They are on there way......

Yes "Travelling" as I type - I have posted your atcs for the October Travel swap. I have seen the most fabulous atcs many of which have reminded me about stamps in my collection I have neglected LOL. There have been many modes of transport, cars, bicycles, boats, ships, planes and many places - London, New York, Paris, Italy, Eygpt - there have been maps, signs, passports and luggage labels - fantastic to see the theme has fired so much imagination.

Choosing a winner was hard but in the end I have chosen Julie Haelemeersch from Belgium. Here is Julies winning atc which will be in the shop very soon for customers to admire and take inspiration from.

I loved the use of colour and stamping to build up the layers in this atc - gorgeously finished too with those beautiful decorative corners. Here is a closer look.

A gorgeous atc Julie - I have added you a note telling you what to do next. In fact you all have a note in your swaps and a few of you have an extra bonus but all will become clear when your swaps arrive!

I have begun a thank you thread on the side bar - leaving thanks can really make someones day so is worth taking the time to do. I am really looking forward to your imaginative "Take a letter" swaps for this months theme - do scroll down to the last post to find out more.

Have fun creating your miniature works of art

X Janet X

November swap - Take a letter

Hello Atc swappers and here we are again a new month and a new swap!

As usual I will be picking up the swaps from The Stamp Man later this week and having a good old nosey at your fab creations before mixing them up and sending them off to you. Check back later in the week for a winners post!

This months swap is chosen by Edna Winstanley

and is

"Take a letter"

As usual this is free to be interpreted any way you wish so let your imagination run wild!

You can find the swap instructions here

Here is the DTs atcs to get your inspiration flowing

Janet

Lisa

Michelle

Jill

So here is our Linky friend if you would like to share your atcs on the blog. Happy Crafting!

Altered Challenge Blog Hop Winners

Did you enter our Altered Challenge blog hop?  If so, pop over to our challenge blog to see if you won a prize!!!

Our design team members that hosted the hop were each allocated a prize to give away on their blogs, the winner for this blog is...

Zoechaos
Hero Arts CL150 Heartfelt Messages

The winners' list was announced last night and Zoe has already claimed her prize.  All the winners have until midnight next Monday to claim their prizes.

The winner of the prize draw for actually entering the Altered Challenge is Janet Wilson, who won £30 of Stamp Man Gift Vouchers.

Congratulations to all winners!!

Jill

Swaps - The Look - have been posted

Hello Swappers!

Your the look atcs were FANTASTIC! here they all are ready to be swapped.

The theme was interpreted in some wonderful ways so I thought I would share just a few

This was by Edna Winstanly our last winner


This one was made by Kris Smart

This one is by Julie Haelemeersch

and finally this one I chose as The Winner

Beautiful use of the freebie stamp the soft colours around the face is gorgeous

Well done

Angela Weimer

Your swap will be in the shop shortly for visitors to admire.

I've popped a note in your envelope Angela about what to do next.

I have started a new link to a thank you thread so please leave your thanks when you receive your atcs. A word from someone who has received an atc from you is always appreciated.

Have fun with the next Theme Travel - scroll down for all the info

Janet

October's theme - Travel

Welcome to Octobers ATC swap at The Stamp Man.

Our theme this month was chosen by Anita our first winner from July's swap.

And It's another theme that's wide open to your interpretation so hope you have fun with it.

Travel

I will be picking up the atc's for The Look swap (September) from the shop today and will swap them all over this coming weekend so watch out for the winner to be announced early next week.

Now we had a couple of queries about when the swap ends. Our swap runs by calendar month so your swaps need to be at the shop by the last day of the month for the swap you are entering. This swap ends on 31st October so all swaps need to be in by then.

You can find all other rules

here

Now our design team have been busy making their travel entries so here is some inspiration to get your creativity flowing.

Janet

Michelle

Jill

Lisa

So where will your travelling take you? London, Paris, New York? Dig out those stamps and get creating and if you would like to show us what you have done then just add your link to inlinkz and we will come and check them out.

Altered Challenge Blog Hop!

Firstly, if you haven't joined in with our blog hop and would like to, please click HERE to go back to the start where you will find all the information you need to join in with us.

As well as you visiting our design teams blogs, we have included visits to the 3 Stamp Man blogs, so welcome to our ATC Swap Blog!

You have just arrived from Janet's blog, (hopefully!). Janet runs our ATC Swaps here. She does a fantastic job with the swaps and I know that the ladies that join in love it, so if you haven't joined in yet, bookmark this page now!!

Well, you are back with me as I altered more than 1 letter, my letter this time is an S that I decorated with Ferro and Terra textural paints. I left the colours as they are but added gold highlights randomly with a Krylon pen and also used it to colour the chippie swirls.

I made the flowers from scrunched up paper painted with Starburst Stains.

The prize I have for you here is

Hero Arts CL150 Heartfelt Messages a set of clear stamps

Don't forget to leave a comment under this post before you head off over to Kay's Crafty Corner

Bye for now!!


Jill

Swaps have been posted!

Huge thanks to everyone who took part in the swaps for August - the standard of work going into these miniature works of art is brilliant and I feel very lucky getting to see them all. We had 24 players for the Time swap and choosing a feature artist was not an easy task but after a lot of deliberation here is the Atc for August.

Made by Edna Winstanley from Blackpool. Not sure if Edna has a blog as there were no blog details on her atcs but I loved how she has put these elements together. Well done Edna - I have popped a note in your envelope so if you could get back to me with a choice of 3 topics for us to choose Decembers theme.

I hope you like the choices I have made for you all. I have begun a Thank you thread in the left hand column - it would be great if you could add your thanks there. Just click on the thanks and a new page will appear.
So I am looking forward to seeing those "The Look" atcs for Octobers theme. Happy crafting xx Janet