lots of die cut beauties. The Baby word is a Marianne's Design die LR0217 and the accents on the mount were cut from Double Frame LR0141. The rose was made from Spellbinders Spiral Blossom One die and the leaves were cut using the Foliage die.

I also made a box for the card with I decorated with more die cuts (yay!). The pram is from Marianne's again LR0218 and the centre panel is from Tim Holtz Styled Labels die.

And I couldn't leave the card un-Fran-taged, could I? lol ;). Of course I couldn't! So I added some final touches with the encrusted jewel technique and for that I used Bronzed Mica Fragments, Aged Silver, Aged Gold & Aged Ochre Embossing Enamels and Champagne Crushed Glass Glitter - all from Stampendous.

Well, I hope I've inspired you to dust off your lovely (perhaps forgotten?) die cuts and all the Fashionettes are really looking forward to seeing your To Die For entries! And if you need more inspiration be sure to check all the beautiful projects from my DT Sisters!

Thanks for visiting and have a lovely Sunday!

Big hugs



Challenges for this card:
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes
Shabby Tea Room #142 - Neutrals
Marianne's Design Divas - Gentlemen's hour
Simon Says Stamp and Show - A project with Heart (Babies are close to mothers' hearts :) )
Top Tip Tuesday #90 - Kids and Teens


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Champagne Crushed Glass Glitter	Aged Ochre Embossing Enamel	Aged Gold Embossing Enamel	Bronzed Mica Fragments	Stampendous Excelsis Deo	Spellbinders Shapeabilities Foliage
LR0217 Marianne D Creatables Eline's Text (Baby)	Movers & Shapers - Styled Labels dIE By Tim Holtz	LR0218 Marianne Design Eline's Stroller (Pram)	Spellbinders Spiral Blossom One 1 Die	LR0141 Marianne D Creatables Double Frame	Word Collage Borders

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