Monday, June 18, 2012

Summer time


Summer is here...



..and as always we will take a summer break, 
to reload, recharge and get ready for a fall with more articles, tutorials and challenges for you all! 

We open the door for a new season at 
August 15th,
and we hope to see you all back here, right at this spot, then! 

Have a wonderful, and great summer all!!! 

PS: There will be a post during the summer telling you who we chose as our new design team members....

Friday, June 15, 2012

Colours from the ARTsy team

Trots förlusten i fotboll mot England går livet vidare och vi vänder blicken mot pysselbordet istället.
Den sista utmaningen innan sommaren borde väl vara en riktig färgexplosion eller hur? Denna gången utmanade vi varandra genom att välja tre olika färger. 

We managed to get some cards done despite Sweden defeat against England in football!
Our last challenge before the summer had to be an explosion of colours, right? This time we challenged eachother choosing three colours each.

Hannes färger var rosa, gul och grön och valdes av Silje.
Siljes färger valdes av mig, Inger och består av turkos, lime och röd.
Min utmaning kommer ifrån BellaMio och är färgerna orange, röd och grön. 

Hannes colours were pink, yellow and green and Silje chose them.
Silje's challenge comes from me, Inger and consists of the colours turquoise, lime and red. 
My challenge comes from BellaMio and was the colours orange, red and green.

Are you curious with our work? Well, here it is!
Är du nyfiken på hur det blev? Kolla här!
 
Neocolor, Inktense and a Posca pen were used.

 
Neocolor, Inktense and a Posca pen were used.

Background made with nonstick mat. Painted the stamped motif with ink and a water brush.

 

Background with lumiere and walnut ink spray and embossing powder. 
Burnt matches sewn with embroidery thread. Fantasy film.

 
Chalk pastel and acrylic glazing. Gel medium and mini beads sprinkled.
Fantasy film, fantasy fiber.

This was our last posting before the summer but we look forward to see you again in August! 
We hope you will have a great summer!

Thursday, June 14, 2012

Whiff of Joy Article 2

Hi everyone! 

It´s almost sommer vacation here at StampARTic but before we close the doors I would love to show you my latest creation. I have been waiting for my beloved distress ink palett to come home so that I could colour in the beautiful stamp I got in the sponsor package from Whiff of Joy. Unfortently it´s still not here so I made a different card than I would normally do. I used the background stamp and the papers in my sponsor package. Here you can see my card. 




Hugs from Henrikke

Winners of June challenge...

It´s time to reveal the winners of this months challenge! Yay!!

All cards are amazing and a big thank you for you´re contribution!


The winners have been picked by Random.org.


The first winner is:
(5 digistamps of you´re choice, from Kenny K)



The second winner is:
(a stamp-kit from Whiff of Joy)




A BIG CONGRATULATION TO YOU BOTH!!

Please e-mail to stampartic@gmail.com to claim you´re prizes.

Have a wonderful summer.

Tuesday, June 12, 2012

DT article Whiff of Joy

Happy summerdays to everybody!

We were lucky to have as a sponsor Whiff of Joy and got wonderful package from there. Here is some info about our sponsor:




Situated in the heart of Europe (Switzerland), Whiff of Joy specializes in natural, deeply etched red rubber stamps, die cuts and other card making goodies. All of which are designed specifically for stampers, from a stamper. Whiff of Joy works hard to exceed your expectations both in quality and service. Share our passion for creating homemade gifts and cards. Express your love and appreciation for your loved ones by surprising them with a self-made gift. With a Whiff of Joy stamp you will always be able to highlight a magical moment in somebody’s life


We made from the packages these cards:


Lene




Malin











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                                                                      Minna




Eva






Thank you so much for sponsoring us!

Sunday, June 10, 2012

DT-call

Hi everyone! 

You know what? We only got 2 applications in for our DT-call!! So we figured that we had to give you girls a reminder! There is no way knowing unless you apply! 

