Inspirational Blog Award - August

Hi,
Hope you are enjoying the bank holiday weekend.


Today is a "Inspirational blog award" day. Remember last month we gave this award to Clare and Elisa, who had been very close to getting on the design team. Well, these two other talented ladies  were high on our list too. So we wanted to share their work and blog with you here.

First one up is Carmen Sanchez aka "Cuchy" from Spain.

Hi all, 
I'm M. Carmen, but you can call me Cuchy. In fact, nobody but my mother call me M. Carmen :) 
As far as I remember, I’ve always been interested in any kind of arts & crafts 
I have been married for 20 years now and I have 2 children (15 and 7 y.o.) who also like the crafty side of life. I started playing with digital scrapbooking with no idea that scrapbooking even was a “craft”. I found a digital scrapbooking gallery and I knew I wanted to do “that”. The next step was to “touch” the papers and textures, so I tried scrapbooking in a more manual and traditional way.

I am now more into mixed media and altered art. I love to try, experiment and learn new techniques with paint, papers, textures and everything within reach. 
If you want to know a bit more about me, I kindly invite you to visit my blog http://la-almohada.blogspot.com , where you can see my latest projects.

Thank you so much The Craft Barn for this award. I will proudly show it on my blog.

Cuchy made a beautiful sample altering the ART letters with all sorts of paints and pastes.

Here is what Cuchy used for those letters:

Letter A 

Tim Holtz Ornate Plates

Tim Holtz Adage tickets

Versamark

Clear UTEE

Gesso

Template from The Crafters Workshops 

Tattered Angels chalkboard mists

Cosmic Shimmer Mists

Dreamweaver Embossing paste 

Letter R 

Stamps by Stampers Anonymous Tim Holtz:

Urban chic

Fairy Garden ATC size

Tatto You ATC size

Reflections

Papillon

Archival ink Jet Black

Alcohol inks and Mixatives

Decopatch paper patch glue

Tattered Angels chalkboard mists

Cosmic Shimmer Mists

Martha Stewart butterfly punch 

Tissue Paper 

Letter T 

Papier mache letter T

Gesso

Americana acrylic paint

Jacquard Lumiere paint

Distress inks

Cosmic Shimmer Mist - Lava Red - Ocean Sunlight

Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist Chalkboard - Sprout

Viva Decor Croco Paint - Gold

Viva Decor Ferro Paint - Golden Green

Vintaj embellishments

Tattered Angels Glimmer Glaze - Flirty - Waterfall

Hero Arts Rubber Stamp - Dots & Flowers.

Thanks again Cuchy for this beautiful sample :)
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Our second "guest" today is Willy Anderson, originally from the Netherlands but who lives in Tenerife now (lucky her!)


My name is Willy Anderson. I’m Dutch but since 2004 I am living on Tenerife, one of the Canarian Islands in Spain. 
2004 is also the year of my first contact with stamping. And it has become a real addiction! I don’t have a favourite style or technique; I love to try everything about stamping and art journaling. I design for Stampotique Originals and Art Journey. 
Occasionally you can find my work in the Craft Stamper magazine; my flagbook was on the front cover in June 2009. 
I´m very honoured to receive this award from The Craft Barn!!


And Willy has also made a couple of beautiful Samples for us using Crafty Individuals stamps. 

Here's what Willy used on her samples

For the tag:

-    Ranger Manila Tag No. 8

-    Crafty Individuals ci-159

-    Distress Stains (Wild Honey, Broken China, Antique Linen)

-    white acrylic paint

-    StazOn Jet Black ink

-    Versafine Onyx Black ink

For the card:

-    Crafty Individuals ci-113 & ci-258

-    cardstock (ivory, black)

-     Distress Stains (Wild Honey, Peeled Paint, Fired Brick, Antique Linen)

-    Distress Ink (Peeled Paint)

-    StazOn Jet Black ink

-    Versafine Onyx Black ink

-    clear embossing powder

-    The Crafter's Workshop 6"x6" template (Harlequin)

 Thank you Willy for those stunning samples and for being our guest today. 

We are still looking for our next guest for the September Inspiration Blog Award post.

So don't forget to leave comments on our blogs so we can go and find out more about your work. 

See you soon,