Craft Stamper May Challenge

Hello Friends!

I hope everyone is doing ok during this crazy time. 

I just wanted to remind you that we are still running the Craft Stamper Challenges. 

The May challenge is well underway but you still have time to come and join in. 

Here is my card I made for this month's project. 

I made this clean and simple floral card with Unity stamps. 

I used two different kits to create this card. The jar with the flowers is from the Strength & Wisdom stamp set and the sentiment is from the kit called His Words.

 I kept my card really clean and just used my watercolors to colour the flowers and jar then tied a little twine around it to finish it off.

If you have the time come and play along with us this month. 

You can use any stamps you wish on your project. 

Here is the prize we have on offer this month this fab Eileen Hull die. 

All of the details of the challenge can be found on the Craft Stamper Blog.

Hope to see your project there! 

Thanks so much for stopping by today. 

hugs 

Mandi xox

Vintage Bottles - March Craft Stamper

Hello my friends! 

Welcome to another Craft Stamper Inspiration post. 

I made this lovely card for my project today. 

I love this Vintage Flowers Bottles Stamp from Inkadinkado. 

I used my alcohol markers to colour it and then added some words and hearts to each of the bottles.

Then I added some pink twine to finish it off. 

Now it is your turn to come and join us this month in the Craft Stamper Challenge. 

There is this fabulous prize up for grabs.

All of the details can be found on the Craft Stamper Blog

Thanks so much for visiting my blog today.

Mandi xox

Happy Valentine's Day - Craft Stamper Inspiration

Hello my friends happy Valentine's Day! 

I made this stamped jar for my inspiration project for the Craft Stamper Challenge today. 

This is my husband's old coffee jar that was heading to the recycling bin.

I always like to save them and make something with them. 

I gave it a couple of coats of white chalk paint and let it air dry.

Next I stamped it with memento ink. 

The stamp I used is from Unity called Smooches and Stuff by Phyllis Harris.

 I just love all of her art work.

I let that completely dry then used my alcohol markers to colour it. 

While I was at the craft store I found this nice heart kraft ribbon in the Valentine section.

 I tied it around the top to finish. 

I love the way it turned out.

I hope you have some time to come and join in this month's challenge with us. 

As always we have wonderful prizes up for grabs. 

All of the details can be found on the Craft Stamper Blog.

Thanks so much for visiting my blog today. 

Mandi xox

Craft Stamper January Challenge

Happy New Year my friends!!

It's a new month and you know what that means??

A new Craft stamper challenge has already kicked off. 

I am here with a wee reminder for you to come and join in the fun.

You can make anything you want as long as you have stamping on your project.

Here is my card I made for today. 

I used this lovely stamp from Picket Fence called Jill Girl.

I gave her a wee bit of sparkle to kick those January blues using some glitter card and my Spectrum Noir sparkle pens.

I hope you can find some time to come and join us this month. 

We have some fab prizes up for grabs. 

All of the details can be found on the Craft Stamper Blog.

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog. 

Mandi xox

Craft Stamper December Challenge

Hello my friends happy December! 

It's time for a new Craft Stamper Challenge yay!
I had to make a Christmas card for my project today since it is December after all.

I used this lovely wee mouse stamp from lovely Tracy Easson. 

How cute is he?? He is part of the Clan McTavish collection that I adore.

This one is called The Chieftain.
The sentiment and heart is from another one of her stamp sets
called Meet Me Under The Mistletoe

I used my watercolours to make him come alive. 

Then of course since I am Scottish I just had give him some tartan troosers.
I paper pieced them on along with the wee tartan heart in the corner. 

I just love him!

Tracy's designs are so unique and lovely to work with.

Now on to the lovely prize up for grabs this month.
These pretty Jane Davenport Watercolour Brights set.
I own these and they are a lovely set of paints.
So get your craft supplies out and make something and join in this months challenge.

You can make anything you wish as long as you have used stamps on your project.
Remember there are always two prizes.
 The other one is you also have the chance to get published in the Craft Stamper magazine.
All of the details can be found on the Craft Stamper Blog.

Thanks so much for visiting my blog today.

Happy Christmas to you and yours when it comes around.

Mandi  xox

Craft Stamper November Challenge

Hey Friends

Welcome to a new Craft Stamper challenge for November.

Can you believe we are almost at the end of the year already!! 

Where did time go??

It has been pretty cold and frosty up here in Scotland for the last few nights. 

 But I am hanging on to Autumn as long as I can.

I took a wee walk around the park and collected some lovely Autumn leaves. 

I wanted to incorporate them into my project today. 

I put the leaves in some paper and put them inside a heavy book overnight to press them down. 

