Sketch Challenge and a Winner

Happy Friday everyone! Time for another fun challenge here at Humble Pie. We're so looking forward to your participation in this sketch challenge so have some fun and get inky.

Thank you to all our participants last week. We loved visiting and peeking at your Spooktacular projects. Random.org picked #4 as the winner of last week's challenge. Congratulations Linda! Please contact Phebe at info@townscrapper.com to use your $10 in Humble Pie Bucks!

This week, we have a sketch challenge for you:

The Bakers have created the following to inspire you. For more details on the cards, click on the names and the link will take you to their blog.

Ann

Janet

Katie

Phebe

Kim S.

Maria

Leah the Orange

Lisa

Shelly

Please follow the sketch as closely as possible, and use any image you like. Humble Pie stamps are not necessary, but we'd love to see them if you've got them! You have until midnight on Thursday, November 5(EST) to submit your creation. A winner will be selected by random.org and Phebe , owner of the Town Scrapper, has $10 in Humble Pie Money waiting for a lucky winner to spend on Humble Pie stamps of their choice.

Just one more sleep and it's Halloween! Hope you all have a fun and safe Halloween.

TUTORIAL-"STAMPING" ON A CANDLE!

This week's tutorial is brought to you by Kim, our Humble (Pie) Design Team Co-Ordinator.
This is one of my favourite techniques! Not only can you get fantastic results, but it's FUN, too!

I have made so many of these candles, that I've lost count! They make great gifts!

Supplies Needed:

White Tissue Paper
Unscented candle
Stamps
Ink Pad
Colouring medium (I've used both Prismacolor pencils, and Copic Markers for equally fantastic results).
Heat tool
Wax paper
Optional - Glitter glue

Step 1:
Cut out a piece of tissue paper the width of the height of your candle, and long enough to wrap around the candle.

Step 2:
Stamp (and colour) chosen images on to the tissue paper. I used Memento Tuxedo black ink this time, but have used Stampin' Up ink as well, with equal results. I did find that the ink bleeds through the tissue paper, so be sure to protect your work surface.

Step 3:
Now, the fun part! Tear off a piece of wax paper long enough to wrap around your candle, with about 8-6" left over.

Wrap your stamped tissue paper around your candle, and wrap the waxed paper over top of the tissue paper, grasping the wax paper with the excess wax paper, to hold the candle.

Heat with your heat gun - keep the gun moving to avoid scorching, or overheating which could leave a dent in your candle. Basically, what happens, is the tissue paper melts right into the candle and the wax from the wax paper puts a protective coating of wax on top of tissue paper.

Optional: add stickles, glitter, etc. The only limit is your imagination!

Here are some examples of candles I have made in the past. Using coloured ink on your stamp eliminates the step of colouring, and looks fab! (if I may say so myself).

HUMBLE PIE'S INTRODUCTORY TIP AND TRICK TUESDAYS

GOOD MORNING AND WELCOME TO HUMBLE PIE'S INTRODUCTORY TIP AND/OR TRICK TUESDAYS' POST!!

This ingenious intial tip is brought to you courtesy of our very own BAKER EXTRODINAIRE, LISA!  Lisa has offered to disclose her clever method for effective UNMOUNTED STAMP ORGANIZATION.

STORING UNMOUNTED STAMPS:
Here is my helpful tip for you today; I store my unmounted stamps in CD cases which are all numbered as you can see with the picture below.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Here is the CD case opened, as you can see there is a lot of room to store stamp sets in the same CD.


 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 


 
I have a binder with all my stamps stamped or photocopied into the book and the pages are marked to match the CD case that it is in. I also have other stamps in this case that are stored not in CD cases for example my Close to my Heart stamps sets. On the pages below you can see the first set is in CD 8 and 9 and the next page is in CTMH storage #12.




 
 
 
 
 
 
 
Below are all my Close to my Heart folders and as you can see they are all numbered too so I can find them easily when needed.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

 
I find my system works for me.  I love that I have all my stamps in my binder so I can view and find the stamp I am wanting quickly any easily.
Lisa

Thank you to Lisa for revealing her inventive storage solution for the multitude of stamps, one can very quickly accumulate!  I'm certainly going to utilize Lisa's approach to maintaining some semblance of order with my many unmounted stamps!

STAY TUNED FOR NEXT WEEK'S NEW TIP AND TOMORROW'S WICKED WEDNESDAY TUTORIAL!!!

EEEEK!!! CAN YOU FOCUS ON THESE PHENOMENALLY FREAKY FINDINGS??!!

Ladies, you've definitely out-done yourselves!!!  Your HALLOWEEN-THEMED, NON-CARD ITEMS are TRUE MASTERPIECES!  Thank you for sending us your TERRIFYINGLY TEMPTING CREATIONS!  It appears as though you must have spent days LANGUISHING in a LAB or hours over a BUBBLING CAULDRON developing such divine designs!!

BONI'S SNACK BOX:

JANA'S ALBUM:

BETH'S TREAT BOX:

LINDA'S PAPER DOLL:

VAL'S TREAT BAG TOPPERS:

WINNER OF BUTTONS AND BLING CHALLENGE AND OUR SPOOKTACULAR OCTOBER CHALLENGE FINALE!

GOOD MORNING.....IT'S FRIDAY!!

