Techinique 1: Custom Foam Stamps
A Compendium of Curiosities Volume 2, page 66
We're starting off with a fun and simple technique, Custom Foam Stamps, which you'll find of page 66 of Compendium, Vol. 2. If you haven't gotten your copy yet, there are plenty available from Tim, who will kindly autograph it for you. Visit his site to place your order.
We have an awesome sponsor to help us kick things off...
Simon Says Stamp, will give a $25 gift certificate to one randomly-chosen participant in this week's challenge! The winner will be announced at their blog soon after the challenge closes.
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How to Play Along At Home:
To participate in CC2C #1, and be eligible to win the Simon Says Stamp shopping spree, create your own work of art using the Custom Foam Stamps technique on page 66, and link it to this blog using the InLinkz button at the bottom of this post. You're in the running as long as you honor these simple rules:
Follow the technique as it's written in A Compendium of Curiosities 2 (adding your own special flair, of course!), and clearly state that the technique comes from Tim's book
Include a link to this post in your blog post (or photo description if you're linking from an online photo-sharing site).
Also include a link to our sponsor, www.simonsaysstamp.com
Out of respect to Tim, please don't post the technique instructions on your blog! Any entries that don't follow this rule will be unlinked.
Please see the CC2C FAQ here for more information.
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I am SO excited to see what you create with Custom Foam Stamps. Have a blast getting inky, everyone!
Hugs,
Linda
Twitter hashtag, for those who tweet: #CC2C
39 comments:
How exciting! This will be my first attempt to participate in a challenge--hope I can remember to follow all the rules! Good luck, everyone!
I have been counting down the hours till you woke up, cos it has been Friday the 13th over here in Sunny South Africa for EVER and EVER already!
Woo Hoo! I can't wait to get inky. And the 13th notwithstanding, I like the Friday start date.
How exciting to get started on another of your challenges Linda ,thanks for taking this on again . I'm hoping to participate as often as possible .
Marilyn
Better try and get some foam tomorrow when I try and get the book (am going to a stamp show here in the UK and I'm excited...) so I can hit the ground running...!!
So good to have the CC2C back!
Happy Friday the 13th and let the games begin! Love your foaming inky background! Enjoy the weekend!
Love your background, hoping to play along! Hugs trace x
fun!! Just to clarify, down in the linky instructions you say "Please remember to include a link to the technique on Tim Holtz's blog in your post." Is that relevant to this challenge (since he might not have shared said technique on his blog and if so we'd have to try to find it)?
I'm so excited!!! I could not wait for this to begin :)
I'm truly looking forward to all of the challenges. Thank you so much for all of your planning with this series Linda.
HUGS
Lisa, thanks for catching that! I've corrected the wording in the Inlinkz form.
More coffee, please!
Have had so much fun with this first challenge and wow the possibilities of using this technique are amazing - shall be doing all my dies !!!!!!
What a great technique for when you are sharing a friends dies!!
I have been preparing for this! it is great fun to participate. Can't wait to see what will be the next challenge!
This is going to be such fun!! Happy Friday the 13th everyone!!
Yes! I've been looking forwards to this so much!
Hello Linda,
you really are someone with perseverance !
It's been a while since I participated in your challenge, but that's because I have so much creative projects going on.
I still like the idea of your challenge cause I know it does push some people to start creating.
It took me some more time that you in the US to get my hands on the new book, but as soon as I knew about it , I ordered it and it's safely in my hands.
Another winner of Tim...
Eileen mentioned your challenge of the new book , so I took time between creating for other projects what you challenged us with.
The foam stamp ! I cut some new ones to use with the spinner cards I have been making .
I just cheated a little bit. My card is one of the spinner cards I posted about past weekend, a day before your challenge was posted... I did an EDIT on the blogpost, cause I really liked to show you what i've done with the foamstamp...
greetings from belgium
Inge
What a great idea for a challenge!! So glad I found you!!
I have a question, though. I don't have a blog. I post my work in a gallery hosted by a shopping site. Can I still play along? It would be against site rules for me to link to another shopping site (ie: the great sponsors you have lined up)
If not, what are my alternatives?
Thanks so much for hosting this! Really looking forward to it!!
Hi Kim 222!
Probably the easiest way would be to create a free photo gallery at Flickr or Photobucket and link from there. One of this week's entrants used Flickr and it worked perfectly!
Thanks for asking! I hope you join in!
I am so excited Linda to be able to actively partake this round. Unknowingly, you helped to inspire me to complete my blog design to enable me to post my projects and participate in all the fun. I have been a long time admirer and follower of your talent. Have a great day!
Michelle
www.scrapngrow.com
Thank you for hosting this newest series of Compendium challenges, and for sharing your own beautiful version of this technique!
Linda The butterfly background is beautiful in the various shades. Thanks for being the hostess with the mostest again, we'd be running smooch without you!
Thanks for another great challenge series!
Great to see everyone's creations. Would have loved to take part, but don't have the required items. Maybe another time.
Hi Linda,
Such a fun technique to start the new challenge! I love your card, it's gorgeous!
Alison xox
I'm going to do my best and keep up each week, even when I go away on holiday for 3 weeks!!!!
So glad to see you doing version 2.0 of this challenge Linda!!!! The first book was so much fun to work through and I'm really looking forward to doing the same with the new book
This was so fun Linda! I love your butterflies too!
Such a fabulous quote and great image, Linda. The deer is adorable!
I just got my book! Can't wait to play! :)
Hello Linda, it's so lovely to re-visit your blog and join in with your challenges once again - I've been looking forward to it. This was a great technique to start with and what a bonus, I now have a new (custom made) stamp! Love your piece too xx
WooHoo! So excited to get started on this series of challenges! Thanks a bunch Linda :)
Yeay! Let's get this party started!! I have been soooo looking forward to this starting and now I have done my first one and No. 66 too! Brilliant number that! 1966 hmmmn! I wonder why!
Hi Linda... I am SO excited that the challenge is back... just had a play and my entry is now blogged... THANKYOU for sorting this and hosting it and arranging it all... you superstar xx
Ditto to Hels! I just had to play and I had such a shock today when I discovered there was only 6 hours left to join in. Fortunately I had thought what I might do and thank goodness it came together. The sewing machine is steaming now!
Thank you so much, Linda, for starting up this new series of challenges. Such fun ! So glad my compendium arrived in time !
Woo-hoo!! I did it.....I tried to join in last time but didn't feel confident enough, but decided to 'go for it' this time!! Thanks Linda & Tim for joining together to set such fabby challenges :D
I will do my best to participate as much as I possibly can & visit other peoples blogs too........Can you tell I'm excited???? Hugs, Ann xxx
Ooh, very awesome, Linda! So I am a naughty girl and haven't picked up my COC2 yet - I am actually on my way to go get it, hopefully I can get mine done before the cut off!! Eeee ..
Linda...I'm absolutely addicted to custom foam stamps now! Thank You ;) It only took me all week long to find out that it is just simple craft foam lol :D. Loving this challenge & deeply appreciate all of the work you do going into them. HUGS
Linda, I managed to get the first challenge done... wasn't sure I'd have time!! Hopefully I'll get to do them all. I know there is no way you have time to visit everyone but along with my entry I also posted pictures of where I have all my projects from the first CCChallenges and thought you might enjoy seeing them. Thanks for all your time and effort with these challenges!!! Your card is beautiful!!!
http://artbywanda.blogspot.com/2012/04/cc2challenge-and-remembering-ccc.html
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