I started off with a white card base and used this sentiment stamp from Unity and repeat stamped all down the side of my card using Potting Soil Archival Ink. Then I went around the edges with Fossilized Amber Distress Oxide Ink.

 Next I took my leaves and my paper punches and punched a heart shape out from the yellow leaf and then stuck it to my card with fabric glue. 

Then I punched some hearts from the red leaves and put one inside the yellow leaf and a couple in the corner of my card just to add more interest. 

 I tied a wee bit of twine around the card just to finish it off. 

I absolutely love the way it turned out. I love using things in nature to add to my creations. 

Leaves make the perfect embellishment too. 

You just have to be careful as they can be a little fragile.

Now it is your turn to come and join the fun. 

We have as always some fabulous prizes up for grabs.

We have this lovely butterfly stamp from PaperArtsy.

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All of the challenge details can be found on the Craft Stamper Blog.

I hope you have some time to come and play along. 

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Mandi xoxo

Linking up to SSS Wed Anything Goes Challenge 

Hello October

Hello my friends! 

Welcome to another Craft Stamper Challenge.

 October it is one of my favourite months.

 I love the change is season of the cool crisp air and falling leaves. 

 I used two different stamp sets to create my  Kraft card.  

These stamps are from the lovely Leisa Zgharda. 

I created the sentiment with the Alphabet Stamp Set and the foliage around 

the edge is made with the Fall Bouquet Stamp Set. 

I then used my Prismacolor pencils to colour.  

This is one of my favourite quotes from the book Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery.  

I really loved working with these stamps as they are so versatile.

We have  amazing prizes up for grabs as usual this time we have this fab mould bundle.

As well as the chance to get your project published in the magazine. 

You can make anything you want as long as you use rubber stamps on your project. 

All of the information can be found on the Craft Stamper Challenge blog. 

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today. 

Mandi xox

September Craft Stamper Challenge

Hello Friends! 

Welcome to another Craft Stamper Challenge. 

The weather is a wee bit cooler to I went with an Autumn themed card for the challenge this month.

I did go with cooler colours though and not your typical Autumnal colours just to give it a wee twist. 

I used a leaf stencil and my distress oxides to create the background. 

I went with Weathered Wood and Peacock Feathers for my colours and did a little ombre but you can't quite see the full effect with the sentiment in the middle. 

Then I just went over the leaves with a white gelly roll pen. 

The sentiment is from Leisa Zgharda called Autumn Leaves.

We have amazing prizes up for offer as always. I love the look of those glitter pens!!

I hope you have time to come and join in this challenge. 

All of the details are on the Craft Stamper Blog

Thanks for visiting my blog. 

Mandi xox

Craft Stamper August Challenge

Hello Friends! 

Welcome to the brand new August Craft Stamper Challenge. 

I made this mixed media tag for my project today. 

I was sitting at my desk playing around with a bit of cardboard and it turned into this tag. I love it when you sit with no agenda at all and you make something out of nothing.  I started off by cutting  out a tag shape and then ripped some of the paper off so that you could see the corrugate underneath. Next I took some white paint and just painted some of it then used a dotty stencil on other parts. I then ripped a page out of an old book and stamped the Go Get It Girl stamp on to it and coloured her with my markers. Then I stamped the butterfly and the sentiment in kraft card and glued that down. I ripped up some coordinating paper to layer and bring the whole tag together.  I then added some lace ribbon to finish. I love the way it turned out!!

We have this lovely prize up for grabs this month take a wee look at these Seth Apter stamps. 

There is also the chance to get published in the magazine when the design team vote on all of your entries and choose another winner. I hope you have some time to come and join in this month. Remember you can use any stamps at all in your project.

 All of the details can be found on the Craft Stamper Blog.

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog. 

Mandi xox



Linking up to Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Anything Goes

Craft Stamper July Inspiration

Hello Friends

I am here with a wee reminder for this month's Craft Stamper Challenge.

Here is my project for this month.

 A card I made with the freebie stamp from this month's issue of the Craft Stamper Magazine.

This cute wee house reminds me of those beach huts on the beach that are painted all different colours. So I went with that theme. 

I used my Spectrum Noir Markers to colour those wee houses. 

Then added it to a light blue card base. 

To finish I just used a white gel pen to make a squiggle border to add more interest. 

I hope you have some time to come and join in this month's challenge. 

There are some fab prizes up for grabs as always. 

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog.

Mandi xox

Craft Stamper Inspiration June

Hello Friends!

Welcome to another Craft Stamper Challenge. Here is my project for today's post. 

I got out my distress inks and made a background in tones of blue, then I used this lovely Wild Flower 2 stamp from Bee Crafty as my main focal image. I used my black archival ink to stamp with. The sentiment is from a Unity kit called Resides in Hope. I heat embossed that with white embossing powder. I then went around the edge with a white ink pad and splattered some white paint just to add some more interest. 