Please, all new scrappers, old scrappers, swedish cardmakers or danish box makers, a tall and short, thin or thick, PLEASE APPLY! :) We need you in our team! 

To get to the original DT-call please follow THIS link! 


Hugs from the
StampARTic Girls 

Friday, June 8, 2012

Kenny K

The StampARTic DT has been so lucky to get sponsored by...



A  few words from the people behind these fun and cool stamps : 




"Digi and rubber stamps from KennyK are a fun and edgy way to add the perfect dose of attitude and style to all of your creations! 



The creator, the artist, the man: KennyK wielded a mean crayon during his formative years in the Bronx, developing his signature funky-but-slick, urban-influenced style - and over the years has completed countless assignments for many of the biggest ad agencies and corporate clients in the business. His work runs the gamut from big-budget advertising campaigns and promotions, editorial illustration, toy/game and product packaging, to sexy pinup babes, anime and retro character designs, comic books, computer games, t-shirt and sticker designs and Flash animation - all that fun stuff! 





I’m ElenaK, the woman behind the man, and the feminine touch of KennyKDownloads.com. I have been producing events for over 6 years in NYC and am an entrepreneur and a crafter at heart!  Kenny and I had been searching for the perfect collaborative project to combine our respective skill sets since we got married; we are now making it happen with KennyKdownloads.com and having a blast! "


And the best thing is that Kenny K is also sponsoring the June Challenge with the amazing prize of five  digistamps of one lucky winner´s own choice!! There is still plenty of time, last day to enter is the 13th, so be sure to check out what Åsa is challenging you to do...

And here are the DT cards:

Eva


This is racy Roxie :)...





Maissi


I've used Anime Drummer

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Lene


I've used  Devilish Donna and colored her
with copics.


Åsa
I've used Anime Drummer


I have used Xmas Tree


A Big THANK YOU to Kenny and Elena Kiernan at KENNY K!!!

Monday, June 4, 2012

Utstansat

Det finns så många olika sätt man kan stansa ut på, handstansar, dies som används i maskiner som man vevar eller elektroniska maskiner. Och många olika typer av motiv också, man kan stansa ut bara en kant, eller kanske blommor, eller hela figurer i alla möjliga teman.

Det vanligaste är ju att man använder själva det utstansade men så klart går det ju lika bra att använda själva negativet, kanske till en mask tillsammans med mister eller olika typer av inks.

Idag tänkte vi i ARTsy-teamet bjuda på kort med temat Utstansat!

There are so many ways to punch, hand punches, dies to be used in machines, either manual or electric. And there are som many motifs, punch a border, some flowers or endless figures from all kinds of themes.

The most common is to use the die cut but you can also use the negative as a mask with misters or different kind of inks.

Today, the ARTsy team show you cards with punches and diec uts as a theme.

BellaMio
Bakgrunden är gjord med distresser och olika stämplar. 
The background is made with distress and different kind of stamps.
 
Stansat ut i Honeycomb-paper med Tim Holtz dies Sewing-room.

 Punched in Honeycomb-paper with Tim Holtz die Sewing room. 



Mikaela

Till det här kortet har Mikaela använt Spellbinders stars die, quickutz zelda letters and numbers die och tonic punch.

For this card Mikaela has uses Spellbinder stars die, quickutz zelda letters and numbers die and a tonic punch.

Här är det en dies från Tim Holtz och en tonic punch som använts.

In this card, she has used a die from Tim Holtz and a tonic punch.

Silje
Bakgrunn laget med Shimmerz Paints Colorings spray. Selvlaget blomst også farget med Shimmerz.
 
The background is made with Shimmerz Paints Colorings spray. The flower is handmade and also coloured with Shimmerz. Punched border and frame. 
 
Bakgrunn laget med Shimmerz Paints Colorings spray. Selvlaget blomst også farget med Shimmerz.

The background is made with Shimmerz Paints Colorings spray. The flower is handmade and also coloured with Shimmerz. Punched border and frame.

