Take it-Make It.... Artist Trading Block

I have a subscription with the Craft Stamper Magazine...and I get mine delivered before it goes on sale in the shops.
Each month I read it over and over until the pages end up all dog eared,lol...a wealth of information and a free stamp too!
So I was pleased when I saw that they are running a challenge each month.
Julys Challenge is to stamp somewhere on your project....so I made this....An Artist Trading Block and everything on it except for the top embellishments is from one set of stamps.

This is a 3" square cube made from MDF and available from Fernli Designs....it is beautifully crafted, easy to glue ( I used PVA ) together without any overlaps or gaps...and they make  them in different sizes.

I glued my cube together and left it to dry for an hour, then I covered all 6 sides in black card, you can use any colour, as its just the base layer.

Once I finished doing that I cut 6 squares of white card and inked them up in bright colours....

Using the gorgeous Oxford Impressions set of sewing stamps, I created the backgrounds for all 6 sides, then glued them on to the block.

On some spare card that I had previously inked up, I stamped the elements, the dress form,bodice,etc.... ( dosen't that dressmaker look stern, it's a great photo stamp and is part of the set ))  and then I adhered them to backgrounds on the block.

For the top of the cube,I added a tiny jar of beads, cotton reels,buttons and scissors, as well as 2 brass corners.

For the feet I just glued on 4 mini cotton reels.

So, if you like to stamp...why not pop over to Craft Stamper and enter their challenge this month, you can find it here...

.Craft Stamper,Take It-Make It Challenge