Just in case the fact that we've made it to Friday (again) isn't exciting enough, I'm here to share with you the winner of our latest challenge! All of the Buttons and Bling Challenge submissions were spectacular!! Many thanks to all of you who permitted us a taste of your delightful creations! We had 8 participants this week! The number goes up every week, which makes the Bakers very happy! Please continue to drop by the kitchen with your goodies!!! Now, without further ado, the randomly selected winner of the Buttons and Bling Challenge was selected using "Random Number Generator":

True Random Number Generator

Min: 1

Max: 8

Result: 6

Powered by RANDOM.ORG

So, the sixth participant is KATARINA! Congratulations, girl! We appreciate you stopping by the HUMBLE PIE kitchen and truly hope you will enjoy your PRIZE OF $10 IN HUMBLE PIE BUCKS!

Please contact our phearless leader, Phebe, (info@townscrapper.com) to use your Humble Pie Bucks!

We, the HUMBLE PIE BAKERS decided to switch-it-up a bit for this week's challenge. We abandoned the oven; some of us opted to head downstairs to the laboratory for some experimenting, while others gathered 'round the cauldron to work on creative concoctions. It was time to develop some earth-shattering, spine-tingling, jaw-dropping HALLOWEEN-THEMED, NON-CARD designs and quite frankly, I think we've succeeded!

This week we challenge you to devise a HALLOWEEN-THEMED, NON-CARD item. We realize we're a new player in the stamping world, therefore the use of a HUMBLE PIE image is NOT MANDATORY. If you have managed to obtain a HUMBLE PIE stamp or image however, we encourage you to incorporate it into your challenge submission!

Now, for some frightful, yet delightful inspiration for this week's challenge, compliments of the HUMBLE PIE BAKERS. Go ahead, don't be scared, take a peek!!!

KIM B.'S FEARSOME FLAME:

We all want to know how Kim managed to get those fabulous Humble Pie images on a candle! Aren't you curious? I know I am! BE SURE TO CHECK OUT KIM'S "CANDLE STAMPING" TUTORIAL ON OUR HUMBLE PIE BLOG NEXT WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 28TH!!!!

TRICIA'S BOX OF GHOULISH GOODIES:

LEAH'S VAPOROUS VOTIVE HOLDER:

ANN'S TERRIFYING TREAT BAG:

KATIE'S FEAR-PROVOKING CASE:

KIM S.' PETRIFYING PAIL:

JANET'S SPINE-CHILLING SACK:

LISA'S BLOODDCURDLING BATTY BAG:

MARIA'S HAIR-RAISING HANDBAG:

SHELLY'S BALEFUL BUCKET:

AND HER SECOND CREEPY CONSTRUCTION:

How did we do? Were you left EERILY SPEECHLESS? The designs are FRIGHTENINGLY FABULOUS, don't you agree? We had such fun procuring these projects, why not join in the excitement by entering this week's CHILLING CHALLENGE? Construct a HALLOWEEN-THEMED, NON-CARD item and leave us a comment with a link to your creation on your blog by MIDNIGHT THURSDAY, OCTOBER 29TH EST, and you'll be eligible to win...

**** $10.00 in Humble Pie Maggie Money! ****

We BAKERS will be sitting on the edge of our seats, waiting to catch a glimpse of your spooktacular surprises!!

HUMBLE PIE'S INAUGURAL WEEKLY TUTORIAL

OK FELLOW BLOGGERS, how about we heat things up in the kitchen? DRUM ROLL PLEASE... Introducing HUMBLE PIE'S WICKED WEDNESDAYS' WEEKLY TUTORIALS!!!! The HUMBLE PIE BAKERS have agreed to impart a few FAMILY FAVOURITES' SECRETS with all of you. Now, the very first of very talented Bakers to divulge her oh-so-special recipe for HOMEMADE BLING is, LEAH.

Make your own BLING tutorial

Here are the items you'll need (and you may prefer a craft blade to the scissors for easier cutting):

• transparency sheet (mine are frosted, because i have a TON of them leftover from my husband's art school years!)
• flourish stamp (plus acrylic block if not wood mounted)
• a good permanent ink (i recommend StazOn)
• any colours or varieties of Stickles or Liquid Pearls, or acrylic paints, provided the bottle has a fine applicator tip
• Glossy Accents (i use 3d accents - a friend from England sent it to me and it's the same thing)

Step 1:

stamp your flourish onto your transparency and allow to dry. i like a flourish with a bit of extra detail, but simple ones work well too. allow sufficient drying time, or heat set to speed up the drying process. i use black StazOn for just about EVERYTHING, and they look great on a darker cardstock, but you can use lighter colours (even white) so the ink is less noticeable.

Step 2:

cut out your flourishes. it's not necessary to get right to the lines! they should look like this:

Step 3:
adhere your flourishes to your project with Glossy Accents. just add a few dots, and stick, and don't worry about whether or not you can see the glue through the transparency (it will be hidden when you cover the design with your Stickles!).

Step 4:

using the fine tip of the bottle, make little dots around the flourishes. space them however you'd like, depending on your design and what you'd like the finished project to look like. i use a larger dot of my Stickles or paint where the lines are thicker as i like the variety and the overall look.

Step 5:

allow your Stickles or paint to dry, and voila! inexpensive BLING!

and some other projects made using this technique...