Sunday, December 02, 2007

saturday stampers






The challenge this week on saturday stampers this week is to create a christmas piece without using any christmas imagery or words. this coincided with a similar challenge on a forum.
I decided to make a set of christmas decorations using curtain rings. I had just received these gorgeous inchie children images from Inka, and thought they would work. I decorated the rings with thick gold embossing powder and made a little collage behind with a music stamp, some gold mesh and some gold "zuzu" paper. the words are taken from invoke arts quotes.
They were to be sent to Deb, so I decided I wanted a box to put them in. I found this mint tin in my "drawer of things that might be useful" and decorated the front to match. The little girl is from Inka, and I made her a bit christmassy by painting her dress red and then painting some glitz spitz spray (first time I'd tried applying it with a paint brush)
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18 comments:

  1. SandyDecember 2, 2007 at 11:37 AM

    Oh my gosh, this is so stunning. Wonderful creativity. Love it.

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  2. PennyDecember 2, 2007 at 11:43 AM

    Oh , how clever to alter cutain rings - you are so resourceful! They look beautiful and a very cool tin too. Lucky Deb :)

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  3. AnonymousDecember 2, 2007 at 11:45 AM

    Gorgeous Joanne :o)

    Em x

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  4. AnonymousDecember 2, 2007 at 11:46 AM

    I just bought curtain rings yesterday too!! these are fab Joanne, love them, they're really gorgeous, lucky deb.
    Kaz x

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  5. NellieDecember 2, 2007 at 3:20 PM

    What an absolutely fab idea Joanne!! Love each and every one of them simply gorgeous!

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  6. Gillian ....December 2, 2007 at 3:36 PM

    what a great idea Joanne, fantastic work, lucky deb :)

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  7. Paula J AtkinsonDecember 2, 2007 at 5:00 PM

    These are gorgeous, Joanne.

    I have been trying to get brass effect rings to copy the project from Craft Stamper, but sadly they all look fake gold & are very thin.

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  8. stamp and scrapeDecember 2, 2007 at 6:27 PM

    What a beautiful gift! I just think this is SO amazing!
    Ros

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  9. Far NorthDecember 2, 2007 at 9:43 PM

    Wonderful set! What a lovely gift this will be!

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  10. AnonymousDecember 3, 2007 at 4:26 PM

    Joanne...these are fabulous. Awesome idea with the curtain rings...too clever.

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  11. Jo Capper-SandonDecember 3, 2007 at 5:59 PM

    ingenious idea...fabulous set. Very clever indeed.

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  12. DebbieDecember 5, 2007 at 11:47 AM

    Joanne, that is such a clever idea... and what you have altered them into are beautiful works of art... wow.

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  13. Silvia(Barnie)December 5, 2007 at 4:02 PM

    Wow, I'm speechless, really wonderful.
    http://barnie.wordpress.com/

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  14. anneDecember 5, 2007 at 6:09 PM

    Gorgeous.

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  15. Angela SumnerDecember 5, 2007 at 10:47 PM

    Joanne these are fantastic!! i love them!

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  16. KarinDecember 7, 2007 at 5:12 PM

    What a brilliant idea!!! Love these. :o)

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  17. Danielle DDecember 11, 2007 at 11:06 AM

    I have some curtain rings stashed away here - you've given me huge inspiration to dig them out and make somethin with them now. Thank you so much!

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  18. InkaJanuary 5, 2008 at 1:19 AM

    I am sure these went over well ... such a fab idea!

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word verification is off! thanks for all your lovely comments, they mean so much to me!