Swaps are sorted and on their way

Hi Folks thanks for yet another wonderful swap. It is always a joy to open the envelopes and see your gorgeous work, it really is quite a privileged job sorting them.

So onto this months winner - who as always will have their atc proudly displayed in the Stamp Man shop and who gets to choose a future theme.

This months winner is Val Rich.

Here is her atc

Aside to the gorgeous stamping and beautiful shades of colour this atc gleams with mica powder - it really does sparkle.

Fabulous Val a wonderful atc.

As ever I have added a note in with your swaps. I do so love getting the little messages you send me with your swaps too you are becoming like pen pals.

So as the atcs were posted this morning some of you may receive them as early as tomorrow. I do hope you love the ones I have chosen for you - being a Christmas lover it was hard to part with them all this time I loved them so much x

Have fun with Rhymes and Tales x

Janet

January Swap - Rhymes and Tales

Hello Folks and welcome to the new Year and New atc swap here at The Stamp Man.

Please scroll down for Blog Hop details.

So our January theme is

Rhymes and Tales

which gives you lots of scope to play with

You can find all the nitty gritty swap info here

Here are the DTs take on the lovely theme.

Janet

Janet used

Distress inks crushed olive and wild honey

gold embossing powder and perfect medium

Stamps by Tim Holtz (crackle and fir tree branch)

Pear by the Stamp Man

Brenda

Brenda used

Distress inks Pine Needles, Bundled Sage, Antique Linen ans Spun Sugar.

Tim Holtz Mini Holidays 2 stamps

Perfect pearls, Heirloom Gold

Sarah

Sarah used
'Humpty Dumpty', a Karen Foster stamp by Stampington
watercolour paints

Lisa

Lisa used:
Rose stamp from The Stamp Man
Distress inks in Fired Brick and Peeled Paint

Sue


Sue used - Tim Holtz's mini mask - Regal set
Tim Holtz Sizzix die - Tattered Flowers
Distress inks - Spun Sugar and Victorian Velvet
Aspect of Design stamps - Classical Instruments & Alluring Ladies


Michelle

Pairs of Pears

Now over to you folks - Here is the inlinkz if you want to share your creations on your blog x

The Stamp Man, Blog Hop, Challenge, and Award Event for 2010

The Stamp Man Award for proudly presenting

my best craft project of the year 2010

With blog hop, challenge and prizes!

We are doing something a little different over on our Challenge blog.  Last year we held our first awards event, the awards were for proudly presenting your best/favourite crafting project you feel you made during the year.   We are going to hold it again this year but we are also linking it with our fortnightly Challenge. 

We would like you to join in the challenge, which is to show us your best/favourite project of 2010.  Perhaps it could be an ATC that you have entered here this year?

The award blinkie is just a nice random award for anyone that joins in.  Display your award blinkie on your sidebar with a link back to The Stamp Man main blog.

As you can see above Janet is displaying her favourite ATC, which featured in The Look theme.

The most important part of this is that we would like you all to have fun and enjoy taking time to look back on your crafting over the last year. 

We are also holding another blog hop! To find out more details, see the prizes and to start at the beginning of the blog hop please click HERE,

But, here's the basic list you need to follow

• Join in the actual challenge with your best/favourite project linked with Inlinkz as usual
• Take your award blinkie with pride and display it on your sidebar with a link back to here.
• Follow your way around the blog hop in the order you are given along the way, collect all the letters/code you will find on each blog. Write these down then work out the answer when the blog hop is finished.
• Leave a comment on ALL of the blogs you visit in the blog hop 
• Post our event blinkie onto your blogs or a post about the event with your best/favourite project
• Email the answer to: thestampman@btconnect.com by 9pm (GMT) on Thursday 13th January 2011.  Please put blog hop answer as the email title

If you get carried away looking through the work on the blogs you visit and run out of time to complete the hop that day, make a note of where you stop and start again another day.  You have 2 weeks to complete the awards, challenge and the blog hop, so there is no rush to get to the end, enjoy the journey and admire the scenery along the way! 

If you have already been hopping on the blog hop, you should have arrived from Brenda (bumblebees and butterflies)

Your next visit should be to Debbie (Made with Love)

Oh, before you go, make a note of this letter which is Y

Finally, I would personally like to thank Janet for all her hard work running the ATC swaps and to you all for entering them and making them a success

I hope you will continue joining in with the ATC swaps, the first one of the year that Janet will be announcing on 1st January is Rhymes and Tales

Happy New Year everyone!!

Jill

Phew they have been posted!

Wow Ladies - stunning entries for Take a letter - really imaginative however you made it really hard choosing a winner - good job my Sister Amy was on hand with the sustenance I needed for a difficult task!

See here they all are on my dining room table looking gorgeous every single one!
However the deed had to be done so I chose
Meggymay AKA Yvonne Whalley.

This seemed to capture everything the atc swap is about - creating art in miniature to share with others.

So well done MeggyMay

Your atc will be on the wall of the shop by the end of the week and you get a DT atc in your swaps.

Great to see some of you making the most of the opportunity to combine postage for swaps too so some of the "Tis the season" swaps are already here.

I have added a Christmas atc from me to your package this time as a Thank You for playing along with us here at The Stamp Man atc swap.

Hope you have a wonderful Christmas and as usual the swap thanks are on the side bar for when they begin to arrive .

Keep warm in this chilly spell x

Janet and The Stamp Man team

Scroll down for current swap instructions

December Swap - Tis the Season

Hello and welcome to Decembers Stamp Man atc swap!

You can find all the swap details here.

This months swap is called "Tis the Season" So let your imagination run wild with this one - the obvious is Christmas but of course being winter its also the season of snow as we all were reminded of this weekend!

To allow for Christmas post hold ups this swap will remain open until 5th January so we will have a little overlap for the January theme too.

I will be picking up the "take a letter" atcs on Friday so will be sorting over the weekend.

Hope you like the teams take on this months theme - I think the colours are stunning!

Janet

Janet used

weathered wood distress ink

black archival distress ink

Tim Holtz stamps
Mini Holiday

Brenda

Brenda used

Tim Holtz stamps - Reindeer Flight and Letter to Santa

Distress inks - Antique Linen, Vintage Photo, Aged Mahogany and Forest Green

Cranberry Alcohol Ink

Cosmic Shimmer embossing powder

Red brads

Sue

Sue used
Tim Holtz stamps - Mini Holidays
Distress Inks - Broken China, Chipped Sapphire
Labels 16 Nestabilities
Tim Holtz - Distressed Stickles
Blue eyelet

Michelle

Michelle Used

Aspects of Design 36 – Swirly Trees

Starburst Stains Spray Bottles - Holiday Wreath
Distress Pad Faded Jeans
Distress Pad Shabby Shutters
PS8/CW - Shrink Plastic - Canvas White
Diamond Glitter Glue

Kay

Kay used:
Aspects of Design No.36 Swirly Trees

Lisa

Lisa used:

Tim Holtz Holiday Collections stamp

Distress Inks

Jill

Jill used:
Tim Holtz ATC stamps - Holiday Collection
Distress Inks:  Barn Red and Peeled Paint
Nestie Scalloped Hearts
Moonglow Embossing Powder Bougainvillea Red  Teal
USArtQuest Ahh Great Tape and Mica Flakes Sparkling Champagne

So over to you folks here is the inlinkz if you would like to link your blog x I look forward to seeing your gorgeous creations x Janet

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!