Wednesday, September 3, 2014

STAMPOTIQUE DESIGNERS' CHALLENGE 163: REFRESH IT!

A fun-of-a-kind challenge from Kaz Boughton at Stampotique Designers' Challenge this week!  Here's what she has to say to inspire us:
Refresh it!  Use one of your older stamps that you've not used for a while and give it a new lease of life!
There was no question about which stamp I would use today because "Mary" was the first member of the Stampotique Originals family to take up residence in my studio.  Admittedly, I do seem to have a lot of "favorites," but Mary truly retains that honor in reality!



Stampotique Stamps I have used on this tag:



Although Mary is unique, her presentation can still vary.  Here are a couple of "other" Mary's from my archives:




Thank you for coming by again today!  I appreciate both your visits and your comments.  I hope you will spend some time getting crafty this week and create something for this fun challenge.  Directions and rules for submitting your artwork can be found here.  At the end of the month, two artists will be randomly selected to receive $30 gift certificates for products found in the Stampotique "store."

Cheers!

21 comments:

  1. Love the riot of colour on the middle one but they are all fab.

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  2. So much fun to see with what stamp everybody started there "Stampotique-collection"! Love the sunny tag you made with here! Hugs, Gerrina

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  3. Fabulous card Kay and I love seeing how you've used her before! xx

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  4. Wow Kay, I love your Mary stamp. I haven't seen that one before but she is awesome!!

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  5. I love Mary too, good to see her featured in the different projects. The one for today's challenge is very sunny and happy ! I love it !
    Corrie x

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  6. Brilliant tag Kay, Mary is SO cute! xx

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  7. Mary is awesome! Love the three of them! The yellow and oranges are my faves!!

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  8. Not seen Mary before, she looks like she would have been at home at Woodstock and your words sort of confirm that for me.

    Great to see Mary on other pieces you have made, thank you, all your projects are really inspirational :-) xxx

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  9. Mary is very cute. Love the bright yellow tag. Love the background on the middle one too. Might have to look that up. Hugs

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  10. Hi Kay! I absolutely love your tag and the quote, just perfect and wonderful, as well as the second one in particular using Mary, I remember it and really love it too!!! Thank you for this lovely post my friend, what a great idea to look in your archives and share them with us! Hugs Coco Xx

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  11. So cute your refresh. I don't use Algebra ever. xox

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  12. Mary is also one of my first and favorite. She is so cute :-) Love your bright tag!! And very cool to show some of the archives, all very different. XOXO

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  13. Fantastic tag Kay! I love the warm buttery background and particularly like how you've chosen to leave Mary in simple black and white - it makes the quote that much more poignant... Thanks also for sharing the cards from your archives (love, love, love the "Algebra" card!). Roz M.

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  14. Wow, Kay, Mary is beautiful on your tag! Love the little stars at the top. :)

    What a great idea to showcase how different a stamp can look in a variety of projects. Dang, now I need to add Mary to my wish list too!

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  15. I'm a huge fan of this idea and I can see why Mary is one of your favorites. .....ah, the versatility of stamps!

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  16. Mary looks fabulous in all her incarnations Kay, I don't think I used algebra today either lol xx

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  17. Love your Mary tag. Fabulous colours and the Timmy stencil is one of my favourites. Love the other two Mary makes too - all so different and all so cool! xxx

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  18. Fab new tag and lovely older ones.. Mary is just lovely... That quote is just so perfect. Love it and the yellow is so happy. Love the stars with the sunburst... ;D

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  19. Love that sunshine-y tag, Kay. The rays are fab, as is the quote. I also really like seeing the same stamp used multiple times!

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  20. Gorgeous tag, love the bright colours! So cheery! xx

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