Inger
Bakgrunden är gjord med pastellkritor och dimensional pearl. Motivet är stämplat och embossat på alco inkat glossypapper.


Background with chalk pastels and dimensional pearl. Stamped and embossed image on alco inked paper.

Stansade ut en blomma från Retrostansen ur ett nät som jag har embossat massor. Infärgad bandage och ståltråd.

Punched a flower out of netting that I've embossed heavily. Bandage and wire.

Hanne
Frames and tag were cut on a Cricut. The panels were painted with black Gesso and Lumiere. The main motif was dry embossed and then painted with black Gesso. The motif was then sanded.

Rammer og tag ble kuttet ut på Cricutmaskin. Paneler ble malt med sort Gesso og Lumiere. Hovedmotivet ble tørrembosset og deretter malt med sort Gesso. Til slutt ble motivet pusset med sandpapir.

Punched shapes from Cricut and punches were put on a tag and covered with metal tape. Black gesso were painted and then sanded off on some places.

Utstansede former fra Cricut og puncher ble lagt på en tag. Deretter ble det lagt på metalltape. Sort gesso ble brukt til å male over tagen før den ble pusset med sandpapir.


Hoppas vi har kunnat inspirera er till att använda mer utstansat! Ni får gärna lämna en kommentar med en länk till era alster där ni använt utstansat. 

We hope that we have been able to inspire you to use more die cuts. Please leave a comment with a link to your creations.

Friday, June 1, 2012

June challenge...

How time flies! It´s slready June and the summer is closing in fast.
We are up for another challenge, and this one is a quick one. You will only have  two weeks to participate.
BUT - it´s two amazing prizes, so don´t miss it out!

This challenge is a color combination:

You can only use the colors of  BLACK, WHITE & ONE opptional COLOR.
(It´s ok to take beige or ivory instead of white if you like)

For example: if you choose Pink as you´re opptional color, then you´re creation is only allowed to have the colors of black, white and pink. If you choose Red, it can only be in the colors of black, white and red.
How much you use of each color is totaly up to you. As only we can see the three colors easily.

You are allowed to use other colors for skin and hair if you use a stamp/image on you´re card.

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Our amazing sponsors for this challenge (yes - there will be two prizes) is:

Digi and rubber stamps from KennyK are a fun and edgy way to add the perfect dose of attitude and style to all of your creations! 



The creator, the artist, the man: KennyK wielded a mean crayon during his formative years in the Bronx, developing his signature funky-but-slick, urban-influenced style - and over the years has completed countless assignments for many of the biggest ad agencies and corporate clients in the business. His work runs the gamut from big-budget advertising campaigns and promotions, editorial illustration, toy/game and product packaging, to sexy pinup babes, anime and retro character designs, comic books, computer games, t-shirt and sticker designs and Flash animation - all that fun stuff! 



I’m ElenaK, the woman behind the man, and the feminine touch of KennyKDownloads.com. I have been producing events for over 6 years in NYC and am an entrepreneur and a crafter at heart!  Kenny and I had been searching for the perfect collaborative project to combine our respective skill sets since we got married; we are now making it happen with KennyKdownloads.com and having a blast

The prize from Kenny K is five digistamps of you´re choice!
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Situated in the heart of Europe (Switzerland), Whiff of Joy specializes in natural, deeply etched red rubber stamps, die cuts and other card making goodies. All of which are designed specifically for stampers, from a stamper. Whiff of Joy works hard to exceed your expectations both in quality and service. Share our passion for creating homemade gifts and cards. Express your love and appreciation for your loved ones by surprising them with a self-made gift. With a Whiff of Joy stamp you will always be able to highlight a magical moment in somebody’s life

And here is the prize from Whiff of Joy:

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Here's some inspiration from our team:



I went with purple



I picked pink as my opptional color

The image is from sureya.deviantart.com


I chosed red

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I've made a card in black, white and pink:O)


Eva

I picked red with the black and white :).