I hope you have some time to come and join in this month's challenge. 

As always we have some fab prizes up for grabs. 

All of the details can be found on the Craft Stamper Blog,

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Mandi xox

Craft Stamper May Inspiration

Hello my friends!

Welcome to another Craft Stamper inspiration post. 

Here is my project I made for this month's challenge.

 I used a stamp set from Unity designed by Graciellie called Hey Friend. 

I heat embossed the florals with white embossing powder.

Then to colour I used my Spectrum Noir sparkle pens and a water brush.

I really love these pens they blend so well and they leave a lovely sparkle behind on your card. 

I heat embossed my sentiment on to black card using the same white embossing powder. 

Then attached the whole thing to a black card base. 

To finish I added some bling to the flowers. 

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Now it's your turn to come and join in this month's challenge. 

We have this fab prize up for grabs.

All you need to do is have some stamping on your project. 

Remember you can use any stamps you like. 

All of the details are on the Craft Stamper Blog.

Thanks so much for stopping by my blog today. 

Mandi xox

Craft Stamper April Inspiration

Hello my friends!

Welcome to another inspiration post for the Craft Stamper Challenge.

I decided to decorate an old coffee jar for my project today. 

It was quick and simple to make.

I gave my jar a couple of coats of chalk paint and let it air dry. 

The once it was dry  I took my stamp from the De France Stamp Set. 

Then stuck it down to my desk.

I stamped it with black archival ink and then rolled my jar across the stamp.  

Then I just added some twine around the top of my jar.  Super easy right? 

I love the finished look.  

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Now it's your turn to come and join in the fun. 

The Craft Stamper has this lovely prize up for grabs. 

All of the details can be found on the Craft Stamper Blog

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Mandi xox

Craft Stamper March Challenge

Hello my friends.

Welcome to another Craft Stamper Challenge.

Here is my project for today's inspiration post. 

I used a stamp called Dream Girl from Unity Stamp Company. I have a ton of stamps that I have not got around to using. This one has been in my stash for over a year. I finally got around to using it for this card.  I love the sentiment that runs down the side of her face. 

Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember you have within you the strength, the patience and the passion to reach for the stars, to change the world.

Harriet Tubman

I used my Zig water colour markers on the girl. Then for the background I used my butterfly stencil and distress oxides. I wanted to have this hazy background that represented dreams. You know that way when you are dreaming but you don't always remember them they can be a bit vague. I wanted to capture that on the card. I stencilled some butterflies with black distress oxide ink then took a water brush and wet them to make them a little  hazy but still keeping butterfly form.  I then added some seedless preserves oxide ink to add some colour into the background. I used a lot of water and let it air dry and it left lots of lovely water marks which added some more interest.  I love the way it turned out.

I hope you have time to come and join in challenge. We have this lovely prize up for grabs this month. A stunning  Tim Holtz stamp set.

All of the details can be found on the Craft Stamper Blog.

Thanks so much for visiting my blog. 

Mandi xox

Craft Stamper February Inspiration

Hello My Friends!

Welcome to another Craft Stamper Challenge reminder.

 I hope you have had time to come and join us this month. 

Here is my wee card I made for today's inspiration. I went with a lovely butterfly card.

I kept this card really simple and used just one stamp and a lovely butterfly die.

I used my watercolour paints and painted a sheet of paper then  just used the die to cut out the butterflies. Then arranged a flutter of cascading butterflies. 

The stamp I used is from Prima Marketing Creating in Faith Phrases stamp set. 

The die is from Michaels Butterfly Die

I love that quote it was one of the reasons I bought this stamp set. Life throws a lot of stuff at you sometimes. Fears can manifest themselves in so many different ways. They can sometimes paralyze us into not moving forward and keep us frozen in time. That is when we must have faith and believe things will work out for our good and take a step forward.  I am learning a lot to walk out my fears lately.  The butterflies also represent freedom so I thought they would go well with the quote. 

I hope you make some time to come and play with us this month. 

We a fab prize up for grabs this lovely die from Sizzix.

All of the details can be found on the Craft Stamper Blog

Thanks for stopping by!

Mandi xox

Craft Stamper January Challenge

Hello Friends!

Happy New Year! I hope you all had a lovely Christmas and a wonderful New Year. We launched the new Craft Stamper challenge last week. This is your chance to pick up your favourite crafty supplies and stamps and get crafting with us. Maybe you got some new crafty bits for Christmas? This is the perfect time to use them. 

