Friday, September 24, 2010

The Stamp Man Blog Hop!

Hellooo! Welcome to the Stamp Man blog hop.

You should have arrived here via Vix's blog if you're following The Stamp Man blog hop, and have arrived looking for my blog- I'm Lisa! I'm so excited, this is my first blog hop as one of the hosts, I hope you're enjoying your journey so far.

If you've not started the blog hop, and you'd like to join in, or if you think you've missed a blog out, just click here to go to The Stamp Man challenge blog! There are loads of fabulous prizes up for grabs, and some beautiful blogs to visit, so you're more than welcome to join in! I'll tell you the next stop on your blog hop tour at the end of this post.

To qualify for a prize you need to do the following (full details on the Challenge blog).

- Display The Stamp Man Challenge blinkie on your blog (if you have a blog), you can get it from the challenge blog here

- Create a post about our blog hop with a link back to our challenge blog

- Leave a message on each blog you visit.  If you don't have a blog you must put your full name in your comment.


There is a letter on each of the blogs, you will need to make a note of each one to solve the anagram- once you've worked it out, follow the instructions on the last blog you visit to submit your answer.

You will need to leave a message on every blog, including on this post to be eligible for the prizes. The wonderful prize on my blog is this gorgeous Hero Arts stamp set called Celebrate simple joy.


Don't forget, there's also the fortnightly challenge to enter as well- this time the challenge is Altered- of course!!! There's a fabulous prize of a £30 Stamp Man voucher to be won.

Each of The Stamp Man design team was given a letter to alter as they saw fit. Mine was the letter A (make a note of it for your anagram!!!).





I decided to use some of my favourite things and colours to make it something I'd like to put on my wall, in the hopes that Jill would like it too!! I gessoed the A and then painted it with red acrylic paint, so that it's really nice and bright. Red is my default setting- I always go back to it!



I know how difficult it can be to stamp directly onto odd shapes, particularly if they're not perfectly flat, so I stamped up a sheet of white tissue paper with swirls from the Aspects of Design 40 Dragonfly Dreams stamp sheet from The Stamp Man in red and black ink. 

I was intending to attach the tissue paper with modge podge, which is water based, so I stamped in Stazon so that it wouldn't run. The modge podge acts as a sealant and an adhesive for the tissue paper, and as an added bonus, the one I used has glitter in it. I looooove a bit of sparkle! Part magpie, me!!! I could have used any clear sealant though.


The tissue paper gives a lovely soft effect, making the whole thing much more mottled, and giving pink areas where the red shows through the tissue paper. To finish off I stuck lots of buttons on and swiped over the edges with a black Stazon ink pad for added definition.

OK, that's my letter, now hop on over to the fabulous Janet to continue your blog tour! Have fun, and don't forget to leave us all messages, and don't forget to join in this fortnight's altered challenge. Take your time and have a look around my teamies' wonderful blogs, they're such a talented bunch.


30 comments:

  1. Love your blingy buttony 'A', its fab!! Thanks for the chance to win,this is a great blog hop
    Claire xx

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  2. I love the colour and the buttons on your letter. I have no idea what to alter... yet but this is fun!

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  3. Fabulous letter - and a lovely gloss too.

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  4. A is for Awesome thats what this letter is.

    Hugs Vicky xx

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  5. Wow Lisa...your A is Awesome and Adorable with all those buttons!
    xxx Margreet

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  6. A is for altered :) I love decopatchy type stuff xx

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  7. Another A, yippie!!! And them christmas stamps are so cute, just in time to make even more xmas cards. Thay would come in handy! Anika x

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  8. You are really talented!
    Now I have to try this.

    Cathy

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  9. That looks great Lisa, love the tissue paper effect and the buttons really add dimension.
    Luv B xxx

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  10. Love what you have done with your A it matches your blog background LOL great fun hop as well. xx Zoe

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  11. Great A, love the buttons on it! Great idea, and inspiration.
    xxx
    Sarah

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  12. Love the colour and the idea of stamping onto the tissue paper is fab :)

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  13. Love the added bit of sparkle to your letter, lovely and a great colour too. Thanks for the opportunity to win such a great prize. Tracy Evans x

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  14. wow this is so pretty i love the colour and the buttons look great another beautiful piece of altered art xx

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  15. Another wonderful A! :) I love this, its sparkly, original and makes me want to touch!

    Thanks for the chance to win, good luck everyone xxalisonxx

    http://xxxtglxxx.blogspot.com/

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  16. Another fantastic letter - love the colour
    Stampersue
    X

    http://stampersue.blogspot.com

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  17. Just loving the bling and colour Vix,luv Georginaxx

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  18. So cheery and colourful :)
    Von

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  19. I like the tissue paper effect, and the buttons are fun.

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  20. All the letters are so different in the way they have been decorated. Fab blog hop :-)

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  21. I love this - vibrant bright colours and I love your buttons x

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  22. The red and black looks really nice and with the pink showing through as well.

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  23. Gotta love a red A! it's a little scarlet letter :)

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  24. Wow, Lisa! I looooove that colour too and I like how the tissue paper has changed it. Love how those buttons go round the letter :) x

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  25. Brilliant letter Lisa, I'd love to have that on my wall. And great blog hop too. xx

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  26. Stunning letter. I love your colour scheme.

    Lin xx

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  27. I'm a bit late hopping, but loving all these gorgeous letters.
    hugs Lisax

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