Craft Stamping Quartet: My First Sneak Peeks

Friday, 29 January 2010

My First Sneak Peeks

Here are three little tasters of some of the things I've been making to go on my offering for our February project.

I can tell everyone right away that my project will bear very little resemblance to Jean Hardy's pretty piece in February Craft Stamper.

How she manages to put so much into such a small area confounds me so I'll come clean and own up to having taken a lot of licence.

I can't wait to see what the others have been up to. I'm the only one who is retired so I hope they all find time to play soon so they can post some pictures to tantalise us with.

8 comments:

judith@poppy cottage said...: This all looks lovely Lesley, I promise you, I am beavering away, and am preparing some sneaky peeks of my own! I love those musical stamps, and the hint of purple in the background looks gorgeous, that's my favourite colour, did you know? Judith x; 29 January 2010 at 19:43
Sally H said...: Very very pretty!; 29 January 2010 at 21:49
Christine B. said...: LOve the sneak peeks can't wait to see some more. Happy crafting. x Chris B; 29 January 2010 at 22:53
Jo said...: This is all looking so sophisticated. The colour scheme is unusual for you, Lesley, but looks very promising.; 30 January 2010 at 00:24
Suzanne C said...: Love the sneak peeks... Looking very pretty already!; 30 January 2010 at 02:52
Aquarius said...: This is all looking great - so much looking forward to seeing the final results of your play sessions; 30 January 2010 at 08:57
Elaine said...: Well Lesley, this looks very interesting- it is good to take some license - we all need to stamp our own interpretation on these projects - it would be very dull if they were all the same!! Well done for being the first to finish - I may have chosen this project but I am vertain I will be the last to finish!

Elaine; 30 January 2010 at 17:57
magic boxes said...: These sneak peaks are all looking absolutely gorgeous.

You are all hugely talented ladies and very inspiring. It will be a compulsive joy to follow your creative adventures.

Congratulations on your fabulous blog!

Elaine x; 31 January 2010 at 20:32

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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Friday, 29 January 2010

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