Final Wednesday Stamper

Aww...sad to hear that Wednesday Stamper has finally called it a day and announced its final challenge. What a long time that ran for!!

It was the first ever challenge that I dared to enter and our little forum nudged Joanne Wardle to go first (she's brave like that), then we followed on in there afterwards lol. The reason being, the list of artists read like a whos who in the world of stamping from overseas...it was a bit daunting to say the least *gulp* and was a kind of 'OH NOOOOOOOO I POSTED MY ARTWORK, what have I done. OMG what have I done...I'VE CHANGED MY MIND!!!!! Will they throw me off? is it to a standard the accept?' etc etc

But a few years later, I've kind of got used to the stamping world and challenges and will miss the Queen of the stamping challenges, the Wednesday Stamper.
Thank you to the team who have provided us, the followers, with some incredible artwork and the opportunity to stretch our boundaries a little.



Here is my final piece for the challenge, the main image from Paperbag Studios. The dotty background is Altered Foliage from my range at Stampotique and then the swirly borderis an unknown, sorry, with a few extra dots doodled in and around for luck.

Thanks for looking :0) x Jo

More Than Words

Over on Wednesday Stamper this week is a challenge entitled 'More Than Words' which says...

Art can say more than words, and so can a facial expression, a colour, a setting are all things that can make an impression and speak louder than words… You can still use words in your piece, and you’re welcome to interpret the theme however you want. Just remember to use at least one rubberstamp.

I used some of the gorgeous new stamps released recently by Art Journey and a couple of the die cut images by K&Co available from Happy Daze (which, unfortunately, have just gone out of stock, but are THE most beautiful selection I've seen for a long time and will be back in stock very soon I hope.).

A Colour Explosion

This week the theme over on the Wednesday Stamper. is FABULOUSLY COLOURFUL

I made this colourful card for my friend Joanne using one of the new releases from Stampotique Originals- 'Jo's Flower Cube' and 'A Little Garden'.



I hope you like it....something a bit light and with a fresh feel about it on what has been another beautiful sunny day here in the UK.

Oh, and talking of colourful, I meant to post this the other week and it totally skipped my mind. Again all Stampotique.



If you think its a little 'not quite right' compositionally, it's because I stamped the XO's upside down and had to pull the whole thing apart and re position lol...*doh!*



This is how I'd originally planned it(you can just about see the letters are the wrong way around)... heehee, maybe I'd better pay more attention when I'm stamping next time.

Stamps available from Stampotique and Happy Daze. Links are available on the left sidebar.

Valentine Cutie

To join in with the Valentine/Love themes that are around at the moment, I made this simple card using one of the Cutie characters that Happy Daze have on their site at the moment.



Stamps used are Suprised Cutie and Be My Valentine, both by Cats Life Press. The heart is from my range at Stampotique along with the Crown. Happy Daze stock all the stamps although I see the Cuties have been really popular and currently out of stock as I write there is just waving Cutie left...and the heart cube with the heart on it is also out of stock...lol...seems Moira's been doing well, but I understand that they will be all back on the shelves soon..Inks are Jenni Bowlin.

I'd like to enter this into the Wednesday Stamper Challenge which this week is 'Expressions of Love'.

Inky Demo...and its up north!!

Wednesday Stamper's challenge this week is inky backgrounds.

Here I used a selection from the Jenni Bowlin range on this wooden hinged arch. Stamps are all from the Jo Capper Sandon range at Stampotique Orignals.

And talking of Stampotique stamps and Jenni Bowlin inks, I've now managed to confirm that I'll be demoing Stampotique Originals stamps on the Happy Daze stand at the Happy Stampers stamping show held in Hulme Hall at Port Sunlight which is in Merseyside, North West UK, so hopefully will see one or two of you there on May 14th.
Entrance is by ticket purchased in advance only from Happy Stampers. Visit the HSNW website for details.

Really looking forward to it!