Under RM steam they are punking their way back to you! or will be in the morning LOL

Are you groaning? Sorry could not resist!

So yes the steampunk atcs are on their way (almost)out there in the many ways RM use to get the post back to you. Thanks so much for playing along with this super swap theme - I know it has not been easy for some of you but you all rose to the challenge beautifully. Thanks also to the ladies from Belgium, friends of Julie who chose the theme, who have played along for the first time. I hope you want to play along again too.

Our winner is a first time player I think - didn't recognise the name but totally loved her atcs.

Alison Scotland - dont we all have a thingymajig lying around the house LOL? I loved Alisons use of ink to highlight the edges of her paper and those butterfly antenae are wonderful! have popped details in your envelope Alison about choosing the theme for June.

Big thanks to for the lovely letters and raks you send me - I feel like I have a new set of penpals and love to open those gorgeous pieces of art.

Hope you like your swaps - dont forget to leave thanks on the thread on the side bar - always nice to see where your art has gone to and if it was appreciated.

Take care and until next time Happy Crafting x Janet

Wise words March atc swap

Hello Atc swappers and welcome to March Stamp Man atc swap. This months theme was chosen by Yvonne Whalley

and is "Wise Words"

All the swap info can be found here but remember the swap closes on the last day of the month. You can send us more than one months themes but please remember to put a SAE for each theme.

here is the Dt inspiration

Janet

Janet used

Distress inks

Shabby French Tim Holtz stamp set


Brenda

Brenda used

Barn Door, Black Soot, Pumice Stone, Tattered Rose and Peeled Paint Distress Inks

Glossy Accents

Lisa (O)

Lisa used:
Faded Jeans and Peeled Paint Distress Inks
Nautical Aspects of Design Stamps
Tim Holtz Mini Muse Stamps

Sue

Sue used:
Aspects of Design - Floral
Distress Inks - Victorian Velvet, Walnut Stain
Tim Holtz - Sizzlits Ticket Strip
Glossy Accents


Lisa Sparkle

Lisa used:
Craft Stamper Stamp Man freebie stamp
Aspects of Design 62 Design elements


Gorgeous team!

As always here is the Inlinkz if you want to add links to your blog. Februarys swaps will be collected and swapped at the weekend so check back next Monday.

January Swaps are in the post!

Hi All and thank you for playing along with The Stamp Man atcs swaps again. We had 20 players this time with some fabulous interpretations of Rhymes and Tales. This is the one I have chosen as a winner this month mainly because it transported me back to childhood and watching The Secret Garden on the BBC children's series. I can just see the sulky girl discovering the secret garden with all its magical moments.

well done Jean Straw - lovely layered stamping - one of my favourite techniques - and the addition of the key charm makes it just that bit more magical. A gorgeous piece of art.

As always our winner gets to choose a future theme and has a DT atc in their return swaps - this month from the talented Michelle.

So this months theme is steampunk and we have already received 2 lots of atcs! Hoping to see lots more too.

Happy crafting and this month I have added a thanks thread!

Janet

February Swap - Steampunk

Hello and welcome to Februarys atc swap here at The Stamp Man.

The theme this month was chosen by Julie

and is Steampunk!

as usual all the same rules apply which can be found here

The team were challenged with this theme but I am sure you will see they rose to it beautifully!

Janet

Janet used

Cuttlebug cogs and gears embossing folder

retired aspects of design stamp sheet

Craft stamper freebie stamp

7 Gypsies mini keys and paper

Tim Holtz idealogy

black distress ink

Brenda

Supplies used -

DIs Antique Linen and Vintage Photo

Cosmic Shimmer - Ancient Copper

TH die - Gadget Gears

TH stamps - Mini Classics

other bits from own stash

Jill

Supplies

Tim Holtz Gadget Gears

Mini Postcards - Planes Trains and Automoblies

Tim's Ideology Sprocket Gears, Game Spinners

Hero Arts Clock Background - Time to Stamp

Hero Arts Big Clock

Distress Ink

Cuttlebug folders Cogs and Gears and Spots and Dots

Mirror card, curly clips from the shop

7-gypsy stickers - from our bargain room at the shop

Lisa

Lisa used

Japanese Garden Starburst stains with bubble wrap background

Tim Holtz Shabby French stamps

Tim Holtz Bigz Die- Gadget Gears

Tim Holtz ideology bits and pieces

Fired Brick Distress ink

Cuttlebug folders Cogs and Gears

Michelle

Michelle used

Stamps - Love Letters

Tim Holtz ideology bits and pieces

Distress Ink

Fab inspiration team!

Here is the inlinkz should you wish to link to your blog.

Januarys Rhymes and Tales will be picked up on friday and sorted over the weekend so should be on their way by next week.

Have fun atcers!

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