I made this card for this month's challenge. I am back home in Scotland and I came across a box of stamps I have not used. I must have set them aside and they got lost in my craft nook.  This is set is one of my finds this is from Visible Image called Own Kind of Beautiful. I love that butterfly stamp. I got out my distress inks and made a whole sheet of  ink smooshing. I used two different colours Worn Lipstick and Peacock Feathers. Then I stamped my butterflies on top and fussy cut them out. I then smooshed my white card base with some Peacock Feathers and stamped the sentiment at the bottom of the card. I added a wee bit of glittery sparkle to the butterflies then glued them to my card. 

Now it's your turn to come and join in the fun. 

You can be in with a chance to win this lovely bundle from Prima Marketing. 

You also have a chance of getting published in the Craft Stamper Magazine. 

So find some crafty time and come and join us. 

All of the details are on the Craft Stamper blog. 

Thanks so much for stopping by. 

Hugs 

Mandi xox

Craft Stamper December Inspiration

Hello Friends 

Welcome to a wee reminder for this month's Craft Stamper Challenge.

I made this card for my project this month. 

How pretty is this girl???

I spotted her on Instagram and had to have that stamp.

I love her bigs eyes and those wee freckles.

She looks all cozy with her big scarf and hot drink.

This stamp is from Picket Fence Studios and it's called Jill Girl.

I coloured her up using my Spectrum Noir Sparkle pens.  

They leave a very fine glitter behind which is very festive. 

I made the background with three different colours of distress inks, 

Faded Jeans, Salty Ocean & Weathered Wood. 

Then I splattered white craft paint for a snowy effect. 

The sentiment is from a stamp set I found at Michaels craft store called Christmas Blessings.

I really love how the card all came together. 

I can't believe this is the last Craft Stamper Challenge of the year. 

Thanks so much for joining us and taking part every month. 

We always see so many lovely projects. 

You still have time to join in this month and be in with a chance of winning some lovely prizes. 

The DT also choose a winner too to win spot published in the magazine. 

Remember any stamps can be used on your project.

Here is this month's fab prize that is up for grabs a bundle from Altenew.

This is an amazing prize bundle. I have my eye on that butterfly stamp! 

I hope you make some time in your day to get crafty and come and join in the fun. 

All of the details can be found on the Craft Stamper Blog.

Thanks so much for visiting my blog today. 

I hope you all have a very Happy Christmas and I will see you back in the 

New Year with more crafty projects.

Hugs 

Mandi xox

Craft Stamper November Challenge

Hello Friends! 

Welcome to another Craft Stamper challenge. 

I hope you have time to come and play along with us this month. 

Here is my card I made for today's post. 

I am using this lovely set by Unity called  I am with you.

It has one of my favourite bible verses.

I used these Distress Oxides and a Tim Holtz stencil to create the background.

 Along with the florals stamp in the set.

I splashed some water to get those watermarks on there too.

 Then stamped the sentiment and put it on top of the background.

 I love the way it turned out.

We have some fab prizes up for grabs this month.

Kaisercraft are giving away this fab bundle.

You can find all of the details on how to enter the challenge at the Craft Stamper blog. 

Remember you can use any stamps at all on your project apart from digital ones.

Thanks so much for stopping by!

Mandi xox

Unity & My Sweet Petunia Hop

Hello my lovely friends! 

Welcome to the Unity & My Sweet Petunia Co Hop!! 

We have lots of lovely new releases to share with you today. 

So lets get started. 

Say hello to this cute wee mouse.  I just love him or her! 

I used the stamp tool to create the background for my card. 

Next up is this cute girl!

I LOVE her coat! I want one ha! 

Then moving on to my festive floral card.

The poinsettia stamp made a great focal point for that barn wall background. 

Next up is this cute girl in her Santa outfit. She is totally adorable!

Last but not least this wee mouse is all done in blue.

Just for something a wee bit different a no colouring card! 

I hope you enjoyed seeing my projects. 

Enjoy the rest of the hop! 

Remember the hop list can be found on the Unity & the My Sweet Petunia blogs. 

Thanks so much for stopping by! 

Mandi xox

Unity & Beth Duff Co Hop

Hello my friends!

Welcome to the Unity and Beth Duff Co hop!

We have some lovely new releases today.

The first card I made is with this cute stamp called Let your hair down.

As soon as I saw this wee girl I just knew I had to make a beach scene for her. So I did ha! 

Here is a video on how I created the card.

This  next one is called Invest in Yourself. This is such a pretty stamp. I love heart stamp in the set. I made a string of hearts down one side of my card with it. 

Here is a video on how I created the card.

Last but not least is this adorable wee fox from the Serenity is peace stamp set . This set comes with lots of different things you can play with.

Here is a video on how I created the card.

Don't forget to leave a comment to win some Unity gift cards. 

Thanks so much for stopping by

Mandi xox

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Noelle 
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