Craft Stamping Quartet: I think I'll go with these!

Saturday, 23 January 2010

I think I'll go with these!

I've been looking through my goodies to see what I would like to use for our first project. As you will know if you've read our previous posts, Elaine has chosen Jean Hardy's Enveloped Elegance (Craft Stamper Mag - February 2010, p34). This is definitely going to be a challenge for me as Jean's beautiful project is much 'busier' than the sort of thing I'm used to creating.

These are the items I'm going to try to incorporate but some may be discarded along the way - who knows? There are some Laura Ashley papers, some lovely sheet music kindly shared by Jo, Elusive Images and Aspects of Design stamps, lace, beads, buttons and other embellishments too.

Now to see where it takes me over the next few weeks.

Thanks for visiting. Lesley Xx

9 comments:

judith@poppy cottage said...: I love those Aspects of Design stamps, I've admired them for a while, so it will be great if you use them. The colours you have chosen are lovely. We are all turning out quite different so far! Judith x; 23 January 2010 at 15:51
Jo said...: Do I spy Vintaj brass there? Now that's what I call commitment!; 23 January 2010 at 19:06
craftimamma said...: You do Jo, but ............... it does say I might have to discard some bits along the way!

Lesley Xx; 23 January 2010 at 19:21
Val said...: Lesley - I think this is a great project - definitely one for the thinking caps on!
Hugs
Valx; 23 January 2010 at 19:40
Sally H said...: Looking forward to seeing the end result, as I too have most of that stash!; 23 January 2010 at 20:09
Elaine said...: This is so interesting how everyone's mind is working so differently - just what we had all hoped. There is a definite vintage feel coming on here Lesley. It will be great to see how we all get on!

Elaine; 24 January 2010 at 07:11
Sarah Anderson said...: What a fab idea for a blog! Came across you via your comment you left on Carrie's blog (she just came over to mine!) Don't you just love the blogging world :) Off to find my Craft Stamper now to see what you're actually making. How on earth you choose a favourite project from there these days I don't know!!! There are some fab ones :); 24 January 2010 at 11:12
Suzanne C said...: Lovely set of supplies. How can you pick something out ahead of time? I have 30 or 40 things on my desktop when I am in the midst of a project trying to figure out what will work. Inspiring.; 30 January 2010 at 02:54
WendyK said...: Just found this blog from the guild site. Well done the 4 of you, what a brilliant idea. I look forward to seeing what you do, all the bits look great. If you were all at the retreat, then I must have met you all. Elaine I remember.; 11 February 2010 at 22:29

Welcome to Our New Blog!

Elaine, Jo, Judith and Lesley are four crafters spread across the country, united in their love of crafting. They met over the Internet through the Graphicus Guild, a group set up for crafters by Glenda Waterworth owner of Graphicus and manufacturer of Elusive Images rubber stamps. After some discussion, they decided that they would like to 'craft together' in spite of the distance between them. To accomplish this ambition, they decided to choose one project each month from Craft Stamper magazine, and allow themselves the following calendar month to complete the project. Each person would take it in turn to choose a project. The four participants would then post 'sneaky peeks', progress reports and mini tutorials throughout the month. At the end of the month, they would then post their projects, hopefully producing four very different finished items.

Elaine

Elaine lives in the rural South of England, in a small house with a huge, wild garden and many of her craft projects are inspired by the natural world. She has been crafting for several years, mainly making cards and some mixed media projects with a strong focus on using rubber stamps. She now also enjoys making book based projects and is just starting to dabble in art journals. Elaine is a bit of a perfectionist, with many of her projects never seeing the light of day, but she is working on being more relaxed about her artistic endeavours!!!Elaine has a serious craft stash addiction and treasures the precious times when she can meet up with her distant crafty friends.

Jo

Jo lives in the East Midlands. She loved papercrafting as a child, but only rediscovered it as an adult in her work with children, and then again when she had children of her own. She'd promised herself that one day she would try some grown up 'cutting and sticking'. So when her work pattern changed in 2006, it seemed an ideal time to find a new hobby. She started a major collage project, (still unfinished of course), and then got sidetracked into playing with polymer clay. This in turn led to her watching rubber stamping demonstrations on television, and stamping has been her passion since that time.
She loves to travel to craft shows around the country and still hasn't lost the sense of wonder at what can be achieved with ink and paper. At one time she may have gone home from her job in child care with messy hands, now she is as likely to arrive with them looking that way!

Judith

Judith lives in a Norfolk village with her husband and son, while her daughter is at University. She keeps chickens. She has always been a crafter in one form or another, knitting, sewing, etc, being taught by her Mum growing up, and finding inspiration from others as an adult. She has been making cards for about eight or nine years, and runs a small card making class from home. In the last year, she has discovered mixed media, and her focus has moved very much towards dimension, layering and texture. Rubber stamping is her passion and she is a serious stamp collector! She also makes jewellery which allows her to indulge in a love of all things shiny. She enjoys blog hopping, and keeping in touch with her crafty friends.

Lesley

Lesley lives in Nottinghamshire and has always crafted in one way or another from about the age of 7. At one time she took a City and Guilds Fashion and Design course (just for the fun of it), which involved quite a bit of Art in different forms, as well as designing and making garments.
She discovered cardmaking about three and a half years ago, and after seeing Glenda Waterworth, the owner of Graphicus and Elusive Images on a craft TV channel about a year later, became hopelessly addicted to rubber stamping. A closer association with Glenda and her company in the form of workshops and open days over the past couple of years, has led to a growing obsession with different media that can be used in conjunction with rubber stamps.

Lesley is thoroughly excited to be a member of this little group of friends whose enthusiasm is so infectious. She is also very grateful to be around in this age of technology that enables a group such as this to come together with such ease to share ideas and give each other support and encouragement.

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Saturday, 23 January 2010

I think I'll go with these!

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